Five-time winner of Best Education Podcast in the Podcast Awards. Grammar Girl provides short, frien
1057. Why do people use "literally" when they mean "figuratively"? This week, we look at how the mea
1056. Ghostwriting is more than just anonymous book writing — it’s a thriving industry. Dan Gerstein
1055. Ever wonder why some holidays have apostrophes while others don’t? We look at Mother’s Day, Ve
1054. Ever wonder what goes into designing daily word games? Lex Friedman, creator of Lex.games, sha
1053. If you’ve ever hesitated between ‘toe the line’ and ‘tow the line,’ this episode is for you. W
1052. What do “CDB” and “U11 2” have in common? They’re both examples of gramograms! This week, I ch
1051. This week, we look at doubled words, like "salad-salad" or "job-job," and what the repetition
1050. This week, I talk with Wendy Dale, author of "The Memoir Engineering System," about how to wr
1049. I came across a hilarious entry about quotation marks in an old usage guide and had to share
1048. Ellen Jovin set up a folding table on the street in all 50 U.S. states to talk with people abo
1047. This week, we look at word pairs like "august/August" that change their meaning when capitaliz
1046. Jennifer Lynn Barnes, author of the "Inheritance Games" books, discusses how writing from diff
1045. A listener asked if the song "The Wizard and I" should actually be "The Wizard and Me," so we
1044. Today, I'm talking about a strange disappearance that forensic linguist Natalie Schilling work
1043. "Skibidi," "polarization," "brat," "demure," "enshittification," and more. You might get whipl
1042. Today, I have the bonus segment from my interview with Ben Yagoda back in September. Ben is th
1041. Today, we talk about the word "home" and its meaning beyond just a structure, and then we talk
1040. The downsides of AI bother me a lot — job loss, energy use, and the content tsunami. But I als
1039. People are saying "I mean" more lately, and we explain what it ... means! Plus, we look at why
