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Esther Woolfson: The Most Disturbing of All Human Sins? How We Live With Other Creatures
Dec. 6, 2022

Esther Woolfson: The Most Disturbing of All Human Sins? How We Live W…

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andr...

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Chloe Sorvino: How the Multi-Trillion Dollar Industrial Meat Complex is Bad For Our Species and Our Planet
Dec. 6, 2022

Chloe Sorvino: How the Multi-Trillion Dollar Industrial Meat Complex …

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andr...

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Michael Kimmelman: Why New York Should Be Savored on Foot Rather Than From an Automobile
Dec. 6, 2022

Michael Kimmelman: Why New York Should Be Savored on Foot Rather Than…

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andr...

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David Marchick: What Do FDR, Trump, and Lincoln Have in Common? The Worst Transitions of Presidential Power in American History
Dec. 5, 2022

David Marchick: What Do FDR, Trump, and Lincoln Have in Common? The W…

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andr...

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Samantha Vérant: How to Live in France and Write Novels About Fine Food and Wine
Dec. 5, 2022

Samantha Vérant: How to Live in France and Write Novels About Fine Fo…

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andr...

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Bob Blaisdell on When Chekhov Became Chekhov: How the Son of a Serf Became a Literary Genius
Dec. 4, 2022

Bob Blaisdell on When Chekhov Became Chekhov: How the Son of a Serf B…

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andr...

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Lynne Twist: What Gandhi, Mandela, and Martin Luther King Can Teach Us About Living a Committed Life
Dec. 3, 2022

Lynne Twist: What Gandhi, Mandela, and Martin Luther King Can Teach U…

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andr...

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Max Bazerman: Crypto, #MeToo, Theranos, and January 6: How We Enable the Unethical
Dec. 2, 2022

Max Bazerman: Crypto, #MeToo, Theranos, and January 6: How We Enable …

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andr...

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Martin Lund on How to Fight Racism? We Need More Books and Conversations About Whiteness
Dec. 2, 2022

Martin Lund on How to Fight Racism? We Need More Books and Conversati…

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andr...

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Paul Boross: How Humor is the Best Antidote to Theocracy In Both Politics and the Workplace
Dec. 1, 2022

Paul Boross: How Humor is the Best Antidote to Theocracy In Both Poli…

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andr...

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MinaLima on The Art of Designing the Graphics For the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beast Films
Dec. 1, 2022

MinaLima on The Art of Designing the Graphics For the Harry Potter an…

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andr...

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There's More to Life Than Politics: Orville Schell's Fictional Message to Xi Jinping
Nov. 30, 2022

There's More to Life Than Politics: Orville Schell's Fictional Messag…

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andr...

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Kristin Keffeler: Why Do We Care About the Scions of Wealthy American Families Struggling to Find Purpose?
Nov. 30, 2022

Kristin Keffeler: Why Do We Care About the Scions of Wealthy American…

Kristin Keffeler , MSM, MAPP, is a thought leader at the forefront of a global shift in family wealth advising, known as Wealth 3.0. As a consultant, she guides affluent and enterprising families, rising gen, and the professi...

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Josiah Ober: In a Time of Hostility Toward Reason and Science, What Can the Ancient Greeks Teach us About the Value of Rationality?
Nov. 30, 2022

Josiah Ober: In a Time of Hostility Toward Reason and Science, What C…

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andr...

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Michael J. Wolf: If AI, Web3.0, and the Metaverse Are Utopian Pipe Dreams, What Internet Innovation Can Actually Help Save the World?
Nov. 29, 2022

Michael J. Wolf: If AI, Web3.0, and the Metaverse Are Utopian Pipe Dr…

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andr...

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Robert Draper on Weapons of Mass Distraction: How the Republican Party Lost Its Mind After the January 6 Insurrection
Nov. 29, 2022

Robert Draper on Weapons of Mass Distraction: How the Republican Part…

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andr...

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Bruce Davis: Do the Oscars Have a Future in an Age of Superhero Sequels and Prequels?
Nov. 29, 2022

Bruce Davis: Do the Oscars Have a Future in an Age of Superhero Seque…

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andr...

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Shahan Mufti: How the 1977 Siege of Washington Marks the Beginning of Our Preoccupation With "Terrorist" Violence and Real-Time News
Nov. 28, 2022

Shahan Mufti: How the 1977 Siege of Washington Marks the Beginning of…

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andr...

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Andrew Koppelman: How American Libertarianism Became the Delusional Ideology of Greedy, Selfish Capitalists
Nov. 28, 2022

Andrew Koppelman: How American Libertarianism Became the Delusional I…

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andr...

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Fred Hogge on An Icy Truth: How We've Used Cold to Transform Humanity and Destroy the Environment
Nov. 28, 2022

Fred Hogge on An Icy Truth: How We've Used Cold to Transform Humanity…

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andr...

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Roger Ballen: Why Good Photography Should Get Underneath Our Skin and Assault Us
Nov. 21, 2022

Roger Ballen: Why Good Photography Should Get Underneath Our Skin and…

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andr...

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Michael P. Leiter: Why the Latest Battle Between Elon Musk and Twitter Works Is Part of a Bigger War About Burnout and the Need to Manage People's Relationships With Their Jobs
Nov. 21, 2022

Michael P. Leiter: Why the Latest Battle Between Elon Musk and Twitte…

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andr...

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Gary Marcus: Why Smart Machines Will Probably Never Replicate the Human Act of Writing and How Writers Should View AI Suspiciously —"Like a Hawk"
Nov. 20, 2022

Gary Marcus: Why Smart Machines Will Probably Never Replicate the Hum…

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andr...

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Derek Lidow: Why Joshiah Wedgwood—And Not Andrew Carnegie, Steve Jobs, or Elon Musk—Is the Definition of a "Good Entrepreneur"
Nov. 19, 2022

Derek Lidow: Why Joshiah Wedgwood—And Not Andrew Carnegie, Steve Jobs…

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andr...

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