Episodes

EPISODE 1591: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Amy Rowland, author of INSIDE THE WOLF, about small Southern town interlopers and imposters and how to slay the ghosts of a violent and racist past Amy Rowland is the author...

EPISODE 1590: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Matt Birkbeck, author of THE LIFE WE CHOSE, about William "Big Billy" D'Elia and the last secrets of America's most powerful Mafia family Matt Birkbeck is an award-winning i...

EPISODE 1589: In this regular weekly show with THAT WAS THE WEEK newsletter author Keith Teare, Keith explains why the Biden administration is against both wealth creation and innovation Keith Teare is a Founder and CEO at Si...

EPISODE 1588: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks David Lipsky, the author of THE PARROT AND THE IGLOO, about climate and the conspiratorial science of denial David Lipsky is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone . His fictio...

EPISODE 1587: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Benjamin C. Fong, author of QUICK FIXES, about drugs in America, from Prohibition to the 21st century binge Benjamin Y. Fong is Honors Faculty Fellow at Barrett, the Honors ...

EPISODE 1586: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Maggie O'Farrell, author of THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT, about childhood, art, money and marriage in 16th Century Florence Maggie O’Farrell, FRSOL, is the author of HAMNET, Winner...

Episode 1585: In this regular weekly show with THAT WAS THE WEEK newsletter author Keith Teare, Andrew and Keith discuss Threads and why it might turn out to be the Disneyland of social media Keith Teare is a Founder and CEO ...

EPISODE 1584: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Laura Trethewey, author of THE DEEPEST MAP, about the high-stakes race to chart the world's oceans Laura Trethewey is an award-winning environmental and ocean journalist and...

EPISODE 1583: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to C.W. Goodyear, the author of PRESIDENT GARFIELD, about James Garfield, the Most Pathologically Reasonable of American Presidents C.W. Goodyear is an author and historian bas...

EPISODE 1582: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of A TERRIBLY SERIOUS ADVENTURE, Nikhil Krishnan, about the history of philosophy at Oxford between 1900 and 1960 Nikhil Krishnan was born in Bangalore, India. He...

EPISODE 1581: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Ethan Scheiner, author of FREEDOM TO WIN, about the the courageous Czechoslovakian hockey team that successfully fought the Soviets for the soul of its people Ethan Scheiner...

EPISODE 1580: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Benyamin Cohen, the author of THE EINSTEIN EFFECT, how the world's favorite genius got into our cars, our bathrooms and our minds Benyamin Cohen manages the official social ...

EPISODE 1579: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Sarah Weinman, editor of EVIDENCE OF THINGS SEEN, true crime in our era of cultural, economic and political reckoning Sarah Weinman is the author of Scoundrel , named a Bes...

EPISODE 1578: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Deborah Bonello, author of NARCAS, about the secret rise of women in Latin's America's drug cartels Deborah Bonello is a journalist, a writer, an editor, and an investigator...

EPISODE 1577: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to John K. Roth, co-author of WARNINGS, about the Holocaust, the Ukraine and an endangered American democracy JOHN K. ROTH was named the 1988 U. S. National Professor of the Ye...

EPISODE 1576: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Sonali Kolhatkar, author of RISING UP, about the power of narrative in pursuing racial justice in America Sonali Kolhatkar is the host and creator of Rising Up with Sonali ,...

EPISODE 1575: In this regular weekly show with THAT WAS THE WEEK newsletter author Keith Teare, Andrew and Keith discuss an astonishing week in tech when Apple reached a three trillion dollar valuation and AI ate the internet...

EPISODE 1574: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Nate Halverson, the producer and lead reporter on the new documentary movie THE GRAB, about the money, influence and rationale behind covert efforts to control the planet's ...

EPISODE 1573: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Peace Adzo Medie, author of NIGHTBLOOM, about how to get beyond the shame of sexual violence in Africa Peace Adzo Medie is a scholar and writer. She is Senior Lecturer in Ge...

EPISODE 1572: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Patrick Dean, the author of NATURE'S MESSENGER, about Mark Catesby, America's First Great Naturalist Patrick Dean writes on the outdoors and the environment. He has worked a...

EPISODE 1571: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Bill Boggs, the author of SPIKE UNLEASHED, about an America addiction to celebrity, drugs, sex and food Bill Boggs, author of SPIKE UNLEASHED, is an Emmy Award–winning TV ta...

EPISODE 1570: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of THE QUIET TENANT, about American serial killers and why fiction writing, in contrast with non-fiction, needs to be realistic and "make sense" CLÉMENCE MICHALLO...

Episode 1569: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Aisha Harris, author of WANNABE, about the pop culture that shaped both her and her generation From 2012 to 2018, Harris covered culture for Slate Magazine as a staff writer...

EPISODE 1568: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Anya von Bremzen, author of NATIONAL DISH, about popular foods ,like pizza and borscht, as forms of oppression and symbols of resistance Anya von Bremzen is a three-time Jam...