Disjointed

I speak with journalist and author Anna Fifield about the changing world order, and how New Zealand can find its place within it, even in these uncertain times. Fifield, who until recently was in charge of the Washington Post ’s Asia coverage, recently launched a substack, Between Giants , which is now her full-time focus. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subs...

Earlier today, I had an enjoyable discussion with British news execs Chris Duncan and Ricky Sutton about Substack and how the media is changing. They revealed to me too late that it was part of their regular “Scotch and Watch” series, so I was left, humiliatingly, completely scotchless. Unprofessional. Our discussion covered how writers are coming to enjoy new powers and what becomes possible when...

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Thank you Zina Gomez-Liss , Harry Schiller , Jake Kaplan , Stephen V. Smith , Baptiste Carpentier Agostini , and many others for tuning into my live video with Preet Bharara ! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hamish.substack.com

I was a little ranty and loose in this conversation with Scoot , but he was cogent and considered, so it all balanced out in the end. It’s all based on this note I published the other night about how it’s possible to understand media history through three distinct eras. Scoot compared the media shifts with the progression from aristocracy to oligarchy to democracy. This is a public episode. If you...

Thanks to all who all who tuned in for my live video conversation with Chris Best , my friend and co-founder, and the CEO of Substack. We discussed how newspaper opinion sections are relics of a fading media era, why Bezos must be pissed that Musk bought Twitter instead of a news outlet, and why it’s so important for independent writers and creators to have true ownership and economic autonomy, to...

Independent reporter Ken Klippenstein , formerly of The Intercept and now on Substack , has been permanently banned by Elon Musk’s X for publishing a post on Substack that linked to a dossier on Vice Presidential candidate J.D. Vance stolen from the Trump campaign in a hack. You can read that post and dossier on Ken’s substack . But you can’t find it on X, Facebook, Threads, Instagram, or even Goo...

Hello, look at this. I interviewed David Farrier , maker and host of Tickled (Magnolia Films, HBO) and Dark Tourist (Netflix), about his career as an independent creative person and his new substack, Webworm . We are both New Zealanders, so this content has some Kiwi themes. You may consume the interview via audio (above) or video (below). I’ve also included some transcribed highlights (further be...