Episodes

EPISODE 1350: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the co-author of THE EMPATHY ADVANTAGE, Chris Shipley, about the new rules and language for leaders in our post COVID world. Chris Shipley has documented, influenced, and pr...

EPISODE 1349: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to AI BATTLE ROYALE author Ashley Marc Recanati about how to protect your job from the disruption of the 4th Industrial Revolution of smart machines Over the past twenty years,...

EPISODE 1348 : In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to WITHOUT A DOUBT author and Y Combinator healthcare investor Surbhi Sarna about the current state of the American medical system and how young female entrepreneurs and techn...

EPISODE 1347: I n this KEEN ON conversation, Andrew talks to Jackie Robinson scholar and 42 TODAY editor Michael G. Long on why we why Robinson's political legacy is at least as important as his sporting one Michael G. Long w...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to the co-author of BIG CON, Rosie Collington about how how the consulting industry weakens our businesses, infantilizes our governments, and warps our economies Rosie Collington is a Ph....

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to THAT WAS THE WEEK newsletter author Keith Teare about the the dismal collapse of start-up value, the failure of US government to rein in Big Tech, and the seemingly relentless rise of...

EPISODE 1344: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to MARRIAGE BOX author Corie Adjmi about growing up New Orleans, her Jewish-Syrian ancestory and her guilt about writing about "flawed" Jewish fictional characters Corie Adjmi ...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to WOMEN ARE THE FIERCEST CREATURES author Andrea Dunlop on why today is such a rage-inducing time to be a woman and how to address gender injustice. Andrea Dunlop is the author of the no...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to the Amsterdam based Reinier de Graaf, the author of architect, verb , about a new language of building which has infected architecture with the doublespeak of corrosive words like "wel...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to HOW THE WEST BROUGHT WAR TO UKRAINE author Benjamin Abelow on what he sees as the real reasons for the Russian invasion of Ukraine and what the West needs to do to help end the war Ben...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to DEATH OF A GREAT MAN author Peter Kramer about Donald Trump's psychiatric condition and the nature of his inner life. Peter D. Kramer is the author of eight books, including Ordinarily...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to the author of THE FOREST, Alexander Nemerov, about his truthfully subjective image of America in the 1830s Alexander Nemerov is Carl and Marilynn Thoma Provostial Professor in the Arts...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to 50 STATES OF MIND author Ryan Bernsten on how everyone in America is connected and nobody is lost Offering a fresh perspective on U.S. politics, American national and Oxford University...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to GNAR COUNTRY author Steven Kotler about the biology of aging and how to stay "rad" while growing old. Steven Kotler is a New York Times bestselling author, an award-winning journalist,...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to the author of UNLIKELY HEROES, Derek Leebaert, about Franklin Roosevelt's four key lieutenants - Harold Ickes, Harry Hopkins, Frances Perkins and Henry Wallace - and the radically new ...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to BLOOD MONEY author Kathleen McLaughlin about an exploitative American blood industry that, she believes, is sucking the blood of the poor Kathleen McLaughlin is an award-winning journa...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to THE BENEATH THE ICE author Mensun Bound about the extraordinary story of how the Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, was found in the most hostile sea on earth. Born in the Falkla...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to FINALLY SEEN author Kelly Yang about Roald Dahl, Ron DeSantis and why children's literature has become so politicized. KELLY YANG, Founder, is the New York Times best-selling, award-wi...

In this regular KEEN ON summary of the week's news in technology, Andrew talks to That Was The Week newsletter editor Keith Teare about Section 230, an AI bubble, a new China-Saudi axis, techno-political problems in Israel, a...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to the author of THE WORLD CRISIS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW Paul Stephan about the world crisis caused by our knowledge economy and what we can do about it Paul B. Stephan is a law professor ...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to the co-author of THE BIG MYTH, Erik Conway, about how American business taught us to loathe government and love the free market ideologies of neo-liberal economists like Milton Friedma...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to THE SECRET FILES author Michael Hayes about Bill de Blasio, the NYPD & the Broken Promises of Police Reform Michael is a journalist and author of the forthcoming book The Secret Files:...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to the author of INJUSTICE, INC Daniel Hatcher about how the United States criminal justice system has transformed the poor and children into tradable commodities Daniel L. Hatcher is Pro...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to MEGANETS author David Auerbach on how digital forces beyond our control are commandeering our daily lives and inner realities. DAVID AUERBACH is a writer and software engineer who has ...