The Receptor

About the Substack

Mental health in a disordered society.

Free Subscription Benefits

  • Occasional public posts

Paid Subcription Benefits

  • Subscriber-only posts and full archive
  • Post comments and join the community

About Cristian Salazar

My stories have been published by The Associated Press, The Guardian, The Daily Beast, and Washington Post, among other publications.

Is this your Substack? Request changes.

The Receptor's recommended Substacks

The Golden Hour: climate, children, mental health logo
Anya Kamenetz

The Golden Hour: climate, children, mental health

The Golden Hour is a newsletter about thriving and caring for others on a rapidly-changing planet.

100+
paid subscribers
6K+
free subscribers
Mental: Fighting the fragmentation of mental health one policy at a time logo
Ben Miller

Mental: Fighting the fragmentation of mental health one policy at a time

A weekly newsletter calling out how timely topics are connected to mental health, and the actions we can take to improve it.

1K+
free subscribers
HEATED logo
Emily Atkin

HEATED

A newsletter for people who are pissed off about the climate crisis.

1000+
paid subscribers
111K+
free subscribers
The Microdose logo
The Microdose

The Microdose

An independent journalism newsletter supported by the U.C. Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics

47K+
free subscribers