Archive - The Honest Broker

How to Read the Great Books in 52 Weeks

A conversation on my humanities reading program

23 hrs ago • Ted Gioia

New Music Is Slowly Dying

It's getting murdered by its own caretakers

Apr 2 • Ted Gioia

I'm Recommending 14 New Albums

Here are some of my favorite recordings of 2026 (so far)

Apr 1 • Ted Gioia

March 2026

Everything You Expect Is Missing in 'Project Hail Mary'

And that's for the better

Mar 30 • Ted Gioia

The Story of My Mysterious Pain

I never talked about my pain. But it kept getting worse and worse.

Mar 28 • Ted Gioia

Four Steps to Hell

Can this really be the aesthetic vision of the 21st century?

Mar 26 • Ted Gioia

Montaigne and the Origins of Substack

Self-publishing has a glorious history—but what's coming next is even better

Mar 23 • Ted Gioia

The Strangest Book in Harvard Library

100 years ago, Arthur Inman decided to write the most brutally honest and explicit diary in history—so he hired people to tell him their intimate…

Mar 20 • Ted Gioia

The Shock of the Old

What happens when everything is a reboot?

Mar 18 • Ted Gioia

Why Read the Classic Books?

An Interview with Naomi Kanakia

Mar 16 • Jared Henderson

1:19:47

Can a 100-Year-Old Mouse Save Disney?

And other recent jottings in my journal

Mar 13 • Ted Gioia

AI Actress Tilly Norwood Drops a Video—and It's Cringe on Steroids

"At least Skynet was honest about trying to erase humanity..."

Mar 10 • Ted Gioia

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