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Orna Ophir: How a Pathology of "Schizophrenia" Might Reflect a Broken Society As Much as a Broken Mind
July 27, 2022

Orna Ophir: How a Pathology of "Schizophrenia" Might Reflect a Broken…

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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Leah McLaren: A Daughter's Memoir of a Mom Who Passed Down Her Trauma and Made Their Lives Impossible to Disentangle
July 27, 2022

Leah McLaren: A Daughter's Memoir of a Mom Who Passed Down Her Trauma…

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 Mah on Plastics, the One Word That Best Describes Our Global Environmental Crisis
July 26, 2022

Alice Mah on Plastics, the One Word That Best Describes Our Global En…

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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Harald H.H.W. Schmidt: Why "The End of Medicine As We Know It" Will Make All of Us Healthier and Happier
July 26, 2022

Harald H.H.W. Schmidt: Why "The End of Medicine As We Know It" Will 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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Ariel Ezrachi: How Cities, Rather Than Big Tech, Should Be the Engine for a More Equitable Digital Future
July 25, 2022

Ariel Ezrachi: How Cities, Rather Than Big Tech, Should Be the Engine…

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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Monique Roffey: The Common Sense of Magic Realism and Why The Mermaid of Black Conch is a "Caribbean Novel"
July 18, 2022

Monique Roffey: The Common Sense of Magic Realism and Why The Mermaid…

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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Maureen Perry-Jenkins on Work Matters: How Parents' Jobs Shape Children's Well-Being
July 18, 2022

Maureen Perry-Jenkins on Work Matters: How Parents' Jobs Shape Childr…

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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Saleem H. Ali: Do We Need a Science Party to Confront Existential Problems Like Global Warming?
July 17, 2022

Saleem H. Ali: Do We Need a Science Party to Confront Existential Pro…

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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Ari Mittleman: Does Criticism of Israel Inevitably Make One Guilty of Antisemitism?
July 16, 2022

Ari Mittleman: Does Criticism of Israel Inevitably Make One Guilty 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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Albert Fox Cahn: How Digital Surveillance In a Post-Roe America Isn't Substantively Different From Xi's China or Putin's Russia
July 15, 2022

Albert Fox Cahn: How Digital Surveillance In a Post-Roe America Isn'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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Donald Robertson: Why the Graphic Novel Is an Ideal Form to Capture the Timeless Philosophy of Stoicism
July 14, 2022

Donald Robertson: Why the Graphic Novel Is an Ideal Form to Capture 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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Jacob M. Grumbach: Why the Crisis of American Democracy Is As Much a State and Local As a National Problem
July 13, 2022

Jacob M. Grumbach: Why the Crisis of American Democracy Is As Much a …

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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Karen Cerulo and Janet Ruane: How We Can't Escape Social Class, Gender, or Culture in How We Dream
July 13, 2022

Karen Cerulo and Janet Ruane: How We Can't Escape Social Class, Gende…

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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Jared Del Rosso: Why All We Need to Become Whistleblowers in Exposing Both Political and Personal Injustice
July 13, 2022

Jared Del Rosso: Why All We Need to Become Whistleblowers in Exposing…

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 Cadbury: The Remarkable Story of the Quaker Teacher Who Defied Hitler and Smuggled Her Entire School From Germany to England
July 13, 2022

Deborah Cadbury: The Remarkable Story of the Quaker Teacher Who Defie…

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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Toby Walsh: If Our Superpower Is Human Empathy, Then Why the Hell Are We Trying to Teach Computers To Be Empathetic?
July 12, 2022

Toby Walsh: If Our Superpower Is Human Empathy, Then Why the Hell Are…

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 Hasen: Can American Democracy Be Fixed By Making Political Speech More Expensive?
July 12, 2022

Richard Hasen: Can American Democracy Be Fixed By Making Political Sp…

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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Ken Auletta: What Does the Harvey Weinstein Story Tell Us About the Culture of Silence in Hollywood and America?
July 12, 2022

Ken Auletta: What Does the Harvey Weinstein Story Tell Us About the 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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Charles Sabel: To Fix the Climate We Need to Rewire the Economy, Our Democracy, and Our Brains
July 12, 2022

Charles Sabel: To Fix the Climate We Need to Rewire the Economy, Our …

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 Fertik: On Washington Irving, John Muir, Philip Dick, Jonathan Haidt and what America Has Uniquely Got Going For It
July 11, 2022

Michael Fertik: On Washington Irving, John Muir, Philip Dick, Jonatha…

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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Aviva Rahmani: Why Telling Effective Stories About the Environment Requires Not Just Words But Also Visual Images and Even Music
July 9, 2022

Aviva Rahmani: Why Telling Effective Stories About the Environment 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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Daniel S. Moak: Why America's Current War on Schools Is the Result of Fifty Years of Failed Federal Educational "Reforms"
July 9, 2022

Daniel S. Moak: Why America's Current War on Schools Is the Result 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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Ed Yong: Why Perceiving Animal Senses Makes Us Empathetic Not Only to Other Creatures But Also to Each Other
July 8, 2022

Ed Yong: Why Perceiving Animal Senses Makes Us Empathetic Not Only to…

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 Silva on How to Write a Bestselling Literary Spy Novel Every Year
July 8, 2022

Daniel Silva on How to Write a Bestselling Literary Spy Novel Every Y…

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