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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

Grammar Girl offers helpful and fun information about grammar and words in usually under 20 minutes. They’re perfect for your drive home from work. Spotify Apple YouTube

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 YouTube

World famous?

World famous?

By Sue Lincoln on June 19, 2022

Really? The phrase "world famous," like "new and improved," is usually not true.

‘On Bullshit’

‘On Bullshit’

By Jeff Gauger on June 17, 2022

Swiftly tangled plans

Swiftly tangled plans

By Kaye-Ailsa Rowan on June 15, 2022

In the land of sweating turnips

In the land of sweating turnips

By Jeff Gauger on June 13, 2022

Harden every human target

Harden every human target

By Jeff Gauger on June 6, 2022

When an old word is a new friend

When an old word is a new friend

By Jeff Gauger on June 4, 2022

Dorkiness in dollars and cents

Dorkiness in dollars and cents

By Jeff Gauger on June 2, 2022

I want to hug her

I want to hug her

By Emily Toth on May 31, 2022

Have you read the Constitution?

Have you read the Constitution?

By Jeff Gauger on May 29, 2022

Lessons from social marketing 101

Lessons from social marketing 101

By Anthony McCune on May 27, 2022

But we’ll still have guns

But we’ll still have guns

By Jeff Gauger on May 25, 2022

I was a wanted child

I was a wanted child

By Emily Toth on May 23, 2022

Cheap ‘drugs’ that work

Cheap ‘drugs’ that work

By Jeff Gauger on May 21, 2022

More craft than art: “11tips 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.

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: Bluesky account devoted to grammar questions and philosophy. Author of the book “Rebel Without a Clause.”

Grammar Girl, a podcast, offers helpful and fun information about grammar and words in usually under 20 minutes. They’re perfect for your drive home from work. Spotify Apple YouTube

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.