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Under the Desk News

V Spehar, Cameron Kasky, sami sage, Jed Bookout, Katie Phang, Lana Leonard, Alex Madva, Elliot Williams, Michael Brownstein, Brad Woodhouse, Kyle Fraser, Jennifer

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]

  • Cameron Kasky

    New York City

  • sami sage

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

  • Jed Bookout

    Hi it’s me

  • 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"

  • Lana Leonard

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

  • 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)

  • 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

  • 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

  • Brad Woodhouse

    Brad Woodhouse is President of Protect Our Care and a Democratic strategist, previously leading Correct the Record, American Bridge and Americans United for Change after a five-year run as a senior strategist for the Obama campaigns and the DNC.

  • Kyle Fraser

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

  • Jennifer
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