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Azeem Azhar’s Exponential View. Long, deep discussions about technology’s impact on business and society. Spotify Apple

Death, Sex & Money addresses the three topics we’re most uncomfortable talking about. Spotify Apple

Decoder Ring explores cultural questions, objects or habits to figure out what they mean and why they matter. From Slate magazine. Spotify Apple

History Extra Podcast. Produced by BBC History Magazine. Interviews with historians. Multiple episodes each week. Spotify Apple

History Unplugged. Produced by historian Scott Rank with more than 400 episodes. Spotify Apple

The Next Big Idea. About books and ideas in the social sciences. Spotify Apple

Hard Fork. Smart, witty, informative conversation and interviews about tech. Spotify Apple

Posts published by “Emily Toth”

Nasty, brutish or short?

Nasty, brutish or short?

By Emily Toth on July 30, 2022

If humans are, as Thomas Hobbes said, "nasty, brutish and short," which am I?

OK, I had it

OK, I had it

By Emily Toth on July 26, 2022

How I learned about horny jackdaws

How I learned about horny jackdaws

By Emily Toth on June 28, 2022

I want to hug her

I want to hug her

By Emily Toth on May 31, 2022

I was a wanted child

I was a wanted child

By Emily Toth on May 23, 2022

You’ll look grand in a colander

You’ll look grand in a colander

By Emily Toth on April 10, 2022

I do know a come-on now

I do know a come-on now

By Emily Toth on March 12, 2022

‘I’m gonna help you’

‘I’m gonna help you’

By Emily Toth on March 4, 2022

Why would they up and quit now?

Why would they up and quit now?

By Emily Toth on February 20, 2022

My tacky lifestyle

My tacky lifestyle

By Emily Toth on February 10, 2022

Did George Washington cough at your wedding?

Did George Washington cough at your wedding?

By Emily Toth on January 20, 2022

Sealed with a knish

Sealed with a knish

By Emily Toth on January 18, 2022

No Wordle for me

No Wordle for me

By Emily Toth on January 14, 2022

More craft than art: “11 tips to improve your writing,” from 30-Second Read. With both text and video.

Your first editor: “How to Edit Your Own Writing,” by Harry Guinness for The New York Times.

The best writing advice I ever got and a few pieces of my own: Pithy and spot-on tips from long-time scribbler Daniel Finney at his website, The Paragraph Stacker.

Word nerd delight: Jeremy Butterfield’s deep, rich, smart blog about grammar, word use, word histories, confusing words, more. Loads of fun word arcana.

Ellen is at the Grammar Table: Twitter account devoted to grammar questions and philosophy. Daily quizzes.

How to fix bad sentences: Confused by dangling modifiers? Stumped by passive voice? Author June Casagrande offers precise advice.

Role model: “What I learned about writing from reading Greta Thunberg’s speech to the U.N.,” by Roy Peter Clark for the Poynter Institute.

Writing tips: From Lexico.com, the Oxford Dictionary web site, for writing letters, speeches, job applications, more.

The hardest part of writing . . .: Advice for starting, delivered in cartoons by Grant Snider in The New York Times.

Priceless lessons: A sixth-grade English teacher offered advice about writing and life that Catherine Rampell remembers still. Practical and inspirational.

Apostrophe Protection Society. It’s for real, and it’s both serious and fun. Based in the United Kingdom.