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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

A wish list for judges

A wish list for judges

By Jeff Gauger on May 24, 2024

Judges have been so helpful already. Here's more they could do for us.

Absurd obsessions

Absurd obsessions

By George Cranford on May 21, 2024

The Oxford comma goes to court

The Oxford comma goes to court

By Jeff Gauger on May 17, 2024

Domestic disCord

Domestic disCord

By Jeff Gauger on May 10, 2024

Taking it all off for ‘news’

Taking it all off for ‘news’

By Jeff Gauger on May 7, 2024

Once upon a wrinkled bliss

Once upon a wrinkled bliss

By Jeff Gauger on April 15, 2024

Scorpion in my pajamas!

Scorpion in my pajamas!

By Jeff Gauger on March 17, 2024

300 versus 30,000,000,000,000

300 versus 30,000,000,000,000

By Jeff Gauger on February 24, 2024

King cakelessness

King cakelessness

By Jeff Gauger on February 14, 2024

More talk, fewer opinions

More talk, fewer opinions

By Jeff Gauger on February 12, 2024

$wifty Bowl LVIII

$wifty Bowl LVIII

By Jeff Gauger on February 10, 2024

Stupid’s life in crime

Stupid’s life in crime

By Jeff Gauger on January 29, 2024

RIP Mr. Crude and Caring

RIP Mr. Crude and Caring

By Jeff Gauger on January 26, 2024

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.