Episodes

In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew talks with Dr. Jillian Hernandez about her book, "Aesthetics of Excess: The Art and Politics of Black and Latina Embodiment". Dr. Jillian Hernandez is a scholar, community arts educator, c...

In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew talks with Alana Newhouse, the author of "Everything is Broken" and the founder and editor-in-chief of Tablet Magazine. Alana Newhouse was born in 1976 and grew up in Lawrence, New York. S...

In this episode of Keen On, Andrew talks with Gabrielle Glaser about her new book, "American Baby: A Mother, a Child, and the Shadow History of Adoption." During the Baby Boom in 1960s America, women were encouraged to stay h...

In this episode of Keen On, Andrew is joined by David Hardin, the author of Standpipe , to discuss the origin and fallout of the Flint, Michigan water crisis. David Hardin is a Michigan poet, writer, and artist. His work has ...

In this episode of Keen On, Andrew is joined by Alex S. Vitale, the author of The End of Policing , to discuss the history of policing and mass-incarceration in America, as well as to examine the roots and consequences of pol...

In this episode of Keen On, Andrew is joined by Stephen Marche, the author of America's Next Civil War , to discuss President Joe Biden's potential to bring peace to America, as well as to examine what major obstacles to dipl...

In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew talks with anthropologist James Suzman about his new book, Work: A Deep History, From the Stone Age to the Age of Robots . With a head full of Laurens van der Post and half an anthropology...

In this episode of Keen On, Andrew is joined by Peter Gumbel, the author of Citizens of Everywhere , to discuss the fallout from Brexit, as well as to examine the history of culture in Britain and wider-spread Europe. Peter G...

In this episode of Keen On, Andrew is joined by Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution James Goldgeier and Professor Bruce W. Jentleson of Duke University, to discuss where America sits in the pecking order when it comes ...

In this episode of Keen On, Andrew is joined by Simon Winchester, author of Land , to discuss the origin, history and modern-day notion of land ownership. Simon Winchester, OBE, a British writer, journalist and broadcaster, w...

In this episode of Keen On, Andrew is joined by Kenneth R. Rosen, the author of Troubled , to discuss the brutal emotional, physical, and sexual abuse carried out in America's behavioral treatment programs. Kenneth R. Rosen i...

In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew talks with Jessica Bruder about her book "Nomadland", which is the basis for the 2021 film starring Frances McDormand. Jessica Bruder is a journalist and New America fellow who writes abou...

In this episode of Keen On, Andrew talks with Dr. Carl L. Hart about his new book, Drug Use for Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear . Carl discusses the restrictions, benefits and dangers of recreational drug use i...

In this episode of Keen On , Andrew is joined by Michael Lind, the author of The New Class War , to discuss the recent riots in the nation's capital and to examine how it is that America arrived at such a violent and confront...

On today's episode, Andrew Keen talks with Johan Norberg, author of the new book Open: The Story of Human Progress Johan Norberg is an author, lecturer and filmmaker. He is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute in Washington ...

On today's episode, Andrew Keen talks with Frederick M. Lawrence about his new book, Punishing Hate, and how shocking -- and unsurprising -- this week was with the Capitol riots. Frederick M. Lawrence is a Senior Research Sch...

On today's episode, Andrew talks with Alexander Lee, author of Machiavelli: His Life and Times , about the raid at the Capitol and why Machiavelli should be read and reread right now. Alexander Lee is a research fellow at the...

On today's episode, Andrew Keen talks with Tom Bergin about his new book, Free Lunch Thinking , and what the United States -- and the world -- needs to do to set a path for a more considered future. Tom Bergin has reported on...

On today's episode, Andrew Keen talks with Elliott Young about his upcoming book, Forever Prisoners, and the immigration issue in the United States that still persists today.

The Economist’s 2020 award for most-improved country went to Malawi, with New Zealand, Taiwan and Bolivia as runners-up. The United States of America, not surprisingly, didn’t rank - although the country was credited last yea...

In October 1995, the American writer Dale Maharidge - the co-author with the photo-journalist Michael Williamson of the 1985 book A Journey To Nowhere: The Saga of the New Underclass - got a call out of the blue from one of B...

On today's episode, Andrew talks to author Devon Price about their new book, Laziness Does Not Exist . Dr. Devon Price is a social psychologist, writer, activist, and professor at Loyola University of Chicago's School of Cont...

On today's episode, Andrew talks to Daniel E. Lieberman about his new book, Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding . Daniel E. Lieberman is Edwin M. Lerner Professor of Biological Sciences an...

On today's episode, Andrew talks to Brian David Johnson about his new book, The Future You , and how to create a future post-pandemic. The future is Brian David Johnson's business. He is a professor of practice at Arizona Sta...