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Under the Desk News

V Spehar, Lana Leonard, Jed Bookout, Michael Brownstein, Alex Madva, Katie Phang, Tara Palmeri, Kyle Fraser, sami sage, Jennifer, Jen Psaki, Elliot Williams, Dr Leslie

The home for news that should matter to you, by V Spehar, an accomplished TikTokker who's been called "GenZ’s Walter Cronkite." Here you'll find a place for nuanced conversations and exclusive reporting that center your emotional safety.

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Authors

The writers behind this newsletter.

  • V Spehar

    Time100 Most Influential Creator '25, Harvard Shorenstein Fellow, Webby Special Achievement Winner [email protected]

  • Lana Leonard

    Agitating legacy news frames one clip at a time. Multimedia freelance journalist. Every other week with Under the Desk News ✍\ud83c\udffb

  • Jed Bookout

    Hi it’s me

  • Michael Brownstein

    Professor of philosophy and department chair, John Jay College Professor of philosophy, CUNY Grad Center Alum, Deep Springs College Author, Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change

  • Alex Madva

    Professor of Philosophy, Director of the California Center for Ethics and Policy, and Co-Director of the Digital Humanities Consortium at Cal Poly Pomona. Co-author of Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change (MIT 2025)

  • Katie Phang

    Truth-Teller | Independent Journalist and Legal Analyst | Trial Lawyer | Fighting for OUR Democracy | "Law and Disorder" Substack | "Though She Be But Little, She Is Fierce"

  • Tara Palmeri

    Investigative political journalist. Host of "The Tara Palmeri Show." Author of "The Red Letter." No Bias. No Agenda. Just the Scoop.

  • Kyle Fraser

    Future girl dad, Survivor winner, music attorney, founder, and a bunch of other things.

  • sami sage

    cofounder & chief creative officer of Betches Media | host of the Morning Announcements podcast | pop culture, news, commentary & travel (sometimes)

  • Jennifer
  • Jen Psaki

    Mom of 2, host of "Inside with Jen Psaki" Sundays @12pm ET & Mondays @8pm ET on MSNBC.

  • Elliot Williams

    CNN legal analyst | Author of the upcoming "Five Bullets: The Story of Bernie Goetz, New York's Explosive '80s, and the Subway Vigilante Trial That Divided the Nation" with Penguin Press | SiriusXM/NPR host | Soccer dad

  • Dr Leslie

    Clinical and Forensic Psychologist

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