Episodes

EPISODE 1626: In this regular weekly show with THAT WAS THE WEEK newsletter author Keith Teare, Keith explains the connection between the rise in the price of money and the viability of the traditional tech investment ecosystem Keith Teare is a Founder and CEO at SignalRank Corporation. Previously he was Executive Chairman at Accelerated Digital Ventures Ltd - A UK based global investment company focused on startups at all stages. He was also previously founder at the Palo Alto incubator, Archi...

EPISODE 1625: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the LA Times book critic, Bethanne Patrick, who recommends five of the most interesting books published this week Bethanne Patrick maintains a storied place in the publishing industry as a critic and as @TheBookMaven on Twitter, where she created the popular #FridayReads and regularly comments on books and literary ideas to over 200,000 followers. Her work appears frequently in the Los Angeles Times as well as in The Washington Post, NPR Books,...

EPISODE 1624: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of THE SLIP, Prudence Peiffer, about Coenties Slip, an obscure street on the lower tip of Manhattan and the remarkable modern artists who got their start there Prudence Peiffer is an art historian, writer, and editor, specializing in modern and contemporary art. She is Managing Editor of the Creative Team at MoMA, New York. She received her PhD from Harvard University. Following a postdoctoral fellowship at Columbia University, she ...

EPISODE 1623: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Warren Zanes, author of DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE, about the significance of the 1982 album both in Springsteen's career and the history of rock 'n roll Warren Zanes is the New York Times bestselling author of Petty: The Biography . As a member of the Del Fuegos, he has shared the stage with Bruce Springsteen, and continues to write and record music. Zanes holds a PhD in visual and cultural studies from the University of Rochester and presently...

EPISODE 1622: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Tom Holm, the author of IRA HAYES, about the Akimel O'odham Warrior, World War II, and the Price of Heroism Tom Holm is a professor emeritus of American Indian Studies at the University of Arizona. Professor Holm has published over fifty articles, books, pamphlets, government reports, book reviews and essays, editorials, and book chapters. An enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation with Muskogee Creek ancestry, Holm has served on numerous Nati...

EPISODE 1621: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Lena Andrews, author of VALIANT WOMEN, about the extraordinary American servicewomen who helped win World War II LENA ANDREWS is a military analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency. She has a PhD in political science from MIT, specializing in international relations and security studies. She has spent more than a decade in foreign policy, having previously worked at the RAND Corporation and the United States Institute of Peace. Her first boo...

EPISODE 1620: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the Lithub movie critic Olivia Rutigliano about the gendered politics, anti-nostalgic aesthetics and Hollywood/Mattel economics of Greta Gerwig's hit new movie BARBIE Olivia Rutigliano is the Associate Editor of LitHub's CrimeReads vertical and the Senior Film Writer at LitHub. She is also a Contributing Editor at Bright Wall/Dark Room. Her other work appears in Vanity Fair, Vulture, Lapham's Quarterly, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Public B...

EPISODE 1619: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Ben Purkert, author of THE MEN CAN'T BE SAVED, about the fate of masculinity at a time when our jobs are destroying our souls Ben Purkert’s debut novel, The Men Can’t Be Saved , is forthcoming from Abrams/Overlook in August 2023. His poetry collection, For the Love of Endings (Four Way Books, 2018), was named one of Adroit ’s Best Poetry Books of the Year. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Nation, Slate, Poetry, Ploughshares, Keny...

EPISODE 1618: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Jeff Jarvis, the author of THE GUTTENBERG PARENTHESIS about the lessons of the age of print for our internet age Jeff Jarvis is a national leader in the development of online news, blogging, the investigation of new business models for news, and the teaching of entrepreneurial journalism. He writes an influential media blog, Buzzmachine.com. He is author of “Geeks Bearing Gifts: Imagining New Futures for News” (CUNY Journalism Press, 2014); “Pu...

EPISODE 1617: In this second KEEN ON interview with Julian Barnes, the distinguished British writer, Andrew talks to Julian about growing up in England, his lifelong romance with Europe and that "golden" generation of British writers Julian Barnes was born in Leicester, England on January 19, 1946. He was educated at the City of London School from 1957 to 1964 and at Magdalen College, Oxford, from which he graduated in modern languages (with honours) in 1968. After graduation, he worked as a lex...

EPISODE 1616: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Joe Allen, author of DARK AEON, about Transhumanism and the war against humanity Joe Allen has written for Chronicles, The Federalist, Human Events, The National Pulse, Parabola, Salvo, and Protocol: The Journal of the Entertainment Technology Industry. He holds a master’s degree from Boston University, where he studied cognitive science and human evolution as they pertain to religion. As an arena rigger, he’s toured the world for rock n’ roll,...

Episode 1615: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Julian Barnes, author of ELIZABETH FINCH, about the polytheism of antiquity and how to become somebody who can pass on wisdom Julian Barnes was born in Leicester, England on January 19, 1946. He was educated at the City of London School from 1957 to 1964 and at Magdalen College, Oxford, from which he graduated in modern languages (with honours) in 1968. After graduation, he worked as a lexicographer for the Oxford English Dictionary supplement ...

EPISODE 1614: In this regular weekly show with THAT WAS THE WEEK newsletter author Keith Teare, Keith speculates on what will happen when AI acquires a memory about us Keith Teare is a Founder and CEO at SignalRank Corporation. Previously he was Executive Chairman at Accelerated Digital Ventures Ltd - A UK based global investment company focused on startups at all stages. He was also previously founder at the Palo Alto incubator, Archimedes Labs. Archimedes was the original incubator for TechCru...

Episode 1613: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Keggie Carew, author of BEASTLY, about the terrible price we humans have paid for placing ourselves above other species Keggie Carew is the author of DADLAND which won the 2016 COSTA biography award. Before writing, her career was in contemporary art. Keggie was born in Gibraltar and has lived in West Cork, Barcelona, Texas, Auckland, and London. She now lives in Wiltshire with her husband where they have a small nature reserve. Her latest boo...

EPISODE 1612: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Olivia Rutigliano, Senior Film Writer at Lithub, about both the historical and contemporary significance of Christopher Nolan's new movie Olivia Rutigliano is the Associate Editor of LitHub's CrimeReads vertical and the Senior Film Writer at LitHub. She is also a Contributing Editor at Bright Wall/Dark Room. Her other work appears in Vanity Fair, Vulture, Lapham's Quarterly, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Public Books, The Baffler, Politics/L...

Episode 1611: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Thom Hartmann, America's #1 progressive talk show host and author of THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, about how Americans can rediscover humanity's ancient way of living Thom Hartmann is an award-winning author, international lecturer, teacher, and psychotherapist. His books have been written about in Time magazine, he has been on the front page of the Wall Street Journal , and he has been featured as a guest on numerous radio and TV...

In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Greg Mitchell, author of THE BEGINNING OR THE END, about how Hollywood learned to stop worrying and love the bomb Greg Mitchell’s books include The Beginning or the End: How Hollywood Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (The New Press) as well as The Tunnels ; The Campaign of the Century , winner of the Goldsmith Book Prize and finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; Tricky Dick and the Pink Lady , a New York Times Notable Book; So Wrong for So...

Episode 1609: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Sean A. Mirski, author of WE MAY DOMINATE THE WORLD, about ambition, anxiety and the rise of America as both a regional hegemon and global colossus Sean A. Mirski is a lawyer and US foreign policy scholar who has worked on national security issues across multiple U.S. presidential administrations. A term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, he currently practices national security, foreign relations, and appellate law at Arnold & Porter ...

Episode 1608: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Neil Howe, author of THE FOURTH TURNING IS HERE, how the seasons of history can help us overcome our current economic, political, cultural and generational crisis Neil Howe is an acclaimed historian, economist, and demographer and the bestselling author (with William Strauss) of The Fourth Turning , as well as over a dozen books on demographic and social change. The nation’s leading thinker on today’s generations—who they are, what motivates th...

Episode 1607: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Ted Anton, author of PROGRAMMABLE PLANET, about the brave new world of synthetic biology Ted Anton is professor of English at DePaul University. He is the author of several books and has written for Chicago magazine, the Chicago Tribune , and Publishers Weekly . His latest book is PROGRAMMABLE PLANET (2023) Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. I...

Episode 1606: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Evan Thomas, author of ROAD TO SURRENDER, about the three men - two Americans and one Japanese - behind the countdown to the end of World War II Evan Thomas is the author of nine books: The Wise Men (with Walter Isaacson), The Man to See, The Very Best Men, Robert Kennedy, John Paul Jones, Sea of Thunder, The War Lovers, Ike’s Bluff, and Being Nixon . John Paul Jones and Sea of Thunder were New York Times bestsellers. Thomas was a writer, corre...

Episode 1605: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Natasha Wheatley, the author of THE LIFE AND DEATH OF STATES, about the Central Europe and the transformation of modern sovereignty from empire to democracy Assistant Professor of History at Princeton, Natasha Wheatley is an historian of modern European and international history, with broad interests in intellectual and legal history, Central Europe, and the history of international law. Her book The Life and Death of States: Central Europe and...

Episode 1603: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to John Wood Jr, National Ambassador for Braver Angels, about the role of diplomacy, music and conversation in getting Americans of different political persuasions to begin talking to one another again John Wood Jr. started as an opinion columnist for USA TODAY in May 2022. He is also National Ambassador for Braver Angels; America's largest bipartisan, grassroots organization dedicated to the work of political depolarization. Prior to that Wood wa...

Episode 1603: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Eric Yaverbaum, author of PR FOR DUMMIES, about Twitter, Threads and why even 62 year-old guys like himself need to be on social media Eric Yaverbaum, CEO of Ericho Communications, is a communications, media, and public relations expert with over 41 years in the industry, having co-founded Jericho Communications and served as President from 1985 until its successful sale in 2006. Eric has worked with a wide-range of top-of-their-industry client...