Substacks recommended by Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo

Recommended by Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo

Rickenslacker

By Martin McKenzie-Murray

notes on sound & vision

Elegant variations on culture, sport, society.

- Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo

Jack’s Substack

By Jack Turner

Any written content for The Back Pocket can be found here!

Get around Jack and The Back Pocket podcast.

- Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo

Notes from CCB

By Caroline Croser-Barlow

Public service nerd and podcaster (The Westminster Tradition), interested in how to make change in the systems that matter to people.

Thinking out loud from someone deeply committed to the craft of public service.

- Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo

Jumper Punches

By Nick

Everything you need to know about WA footy, delivered short & sharp.

Knowledge, passionate writing about WA footy.

- Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo

This Week In Football

By This Week in Football

This Week In Football is a collection of some of the best in football currently outside the walls of AFL clubs or broadcasters. Each week a curated grab bag from regular contributors and special guests will provide insight into and beyond the game.

Always thought-provoking, always intelligent, always independent. Read TWIF.

- Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo

Cultural Capital

By James Marriott

A newsletter about ideas, literature and the arts

Erudite, intellectually uncompromising views on reading, thought, culture.

- Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo

Conspicuous Cognition

By Dan Williams

Writer. Academic philosopher. Writing about philosophy, psychology, evolution, politics, artificial intelligence, and more.

High-quality thinking about thinking.

- Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo

The Yeah Nah Review

By Patrick Marlborough

A yeah/nah look at culture, politics, Australia, and the drongology of everyday life from writer Patrick Marlborough (Vice, Gawker, Slate, The Guardian, TSP etc). Debut novel NOCK LOOSE out July 1 via Fremantle Press. Subscribe, share, n' get it in ya!

"The vibe is Yanchep Sun City meets Norman Gunston meets Power Without Glory."

- Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo

Expecting Goals

By Michael Caley

Studies in Soccer Analytics from Michael Caley

Perhaps the gold standard of analytical soccer writing.

- Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo

The Gardiner Stand. Est 2024

By Jono Baruch

Subscribe to The Gardiner Stand for the most in-depth and wide-ranging Carlton cover there is. From exclusive interviews to analysis, match recaps to podcasts, we have you covered from every Navy Blue angle.

Optimistic, clear-eyed Carlton content.

- Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo

A Thread of Order

By Hugh Clarke

I write about pro tennis. Technique, strategy, motor learning, and the mental game.

Tennis writing to a level of depth you didn't know you wanted.

- Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo

Inflection Points

Long-form writing for a bigger, better Australia.

What if Australia had a journal of ideas that was actually optimistic about the future?

- Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo

Woman of Letters

By Naomi Kanakia

I write about the Great Books, classic literature, and the contemporary publishing world.

Erudite, thought-provoking – wonderful.

- Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo

Experimental History

By Adam Mastroianni

1) Find what's true and make it useful. 2) Publish every other Tuesday. 3) Photo cred: my dad.

I wish I wrote and thought like this.

- Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo

Grace on Football

By Grace Robertson

The Premier League and other football (soccer) nonsense.

Deep, thoughtful takes on the round ball.

- Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo

Seb Morrison

By Changing Angles

Deeply felt, analytically literate writing about the Fremantle footy club.

- Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo

Unpopular Front

By John Ganz

the junk shop of history

Angry, passionate, concerned, whip-smart.

- Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo

personal canon

By Celine Nguyen

finding meaning in life through literature, art, design, and culture ✦✧ through weekly posts and enthusiastic conversations

"A newsletter about trying to live a meaningful, intellectually engaged and self-actualized life."

- Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo

☆Neo-Passéism☆

By Neo-Passéism

☆the unexamined artistic logic of capitalist realism☆ ☆the global machinery of aesthetic stasis☆ ☆teratomas from the time hole☆ ☆death rattle of the neoliberal multiverse☆

Intelligent writing about writing and culture from Australia and elsewhere.

- Mateo Szlapek-Sewillo