About Franklin Leonard
Hi,
I’m Franklin Leonard — founder of the Black List, an occasional cultural critic, sometimes podcast host, sometimes podcast guest, semi-frequent TV talking head, and compulsive football/soccer fan.
And it appears that I have made a personal Substack.
I did this for many reasons, chief among them that I wanted to bully myself into doing more long-form writing about culture, power, storytelling, merit, and value.
You'll find that writing here, along with a few other things:
Links and commentary on things I think are worth your time
The occasional but inevitable football/soccer post because I can't help myself
The Undiscovered, a series of conversations with people I think are worth listening to, about what remains undiscovered and why.
Some of this will connect to the work I've done and continue to do with the Black List. Much of it won't.