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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”

Brain functional connectivity

Brain functional connectivity

By Jeff Gauger on April 24, 2021

Science is good, right? Not when it's sucking the joy out of my morning coffee.

Your hair and your fame

Your hair and your fame

By Emily Toth on April 22, 2021

The time we shared

The time we shared

By Jeff Gauger on April 20, 2021

Fan girls for Archimedes

Fan girls for Archimedes

By Emily Toth on April 18, 2021

Stuck on music

Stuck on music

By Emily Toth on April 16, 2021

Not another worm in . . .

Not another worm in . . .

By Jeff Gauger on April 14, 2021

The song that makes you cry

The song that makes you cry

By Emily Toth on April 12, 2021

Earth to chefs

Earth to chefs

By Jeff Gauger on April 4, 2021

Kissing the cow

Kissing the cow

By Emily Toth on April 2, 2021

No. 125,847,389 reporting for duty

No. 125,847,389 reporting for duty

By Jeff Gauger on March 27, 2021

The horror of public speaking

The horror of public speaking

By Emily Toth on March 25, 2021

The Battle of Fahrenheit Gap

The Battle of Fahrenheit Gap

By Jeff Gauger on March 17, 2021

Two words to my better me

Two words to my better me

By Jeff Gauger on March 15, 2021

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.