Episodes
The Twisted Games We Play: Siena Sterling on twisted plots, twisted p…
EPISODE 1519: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Siena Sterling, the author of THE GAME SHE PLAYS CAN TURN DEADLY. about twisted plots, twisted people and twisted writers like Patricia Highsmith and Fyodor Dostoievski Sien...
The Italian Squad: Paul Moses on the true story of the immigrant cops…
EPISODE 1518: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of the ITALIAN SQUAD, Paul Moses, about the true story of the early 20th century New York cops who fought the rise of the Mafia Paul Moses is Professor Emeritus o...
The Palestine Laboratory: Antony Loewenstein explains how Israel expo…
EPISODE 1517: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of THE PALESTINE LABORATORY, Antony Loewenstein, about how, in his view, Israel exports the technology of occupation around the world Antony Loewenstein is an ind...
The Heartbeat of the Wild: David Quammen's conservationist manifesto …
EPISODE 1516: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of THE HEARTBEAT OF THE WILD, David Quammen, about how to write with both appropriate spiritual reverence and scientific accuracy about the wilderness David Quamm...
Do You Dream of Electric Sheep? Jordan Crandall on the appropriate li…
EPISODE 1515: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Jordan Crandall, the author of AUTODRIVE, about the imminent age of superintelligence in which we will won't be able to distinguish man and machine Jordan Crandall is Profes...
That Was The Week in Tech: Keith Teare predicts a failed Apple virtua…
EPISODE 1514: In this regular weekly show with THAT WAS THE WEEK newsletter author Keith Teare, Andrew and Keith discuss the upcoming Apple virtual reality headset, the supposed investment boom in AI and Elon Musk's ambition ...
Message on an Envelope: Stephen Games rethinks the publishing industr…
EPISODE 1513: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Stephen Games, the publisher of BookLaunch Quarterly & EnvelopeBooks, about the Big Book industry, the importance of rigorous editing and why literary agents serve no real p...
The 7 Deadly Myths: Alex Ryvchin on antisemitism from the time of Chr…
EPISODE 1512: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Alex Ryvchin, author of THE 7 DEADLY MYTHS, about antisemitism from the time of Christ to Kanye West and the Ashburton Army Alex Ryvchin is co-Chief Executive Officer of the...
The Wounded World: Chad Williams on W.E.B. Du Bois and the First Worl…
EPISODE 1511: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Chad Williams, the author of THE WOUNDED WORLD, about W.E.B. Du Bois and the First World World Chad Williams is the Samuel J. and Augusta Spector Professor of History and Af...
Anything but Halycon: Elliot Ackerman imagines an America of Presiden…
EPISODE 1510: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Eliot Ackerman, the author of the novel HALCYON, which imagines an America where Al Gore becomes President and there is technology that can resurrect dead people ELLIOT ACKE...
Our Kids Will Ask Us What We Did: Skye Perryman explains why she is f…
EPISODE 1508: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the CEO and President of Democracy Forward, Skye Perryman, about the existential crisis of American Democracy and what we can do to save it Skye Perryman is a lawyer, advoca...
Like the Appearance of Horses: Andrew Krivak on war, language, memory…
EPISODE 1508: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Andrew Krivak, author of LIKE THE APPEARANCE OF HORSES, about war, language, memory and why, in his opinion, AI algorithms like ChatGPT will never understand beauty Andrew K...
The World as a Big Book Club: David Blake explains the resiliency of …
EPISODE 1507: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to David Blake, the co-founder and CEO of BookClub, about the resiliency of the physical book and why he is cautiously optimistic about the impact of AI on storytelling David B...
Carry Strong: Stephanie Kramer offers an empowered approach to naviga…
EPISODE 1506: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of CARRY STRONG, Stephanie Kramer, about her empowered approach to navigating pregnancy and work Stephanie Kramer is a beauty industry executive with experience o...
Talking Turkey: Soli Özel makes sense of President Recep Tayyip Erdog…
EPISODE 1505: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the Istanbul based political scientist Soli Özel about President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s return to power in Turkey Soli Özel is a member of the European Council on Foreign Re...
How to Scale Trust: David Samson on making tribes and tribalism work …
EPISODE 1503: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of OUR TRIBAL FUTURE, David Samson, about how to channel our foundational human instincts into a force for good DAVID R. SAMSON is an associate professor of Biolo...
Accelerated Minds: Neil Seeman unlocks the often destructive impulses…
EPISODE 1503: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks with ACCELERATED MINDS author, Neil Seeman, about the fascinating, inspiring and often destructive impulses that drive the entrepreneurial brain Neil Seeman is a Canadian write...
A Lost Son in Russia: Brett Forrest on the tragic human collateral lo…
EPISODE 1502: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of LOST SON, Brett Forrest, about Billy Reilly, a young American sucked into the FBI's secret war in Russia Brett Forrest is a national-security reporter for The ...
On Our Worst Behavior: Elise Loehnen explains why women should be sin…
EPISODE 1501: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks with ON OUR BEST BEHAVIOR author Elise Loehnen on the price women pay for not embracing the seven deadly sins Elise Loehnen is the host of Pulling the Thread . She has co-writt...
Living Beneath the Surface: Hugh Howey imagines the actual world as a…
EPISODE 1500 : In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Hugh Howey, the author of the Silo series, on living in a world that increasingly is coming to resemble his science fictional version of reality Hugh Howey is New York Time...
When the Heavens Went on Sale: Ashlee Vance on the historical precede…
EPISODE 1499: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of WHEN THE HEAVENS WENT ON SALE, Ashlee Vance, about the historical precedents, environmental risks and business opportunities of colonizing space Ashlee Vance i...
Thomas Jefferson as America's Founding Plagiarist: David Fleming expl…
EPISODE 1498: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to David Fleming, the author of WHO'S YOUR FOUNDING FATHER, about how Thomas Jefferson stole the words of the Declaration of Independence from Irish and Scottish migrants to Am...
The Shadow Docket: Stephen Vladeck on how the Supreme Court is using …
EPISODE 1497 : In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Stephen Vladeck, the author of THE SHADOW DOCKET, about how the Supreme Court is using stealth rulings to amass power and undermine the American Republic Stephen Vladeck ho...
The Cult of the Asshole: Jeremy Sherman's psycho-proctological analys…
EPISODE 1496: In this KEEN ON show, Jeremy Sherman, the author of WHAT'S UP WITH ASSHOLES, offers a psycho-proctological analysis of why there are so many assholes around these days Once there was no life. Then there was life...