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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”

Keelhauled

Keelhauled

By Thomas Gunning on March 26, 2022

Keelhauling, for sailors, was a grim and painful punishment – not unlike a chronic disease.

No jelly smears or butter blobs

No jelly smears or butter blobs

By Max Badger on March 24, 2022

Irritations in the quest for unobtanium

Irritations in the quest for unobtanium

By Mike Patton on March 20, 2022

Oddballs in the season of madness

Oddballs in the season of madness

By Jeff Gauger on March 18, 2022

A job for the brave, crazy or dumb?

A job for the brave, crazy or dumb?

By Liz Reardon Gauger on March 16, 2022

Professor Socks schools the rube

Professor Socks schools the rube

By Jeff Gauger on March 14, 2022

I do know a come-on now

I do know a come-on now

By Emily Toth on March 12, 2022

A cockamamie scheme for winter

A cockamamie scheme for winter

By Max Badger on March 8, 2022

‘I’m gonna help you’

‘I’m gonna help you’

By Emily Toth on March 4, 2022

I was an insurrectionist

I was an insurrectionist

By Jeff Gauger on February 22, 2022

Not a drip had dropped

Not a drip had dropped

By Jeff Gauger on February 14, 2022

A skill I learned in school

A skill I learned in school

By Max Badger on February 12, 2022

My tacky lifestyle

My tacky lifestyle

By Emily Toth on February 10, 2022

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.