I’ve subscribed to a lot of magazines over the years. Here are the ones I find most consistently informative, thought-provoking, fun, open-minded, and/or useful in keeping up with pop culture:
The Economist: the best global weekly news magazine, with an optimistic, classical liberal perspective amazon link
Bloomberg Businessweek: the best US weekly news magazine, packed with interesting stories amazon link
Reason: a great libertarian monthly, focused on politics, culture, and freedom amazon link
Wired: monthly tech magazine that’s still going strong amazon link
Psychology Today: monthly quality coverage of psychology research & issues amazon link
Juxtapoz: quarterly art magazine focused on the LA pop surrealism scene amazon link
Esquire: monthly men’s magazine for hipster fun amazon link
Entertainment Weekly: weekly news about movies, TV, music, & pop culture amazon link