Eminent Americans

A show about what we wear

A trustworthy guide to music, books, arts, media & culture by Ted Gioia

Reflections on writing, creativity, and insights I’ve learned from the recent publication of my debut novel.

Political philosophy, psychoanalysis, spirituality. literature. Not necessarily in that order.

I write about the Great Books, classic literature, and the contemporary publishing world.

"IN A TRUE DEMOCRACY, EVERY MAN IS AN ARISTOCRAT"

writing whatever

P(A|B) = [P(A)*P(B|A)]/P(B), all the rest is commentary.

Start your day with pragmatic takes on politics and public policy.

A psychiatrist in recovery explores the addictions in all of us, integrating science, philosophy, and the art of flourishing in recovery. Columbia University bioethicist, author of THE URGE: OUR HISTORY OF ADDICTION, a New Yorker Best Book of 2022.

Analysis and criticism of the antiliberal right, social-justice progressivism, and cultural topics

Dispatches, links and commentary from the editors of The Point.

Exploring the relationships between social justice discourse, inequality, and the rise of the symbolic professions.

cool but rude

The community for those who believe that a free society is worth fighting for.

Cultural and literary essays. Flavour profile: hints of bitterness, notes of saltiness.

The Metropolitan Review is a books and culture review magazine founded in 2025.

Politics, psychology, and tips on averting the apocalypse.

Extra Credit is a newsletter highlighting the best thinking, writing, and research from The University of Texas at Austin’s College of Liberal Arts.

Intellectual Journal - essays, stories, reflections

Exploring critical, philosophical, and scientific debates in psychiatric practice and the psy-sciences

Religion, politics, etc. Things can seem pretty broken—but there is a way back. It will definitely involve neighborhood, religion (in my case, Judaism), family, other old truths. And coffee ice cream. And the way-back seat in the station wagon.

Faith, culture, and America

A podcast from the outskirts of the zeitgeist

Spirituality, literature, health, nature, psychedelics, cats, feral pigs, prehistory, cosmology, parapsychology, and other topics.

I am good for you

A substack about how technological change has supercharged contracts' role in our lives, and what if anything to do about it.

Criticism, essays, etc.

My personal Substack

Economics and other interesting stuff

"To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle," - George Orwell.

It's the Internet, ἁspirated.

Lawrence Weschler's Fortnightly Compendium of the Miscellaneous Diverse.

Author of travel memoirs "Walden on Wheels" and "Trespassing across America." Also, movie critic, "right to roam" advocate, and psychotherapist in training. From Western New York, writing from Scotland.

essays, stories, poems

Comedy, politics, and swearing in pretty much equal amounts.

These heavy sands are language tide and wind have silted here

Essays on Literature, Philosophy, and Contemporary Culture

Reflections on Literature in Demographic History

My focus on this blog will be the intersection of science, technology and society: everything from the history and current status of AI and software; the relationship between science and politics, and how technology is changing workplaces and expertise.

A newsletter about books, ideas, and thinking about how to live.

Race, inequality, and economics in the US and throughout the world, by Glenn Loury.

literature & culture

My personal Substack