Press "Enter" to skip to content

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 “Max Badger”

Fifth graders take a stand

Fifth graders take a stand

By Max Badger on June 30, 2022

I was 9 when "under god" was added to the Pledge of Allegiance. We objected.

Miss Misty and the toilet queen

Miss Misty and the toilet queen

By Max Badger on June 22, 2022

Ms. Kitty topples ‘King Kong’

Ms. Kitty topples ‘King Kong’

By Max Badger on May 19, 2022

No jelly smears or butter blobs

No jelly smears or butter blobs

By Max Badger on March 24, 2022

A cockamamie scheme for winter

A cockamamie scheme for winter

By Max Badger on March 8, 2022

A skill I learned in school

A skill I learned in school

By Max Badger on February 12, 2022

My middle-age encounter with Clarence

My middle-age encounter with Clarence

By Max Badger on December 19, 2021

Christmas break, 1961

Christmas break, 1961

By Max Badger on December 7, 2021

Old Mrs. M strikes a bargain

Old Mrs. M strikes a bargain

By Max Badger on November 19, 2021

A coffin to carry me off in

A coffin to carry me off in

By Max Badger on October 30, 2021

Tomb it may concern

Tomb it may concern

By Max Badger on September 25, 2021

Fuzzy-eared night caller

Fuzzy-eared night caller

By Max Badger on August 24, 2021

RIP Norman, 1963-65

RIP Norman, 1963-65

By Max Badger on July 22, 2021

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.