Episodes
Horror Literature as a Form of Realism: Leopoldo Gout on the living d…
EPISODE 1374 : In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the artist, filmmaker and author of PINATA Leopoldo Gout about the horror genre and why modern Mexico City is an place layered by the living dead A visual artist, filmmaker...
Grasping at the Realities of Today's Banking Crisis: Brad DeLong on t…
EPISODE 1373: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the UC Berkeley economist and author of SLOUCHING TOWARD UTOPIA author Brad Delong about today's banking crisis, ChatGPT4 and the new economic laws of our social media age B...
The Case for Cultural Appropriation: Martin Puchner on how culture is…
EPISODE 1372: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the Harvard professor and author of CULTURE Martin Puchner about how culture - from cave art to K-Pop - is the syncretic story of all of us. Nobody has the "right" to it, he...
Beijing 1949: Elisabeth B. Armstrong on the most consequential anti-c…
EPISODE 1371: In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to the author of BURY THE CORPSE OF COLONIALISM, Elisabeth B. Armstrong about the 1949 Asian Women's Conference in Beijing - the most consequential anti-colonial feminist co...
How to Walk the Walk: Neil Gross on three police chiefs who defied th…
EPISODE 1370: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to WALK THE WALK author and Colby College sociologist Neil Gross about three American police chiefs who defied the odds and provided a model for changing cop culture A former p...
Has World War One Ended Yet? Alice Winn on innocence, privilege, viol…
EPISODE 1369: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to IN MEMORIUM author Alice Winn about innocence, privilege, violence, sexuality and social class in 1914-18 England and whether or not we are now back in similarly unequal and...
Broken threads, broken springs, broken idols, broken heads: Christoph…
EPISODE 1368: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the Japanese based scholar and writer Christopher Hobson about how everything everywhere in the world - from the US and UK to Nigeria, Iraq, Lebanon and South Africa - appea...
The Last Russian Doll: Kristen Loesch on fictionalizing and feminizin…
EPISODE 1367: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of THE LASTE RUSSIAN DOLL, Kristen Loesch, about the Russia of 1917 and 1991 and what inspired her to write her novel about two Russian 20th century women Kristen...
A 21st Century Money Revolution: Richard Duncan outlines the monetary…
EPISODE 1365 : In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to THE MONEY REVOLUTION author and financial analyst Richard Duncan on the stimulatory monetary policy that can truly make America great again Richard Duncan is the author of ...
Celebrating International Women's Month: Tiffany Shlain on the histor…
EPISODE 1365: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the artist Tiffany Shlain about her new "Human Nature" exhibit which views the history of women within the expansiveness of nature and time through the lens of feminism, neu...
The Power of Wonder: Monica C. Parker on the extraordinary emotion th…
EPISODE 1364 : In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to THE POWER OF WONDER author Monica C. Parker on the way in which our sense of wonder can enrich the way we live, learn and work A world-renowned speaker, writer, and authori...
The Death of American Politics: Peter Wehner on retribution, vengeanc…
EPISODE 1363 : In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to DEATH OF POLITICS author Peter Wehner about retribution, vengeance, forbearance and healing in Trump's America. Peter Wehner is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and a ...
Playing God: Mary Jo McConahay on why American Catholic Bishops are a…
EPISODE 1362: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to PLAYING GOD author Mary Jo McConahay about how American Catholic bishops and the big money interests of the religiously fundamentalist far right are a threat to American dem...
Bootstrapped: Alissa Quart on why we need to liberate ourselves from …
EPISODE 1361: In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to BOOSTRAPPED author Alissa Quart on why and how we can liberate ourselves from the "American Dream" Alissa Quart is the author of five acclaimed books of nonfiction includ...
More Than a Glitch: Meredith Broussard confronts race, gender and abi…
EPISODE 1360: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to MORE THAN A GLITCH author Meredith Broussard on why and how technology is reinforcing inequality and what we can do about it Data journalist Meredith Broussard is an associa...
A Murderous Women's History Month: Patti McCracken on some early 20th…
Episode 1359 : In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to THE ANGEL MAKERS author Patti McCracken about some early 20th century women from the Hungarian village of Nagyrev who poisoned 160 husbands, boyfriends and sons (plus a few...
On Human Agency and the Language of Grief: Colin Campbell explains wh…
EPISODE 1358 : In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to FINDING THE WORDS author Colin Campbell about the death of his two children and how he and his wife have tried to work though this loss with both hope and purpose. COLIN CA...
Are Mindfulness and Yoga the Luxuries of a Privileged Class? Susan Ve…
EPISODE 1357 : In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to SAY ONE KIND THING author Susan Verde about positive self-talk, self-acceptance and how mindfulness can heal the trauma of childhood. New York Times bestselling author, Sus...
The (a)Morality of War: Ian Buruma on how some people actively collab…
EPISODE 1356: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the THE COLLABORATORS author Ian Buruma about three men and women who actively collaborated with evil during World War II Ian Buruma was born in the Netherlands. He studied ...
The Silicon Valley Bank apocalypse: That Was the Week's Keith Teare o…
EPISODE 1355: In this regular weekly KEEN show, Andrew talks to SignalRank CEO and THAT WAS THE WEEK newsletter author Keith Teare about the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and its impact on the broader start-up economy Keit...
What Gives You the Right? Jean Hanff Korelitz on Philip Roth, "The Hu…
EPISODE 1354 : In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Jean Hanff Korelitz about the legacy of Philip Roth, THE HUMAN STAIN, and a novelist's "right" to tell other people's stories. Jean Hanff Korelitz was born and raised in Ne...
Why weren't the economic consequences of COVID more apocalyptic? Liz …
In this KEEN ON episode, CRASH LANDING author Liz Hoffman offers the inside story of how the world's biggest companies and governments mostly enabled us to survive the COVID economy Liz Hoffman is the business and finance edi...
Craig Seligman on Doris Fish, the rise of drag and why Ron DeSantis s…
EPISODE 1352: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to WHO DOES THAT BITCH THINK SHE IS? author Craig Seligman about Doris Fish, the rise of drag and why we need to dress Ron DeSantis up as a woman. Over the past three decades C...
The Noise of Typewriters: Lance Morrow remembers the golden age of Am…
EPISODE 1351: In this KEEN ON show, THE NOISE OF TYPEWRITERS author Lance Morrow remembers the golden age of American journalists such as John Hersey, Henry Luce and Carl Bernstein ( apologies for the poor sound quality of th...