Episodes

Michael Tomasky: No. Don't Laugh. Why Joe Biden, In His Embrace of Progressive Economics, Might Be the Next FDR or LBJ
Oct. 12, 2022

Michael Tomasky: No. Don't Laugh. Why Joe Biden, In His Embrace of Pr…

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 Kingsley on Confronting Colonial Amnesia: Dredging Up the Sunken History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Oct. 12, 2022

Sean Kingsley on Confronting Colonial Amnesia: Dredging Up the Sunken…

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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Stacy Schiff: What Made Samuel Adams Both the Most Essential and the Least Understood Founding Father
Oct. 11, 2022

Stacy Schiff: What Made Samuel Adams Both the Most Essential and the …

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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Melissa Urban: Does Self Require Us to Be Selfish? How Setting Boundaries In Our Relationships Can Set Us Free
Oct. 11, 2022

Melissa Urban: Does Self Require Us to Be Selfish? How Setting Bounda…

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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Thomas B. Pepinsky on Pandemic Politics in the Covid Age: Why American Democracy Has Been Infected By a Plague of Partisanship and How to Cure It
Oct. 11, 2022

Thomas B. Pepinsky on Pandemic Politics in the Covid Age: Why America…

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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Adrian Geiges and Stefan Aust: How Xi Jinping Is the Most Powerful Man in the World and What This Means for the United States and Europe
Oct. 11, 2022

Adrian Geiges and Stefan Aust: How Xi Jinping Is the Most Powerful Ma…

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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Kay Harel on Examining Charles Darwin's Soul: A Singular Case of Biophilia
Oct. 11, 2022

Kay Harel on Examining Charles Darwin's Soul: A Singular Case of Biop…

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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Lorraine H. Marchand: How Can We Democratize Economic Opportunity So That It's Not Just White Men Who Boast of Being "Innovators"?
Oct. 10, 2022

Lorraine H. Marchand: How Can We Democratize Economic Opportunity So …

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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Deborah Holt Larkin on More Real-Life Murder Stories: The Evil Mother-in-Law Who Organized One of California's Grisliest Killings
Oct. 10, 2022

Deborah Holt Larkin on More Real-Life Murder Stories: The Evil Mother…

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Dale Kretz: What Progressives Can Learn From the General Failure of the American State to Address the Legacy of Slavery After the Civil War
Oct. 9, 2022

Dale Kretz: What Progressives Can Learn From the General Failure of t…

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 Magnone on How to Make Smart Business Decisions In Our Age of Big Data: Don't Rely Exclusively on Either Your Intuition or Your Information
Oct. 9, 2022

Paul Magnone on How to Make Smart Business Decisions In Our Age of Bi…

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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Kieran Setiya: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way in a Life of Infirmity, Loneliness, and Failure
Oct. 9, 2022

Kieran Setiya: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way in a Life of 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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Nancy Marie Brown on the Wisdom of the Hidden Folk: How Iceland's Elves Can Save the Earth
Oct. 9, 2022

Nancy Marie Brown on the Wisdom of the Hidden Folk: How Iceland's Elv…

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Hillary Chute on Maus Now: Why Art Spiegelman's Classic Remains As Relevant Today As It Was When First Serialized in 1980
Oct. 8, 2022

Hillary Chute on Maus Now: Why Art Spiegelman's Classic Remains As Re…

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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Jennifer Brown: Can American Capitalism Be Radically Transformed by Leaders Who Create Inclusive Cultures Where Everyone Can Thrive?
Oct. 7, 2022

Jennifer Brown: Can American Capitalism Be Radically Transformed by L…

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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Erika Hayasaki on Somewhere Sisters: The Complex Story of Adoption, Identity, and the Meaning of Family
Oct. 7, 2022

Erika Hayasaki on Somewhere Sisters: The Complex Story of Adoption, I…

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Daniel Pick on Brainwashed: A New History of Thought Control
Oct. 6, 2022

Daniel Pick on Brainwashed: A New History of Thought Control

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Lynn Melnick: What Dolly Parton Can Teach Us About Surviving the Trauma of Drug Addiction and Sexual Violence
Oct. 6, 2022

Lynn Melnick: What Dolly Parton Can Teach Us About Surviving the Trau…

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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Allison Gilbert on Elsie Robinson, America's Most Popular Female Writer Who You've Never Heard Of
Sept. 28, 2022

Allison Gilbert on Elsie Robinson, America's Most Popular Female Writ…

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 Carruthers on the Economy of Promises: How Trust, Power, and Credit Have Shaped America Over the Last Two Hundred Years
Sept. 27, 2022

Bruce Carruthers on the Economy of Promises: How Trust, Power, and Cr…

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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Ainslie Hogarth: A Profane, Insane, Hilarious, and Disgusting Horror Novel About a Mother-In-Law from Hell
Sept. 27, 2022

Ainslie Hogarth: A Profane, Insane, Hilarious, and Disgusting Horror …

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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Namwali Serpell on Grief and Its Association With Religion and Writing
Sept. 27, 2022

Namwali Serpell on Grief and Its Association With Religion and Writing

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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Hafizah Augustus Geter on Personhood, Race, and Origin in America Today
Sept. 27, 2022

Hafizah Augustus Geter on Personhood, Race, and Origin in America Tod…

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Dr. Cindy McGovern: Why the First Lady of Sales Believes That the Word "Sales" Appears So Icky and Cringeworthy
Sept. 26, 2022

Dr. Cindy McGovern: Why the First Lady of Sales Believes That the 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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