Episodes

Jenny Kleeman: What the End of Roe Might Tell us About the High Tech Future of Bird, Sex, Food, and Death
June 28, 2022

Jenny Kleeman: What the End of Roe Might Tell us About the High Tech …

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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Peter Zeihan: Why the End of Globalization Is Just the Beginning of the Chaotic 2020s
June 28, 2022

Peter Zeihan: Why the End of Globalization Is Just the Beginning 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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Mark Bowden and Matthew Teague: Why the News About the Resilience of American Democracy Is Both Very Good and Very Bad
June 27, 2022

Mark Bowden and Matthew Teague: Why the News About the Resilience 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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Steven Jones: What's the Point of Universities in Our Neo-Liberal Age of Radical Inequality and Fake News?
June 27, 2022

Steven Jones: What's the Point of Universities in Our Neo-Liberal Age…

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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Kate Mangino: Why Boys, As Much as Girls, Benefit from Gender Equality At Home
June 27, 2022

Kate Mangino: Why Boys, As Much as Girls, Benefit from Gender Equalit…

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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Katherine Angel on One More Pro-Abortion Argument: Why Girls Need to Take Sexual Risks If They Are To Grow Up to Become Women
June 26, 2022

Katherine Angel on One More Pro-Abortion Argument: Why Girls Need 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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Alison Fairbrother on the Catch Within the Catch: How to Write a Feminist Novel About a Complicated Dad
June 23, 2022

Alison Fairbrother on the Catch Within the Catch: How to Write a Femi…

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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Ben Tarnoff: Why Fixing the Internet Requires Political Struggle Rather Than Technological Innovation
June 23, 2022

Ben Tarnoff: Why Fixing the Internet Requires Political Struggle Rath…

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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Nelly Lahoud: Remembering Osama Bin Laden: Monster, Family Man, or Misguided Genius?
June 23, 2022

Nelly Lahoud: Remembering Osama Bin Laden: Monster, Family Man, or Mi…

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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Dr. Natalie Petouhoff: Can Digital Technology Really Deliver More Human Empathy?
June 23, 2022

Dr. Natalie Petouhoff: Can Digital Technology Really Deliver More Hum…

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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Lyndsie Bourgon: Why the Morality of Tree Stealing Is Not As Simple as Many Traditional Environmentalists Would Like to Think
June 22, 2022

Lyndsie Bourgon: Why the Morality of Tree Stealing Is Not As Simple 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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Martin Puchner: How to Fix the Environment? A Four-Thousand-Year-Old Reading List for Confronting Our Climate Emergency
June 22, 2022

Martin Puchner: How to Fix the Environment? A Four-Thousand-Year-Old …

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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Dan Hampton: Why the World Owes America a Great Debt For Its Participation in the Second World War
June 22, 2022

Dan Hampton: Why the World Owes America a Great Debt For Its Particip…

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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Azeem Azhar: Why, In an Age of Exponential Technological Change, Does So Little Seem to Change in Politics?
June 22, 2022

Azeem Azhar: Why, In an Age of Exponential Technological Change, Does…

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 Lewis: Why the Crisis of Teenage Anxiety Might Begin and End With Sleep Deprivation
June 22, 2022

Lisa Lewis: Why the Crisis of Teenage Anxiety Might Begin and End Wit…

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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Mark Lee Gardner: Rather Than Jefferson or Washington, Should Americans Be Celebrating Indigenous Leaders Like Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull As Their Greatest Historical Figures?
June 21, 2022

Mark Lee Gardner: Rather Than Jefferson or Washington, Should 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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Chris Stokel-Walker on a Digital Brave New World: Are We Entertaining Ourselves to Death on TikTok?
June 21, 2022

Chris Stokel-Walker on a Digital Brave New World: Are We Entertaining…

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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Gian Volpicelli on the Crypto-Crash and Why the Party Might Finally Be Over
June 21, 2022

Gian Volpicelli on the Crypto-Crash and Why the Party Might Finally B…

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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Stephen Wertheim: Why Joe Biden Should Be Supporting Sovereignty and Not Democracy in Ukraine
June 20, 2022

Stephen Wertheim: Why Joe Biden Should Be Supporting Sovereignty and …

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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Bob Keefe: Can American Capitalism Really Be an Ally in the War Against Climate Change?
June 20, 2022

Bob Keefe: Can American Capitalism Really Be an Ally in the War Again…

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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Introducing Intelligence Squared US
June 19, 2022

Introducing Intelligence Squared US

I am so excited to share with you Intelligence Squared US, America’s leading platform for fair and balanced debate. I am a huge fan of their work, and have been on the show many times. They always have interesting, meaningful...

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Britt Halvorson: How to Reimagine White Supremacy in the Heartland of the American Midwest
June 19, 2022

Britt Halvorson: How to Reimagine White Supremacy in the Heartland 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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Garrett Graff: How Are Watergate and the January 6th Insurrection Similar? Nixon and Trump's Shared Paranoia and Isolation From the Outside World
June 18, 2022

Garrett Graff: How Are Watergate and the January 6th Insurrection Sim…

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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Emma Jacobs: How Do We Define Adulthood in a Time When We've Created a Cult of Childhood?
June 18, 2022

Emma Jacobs: How Do We Define Adulthood in a Time When We've Created …

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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