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Ousman Umar: I'm the Luckiest Person in the World Because I Have Two Families, One Black and One White
May 23, 2022

Ousman Umar: I'm the Luckiest Person in the World Because I Have Two …

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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Phil Klay on Rebuilding the American Citizen in an Age of Endless, Invisible War
May 20, 2022

Phil Klay on Rebuilding the American Citizen in an Age of Endless, In…

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 Esper: The Surrealism of Life as Secretary of Defense in the Trump Regime
May 19, 2022

Mark Esper: The Surrealism of Life as Secretary of Defense in the Tru…

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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Lise Vesterlund on The No Club and How to Put a Stop to Women's Dead End Work
May 18, 2022

Lise Vesterlund on The No Club and How to Put a Stop to Women's Dead …

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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Jon Mooallem: How to Make Sense of Profound Arbitrariness in a World That Is Suppose to Make Sense
May 17, 2022

Jon Mooallem: How to Make Sense of Profound Arbitrariness in a World …

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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Charlotte Mullins: Finally a History of Art That Includes Female and Non-White Artists
May 16, 2022

Charlotte Mullins: Finally a History of Art That Includes Female 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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Glenda Gilmore: The Significance of Romare Bearden's Art in the American Canon
May 16, 2022

Glenda Gilmore: The Significance of Romare Bearden's Art in the Ameri…

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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Gregg Barak: On the Persistent and Unambiguous Criminality of Donald J. Trump
May 15, 2022

Gregg Barak: On the Persistent and Unambiguous Criminality of Donald …

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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Maurice Stucke: How Big-Tech Barons Smash Innovation and How to Fight Back
May 15, 2022

Maurice Stucke: How Big-Tech Barons Smash Innovation and How to Fight…

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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Francis Fukuyama: Are We At the End of the History of Liberalism?
May 14, 2022

Francis Fukuyama: Are We At the End of the History of Liberalism?

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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Andrew Leon Hanna: How the World's Refugees Are 25 Million Sparks of Innovation and Humanity
May 14, 2022

Andrew Leon Hanna: How the World's Refugees Are 25 Million Sparks 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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Finally Some Good News: Why We Might All Be Altruistic Creatures
May 13, 2022

Finally Some Good News: Why We Might All Be Altruistic Creatures

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 Zimring: How Math Distorts Our Thinking
May 12, 2022

James Zimring: How Math Distorts Our Thinking

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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Leslie Fenwick: How the Legacy of Jim Crow Still Infects American Schools
May 11, 2022

Leslie Fenwick: How the Legacy of Jim Crow Still Infects American Sch…

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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Jim Shepard on Why the Covid Pandemic Might Only Be Phase One in the Destruction of the World
May 11, 2022

Jim Shepard on Why the Covid Pandemic Might Only Be Phase One in 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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Tessa West: How to Identify and Detoxify Jerks at Work
May 10, 2022

Tessa West: How to Identify and Detoxify Jerks at Work

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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Jo-Ann Mort: How Poets Could Bring Peace to Israel and Palestine
May 10, 2022

Jo-Ann Mort: How Poets Could Bring Peace to Israel and Palestine

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 Blanding: Was Shakespeare a Plagiarist?
May 9, 2022

Michael Blanding: Was Shakespeare a Plagiarist?

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 Dellheim: How Jews Made the Art World Modern
May 9, 2022

Charles Dellheim: How Jews Made the Art World Modern

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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Vegard Skirbekk: Why We Need to Bring Down Global Birth Dates and Have Fewer Children
May 7, 2022

Vegard Skirbekk: Why We Need to Bring Down Global Birth Dates and Hav…

On today's episode, Andrew is joined by Vegard Skirbekk, author of Decline and Prosper! Changing Global Birth Rates and the Advantages of Fewer Children . Vegard Skirbekk is a professor at Columbia Aging Center, Columbia Univ...

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Rowan Hooper: How to Save the World For Just a Trillion Dollars
May 7, 2022

Rowan Hooper: How to Save the World For Just a Trillion Dollars

On today's episode, Andrew is joined by Rowan Hooper, author of How to Save the World For Just a Trillion Dollars: The Ten Biggest Problems We Can Actually Fix . Rowan Hooper is a senior editor at New Scientist magazine and h...

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Levi Vonk: The Moral Case for Demilitarizing the Southern Border
May 6, 2022

Levi Vonk: The Moral Case for Demilitarizing the Southern Border

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 Marx: Can Conservatives Be Funny?
May 5, 2022

Nick Marx: Can Conservatives Be Funny?

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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Danica Roem: Why We Should Judge All Politicians Through the Prism of Authenticity
May 5, 2022

Danica Roem: Why We Should Judge All Politicians Through the Prism 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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