The Daily Whatever, May 20: Leaving Medium with Patrick Stewart

Patrick B. Stewart

is a writer and publisher and a Taoist/Daoist.

When he joined us on The Daily Whatever last week, he dropped a big truth bomb—that Medium stopped giving writers access to the email addresses of their new subscribers, moving forward.

And as we GenXers do—he researched. He aligned with his values. And he pivoted—away from Medium, removing his The Taoist Online publication. He plans to relaunch on June 1, 2025 at https://thedaoist.online.

On today’s podcast, we discuss why he left, why we think Medium has made these unpopular changes, and what the future of writing online looks like for all of us.

Thank you

Polly Walker Blakemore

,

Brandon Ellrich

,

Noble Blend

,

Carol Finch

,

Peter Sukowski

,

Ali Hall

,

Lotus Reborn

,

Janet Payton

,

Mihai Dragomirescu

and many others for tuning in Live with

Patrick B. Stewart

,

Dana DuBois

, and

Lawrence Winnerman

!

Here’s what we’ve got coming up for the rest of this week. Hope to see you there!

Love you mean it!!