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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 “Reflections”

Fences of fear

Fences of fear

By Jeff Gauger on June 7, 2020

Fences reflect the animus behind our impulses to confine or exclude. That animus is fear.

Paper bully

Paper bully

By Jeff Gauger on June 4, 2020

Anesthesia of denial

Anesthesia of denial

By Jeff Gauger on May 29, 2020

On the bright side

On the bright side

By Jeff Gauger on May 29, 2020

Backyard pageant

Backyard pageant

By Jeff Gauger on May 27, 2020

Measuring the immeasurable

Measuring the immeasurable

By Jeff Gauger on May 1, 2020

Softening separation’s sting

Softening separation’s sting

By Jeff Gauger on April 17, 2020

Swell morning to be alive

Swell morning to be alive

By Jeff Gauger on April 10, 2020

Hugs will return

Hugs will return

By Jeff Gauger on March 20, 2020

Bleating silence

Bleating silence

By Jeff Gauger on February 7, 2020

Extraordinary storytellers

Extraordinary storytellers

By Jeff Gauger on January 24, 2020

Ode to dogs

Ode to dogs

By Jeff Gauger on January 17, 2020

One wild decade

One wild decade

By Jeff Gauger on January 3, 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.