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The Unspeakeasy with Meghan Daum

Meghan Daum, Phoebe Maltz Bovy, Richard Rushfield, Jenny Holland, Sam Quinones
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Home of The Unspeakeasy Podcast (formerly known as The Unspeakable), occasional livestreams, and new writing and updates from Meghan Daum.

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  • Meghan Daum

    Author of seven books, host of The Unspeakeasy podcast (formerly The Unspeakable), and founder of The Unspeakeasy platform and community-home of the "free speech vacation." https://theunspeakeasy.com/

  • Phoebe Maltz Bovy

    Feminine Chaos co-host, Opinion Editor, The Canadian Jewish News

  • Richard Rushfield

    Columnist, The Ankler

  • Jenny Holland

    Personal politics for the politically homeless. Writing at Saving Culture (from Itself) at jennyeholland.sub stack.com; Spiked! and Feminist Current.

  • Sam Quinones

    Journalist/author of five nonfiction books. Latest: THE PERFECT TUBA, about tuba players/band directors. Before that: DREAMLAND (OxyContin/heroin), & THE LEAST OF US (fentanyl/meth). It all fits. Newsletter is all that+ Real. Independent. Journalism.

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