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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 “Life”

Love potions

Love potions

By Jeff Gauger on December 21, 2024

The kids are home for the holidays with their oodles of energy and enthusiasm – and a bounty of bath bottles.

The modern ice age

The modern ice age

By George Cranford on December 16, 2024

Mañana Blues

Mañana Blues

By Thomas Gunning on December 2, 2024

The first sip

The first sip

By Jeff Gauger on November 28, 2024

Personal coup d’état

Personal coup d’état

By Thomas Gunning on November 13, 2024

Frying solo

Frying solo

By Thomas Gunning on October 13, 2024

AITA if I read this essay?

AITA if I read this essay?

By Jeff Gauger on September 14, 2024

Wasted and well-spent Saturdays

Wasted and well-spent Saturdays

By Jeff Gauger on September 11, 2024

A dying dilemma

A dying dilemma

By Wayne Parker on September 8, 2024

Free to think

Free to think

By Dave Gauger on September 3, 2024

Shopping cart slackery

Shopping cart slackery

By Jeff Gauger on May 31, 2024

Domestic disCord

Domestic disCord

By Jeff Gauger on May 10, 2024

300 versus 30,000,000,000,000

300 versus 30,000,000,000,000

By Jeff Gauger on February 24, 2024

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.