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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

How are you really?

How are you really?

By Emily Toth on September 1, 2021

Don't bore me with humdrum. Turn the humdrum into stories, and I won't be bored.

Smug bums and their phony lists

Smug bums and their phony lists

By Jeff Gauger on August 30, 2021

Coffee mug support group

Coffee mug support group

By Liz Reardon Gauger on August 28, 2021

6-legged freshmen go to college

6-legged freshmen go to college

By Jeff Gauger on August 26, 2021

Fuzzy-eared night caller

Fuzzy-eared night caller

By Max Badger on August 24, 2021

How many children must die?

How many children must die?

By Emily Toth on August 22, 2021

What I believe

What I believe

By Donna Yelverton on August 20, 2021

Welcome to the covid petri dish

Welcome to the covid petri dish

By Jeff Gauger on August 18, 2021

Governors behaving badly

Governors behaving badly

By Emily Toth on August 16, 2021

Sure, let the toddler die

Sure, let the toddler die

By Jeff Gauger on August 14, 2021

Me, looking at celebrities

Me, looking at celebrities

By Emily Toth on August 12, 2021

‘You’re killing us, Red Base’

‘You’re killing us, Red Base’

By Jeff Gauger on August 10, 2021

The term ends

The term ends

By Emily Toth on August 8, 2021

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.

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.

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.