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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 “Politics”

Pouting the rules

Pouting the rules

By Jeff Gauger on September 25, 2020

Mr. Blue and Mr. Red play poker: An allegory about the election that ails us.

Yogi Bear logic

Yogi Bear logic

By Jeff Gauger on September 15, 2020

Hypocrite alert

Hypocrite alert

By Jeff Gauger on September 7, 2020

A bore explains

A bore explains

By Jeff Gauger on August 28, 2020

Sir Flatulence and his wizard

Sir Flatulence and his wizard

By Jeff Gauger on August 20, 2020

For you

For you

By Jeff Gauger on August 6, 2020

Some people say

Some people say

By Jeff Gauger on August 2, 2020

Embers, flames, fire

Embers, flames, fire

By Jeff Gauger on July 21, 2020

‘Always in my face’

‘Always in my face’

By Jeff Gauger on July 19, 2020

A kind of blessing

A kind of blessing

By Jeff Gauger on July 9, 2020

A deadly freedom

A deadly freedom

By Jeff Gauger on July 3, 2020

Choosers or dupes?

Choosers or dupes?

By Jeff Gauger on June 23, 2020

Fences of fear

Fences of fear

By Jeff Gauger on June 7, 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.