Katherine Brodsky is a writer with an overactive imagination, curious temperament, and affinity towards humanism. This Substack is a home to her random musings about society and our role in it.

You can expect to see random little essays on topics ranging from artificial intelligence, censorship, how to have better conversations and word misappropriation to whimsical thoughts about losing imaginary friends and insomnia. Anything goes. Here, there’s no left, right, or middle. Just thoughts. And everyone’s welcome to be part of the conversation—in fact, it’s encouraged.

Katherine Brodsky is a prolific journalist, author, commentator, and interviewer. Brodsky's articles have appeared in such publications as Newsweek, The Washington Post, WIRED, The Guardian, Newsweek, The Independent, CNN Travel, Esquire, New York Magazine’s Vulture, the National Post, Skeptic, and even Playboy.

Since 2011, she has also been a correspondent for the leading Hollywood trade magazine Variety. She has interviewed hundreds of world-famous personalities, from Elon Musk, to Dame Judi Dench, Michael Douglas, Emily Blunt, Dick Van Dyke, Rob & Carl Reiner, Sam Rockwell, Richard Dreyfuss, Willem Dafoe, and even the Dalai Lama. Her range of writing includes culture, social issues, AI/tech, and travel. You can learn more here.

She has been featured in or provided commentary for outlets like The New York Times, BBC Radio, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Toronto Star, The Globe & Mail, MSNBC, and numerous—mostly heterodox—podcasts (like Triggernometry). She has been a keynote speaker on topics like the evolution of journalism, storytelling, and on how to decipher truth in the age of AI.

Her major new book on silencing culture and threats to freedom of speech in the West has been released January 30: "No Apologies: How to Find and Free Your Voice in the Age of Outrage - Lessons for the Silenced Majority."

She previously hosted the Mind the Future podcast, which covered science, technology, and art, and currently hosts the Forbidden Conversations podcast, which provides a nuanced and civil approach to difficult subjects.

She has also produced and directed video content for the likes of MGM/Orion, ABC, NBC/Universal, E! News, CW, BBC America, Freehold, Hallmark, Disney, CBC, Amazon Studios, AppleTV, Telefilm Canada, Ride to Conquer Cancer, and many others.

She likes to wear sunglasses at night and leads a mildly successful cult in her spare time called, “Katherineology,” furthering the goal of eventual world domination.

Random Minds is always open to guest essay contributions, feedback or suggestions for future topics to tackle: mysteriouskat@protonmail.com

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From one curious mind to another: Random musings from a writer w/ glossy bylines about the world and our role in it. An outsider, looking in. Covering: culture, social politics, critical thinking, media, freedom of speech & diverse thought + technology.

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Femme fatale trapped in random & mischievous mind of a writer. Motivated by curiosity, not ideology. I write about society and our role within it. Bylines: Variety, WIRED, WashPost, Newsweek, Guardian, etc. Humanist. ❤️ Dogs. @mysteriouskat on X