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.
Red Pen: A Grammar Podcast
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Podcast Overview
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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12/6/2022
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Recent Episodes
July 10, 2024
What. The. F*ck.
<p>Prepare to be scandalized. Oh, your stars!<br/><br/>Questions/comments/ideas/snark go in the comments. We love you.<br/>Thing 1: Ryan Davis<br/>Thing 2: Mike Laws<br/>Producer: Amanda Darrach<br/><br/>Find all your favorite Red Pen songs over on the <a href='https://open.spotify.com/playlist/09hskjDhOnKtax0dBjCd2a?si=208cd9c1847c4c56'>Red Pen Official Playlist</a>.<br/>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.<br/><br/><b>Show Notes<br/></b><a href='https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/why-do-we-swear'>The Science of Curse Words: Why The &@$! Do We Swear?</a>, John-Erik Jordan, Babbel</p>
June 4, 2024
Verily Varying Verbs
<p>How to crack the attention economy? Coldcock your readers.<br/><br/>Questions/comments/ideas/snark go in the comments. We love you.<br/>Thing 1: Ryan Davis<br/>Thing 2: Mike Laws<br/>Producer: Amanda Darrach<br/><br/>Find all your favorite Red Pen songs over on the <a href='https://open.spotify.com/playlist/09hskjDhOnKtax0dBjCd2a?si=208cd9c1847c4c56'>Red Pen Official Playlist</a>.<br/>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.<br/><br/><b>Show Notes:<br/></b><a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/red-pen-a-grammar-podcast/id1658608663?i=1000650833256'>Breaking the Laws</a>, Mike on Nabokov, Red Pen S2 E8<br/><a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/red-pen-a-grammar-podcast/id1658608663?i=1000593798686'>Dangler Untangler: Make those modifiers sing</a>, Mike on dangling modifiers, Red Pen S1 E5<br/><br/><br/></p>
May 1, 2024
BONUS: Red Pen at the Movies
<p>Come for the critical reappraisal of ‘Shakespeare in Love,’ stay for Mike’s shocking revelation. Anon, good nurse!<br/><br/>Questions/comments/ideas/snark go in the comments. We love you.<br/>Thing 1: Ryan Davis<br/>Thing 2: Mike Laws<br/>Producer: Amanda Darrach<br/><br/>Find all your favorite Red Pen songs over on the <a href='https://open.spotify.com/playlist/09hskjDhOnKtax0dBjCd2a?si=208cd9c1847c4c56'>Red Pen Official Playlist</a>.<br/>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.<br/><br/><b>Show Notes:<br/></b><a href='https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2232/2232-h/2232-h.htm'>The Duchess of Malfi</a>, John Webster<br/><a href='https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1094/1094-h/1094-h.htm'>Tamburlaine the Great, Part I</a>, Christopher Marlowe</p>
36 total episodes available
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