I would love any recommendations for physical magazines. I know they are mostly ads and yada yada, but I like to sit down with an actual magazine for some reason.
I strongly recommend Foreign Affairs magazine (https://www.foreignaffairs.com/). It's full of essays from the serious policy and academic establishment. You might disagree with them heartily, but they are well reasoned and don't hew to any particular political viewpoint (or rather, the magazine has contributions from all sides). About $60 USD per year for six issues plus an app, downloadable articles and audio, and website.