Episodes

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to PALO ALTO author Malcolm Harris about Leland Stanford, eugenics, Herbert Hoover's technocracy, Elizabeth Holmes' black sweaters and Sam Bankman-Fried's parents. Malcolm Harris is an Am...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to RED BALCONY author Jonathan Wilson about Palestine in the 1930s, Jabotinsky and Jewish terrorism, and whether it's ever okay to use the Y word to describe Jewish people. JONATHAN WILSO...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to ACTUAL MALICE author Samantha Barbas about Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press in the 1964 New York Times v. Sullivan case and how the current Supreme Court might be plotting to revi...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to THE CURSE OF THE MARQUIS DE SADE author Joel Warner about a French ponzi scheme built around the original manuscript of De Sade's notorious "120 Days of Sodom" Joel Warner is a writer ...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to the author of OFF THE EDGE author Kelly Weill about Flat Earthers, conspiracy culture and why some people will believe anything. Kelly Weill , the author of OFF THE EDGE: Flat Earthers...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks with Emmanuel Iduma, the author of I AM STILL WITH YOU, about the complex silence, inheritance and history of the Nigerian Civil War Emmanuel Iduma is the author of A Stranger’s Pose , a ...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN (3rd ed) author John Perkins about how China and the United States are both contributing to what he calls the "death economy" and how to create an al...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to AFRICATOWN author Nick Tabor about the Clotilde, America's last slave ship and the community it created outside of Mobile, Alabama. NICK TABOR is a freelance journalist whose work has ...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to the author of AN AFFIRMING FLAME, Roger Cohen, about the "exquisite torture" of writing and how we can undo what he calls our "Age of Undoing" ROGER COHEN is the Paris bureau chief and...

In this regular weekly KEEN ON round-up of tech news, Andrew talks to SignalRank CEO Keith Teare about ChatGPT hysteria, Microsoft's Bing dilemma, Tesla's self-driving woes and the upcoming existential challenge to Google at ...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to Steven Levy, Wired editor-at-large and author of FACEBOOK: THE INSIDE STORY, about the history of social media from Friendster and MySpace to Facebook and TikTok. Steven Levy is Wired’...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to BLACK AND QUEER ON CAMPUS author Michael P. Jeffries about what life both is and ideally should be for LGBTQ students in America today. Michael P. Jeffries is Dean of Academic Affairs,...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to PURPOSEFUL CURIOSITY author Costa Andriopoulos on how to ask the kind of questions that will successfully change our lives Costas Andriopoulos is a Professor of Innovation and Entrepre...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to the author of THE WOMAN WITH THE CURE, Lynn Cullen, about Dr Dorothy Horstmann the pioneer of the polio vaccine who gave up everything and changed the world. Lynn Cullen grew up in For...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to the author of OTHERLANDS, Thomas Halliday, about the deep time of paleobiology, croquet and the existential threat of climate change to our species and planet THOMAS HALLIDAY is a pala...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to the director general of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation, Wojciech Soczewica, about how to visit - both in person and online - this unique monument to evil. A graduate of the Institut...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to POD author Laline Paul about how to tell "Humanimal" stories that will get us to recognize our collective guilt in the destruction of nature. London-born and of Indian heritage, Laline...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to UPSHIFT author Ben Ramalingam on how to turn pressure into performance and crisis into creativity. Ben Ramalingam is a senior leader, innovator, and researcher specializing in internat...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to Nok Nok CEO Phillip Dunkelberger on digital technology that, he promises, will finally kill the online password. Phillip Dunkelberger has broad experience resulting from more than 30 y...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to the founder of Instapundit.com, Glenn Reynolds, about the origins of the blogging revolution at the turn of the 21st century. Glenn Harlan Reynolds (born August 27, 1960) is Beauchamp ...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to the author of MISS ALDRIDGE REGRETS Louise Hare about the history of blacks in England and how to write a second novel as successful as her first Louise Hare is a London-based author. ...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to NO MIRACLES NEEDED author Mark Z. Jacobson on how today's technology of wind, solar and water can save our climate and clean our air. Mark Z. Jacobson’s career has focused on better un...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to FRAGILE CARGO author Adam Brookes about true story of how a group of Chinese museum curators saved the priceless treasures of China's Forbidden City in the years leading up to World Wa...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to FREEDOM MOVES co-editor H. Samy Alim about Hip Hop knowledges, pedagogies and futures H. Samy Alim is the David O. Sears Presidential Endowed Chair in the Social Sciences and Professor...