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For my Canadian subscribers: If you're looking to understand how things work, or more specifically why they don't work, you can't do better than reading Canada's best political columnist.

- Justin Ling

Books: Have you heard of them? Murtaza Hussain has. He's giving you succinct, smart, book reports on the literature you need to be reading.

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Jen Gerson and Matt Gurney, together, form The Line: Pound-for-pound Canada's best source of opinion and news. That's it. That's the recommendation.

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Jess Davis crunches the numbers behind terrorism. If you can't follow the money, you can never understand — and beat — extremism.

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To understand American politics, you have to understand American media. And few people understand American media like Aaron Rupar.

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Punchy, important, in-depth journalism on the state of affairs in Quebec from Christopher Curtis.

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Every day at 12:36, from the very top of the CN Tower, Twelve Thirty Six let's you know what you need to know about what's going on in Toronto, Canada, and vaguely elsewhere.

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Alexander Rose is, hands down, one of the most intriguing and interesting historical authors writing today. Secret Worlds is all things espionage and spycraft: You won't be disappointed.

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Those who forget their history are doomed to having Dan Gardner explain to them how critical it is to understand — not such a bad deal, really.

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It's a newsletter, and it's about the internet.

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Jared Holt mixes good journalism, top-shelf research methods, and shitposting to bring you the best regular podcast on the disinformation that makes us all insane.

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Colin Horgan brings you all things culture, tech, and hellishly modern. And it's free!

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