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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 in “Coronavirus”

The inner nerd rises

The inner nerd rises

By Emily Toth on December 5, 2020

The pandemic vanquishes a nerd's usual anxiety dreams for something worse.

Resist, refuse, relax

Resist, refuse, relax

By Jeff Gauger on November 29, 2020

Cheap hypocrisy

Cheap hypocrisy

By Jeff Gauger on November 27, 2020

Missing the gossip

Missing the gossip

By Emily Toth on November 19, 2020

You’re welcome, humanity

You’re welcome, humanity

By Jeff Gauger on October 20, 2020

Killing for comfort

Killing for comfort

By Jeff Gauger on September 29, 2020

Zoom fake

Zoom fake

By Jeff Gauger on September 27, 2020

Zoom, be gone

Zoom, be gone

By Jeff Gauger on September 23, 2020

Black socks down

Black socks down

By Jeff Gauger on September 21, 2020

Teensy taste of normal

Teensy taste of normal

By Jeff Gauger on September 9, 2020

Malevolent hooligan

Malevolent hooligan

By Jeff Gauger on August 26, 2020

Mask ears

Mask ears

By Jeff Gauger on August 24, 2020

Cheer up, Gauger

Cheer up, Gauger

By Jeff Gauger on August 18, 2020

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.