I'm Owen McGrann. Just a guy.

The Palimpsest brings together essays on creativity and culture, political analysis informed by legal training, music writing that's really about life, and conversations that have no ulterior motive.

What you'll find here:

• Bitter Buffaloes: Essays on creativity, philosophy, and culture, with the occasional foray into creative writing.

• The Venal Times: Political analysis with legal insight.

• On the Record: Occasional music pieces where the music is the Trojan horse for the things I really want to talk about.

• Sonder Union: Podcast conversations with interesting people about what matters

• are belong to us: I inadvertently gained a lot of subscribers thanks to a piece on AI and the economy. This is where I talk about AI and tech.

I publish when I get around to it. Everything I send is something I'd want in my own inbox, so sometimes that’s multiple pieces a week, and sometimes it’ll be months between them.