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Red Pen: A Grammar Podcast

By: Columbia Journalism Review
  • Summary

  • Welcome to the weird, wild, scintillatingly stylish, and syntactically sound world of RED PEN—the grammar podcast that won't put you to sleep.Brought to you by the Columbia Journalism Review and hosted by old buds Ryan Davis and Mike Laws, RED PEN plucks examples from the news (as well as from novels, music, movies—wherever!) to answer all those questions you were too afraid to ask in English class.Digressions may include: Green Day's early work, the oppressive atmosphere of latter-day Batman movies, and, of course, cats. Lots of cats.
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Episodes
  • Odds’n’Sods
    Apr 17 2024

    Oh, boy, are the “stick to the topic” ppl gonna love this one.

    Questions/comments/ideas/snark go in the comments. We love you.
    Thing 1: Ryan Davis
    Thing 2: Mike Laws
    Producer: Amanda Darrach

    Find all your favorite Red Pen songs over on the Red Pen Official Playlist.
    To use Red Pen chapters, swipe up on the Now Playing screen or click the top-right-corner Chapters button on Apple Podcasts for macOS.

    Show Notes:
    Underworld podcast episode on Medellin
    Vladimir Nabokov: Heat Seeker, Mike Laws, The Village Voice
    A Brief Oral History of Wayne Barrett, the First Journalist to Doggedly Cover Donald Trump, Tricia Romano, Vanity Fair

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    36 mins
  • Breaking the Laws
    Mar 29 2024

    When, whether, and how often. With a little help from Humbert Humbert.

    Questions/comments/ideas/snark go in the comments. We love you.
    Thing 1: Ryan Davis
    Thing 2: Mike Laws
    Producer: Amanda Darrach

    Find all your favorite Red Pen songs over on the Red Pen Official Playlist.
    To use Red Pen chapters, swipe up on the Now Playing screen or click the top-right-corner Chapters button on Apple Podcasts for macOS.

    Show Notes:
    Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov on Google Books
    A Teen’s Fatal Plunge Into the London Underworld, Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker

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    30 mins
  • Finest Points
    Mar 6 2024

    Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love nuance.

    Questions/comments/ideas/snark go in the comments. We love you.

    Thing 1: Ryan Davis

    Thing 2: Mike Laws

    Producer: Amanda Darrach

    Find all your favorite Red Pen songs over on the Red Pen Official Playlist.
    To use Red Pen chapters, swipe up on the Now Playing screen or click the top-right-corner Chapters button on Apple Podcasts for macOS.

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    47 mins

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