Episodes
Johan Norberg: Why Do We Always Create "Us Vs. Them"?
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 ...
Frederick M. Lawrence: What Makes Hate Crimes Different?
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...
Alexander Lee: If Anyone Can Make Sense of This Week, It's Machiavelli
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...
Tom Bergin: Why Are Economic Theories Made by Governments Wrong
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...
Elliott Young: How the United States Made the World's Largest Immigra…
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.
How To Fix the American Dream?
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...
Dale Maharidge: How Nothing Much Has Changed in America in 35 Years
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...
Devon Price: Why Laziness Is A Lie
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...
Daniel E. Lieberman: Why Do We Even Exercise?
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...
Brian David Johnson: How Do We Rediscover the Future in 2021?
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...
Lesley Blume: Reporting on Human Suffering in COVID Times
The COVID new s remains disturbingly bleak. Deaths in the US are over 300,000 with Tennessee as “ground zero” and California running out of ICU beds. The suffering behind these numbers is obviously heartbreaking. So how shoul...
Rod Dreher: Should Conservatives Become Martyrs?
“The Last Days of Donald Trump” show is careening toward its final, farcical episode. Part Jacques Clouseau and Chauncey Gardiner, Trump continues to channel his inner Peter Sellers into a preposterous mash-up of Being There ...
Evan Osnos: The American Romance of Joe Biden
On today's episode, Andrew talks with Evan Osnos about his new book, Joe Biden: The Life, the Run, and What Matters Now , and who really is Joe Biden. This episode is brought to you by MagicSpoon. Go to magicspoon.com/keenon ...
Nicholas Christakis: How Covid-19 Will Change the Way We Live
On today's episode, Andrew talks with Nicholas Christakis about his new book, Apollo's Arrow , and his own study on the spread of Covid-19 around the world -- and why we need to look at it broadly. Nicholas A. Christakis is a...
Chris Goodall: Why We Should Be Encouraged About Joe Biden's Climate …
On today's episode, Andrew talks with Chris Goodall about his new book, What We Need to Do Now , and what a zero carbon future looks like. Chris Goodall is the author of several successful books and writer for Guardian Enviro...
Elliott Currie: The Neglected Toll of Violence on Black America
On today's episode, Andrew talks with Elliott Currie about his new book, A Peculiar Indifference: The Neglected Toll of Violence on Black America , and looking at the alarming numbers in the context of Covid-19. Elliott Curri...
Candacy Taylor: Race Relations Still Have a Long Way to Go in America
On today's episode, Andrew talks with Candacy Taylor about her new book, Overground Railroad: The Green Book & Roots of Black Travel in America , the history of the Green Book, and how far we still have to go when it comes to...
Jason Hickel: How Degrowth Will Save the World
On today's episode, Andrew talks with Jason Hickel about his latest book, Less Is More, and what a post-capitalist economy could look like. Dr. Jason Hickel is an economic anthropologist, author, and a Fellow of the Royal Soc...
David Paul Kuhn: When the White Working Class Turned Against Liberali…
On today's episode, Andrew talks with David Paul Kuhn about his new book, The Hardhat Riot, and the connections between 1970 and our present moment. David Paul Kuhn is an author, reporter, and political analyst. He has served...
Peter Beinart: Is America's Role of Leadership in the World Over?
On today's episode, Andrew talks with columnist Peter Beinart about America's loss of world leadership in a post-Trump world. Peter Beinart is professor of journalism at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism and pro...
Timothy Egan: Following the Road to Faith
On today's episode, Andrew talks with Timothy Egan about his latest book, The Pilgrimage to Eternity, and how the act of walking ties us to the earth. Timothy Egan is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and the author of eight ...
Robert Kolker on the Strengths and Weaknesses of the American Family
On today's episode, Robert Kolker discusses his latest book, Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family. ROBERT KOLKER is the New York Times bestselling author of Lost Girls , named one of the New York Times 's...
Paul Jankowski on Our Long Winter
On Keen On, Andrew talks with Paul Jankowski about his latest book, All Against All: The Long Winter of 1933 and the Origins of the Second World War. Paul Jankowski is the Raymond Ginger Professor of History at Brandeis Unive...
Kim Ghattas on Black Wave and the Unraveling of the Modern Middle East
On today's episode, Andrew talks with Kim Ghattas about her new book, Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East. Kim Ghattas is an Em...