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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

Two words to my better me

Two words to my better me

By Jeff Gauger on March 15, 2021

Social media exhibits nastiness because we humans have a talent for being nasty.

My fashion vitae

My fashion vitae

By Jeff Gauger on March 13, 2021

The tale of the fish

The tale of the fish

By Emily Toth on March 11, 2021

Snickers and smirks

Snickers and smirks

By Max Badger on March 9, 2021

The Lego and the Lincoln Log

The Lego and the Lincoln Log

By Jeff Gauger on March 7, 2021

Your imagination or your vaccine

Your imagination or your vaccine

By Emily Toth on March 5, 2021

Coffee for brains

Coffee for brains

By Jeff Gauger on March 3, 2021

Ooh, I heard something

Ooh, I heard something

By Emily Toth on March 1, 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

Brutal week finally pauses

Brutal week finally pauses

By Thomas Gunning on February 23, 2021

The humble editor

The humble editor

By Jeff Gauger on February 21, 2021

Careening memories

Careening memories

By Thomas Gunning on February 19, 2021

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.