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Ewen Spencer on What Writers and Photographers Have in Common
June 17, 2022

Ewen Spencer on What Writers and Photographers Have in Common

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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Frank Smyth: Why the Next Three Years Could Be the Most Violent in American History Since Reconstruction
June 17, 2022

Frank Smyth: Why the Next Three Years Could Be the Most Violent in Am…

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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Juan Gonzalez: The Paradoxical History of Latinos in America
June 16, 2022

Juan Gonzalez: The Paradoxical History of Latinos in 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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Nick Seabrook: How Gerrymandering Is Killing American Democracy
June 16, 2022

Nick Seabrook: How Gerrymandering Is Killing American Democracy

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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Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström: No, Sweden Isn't Perfect: On Racism, Xenophobia, and Not Even Feeding Your Own Guests
June 16, 2022

Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström: No, Sweden Isn't Perfect: On Racism, Xenopho…

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 Senior: How America's Rasputin, Steve Bannon, Is Simultaneously Clubbable and a Mortal Threat to the Republic
June 15, 2022

Jennifer Senior: How America's Rasputin, Steve Bannon, Is Simultaneou…

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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Ethan Lou: Is Today's Crypto Crash Terminal or Just Another Chapter in Its Inevitable Takeover of Our Financial System?
June 15, 2022

Ethan Lou: Is Today's Crypto Crash Terminal or Just Another Chapter 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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Christopher Leonard: How Today's Inflationary Crisis is Likely to Further Inflame Our Democratic Crisis
June 14, 2022

Christopher Leonard: How Today's Inflationary Crisis is Likely to Fur…

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 Kuper: What Political Lessons Can We Learn From a Well-Run Football Club Like FC Barcelona?
June 14, 2022

Simon Kuper: What Political Lessons Can We Learn From a Well-Run Foot…

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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Oliver Bullough: How Britain Became the Jeeves of Tycoons, Tax Dodgers, Kleptocrats, and Criminals
June 14, 2022

Oliver Bullough: How Britain Became the Jeeves of Tycoons, Tax Dodger…

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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James Kirchick on the Hidden History of Gay Washington
June 13, 2022

James Kirchick on the Hidden History of Gay Washington

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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Nabil Ayers: Why Writing an Autobiography Is More Like Recording an Album Than Making a Single
June 13, 2022

Nabil Ayers: Why Writing an Autobiography Is More Like Recording an 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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Rebekah Caruthers: How We Can Use the January 6th Insurrection to Create a More Perfect American Democracy
June 13, 2022

Rebekah Caruthers: How We Can Use the January 6th Insurrection to Cre…

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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Gene Andrew Jarrett on Paul Laurence Dunbar, the Caged Bird That Sang
June 12, 2022

Gene Andrew Jarrett on Paul Laurence Dunbar, the Caged Bird That Sang

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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Nicole Eustace: What the Murder of an Indigenous American in 1722 Tells Us About the Dark Origins of the United States
June 11, 2022

Nicole Eustace: What the Murder of an Indigenous American in 1722 Tel…

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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Chloe Maxmin: Why the Democrats Need to Start Listening to Rural America
June 11, 2022

Chloe Maxmin: Why the Democrats Need to Start Listening to Rural Amer…

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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Imagine America as a "Parent Nation": Utopian Nonsense or Realizable Possibility?
June 11, 2022

Imagine America as a "Parent Nation": Utopian Nonsense or Realizable …

ed 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, Andrew i...

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Gary Shapiro on How Both Political Parties Are Undermining America's Greatest Strength: Innovation
June 10, 2022

Gary Shapiro on How Both Political Parties Are Undermining America'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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Charlie Robertson on Curing Global Poverty: More Education, More Electricity
June 9, 2022

Charlie Robertson on Curing Global Poverty: More Education, More Elec…

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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Nandita Dinesh: How Brechtian Theater Can Help Americans Talk to One Another Again
June 9, 2022

Nandita Dinesh: How Brechtian Theater Can Help Americans Talk to One …

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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Note to Elon Musk: Stop Wasting Your Billions on Twitter and Invest Them in Curing Cancer
June 8, 2022

Note to Elon Musk: Stop Wasting Your Billions on Twitter and Invest 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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Ian Morris: Why Geography Explains Everything From Brexit to Cuba to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
June 8, 2022

Ian Morris: Why Geography Explains Everything From Brexit to Cuba 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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Jefferson Morley: Why Watergate Is Intimately Bound Up With the CIA's Role in the JFK Assassination
June 8, 2022

Jefferson Morley: Why Watergate Is Intimately Bound Up With the CIA'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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Samit Basu: Why India, and Not China or the US, Represents the Most Chilling Vision of Our High-Tech Dystopian Future
June 7, 2022

Samit Basu: Why India, and Not China or the US, Represents the Most 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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