Episodes

In this Keen On episode, Andrew talks to THE TERRAFORMERS author Annalee Newitz about the nature of things in 60,000 years - a world simultaneously all-too-familiar and unimaginably different from our own. ANNALEE NEWITZ is an American journalist, editor, and author of fiction and nonfiction. They are the recipient of a Knight Science Journalism Fellowship from MIT, and have written for Popular Science , The New Yorker , and the Washington Post . They founded the science fiction website io9 and ...

In this regular KEEN ON Friday episode, Andrew talks to SignalRank CEO Keith Teare about the death of unicorns, the birth of AI, the irrelevance of social media and the other developments in tech for That Was the Week in Tech. ABOUT KEITH TEARE: Keith is the CEO and Founder at SignalRank Corp ( https://signalrank.co ) - previously Accelerated Digital Ventures, Archimedes Labs, TechCrunch, RealNames, EasyNet. ABOUT ANDREW KEEN : Name as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew K...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to WORLD CITIZEN author Jane Olson about Eleanor Roosevelt, Nicaragua and Uganda, Greta Thunberg and why she remains optimistic about young people making the world a better place. ABOUT JANE OLSEN : Jane Olson has worked as a volunteer for many decades to promote peace and justice through international human rights and humanitarian organizations. She chaired the International Board of Trustees of Human Rights Watch from 2004 to 2010 and served as co-chair of...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to IN THE NATION'S SERVICE author Philip Taubman about George Schultz's role in end the Cold War and his historical legacy sas an UnTrumpian centrist in the Republican Party. ABOUT PHILIP TAUBMAN : Philip Taubman worked for The New York Times for thirty years as a reporter and editor, including stints as chief of both the Washington and Moscow bureaus. He has also worked at Esquire and Time magazines. He was twice awarded the George Polk Award—for National R...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to BLK ART author Zaria Ware about the audacious legacy of black artists and models in both European and North American art. ABOUT ZARIA WARE. Zaria Ware is a writer and the author of “BLK ART: The Audacious Legacy of Black Artists and Models in Western Art” (2023). She lives just outside Detroit, MI. BLK ART is her first book. ABOUT ANDREW KEEN : Name as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadc...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to BREAKING THE TWO-PARTY DOOM LOOP author Lee Drutman about the compelling case for multiparty democracy in America. ABOUT LEE DRUTMAN : Lee Drutman is a senior fellow in the Political Reform program at New America. He is the author of Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop: The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America (Oxford University Press, 2020) and The Business of America is Lobbying (Oxford University Press, 2015), winner of the 2016 American Political Sci...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to Gallup CEO and BLIND SPOT author Jon Clifton about the anger, stress, sadness , physical pain and worry behind the the global rise of unhappiness. ABOUT JON CLIFTON: JON CLIFTON IS CEO OF GALLUP, the global analytics and advice firm. Mr. Clifton's mission is to help organizations create thriving workplaces; put 1 billion people in touch with their strengths; and help 8 billion citizens be heard on their most pressing issues through the Gallup World Poll, ...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to THIS IS NOT WHO WE ARE author Zachary Shore about America's struggle between vengeance and virtue during World War Two with a particular focus on the decision to drop two atomic weapons on Japan and to rebuild Germany. ABOUT ZACHARY SHORE : Zachary Shore is a historian of international conflict. He focuses on understanding the enemy. Zach is Professor of History at the Naval Postgraduate School and Senior Fellow at the Institute of European Studies, Unive...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to COURTIERS author Valentine Low about how the British Royal family is no longer pale, male or stale and how it is reinventing itself for the democratized, multicultural 21st century. ABOUT VALENTINE LOW : Valentine Low has covered the royal family — and other stories — for The Times since 2008. He has been to Russia with the Queen, the Galapagos Islands with the Prince of Wales and Bhutan with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. He is also the author of the...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to UNCHARTED author Margaret Heffernan about generative AI, the Shell Seven, James Baldwin vs William F. Buckley and why the future is really up to us. ABOUT MARGARET HEFFERNAN: Dr. Margaret Heffernan produced programmes for the BBC for 13 years. She then moved to the US where she spearheaded multimedia productions for Intuit, The Learning Company and Standard&Poors. She was Chief Executive of InfoMation Corporation, ZineZone Corporation and then iCast Corpo...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to Natalie Lue, - the author of "THE JOY OF SAYING NO: A Simple Plan to Stop People Pleasing, Reclaim Boundaries and Say Yes to the Life You Want" - about social media, the gospel of wellness and where we might discover our authentic self ​​ ABOUT NATALIE LUE: Natalie Lue is the writer of the popular self-help blog Baggage Reclaim, host of The Baggage Reclaim Sessions podcast, and author of several books. The Joy of Saying No will be published by Harper Hori...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to Frank Vogl - the author of "THE ENABLERS: How the West Supports Kleptocrats and Corruption, Endangering our Democracy" - about the American bankers and politicians enabling dirty money around the world. ABOUT FRANK VOGL : Frank Vogl is the co-founder of two leading international non-governmental organizations fighting corruption -- Transparency International and the Partnership for Transparency Fund (Frank is the Chair of the PTF Board). He teaches at Geo...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to the San Francisco based artist George McCalman, author of "ILLUSTRATED BLACK HISTORY: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen" about many black Americans including James Baldwin, Ida B. Wells, Audre Lord and Nina Simone. ABOUT GEORGE McCALMAN: Raised in Brooklyn, George McCalman credits his Caribbean background for his unique ability to both embrace and rebel against traditional modes of design, enabling his work to simultaneously integrate and stand out in it...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to the Pulitzer prize winning journalist and Syria expert Toby Warrick on the chances for a peaceful solution to the Syrian civil war in 2023. ABOUT JOBY WARRICK Washington Post National security reporter covering terrorism, rogue states, weapons proliferation Education: Temple University, BA in journalism Joby Warrick joined The Washington Post’s National staff in 1996. He has served with the Post's investigative and national security teams, and currently w...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to former publishing mogul (Bantam, Doubleday, Transworld, Henry Holt & Simon & Schuster) Stephen Rubin, author of WORDS AND MUSIC, about why he remains optimistic about the future of the book business - even though , he acknowledges, 85% of published books could have been written by a chatbot ABOUT STEPHEN RUBIN : Stephen Rubin joined Bantam Books in 1984 after a decade-plus career in journalism. Named president and publisher of Doubleday in 1990, he remain...

In this episode of KEEN ON, Andrew talks to THE COLOR STORM author Damian Dibben about the Venetian Renaissance, the importance of Color in Art, and why We should all visit Venice at least once in our lives. ABOUT DAMIAN DIBBEN : Damian Dibben is an acclaimed British author whose novels have been translated into 27 languages and published in more than 40 countries. His series The History Keepers was an international publishing phenomenon. Dibben originally trained as an artist and scenic designe...

On this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks with Dr Robert Pearl MD about why the U.S. Medical System is now so deeply resistant to All innovation. Pearl also explains why American healthcare is about to be taken over by Amazon, Walmart and CVS and how ChatGPT will revolutionize the doctor/patient relationship. ABOUT ROBERT PEARL Dr. Robert Pearl is the former CEO of The Permanente Medical Group (1999-2017), the nation’s largest medical group, and former president of The Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medica...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to the writer Paul Auster and the photographer Spencer Ostrander about their new book BLOODBATH NATION. Paul Auster is the bestselling author of 4 3 2 1, Sunset Park, The Book of Illusions, Moon Palace , and The New York Trilogy, among many other works. In 2006, he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature. His other honors include the Prix Médicis étranger for Leviathan , the Independent Spirit Award for the screenplay of Smoke , the Los Angel...

In this special KEEN ON episode from DLD, Andrew talks to five speakers at Munich's iconic annual tech conference: Stanford University professors Erik Brynjolffson and Amy Wilkerson ; Andy Kitchen , founder of Cortical Labs; Wojciech Soczewica , Director General of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation; and the data scientist and tv host Deborah Berebichez . These conversations range from Quantum computing and designing living brains to virtual tours of Auschwitz-Birkenau & our second machine age of...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to the distinguished Australian naturalist Danielle Clode, author of the new KOALA: A NATURAL HISTORY AND AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE . They discuss the crisis of the endangered Koala in Australia and what needs to be done to conserve the land in order to save this species. ABOUT DANIELLE CLODE: Danielle is an award winning author of Australian non-fiction books. Her writing includes natural history, essays, science-writing, historical fiction and best-selling child...

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to the tech journalist, Brian Merchant, author of the recent Atlantic feature " The End of the Silicon Valley Myth ". Brian and Andrew discuss the future of Google, Meta, Apple and Amazon in the face of tech worker unrest and government regulation of Big Tech. And Brian gives a preview of important upcoming book, BLOOD IN THE MACHINE: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech , due out in the Fall of 2023, ABOUT BRIAN MERCHANT: Brian Merchant is a writ...

In his weekly round up of tech news with Keith Teare, the author of the That Was The Week newsletter, Andrew imagines the possible "dawning of a new era" in Silicon Valley. For the week of January 20, 2023, Keith and Andrew discuss the future of Google search, a possible Apple virtual reality headset in 2023 and, the way in which ChatGPT is about the transform the world.

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to Frank Costigliola, author of KENNAN; A Life Between Two Worlds. They discuss the life of the 20th century American diplomat George Kennan with a focus on: -- Kennan's role in the origins of the Cold War -- Kennan's interest in Freudian theory -- Kennan's love of Russian culture -- Kennan's history of womanizing and his imperfect marriage -- How Kennan would view today's war in Ukraine -- The challenge for the historian of writing biography

Andrew talks to Curtis White, author of "Transcendent: Art and Dharma in a Time of Collapse" about Western Buddhism, Dharma and a Transcendent Counterculture.