<![CDATA[John Dickerson: Writing]]>https://www.johndickerson.com/s/writinghttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5Gax!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb87c21ac-fd34-4426-89f4-b961d016ec9b_538x538.pngJohn Dickerson: Writinghttps://www.johndickerson.com/s/writingSubstackWed, 19 Aug 2026 19:08:19 GMT<![CDATA[Navel Gazing Season Two ]]>https://www.johndickerson.com/p/navel-gazing-season-twohttps://www.johndickerson.com/p/navel-gazing-season-twoTue, 11 Aug 2026 17:22:03 GMTA few years ago I wrote nine essays about my habit of carrying a notebook for 36 years. The entries— about memory, attention, loss and parenting— were mostly drawn from a two week period in 2021. A lot was going on but, as those of you who listened to the first season will remember, there was also a lot of nothing going on, which was part of the theory behind some of the writing. If you feel a little lost after that last sentence then this is the podcast for you.

Bob Dylan’s Notebooks. The opposite of mine.

In any event, the wonderful response has encouraged me to finally finish enough episodes that today we published episodes one and two of season two. It’s not necessary that you start with season one, but it might help a little.

You can find season two and season one here:

Unlike my regular substack, Navel Gazing requires its own subscription.

Happy listening,

John

]]><![CDATA[Stack the week process]]>https://www.johndickerson.com/p/stack-the-week-processhttps://www.johndickerson.com/p/stack-the-week-processSat, 25 Jul 2026 14:40:53 GMTWhen I start each episode of Stack the Week Gang, what that means practically is that I’m always trying to figure out why I choose to tell the stories the way I do whether it’s the right way to do it whether this idea of telling them the way I do has any merit and a lot of times I run out of time during the day to really engage with these questions full…

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]]><![CDATA[Thank you]]>https://www.johndickerson.com/p/thank-you-7ebhttps://www.johndickerson.com/p/thank-you-7ebFri, 10 Jul 2026 23:40:46 GMTHello everyone happy Friday. We made it and the experiment of stack the week moving to a daily format survived. Thank you so much for all of your feedback and of course everybody for your subscriptions, they make the wheels turn here at headquarters.

In other news, this was put out on Publishers Marketplace this morning, so we’ve got another adventure and another project for all of us to discuss. Have a wonderful weekend.

Presidential historian, Atlantic writer, and former CBS anchor John Dickerson's GOOD QUESTION, an examination of the basic unit of curiosity—the question itself—featuring stories from New York City detectives, doctors, philosophers, and more to illustrate the question's fundamental role in every facet of a life well lived; also revealing new findings from the science of curiosity and explaining why we ask and why we fail to, how a single question can reorganize a civilization, and why the follow-up and the hypothetical question can rebuild our connections with each other, to Molly Turpin at Random House, by Tina Bennett at Bennett Literary.

]]><![CDATA[The Atlantic: Trump Widens the Breach]]>https://www.johndickerson.com/p/the-atlantic-trump-widens-the-breachhttps://www.johndickerson.com/p/the-atlantic-trump-widens-the-breachMon, 15 Dec 2025 17:30:00 GMTRead the full article here

]]><![CDATA[The Atlantic: Trump’s Affordability Weave]]>https://www.johndickerson.com/p/the-atlantic-trumps-affordabilityhttps://www.johndickerson.com/p/the-atlantic-trumps-affordabilityFri, 12 Dec 2025 17:29:00 GMTRead the full article here

]]><![CDATA[Video of Theodore H. White Lecture with John Dickerson]]>https://www.johndickerson.com/p/video-of-theodore-h-white-lecturehttps://www.johndickerson.com/p/video-of-theodore-h-white-lectureMon, 05 Feb 2024 17:28:00 GMT
]]><![CDATA[The Atlantic: What Joe Biden Can Learn From Harry Truman]]>https://www.johndickerson.com/p/the-atlantic-what-joe-biden-can-learnhttps://www.johndickerson.com/p/the-atlantic-what-joe-biden-can-learnTue, 01 Mar 2022 17:26:00 GMTRead the full article here

]]><![CDATA[The Atlantic: The GOP Has No Standards Now]]>https://www.johndickerson.com/p/the-atlantic-the-gop-has-no-standardshttps://www.johndickerson.com/p/the-atlantic-the-gop-has-no-standardsWed, 09 Feb 2022 17:25:00 GMTRead the full article here

]]><![CDATA[The Atlantic: Every Dog Is a Rescue Dog]]>https://www.johndickerson.com/p/the-atlantic-every-dog-is-a-rescuehttps://www.johndickerson.com/p/the-atlantic-every-dog-is-a-rescueThu, 09 Sep 2021 16:24:00 GMTRead the full article here

]]><![CDATA[The Atlantic: A Better Way to Judge Joe Biden]]>https://www.johndickerson.com/p/the-atlantic-a-better-way-to-judgehttps://www.johndickerson.com/p/the-atlantic-a-better-way-to-judgeThu, 25 Mar 2021 16:23:00 GMTRead the full article here

]]><![CDATA[The Atlantic: Boring is Better]]>https://www.johndickerson.com/p/the-atlantic-boring-is-betterhttps://www.johndickerson.com/p/the-atlantic-boring-is-betterWed, 20 Jan 2021 17:21:00 GMTRead the full article here

]]><![CDATA[The Atlantic: Why You Don’t Mess Around With Presidential Transitions]]>https://www.johndickerson.com/p/the-atlantic-why-you-dont-mess-aroundhttps://www.johndickerson.com/p/the-atlantic-why-you-dont-mess-aroundSat, 21 Nov 2020 17:20:00 GMTRead the full article here

]]><![CDATA[The Atlantic: A Debate Is Much More Than a Fact-Checking Exercise]]>https://www.johndickerson.com/p/the-atlantic-a-debate-is-much-morehttps://www.johndickerson.com/p/the-atlantic-a-debate-is-much-moreTue, 29 Sep 2020 16:18:00 GMTRead the full article here

]]><![CDATA[The Atlantic: The Slow-Fingered President]]>https://www.johndickerson.com/p/the-atlantic-the-slow-fingered-presidenthttps://www.johndickerson.com/p/the-atlantic-the-slow-fingered-presidentThu, 17 Sep 2020 16:17:00 GMTRead the full article here

]]><![CDATA[Washington Post: ‘The major problem is that we look to the president for too much]]>https://www.johndickerson.com/p/washington-post-the-major-problemhttps://www.johndickerson.com/p/washington-post-the-major-problemTue, 25 Aug 2020 16:12:00 GMTRead the full interview here

]]><![CDATA[The Atlantic: What Trump Should Have Learned From His Predecessors]]>https://www.johndickerson.com/p/the-atlantic-what-trump-should-havehttps://www.johndickerson.com/p/the-atlantic-what-trump-should-haveThu, 30 Jul 2020 16:07:00 GMTRead the full article here

]]><![CDATA[The Atlantic: The Questions That Will Get Me Through the Pandemic]]>https://www.johndickerson.com/p/the-atlantic-the-questions-that-willhttps://www.johndickerson.com/p/the-atlantic-the-questions-that-willMon, 22 Jun 2020 16:08:00 GMTRead the full article here

]]><![CDATA[Washington Post: The ultimate test of presidential character is restraint]]>https://www.johndickerson.com/p/washington-post-the-ultimate-testhttps://www.johndickerson.com/p/washington-post-the-ultimate-testMon, 15 Jun 2020 16:15:00 GMTRead the full article here

]]><![CDATA[The Atlantic: John Prine Always Found the Right Words]]>https://www.johndickerson.com/p/the-atlantic-john-prine-always-foundhttps://www.johndickerson.com/p/the-atlantic-john-prine-always-foundWed, 08 Apr 2020 16:06:00 GMTRead the full article here

]]><![CDATA[Spare a Moment for Sorrow]]>https://www.johndickerson.com/p/spare-a-moment-for-sorrowhttps://www.johndickerson.com/p/spare-a-moment-for-sorrowSun, 29 Mar 2020 16:03:00 GMTRead the full article here

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