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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 “Humor”

I plan to make plans

I plan to make plans

By Jeff Gauger on September 18, 2024

I'm working on concepts of plans and will start planning my plans when I've finished my plan for making my concepts of plans.

A wish list for judges

A wish list for judges

By Jeff Gauger on May 24, 2024

Domestic disCord

Domestic disCord

By Jeff Gauger on May 10, 2024

Once upon a wrinkled bliss

Once upon a wrinkled bliss

By Jeff Gauger on April 15, 2024

Scorpion in my pajamas!

Scorpion in my pajamas!

By Jeff Gauger on March 17, 2024

Just scholars playing ball

Just scholars playing ball

By Jeff Gauger on January 6, 2024

I sleep like a Neanderthal

I sleep like a Neanderthal

By Jeff Gauger on December 21, 2023

Winter weather whining

Winter weather whining

By Jeff Gauger on October 12, 2023

Announcing the apocalypse

Announcing the apocalypse

By Jeff Gauger on September 9, 2023

The wuss and the scary big spider

The wuss and the scary big spider

By Jeff Gauger on July 5, 2023

The hot question you didn’t ask

The hot question you didn’t ask

By Jeff Gauger on June 29, 2023

It’s hot. It ‘feels like’ hotter

It’s hot. It ‘feels like’ hotter

By Jeff Gauger on June 19, 2023

The Case of the Crazy Bad Gardener

The Case of the Crazy Bad Gardener

By Jeff Gauger on June 17, 2023

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.