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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

Old Fart Music?

Old Fart Music?

By Emily Toth on October 28, 2021

Let's play a dating game – and not the kind you're thinking. How old are you?

We Stood, Masked. And Sang

We Stood, Masked. And Sang

By Jeff Gauger on October 26, 2021

Irreconcilable Slices

Irreconcilable Slices

By Jeff Gauger on October 24, 2021

Spying the Elusive Cat

Spying the Elusive Cat

By Emily Toth on October 22, 2021

When Experience Doesn’t Fit

When Experience Doesn’t Fit

By Jeff Gauger on October 17, 2021

Feline Groovy

Feline Groovy

By Emily Toth on October 15, 2021

How To Be a Rich and Famous Writer

How To Be a Rich and Famous Writer

By Emily Toth on October 13, 2021

Curses for You, Mary Anderson

Curses for You, Mary Anderson

By Jeff Gauger on October 11, 2021

Dear Cat Lady: Read this

Dear Cat Lady: Read this

By Jeff Gauger on October 9, 2021

Cat ladies Are Dethroned by … Dudes?

Cat ladies Are Dethroned by … Dudes?

By Emily Toth on October 7, 2021

A Gravestone for Dillard

A Gravestone for Dillard

By Liz Reardon Gauger on October 5, 2021

From the Weeds of Memory

From the Weeds of Memory

By Jeff Gauger on October 3, 2021

Lessons From a Jazz Bar Shooting

Lessons From a Jazz Bar Shooting

By Ron Javorsky on October 1, 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.

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.