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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”

Everywhere and always beige

Everywhere and always beige

By Jeff Gauger on August 16, 2020

Separation once brought temporary respite from human contact. Now we don't need respite.

Resilience

Resilience

By Jeff Gauger on August 10, 2020

The purgatory of now

The purgatory of now

By Jeff Gauger on August 8, 2020

For you

For you

By Jeff Gauger on August 6, 2020

Name calling no-no

Name calling no-no

By Jeff Gauger on July 27, 2020

Longer, tighter, sadder

Longer, tighter, sadder

By Jeff Gauger on July 25, 2020

Embers, flames, fire

Embers, flames, fire

By Jeff Gauger on July 21, 2020

‘Always in my face’

‘Always in my face’

By Jeff Gauger on July 19, 2020

Deception. Selfishness. Facts.

Deception. Selfishness. Facts.

By Jeff Gauger on July 15, 2020

Tour through hell

Tour through hell

By Jeff Gauger on July 11, 2020

A deadly freedom

A deadly freedom

By Jeff Gauger on July 3, 2020

You unruly mess

You unruly mess

By Jeff Gauger on July 1, 2020

No and never

No and never

By Jeff Gauger on June 25, 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.