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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 “Writing”

1 month. 1,667 words daily.

1 month. 1,667 words daily.

By Emily Toth on November 11, 2021

November is National Novel Writing Month. My novel grows daily.

How to be a rich and famous writer

How to be a rich and famous writer

By Emily Toth on October 13, 2021

How to spot bad news

How to spot bad news

By Jeff Gauger on September 15, 2021

No stuff like old stuff

No stuff like old stuff

By Max Badger on April 26, 2021

The writing bug

The writing bug

By Max Badger on April 10, 2021

Small wonders

Small wonders

By Thomas Gunning on April 6, 2021

Editorial tyrant

Editorial tyrant

By Thomas Gunning on February 27, 2021

The waffling semicolon

The waffling semicolon

By Jeff Gauger on February 25, 2021

The humble editor

The humble editor

By Jeff Gauger on February 21, 2021

In defense of cursive

In defense of cursive

By Max Badger on February 13, 2021

Finally, a real talent

Finally, a real talent

By Jeff Gauger on November 17, 2020

Precious scribble

Precious scribble

By Jeff Gauger on November 9, 2020

Exclamation exuberance!

Exclamation exuberance!

By Jeff Gauger on November 5, 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.