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Red Pen: A Grammar Podcast

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Columbia Journalism Review

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.

#36

What. The. F*ck.

Prepare to be scandalized. Oh, your stars!Questions/comments/ideas/snark go in the comment... more

10 Jul 2024

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:07

10 Jul 2024

#35

Verily Varying Verbs

How to crack the attention economy? Coldcock your readers.Questions/comments/ideas/snark g... more

04 Jun 2024

32 MINS

32:55

04 Jun 2024

#34

BONUS: Red Pen at the Movies

Come for the critical reappraisal of ‘Shakespeare in Love,’ stay for Mike’s shocking revel... more

01 May 2024

48 MINS

48:36

01 May 2024

#33

Odds’n’Sods

Oh, boy, are the “stick to the topic” ppl gonna love this one.Questions/comments/ideas/sna... more

17 Apr 2024

35 MINS

35:51

17 Apr 2024

#32

Breaking the Laws

When, whether, and how often. With a little help from Humbert Humbert. Questions/comments/... more

29 Mar 2024

30 MINS

30:25

29 Mar 2024

#31

Finest Points

Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love nuance. Questions/comments/ideas/snark go in t... more

06 Mar 2024

47 MINS

47:03

06 Mar 2024

#30

Past, Perfect

You best believe we seen this trend. Questions/comments/ideas/snark go in the comments. We... more

21 Feb 2024

37 MINS

37:26

21 Feb 2024

#29

Top 5!

In which Mike finally reads the comments.Questions/comments/ideas/snark go in the comments... more

03 Feb 2024

39 MINS

39:40

03 Feb 2024

#28

Ergative Zones

How Padma Lakshmi schooled us all on the "middle voice." Questions/comments/ideas/snark go... more

10 Jan 2024

40 MINS

40:07

10 Jan 2024

#27

Words We Love

And a few we hate. And, for some reason, a few that are German. Questions/comments/ideas/s... more

13 Dec 2023

55 MINS

55:08

13 Dec 2023

#26

Source Code, Part I: Correcting the record

On the record, off the record, on background, deep background: What to expect when you're ... more

29 Nov 2023

41 MINS

41:35

29 Nov 2023

#25

Make Up the Breakdown

It's an epidemic, people: one-word compound nouns standing in for phrasal verbs. Is Kelly ... more

08 Nov 2023

25 MINS

25:56

08 Nov 2023

#24

Season 1 Is a Wrap!

Being a podcast produced under the aegis of a university, Red Pen is about to make like th... more

24 May 2023

07 MINS

07:55

24 May 2023

#23

Pronouns: Now it's personal

Does English offer an ungendered third-person singular, and if so, who uses it? Everyone a... more

17 May 2023

53 MINS

53:51

17 May 2023

#22

Seven Deadly Synesis

Ghastly puns aside, English is pretty agreeable in terms of agreement—but still presents s... more

10 May 2023

49 MINS

49:24

10 May 2023

#21

What Pop Culture Taught Us

What do the musical Rent, the movie Seven, The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, Kurt Cobain, an... more

03 May 2023

50 MINS

50:00

03 May 2023

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