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Ted Gioia

Music historian and critic; writes The Honest Broker

The latest interviews, podcast appearances, and blog posts from Ted Gioia, updated daily.

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Nov 4

The Music Innovator Who Lived in a Friend's Basement

But anticipated the rise of techno, disco, rap, and fusion before they even had…

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5 days ago
Oct 31

My 10 Rules for Public Speaking

In this article from the archive, I share my best tips for oratorical…

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9 days ago
Oct 27

Is the Music Business Collapsing?

The major labels made seven big mistakes—and are now paying the…

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11 days ago
Oct 25

42 Milestones in the History of Conversation

From the Burning Bush to…

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20 days ago
Oct 16

Let’s Kill the Four-Chord Song

The audience has lost interest in it—but what comes next?

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22 days ago
Oct 14

Don’t Trust People Who Talk Like This

The beginning of wisdom is calling things by their right names.

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4 weeks ago
Oct 6

Why Everybody Loves Glen Campbell

In 1960, a country boy named Glen Campbell showed up in Los Angeles with a guitar, a pompadour hairdo, and a lean, hungry…

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6 weeks ago
Sep 27

The Most Dangerous Thing in Culture Right Now is Beauty

A provocative article from the archive (updated and…

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7 weeks ago
Sep 19

AI-Generated Movie Star Has a Total Meltdown on TV

Hollywood’s plan to replace people with bots took another blow this…

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7 weeks ago
Sep 17

My Favorite Philip K. Dick Novels

Here are seven entry points into the oeuvre of this troubled and troubling sci-fi…

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