Episodes
Why money now is the most valuable commodity in Silicon Valley: Keith…
EPISODE 1701: In this regular weekly show with THAT WAS THE WEEK newsletter author Keith Teare, Keith explains how cash has become king for both Silicon Valley investors and entrepreneurs Keith Teare is a Founder and CEO at S...
When fictional characters turn out to be more authentic than real peo…
EPISODE 1700: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Lang Leav, author of OTHERS WERE EMERALDS, about fiction and authenticy, anti Asian racism in Australia and her love of the early internet as a place where she could escape...
How Bill Clinton betrayed progressive ideas and capitulated to the ri…
EPISODE 1699: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Nelson Lichtenstein, author of A FABULOUS FAILURE, about the failed "neo-liberal" policies of the Clinton presidency and the transformation of American capitalism Nelson Lic...
Five Elemental Ways of Building a Sustainable Future: Stephen Porder …
EPISODE 1698: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the Brown University ecologist and author of ELEMENTAL, Stephen Porder, about the five elements that have changed the earth's past and will shape our future Stephen Porder i...
If you want to understand America, you have to understand basketball:…
EPISODE 1697: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Rich Cohen, the author of WHEN THE GAME WAS WAR, about the 1987-1988 NBA season which, he argues, was the NBA's greatest of all time Rich Cohen is the author of the New York...
Imagine an AI that customizes a musical soundtrack of our lives: Nicl…
EPISODE 1696: In this special KEEN ON from the DLD AI Summit in Munich, Andrew talks to the songwriter, music producer and musician Niclas Molinder about the opportunities and threats that AI presents to the creative communi...
AI as our Guttenberg moment: Moritz Schularick, the President of the …
EPISODE 1695: In this special episode of KEEN ON from the DLD AI Summit in Munich, Andrew talks to Moritz Schularick, the President of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, about the historic economic significance of toda...
AI as our Oppenheimer moment: Benedikt Franke, CEO of the Munich Secu…
EPISODE 1694: In this special episode of KEEN ON from the DLD AI Summit in Munich, Andrew talks to Benedikt Franke, the CEO of the Munich Security Conference, about the geo-political significance of today's AI revolution Bene...
One year that changed the world: Ludwig Ensthaler on the short but re…
EPISODE 1693: In this special KEEN ON show from the DLD AI Summit in Munich, Andrew talks to Ludwig Ensthaler, the founder and general partner of the Berlin based 468 Capital, about the short but revolutionary history of Gene...
There will be no stock market on a dead planet: Sandrine Dixson-Decle…
EPISODE 1692: In this special KEEN ON show from the DLD AI Summit in Munich, Andrew talks to Sandrine Dixson-Decleve, co-president of the Club of Rome, about how to transform extractive capitalism into a regenerative model of...
Why truthful stories about nature should have neither beginnings nor …
EPISODE 1691: In this special KEEN ON show from DLD Circular, Andrew talks to Martin Puchner, professor of literature at Harvard, about why truthful stories about nature should have neither beginnings nor endings Martin Puchn...
Why there is hope in the soil: Jan-Gisbert Schultze on the transforma…
EPISODE 1690: In this special KEEN ON show from the DLD Circular conference in Munich, Andrew talks to Jan-Gisbert Schultze, the founder of the Regenerate Forum, about the transformational promise of regenerative agriculture ...
What, exactly, is circular economics? Martjin Lopes Cardozo on the cu…
EPISODE 1689: In this special KEEN ON show from the DLD Circular conference in Munich, Andrew talks to Martjin Lopes Cardozo, CEO of the Amsterdam based Circle Economy, about the current state of circular economics. Martjin ...
The Age of the Sustainable City: Ian Goldin on how to make the 21st c…
EPISODE 1688: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Ian Goldin, author of AGE OF THE CITY, about how to make the 21st century city the heart of a new circular economy Professor Ian Goldin is Professor of Globalisation and Dev...
Trust and the Tokenization of Value: Rachel O'Dwyer on the future of …
EPISODE 1687: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Rachel O'Dwyer, author of TOKENS, about the future of money in our age of the digital platform Rachel O'Dwyer is a lecturer at the School of Visual Culture at the National ...
Containing and Controlling AI: Mustafa Suleyman on how to strengthen …
EPISODE 1686: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Mustafa Suleyman, author of THE COMING WAVE, about how to strengthen the nation-state in the coming wave of radical technological disruption Mustafa Suleyman is the co-found...
Silicon Valley's Destruction of Reality: Jonathan Taplin on how 4 tec…
EPISODE 1685: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Jonathan Taplin, author of THE END OF REALITY, on how 4 tech billionaires - Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen - are selling us a fantasy future of...
I Must Resist: Michael G. Long celebrates the political and personal …
EPISODE 1684: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Michael G. Long, the editor of BAYARD RUSTIN: A LEGACY OF PROTEST AND PROTEST, the political and personal bravery of Bayard Ruskin on the 60th anniversary of the March on W...
Why extraterrestrial life doesn't give a damn about us: Avi Loeb on t…
EPISODE 1683: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Avi Loeb, author of INTERSTELLAR, about our search for extraterrestrial life and our future in the stars Abraham (Avi) Loeb is the Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science ...
Saving the Planet Five Times Faster: Simon Sharpe rethinks the scienc…
EPISODE 1682: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Simon Sharpe, author of FIVE TIMES FASTER, about how we need to rethink the science, economics and diplomacy of climate change Simon Sharpe is Director of Economics for the ...
Exposing Beijing's Rotten Rules: Bethany Allen on how an authoritaria…
EPISDOE 1680: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Bethany Allen, author of BEIJING RULES, about how an illiberal China is weaponizing its economy to confront the world Bethany Allen is the China reporter at Axios, based in ...