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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”

Speed bumps of irritation

Speed bumps of irritation

By Jeff Gauger on September 11, 2020

Think of an artifact of daily life that irritates. Now double its irritations. What is it?

Department of Dimwittery

Department of Dimwittery

By Jeff Gauger on September 3, 2020

Bed habits

Bed habits

By Jeff Gauger on September 1, 2020

Mask ears

Mask ears

By Jeff Gauger on August 24, 2020

Fascinating malarkey

Fascinating malarkey

By Jeff Gauger on August 12, 2020

Professor Hot Dog

Professor Hot Dog

By Jeff Gauger on July 31, 2020

Tomato eulogy

Tomato eulogy

By Jeff Gauger on July 23, 2020

‘Hey, you idiot!’

‘Hey, you idiot!’

By Jeff Gauger on July 17, 2020

Disirregardlessers revolt

Disirregardlessers revolt

By Jeff Gauger on July 13, 2020

Chipmunk détente

Chipmunk détente

By Jeff Gauger on June 29, 2020

Neanderthal hanky-panky

Neanderthal hanky-panky

By Jeff Gauger on June 21, 2020

The Battle of Weedy Gulch

The Battle of Weedy Gulch

By Jeff Gauger on June 15, 2020

High-brow rats

High-brow rats

By Jeff Gauger on June 11, 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.