Episodes
K. Sabeel Rahman: The Stock Market Is Not the Economy
On today's episode, Andrew talks with K. Sabeel Rahman, president of Demos, about why we need to challenge the privatization in America of the last 30 years. K. Sabeel Rahman is an Associate Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law S...
Talia Stroud: The Role of Public Space in the Digital Age
On today's episode, Andrew talks with Talia Stroud, co-director of Civic Signals, about rebuilding and re-stimulating public digital spaces -- and whether it's possible to make digital spaces feel like community or civic init...
Lucas Chancel: Why Does Helping the Poor Often Hurt the Environment?
On today's episode, Andrew talks with Lucas Chancel about his new book, Unsustainable Inequalities: Social Justice and the Environment , and the inequalities that become apparent during moments of crisis. Lucas Chancel is co-...
Carl Safina: The More You Understand, the More Humility You Acquire
On today's episode, Andrew talks with Carl Safina, author of the new book, Becoming Wild , and our values that are destructive and dehumanizing to the earth and our own species. Carl Safina's work has been recognized with Mac...
Julian E. Zelizer: The Legacy of Newt Gingrich and the Era of Partisa…
On today's episode, Andrew talks with Julian E. Zelizer about his new book, Burning Down the House, and how Newt Gingrich launched our current era of partisan warfare -- and why Trump is the culmination of this. Julian E. Zel...
Rick Perlstein: How 1980 Changed Modern Politics
On today's episode, Rick Perlstein discusses his new book, Reaganland: America's Right Turn 1976-1980 , and how the birth of modern American conservatism happened before Ronald Reagan. Rick Perlstein is the author of the New ...
Mauro F. Guillen: After Coronavirus, How Do We Prepare For What's Nex…
On today's episode, Andrew talks with professor and thinker Mauro F. Guillen about his new book, 2030, global trends to keep an eye on, and what the future holds after the pandemic. Mauro F. Guillén is one of the most origina...
Edmund Fawcett: The Fight For Conservatism Today
On today's episode, Andrew talks with Edmund Fawcett, author of the new book Conservatism , about the fight for a tradition of order and stability and for who is the true conservative, which continues today. Edmund Fawcett wo...
Peter Osnos: Publishing Will Never Die
On today's episode, Andrew Keen talks with Peter Osnos, founder of PublicAffairs, about the recent news that Bertelsmann, the parent of Penguin Random House, will purchase Simon & Schuster and why this does not mean the Amazo...
Brian Christian: Does Proposition 25 Symbolize the Great Ethical Ques…
On todays episode, Andrew Keen talks with Brian Christian about his new book, The Alignment Problem , and the question at the intersection of computer science, ethics, and the law that determines whether a statistical tool ca...
Steve Coll: How to Fix America's Foreign Policy Post-Trump
On today's episode, Andrew Keen talks with Steve Coll about what Donald Trump gets from contesting Joe Biden's presidential victory and the damage to foreign policy Trump's administration has caused. Steve Coll, a staff write...
Tom Zoellner: How Hard Is It to Write About America?
On today's episode, Andrew talks with Tom Zoellner about his new book, The National Road: Dispatches from a Changing America , and reporting from the America today, full of divide and anger -- but, also, hope. TOM ZOELLNER is...
Charles A. Kupchan: The Full History of American Isolationism
On today's episode, Andrew talks with professor Charles A. Kupchan about his new book, Isolationism: A History of America's Efforts to Shield Itself from the World , and what lies ahead for the Biden administration. Charles A...
Ruth Ben-Ghiat: How Can We Stop All the Strongmen?
On today's episode, Andrew talks with historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat about her new book, Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present, and the history of "strongmen" like Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. Ruth Ben-Ghiat is an internationally...
Alan Hirsch: Right Now Is Not an Election Crisis, But a Manufactured …
On today's episode, Andrew talks with Alan Hirsch, professor and author of A Short History of Presidential Election Crises, about why this current moment is not the fifth presidential election crisis. Alan Hirsch , Instructor...
David Thomson: Why Real Life Right Now Is More Like the Movies
On today's episode, Andrew talks with David Thomson, author of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, discusses his life in film and why Trump is trying to replace reality. David Thomson has taught film studies at Dartmouth...
Kermit Pattison: The Quest for the Origins of the Human Species
On today's episode, Andrew talks with Kermit Pattison, author of Fossil Men, on answering the ultimate question: Where did we humans come from? Kermit Pattison is a journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times, GQ...
Frank "Gus" Biggio: What Should Biden Do in Afghanistan?
On today's episode, Frank "Gus Biggio, author of The Wolves of Helmand: A View from Inside the Den of Modern War, discusses modern warfare and his own experience in Afghanistan. Frank ("Gus") Biggio served on active duty in t...
PJ O'Rourke: Is It Hard Being a Satirist These Days?
On today's episode, Andrew talks with satirist PJ O'Rourke about his new book, A Cry from the Far Middle: Dispatches from a Divided Land . P. J. O'Rourke has written nineteen books on subjects as diverse as politics and cars ...
Erin Brockovich Is Charging Into the Abyss
On today's episode, Andrew talks with Erin Brockovich about her new book, Superman's Not Coming: Our National Water Crisis and What We the People Can Do about It, and our current climate crisis. ERIN BROCKOVICH is the preside...
REGENERATE: Scott Russell Sanders on Why He's an Earth Writer, Not a …
In a special episode from the REGENERATE series, Andrew Keen talks to Scott Russell Sanders about his new essay collection, The Way of Imagination . SCOTT RUSSELL SANDERS has won more than a dozen major honors, including the ...
Maria Hinojosa: What Is Still Torn in America?
In partnership with the Miami Book Fair, Andrew talks with Maria Hinojosa, journalist and author of Once I Was You , discusses the issues with immigrant policies, Maria Hinojosa's nearly thirty-year career as a journalist inc...
Eben Kirksey: The Global Race to Genetically Modify Humans
On today's episode, Eben Kirksey, author of The Mutant Project , discusses what this new era of scientific inquiry mean for the future of the human species. EBEN KIRKSEY is an American anthropologist and Member of the Institu...
Dmitry Sitkovetsky: What's the Appropriate Music for the Current Poli…
On today's episode, Andrew talks to musician and composer Dmitry Sitkovetsky about the concept of genius, a more democratic orchestra, and what he's listening to right now. Sitkovetsky is one of a rare breed of artist whose c...