Why Is This Interesting
A daily email where smart writers follow their own curiosity
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Why Is This Interesting is built around a simple premise: each day, one of a rotating cast of writers picks something they're curious about, an industry, a historical episode, an obscure product, and explains why it's worth thinking about. Noah Brier and Colin Nagy started it and have kept the format loose by design.
The appeal is the range: a given week might cover shipping containers, a forgotten bit of advertising history, or a niche sports economy, tied together only by genuine curiosity rather than a beat. It's a good fit for readers who like following smart people's tangents more than staying current on any one topic.
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