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Solito: Javier Zamora's Memoir of His Unaccompanied Migration From El Salvador to California at the Age of Nine
Sept. 3, 2022

Solito: Javier Zamora's Memoir of His Unaccompanied Migration From El…

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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Richard Winters, MD: Should Good "Leaders" Get Rid of the Idea of Leadership Itself?
Sept. 2, 2022

Richard Winters, MD: Should Good "Leaders" Get Rid of the Idea of Lea…

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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J. Bradford DeLong on Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Wealthy and Miserable 20th Century
Sept. 1, 2022

J. Bradford DeLong on Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History 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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Patricia A. Turner: What Can We Learn from Anti-Obama Trash Talk to Confront Racism in 21st-Century American Politics
Sept. 1, 2022

Patricia A. Turner: What Can We Learn from Anti-Obama Trash Talk to 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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Sterling Hawkins: Why "Discomfort" Might Be the Key To Not Just a Meaningful Life But Also a Happy Death
Aug. 31, 2022

Sterling Hawkins: Why "Discomfort" Might Be the Key To Not Just a Mea…

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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Bill George: Shut Up, Elon! Why Business Leaders Need to Get Off Social Media and Keep Their Views To Themselves
Aug. 31, 2022

Bill George: Shut Up, Elon! Why Business Leaders Need to Get Off Soci…

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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W. David Marx: Does Our Desire for Social Rank Determine Taste, Identity, Art, and Fashion?
Aug. 31, 2022

W. David Marx: Does Our Desire for Social Rank Determine Taste, Ident…

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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Evan Puschak: On Public Benches, Superman, Blade Runner, and Other Stuff That Gives Life Meaning
Aug. 31, 2022

Evan Puschak: On Public Benches, Superman, Blade Runner, and Other St…

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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Tim Higgins on the Tesla Story: Is Elon Musk the Hero, The Villain, or Just an Accidental Footnote to the Company's Remarkable Engineers and Workers?
Aug. 30, 2022

Tim Higgins on the Tesla Story: Is Elon Musk the Hero, The Villain, 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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Mansi Choksi on An Alternative Passage to India: Rebelling Against Conventional Love, Marriage, and Sexuality in Modi's India
Aug. 30, 2022

Mansi Choksi on An Alternative Passage to India: Rebelling Against Co…

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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Dahlia Lithwick: Is There a Supreme Court Plot to Destroy America?
Aug. 29, 2022

Dahlia Lithwick: Is There a Supreme Court Plot to Destroy 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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Dana Milbank: How the Republicans Have Become the Destructionist Party and How This Might Destroy American Democracy
Aug. 28, 2022

Dana Milbank: How the Republicans Have Become the Destructionist 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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Dimitris Xygalatas: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living
Aug. 27, 2022

Dimitris Xygalatas: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Livi…

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 DeForest: How American Medicine, With Its Reliance on the Scientific "Data," Does Such a Bad Job of Dealing With Life's Greatest Mystery: Death
Aug. 27, 2022

Anna DeForest: How American Medicine, With Its Reliance on the Scient…

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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Mia Baytop Russell: How to Confront Corporate Burnout and Make Work Meaningful Again
Aug. 27, 2022

Mia Baytop Russell: How to Confront Corporate Burnout and Make Work M…

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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Benjamin Cunningham: The Wife-Swapping Czech Double Agent Whose Sad Saga Captured the Nihilism of the Cold War Era
Aug. 26, 2022

Benjamin Cunningham: The Wife-Swapping Czech Double Agent Whose Sad S…

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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Phillip Levine: Why Biden's Student Debt Forgiveness Proposal Isn't the Solution to the Real Economic Injustices of the American College System
Aug. 26, 2022

Phillip Levine: Why Biden's Student Debt Forgiveness Proposal Isn't 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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Christian Busch: Is the "Serendipity" of "Good Luck" Just More Neo-Liberal Pseudo-Science From Our Business School Elite?
Aug. 26, 2022

Christian Busch: Is the "Serendipity" of "Good Luck" Just More Neo-Li…

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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Linda Villarosa: Why Racism Is the Deadliest Pandemic Afflicting Both African-American Lives and the Health of the Nation
Aug. 26, 2022

Linda Villarosa: Why Racism Is the Deadliest Pandemic Afflicting Both…

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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Linda Kinstler: On How We Remember the Holocaust
Aug. 25, 2022

Linda Kinstler: On How We Remember the Holocaust

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 Weiss: What Donald Trump Might Have Learned From the Real-Life Story of Crazy Eddie
Aug. 25, 2022

Gary Weiss: What Donald Trump Might Have Learned From the Real-Life S…

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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Anya Kamenetz on The Stolen Year: Kids, Covid, and the Catastrophic Cost of the Pandemic
Aug. 25, 2022

Anya Kamenetz on The Stolen Year: Kids, Covid, and the Catastrophic 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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William Deresiewicz: Can a Critic of "Wokeness" Really Be Genuinely Liberal or Progressive?
Aug. 24, 2022

William Deresiewicz: Can a Critic of "Wokeness" Really Be Genuinely 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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Sinclair McKay on Berlin: Life and Death in the City at the Center of the 20th-Century World
Aug. 24, 2022

Sinclair McKay on Berlin: Life and Death in the City at the Center 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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