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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

Distance diary

Distance diary

By Jeff Gauger on April 3, 2020

Now comes a quandary. I suspect others face it too. I need a haircut.

Hoarding nuts

Hoarding nuts

By Jeff Gauger on March 27, 2020

Hugs will return

Hugs will return

By Jeff Gauger on March 20, 2020

Po-boy diaspora

Po-boy diaspora

By Jeff Gauger on March 13, 2020

Coffee delight

Coffee delight

By Jeff Gauger on March 6, 2020

Big questions

Big questions

By Jeff Gauger on February 28, 2020

Tips for writers

Tips for writers

By Jeff Gauger on February 21, 2020

Ignorant souls

Ignorant souls

By Jeff Gauger on February 14, 2020

Bleating silence

Bleating silence

By Jeff Gauger on February 7, 2020

Critter nation

Critter nation

By Jeff Gauger on January 31, 2020

Extraordinary storytellers

Extraordinary storytellers

By Jeff Gauger on January 24, 2020

Ode to dogs

Ode to dogs

By Jeff Gauger on January 17, 2020

Dry sleepers

Dry sleepers

By Jeff Gauger on January 10, 2020

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.