Episodes

Veronica Roth on After Surveillance: Imagining a Post-Apocalyptic World in Which We Aren't Watched Anymore
Oct. 19, 2022

Veronica Roth on After Surveillance: Imagining a Post-Apocalyptic Wor…

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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Keith Boykin: How Quitting is the Essential First Step to a Life of Freedom—and Radical Change
Oct. 19, 2022

Keith Boykin: How Quitting is the Essential First Step to a Life of F…

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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Shadi Hamid: Is There a Problem of Democracy in the Middle East? Or Is the Problem With an American Misunderstanding of "Democracy"?
Oct. 18, 2022

Shadi Hamid: Is There a Problem of Democracy in the Middle East? Or 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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Natasha Warikoo: Is Affirmative Action Fair? Thinking About College in Terms of the Public Good
Oct. 18, 2022

Natasha Warikoo: Is Affirmative Action Fair? Thinking About College 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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Ryan O'Hanlon on the End of the Beautiful Game? How the Analytics Revolution Is Changing Soccer
Oct. 18, 2022

Ryan O'Hanlon on the End of the Beautiful Game? How the Analytics Rev…

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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Maybe Even Republicans and Democrats Can Agree On This One: How Dreaming Big Requires Both Self-Deprecating Humor and the Ability to Cry
Oct. 18, 2022

Maybe Even Republicans and Democrats Can Agree On This One: How Dream…

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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Anna Badkhen on Today's Bright Unbearable Reality: We Need to Dream Differently
Oct. 17, 2022

Anna Badkhen on Today's Bright Unbearable Reality: We Need to Dream D…

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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Gautam Mukunda on How to Pick an American President? Making the Most Consequential Decision in the World
Oct. 17, 2022

Gautam Mukunda on How to Pick an American President? Making the Most …

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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Lisa Hajjar on Fighting Guantanamo: How Hundreds of Lawyers Successfully Challenged the Illegal Treatment of Prisoners Captured in the American War on Terror
Oct. 17, 2022

Lisa Hajjar on Fighting Guantanamo: How Hundreds of Lawyers Successfu…

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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Chris Miller on Why the Most Powerful Thing in the World Is Computer Chip Technology
Oct. 16, 2022

Chris Miller on Why the Most Powerful Thing in the World Is Computer …

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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Sean Connolly on How Irish Immigration Made the World Modern
Oct. 16, 2022

Sean Connolly on How Irish Immigration Made the World Modern

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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Natasha Lance Rogoff on Muppets in Moscow: The Crazy Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia
Oct. 16, 2022

Natasha Lance Rogoff on Muppets in Moscow: The Crazy Story of Making …

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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Rita Katz: In Our Age of Internet-Born Terrorism, Should We Consider QAnon, ISIS, Proud Boys, and Individual School Shooters to All Be Terrorists?
Oct. 16, 2022

Rita Katz: In Our Age of Internet-Born Terrorism, Should We Consider …

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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Jerry Stahl on Which Nazi Concentration Camp Had the Best Cafeteria
Oct. 15, 2022

Jerry Stahl on Which Nazi Concentration Camp Had the Best Cafeteria

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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Alice Wexler Remembers Her Father, Milton, An Unconventional and Controversial Freudian Psychoanalyst
Oct. 15, 2022

Alice Wexler Remembers Her Father, Milton, An Unconventional and Cont…

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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Victor Pickard on Why American Democracy Can't Survive Without Reliable Journalism: How to Confront Our Misinformation SocietyVictor Pickard
Oct. 15, 2022

Victor Pickard on Why American Democracy Can't Survive Without Reliab…

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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Patrick House on How All Writers, Even Neuroscientists, Seek the Impossible: To Replicate Our Unique Interiority
Oct. 15, 2022

Patrick House on How All Writers, Even Neuroscientists, Seek the Impo…

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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Daniel Gross on What Makes a "Great" Banker? The Story of Edmond Safra, One of the Greatest Bankers of the 20th Century
Oct. 14, 2022

Daniel Gross on What Makes a "Great" Banker? The Story of Edmond Safr…

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 Bess on Climate, Pandemic, Artificial Intelligence, and Nukes: Identifying and Overcoming the Four Most Existential Threats to Humanity
Oct. 14, 2022

Michael Bess on Climate, Pandemic, Artificial Intelligence, and Nukes…

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 Usher on Good News on the Climate Front: We Finally Have the Technologies to Confront the Crisis
Oct. 14, 2022

Bruce Usher on Good News on the Climate Front: We Finally Have the Te…

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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Simon Morrison on the Life and Work of Stevie Nicks: A Great Artist or a Footnote to the Glory Years of the Sixties?
Oct. 13, 2022

Simon Morrison on the Life and Work of Stevie Nicks: A Great Artist o…

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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Mauro Porcini on the Human Side of Innovation: The Power of People in Love With People
Oct. 13, 2022

Mauro Porcini on the Human Side of Innovation: The Power of People in…

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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Tricia Hersey on How Best to Resist Capitalism and Racism? Wake Up, Rest, and Dream
Oct. 13, 2022

Tricia Hersey on How Best to Resist Capitalism and Racism? Wake Up, R…

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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Nora McInerny: Why America Needs a National "Bad Vibes Only" Day In Which We Can All Be Totally Miserable
Oct. 12, 2022

Nora McInerny: Why America Needs a National "Bad Vibes Only" Day In 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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