Episodes

EPISODE 1470 : In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Paul Kix, the author of YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO DIE BEFORE YOU CAN BEGIN TO LIVE, about the 1963 Birmingham Campaign - ten weeks that would shape the course of the Civil...

EPISODE 1469 : In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of PLUNDER, Brendan Ballou, about Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America Brendan Ballou is a federal prosecutor and served as Special Counsel for Private Equit...

EPISODE 1468 : In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of HELL TO PAY, Michael Lind, about how the suppression of wages and unions is destroying America Michael Lind is the author of more than a dozen books of nonfic...

EPISODE 1467 : In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Alice Oseman, the author of SOLITAIRE and the HEARTSTOPPER series, about asexuality, the importance of authentic story telling and the dangers of book banning Alice Oseman ...

EPISODE 1466 : In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of THE FIRST LADY OF WORLD WAR II, Shannon McKenna Schmidt, on Eleanor Roosvelt's historic journey in 1943 to the Pacific frontline. Shannon McKenna Schmidt is t...

EPISODE 1465: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of MORE THAN I IMAGINED, John Blake, about his memoir of rediscovering his white mother and what this tells us about getting beyond race and racism in America tod...

EPISODE 1464 : In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of WARRIOR GIRL UNEARTHED, Angeline Boulley, about her Native American community, her traditional firekeeping father and the need to get beyond "trauma" in Nativ...

EPISODE 1463: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of THE RISE OF VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES, Amber Atherton about the rise of virtual communities like the WELL, Second Life, Flickr, Reddit and Discord. Entrepreneur and ...

EPISODE 1462 : In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of EXCELLENT ADVICE FOR LIVING, Kevin Kelly, about the limits of AI, the value of walking and why he remains optimistic about the future Kevin Kelly is Senior Ma...

EPISODE 1461 : In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to the author of THE BOYS, Katie Hafner, about the art of fictionalizing non-fiction, Kafka and her career writing about Silicon Valley Katie Hafner was on staff at The New...

EPISODE 1460: In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to the author of TRUMP WAS A JOKE, Sophia McClennen, on how satire is the most effective way of confronting the absurdity of Donald Trump Sophia A. McClennen works on the in...

EPISODE 1459 : In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of FREE AND EQUAL, Daniel Chandler, on how the ideas of the American philosopher John Rawls can help us identify what a fair society should look like. Daniel Cha...

Episode 1458 : In this regular weekly show with THAT WAS THE WEEK newsletter author Keith Teare, Andrew and Keith discuss VC shrinkage, the end of screens, sperm injected robots and, inevitably, Keith's heartthrob Paul Graham...

EPISODE 1457 : In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of JUST ONCE, NO MORE, Charles Foran, about what his memories of his father teach us about himself and us Charlie Foran was born and raised in Toronto. He holds ...

EPISODE 1456 : In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of I AM MY COUNTRY, Kenan Orhan, about the surprising links bridging the American heartland with the Turkish metropolis Kenan Orhan is a Turkish American writer ...

EPISODE 1455 : In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of KNOWING WHAT WE KNOW, Simon Winchester, about the magical way in which contemporary knowledge is transmitted SIMON WINCHESTER is the New York Times best-selli...

EPISODE 1454: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of NEPTUNE'S PROJECTS, Rishi Dastidar, about how to write poetry about the impending environmental catastrophe Rishi Dastidar’s poetry has been published by the F...

EPISODE 1453 : In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the Oxford Professor of Global History and author of THE EARTH TRANSFORMED, Peter Frankopan, about what we can learn from history about today's environmental crisis Peter F...

EPISODE 1452: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the Iraqi-American human-rights activist and founder of IDEAS BEYOND BORDERS, Faisal Saeed Al Mutar, about resisting Al Qaeda in post Saddam Iraq, reading John Stuart Mill a...

EPISODE 1451: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of the new memoir UNEDUCATED, Christopher Zara, about flunking out, falling apart and finding his worth in spite of not being "educated" Daniel Chandler is an eco...

EPISODE 1450 : In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of INTRACONNECTED, Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., about the science of our social brains and why we are miserable being cut off from other people, other species and the...

Episode 1449: In this regular weekly show with THAT WAS THE WEEK newsletter author Keith Teare, Andrew and Keith discuss the death of magazines, DVDs and Buzzfeed News as well the imminent demise of Twitter Keith Teare is a F...

EPISODE 1448: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of I KICK AND I FLY, Ruchira Gupta about how to empower girls to fight against child prostitution and sex trafficking Ruchira Gupta has pioneered laws, policies, ...

EPISODE 1447 : In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of DEAR LEADER, Sam Adeyemi, about God, Goodness & the Value of Persistence and why evangelicals like himself should be encouraging their following to think lik...