Substacks recommended by Tom Pendergast

Recommended by Tom Pendergast

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The Way of Work

By Rick Foerster

We all gotta work... but work only works for some. Stories about where we fit in the world of work.

Rick is exploring all the angles on a post-work world and it’s really fascinating for anyone thinking beyond conventional work.

- Tom Pendergast

DRIVING DIRECTIONS: Ross Bentley's Speed Secrets

By Ross Bentley’s Speed Secrets

Tips, opinions, stories & whatever else I like to share with you about high-performance & race driving, sim racing, coaching, recent motorsport events & stories from the road. Oh, and the lessons I’ve learned from six decades in & around motorsport.

Reading Ross is like having a really great coach sitting in your passenger seat … and you’ve got time to go back again and again.

- Tom Pendergast

Auraist: picking the best-written books

By Sean

Trusted by 40K+ discerning readers, we pick the best-written books from US and UK recent releases and prize shortlists, and publish in-depth articles by their authors on prose style. Plus the satirical series The Demon Inside David Lynch.

Castalia

By Sam Kahn

Intellectual Journal - essays, stories, reflections

Sam can tackle any subject with intelligence and wit. His eclecticism never fails to delight.

- Tom Pendergast

It's a Shanda

By Sean

A Northeastern Jew looking for a good bagel in Seattle and beyond.

If you're into bagels and you live in Seattle, you've got to read Sean. Hell, you may not even need to live in Seattle: he's that good.

- Tom Pendergast

Technocomplex

By Mark R DeLong

Notes, links, and experiments on our complex relationships with technology. Gleanings, too, from recent reading and thinking.

If you want deep explorations on how and why we relate to technology (including cars), Mark is your guy.

- Tom Pendergast

To Write with Wild Abandon

By Graham Strong

A Substack newsletter that motivates you to overcome your writing fears, build self-confidence as a writer, and have fun with your writing again!

Graham is the perfect companion to the writing life, offering advice and encouragement to help get writers through the lonely parts.

- Tom Pendergast

Fog Chaser

I write and share a new instrumental song every month, perfect for focus, healing, and calming your fried nervous system.

Escaping Flatland

By Henrik Karlsson

I write essays about relationships, thought, and agency. I hang with our kids. We live on a pine covered island in the Baltic Sea. That's about it.

Henrik’ s way of perceiving the world opens doors. He’s not easy, but he’s oh so good.

- Tom Pendergast

The Ruffian

By Ian Leslie

Ian Leslie picks out the most important, interesting and beautiful signals from the noise.

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends

By Caitlin Dewey

A newsletter for curious, thoughtful readers who miss the “old” internet.

Out Over My Skis

Recommended by Tom Pendergast