Episodes

Sam W. Haynes: How Everyone—Left and Right—Has Misrepresented the History of Texas
May 4, 2022

Sam W. Haynes: How Everyone—Left and Right—Has Misrepresented the His…

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 Sherwood: Should We Really Want to Reclaim "Reality" in Our Counterfeit World?
May 4, 2022

Alice Sherwood: Should We Really Want to Reclaim "Reality" in Our Cou…

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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Tripp Mickle: How Apple Appears to Have Lost Its Soul in the Post-Steve Jobs Era
May 4, 2022

Tripp Mickle: How Apple Appears to Have Lost Its Soul in the Post-Ste…

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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Scott Hershovitz: How to Nurture the Philosopher In All Our Kids
May 4, 2022

Scott Hershovitz: How to Nurture the Philosopher In All Our Kids

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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John A. List: Why Quitting Good Ideas Is Often a Winning Strategy
May 3, 2022

John A. List: Why Quitting Good Ideas Is Often a Winning Strategy

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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John Higgs: What William Blake Might Tell Us About Our Transhuman Future
May 3, 2022

John Higgs: What William Blake Might Tell Us About Our Transhuman Fut…

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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Emily Bingham: How "My Old Kentucky Home" Is a Sonic Monument to a Segregated America
May 3, 2022

Emily Bingham: How "My Old Kentucky Home" Is a Sonic Monument to a Se…

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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Sy Montgomery: How Hawks Teach Us a Different Way to Love
May 2, 2022

Sy Montgomery: How Hawks Teach Us a Different Way to Love

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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Rebecca Schiller: How to Write a Literary Memoir About Neurodivergency
May 1, 2022

Rebecca Schiller: How to Write a Literary Memoir About Neurodivergency

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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Edward Sullivan: How Authentic Conversation Can Unlock Our Creativity, Our Purpose, and Our Happiness
April 30, 2022

Edward Sullivan: How Authentic Conversation Can Unlock Our Creativity…

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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Lis Wiehl: Why Robert Hanssen Was America's Most Damaging Spy
April 28, 2022

Lis Wiehl: Why Robert Hanssen Was America's Most Damaging Spy

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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Toni Bentley on George Balanchine, the Man Who Loved Women
April 28, 2022

Toni Bentley on George Balanchine, the Man Who Loved Women

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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David Kirkpatrick: From Tragedy to Farce: On the Changing Story of Facebook
April 27, 2022

David Kirkpatrick: From Tragedy to Farce: On the Changing Story of Fa…

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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Joel Simon: How the Infodemic Is Making the World Sicker and Less Free
April 27, 2022

Joel Simon: How the Infodemic Is Making the World Sicker and Less Free

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 Overy: Has the Second World War Ended Yet?
April 26, 2022

Richard Overy: Has the Second World War Ended Yet?

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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Viktor Mayer-Schönberger: Why Free Access Is the Key to Fixing Big Tech Monopolies
April 26, 2022

Viktor Mayer-Schönberger: Why Free Access Is the Key to Fixing Big Te…

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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John Thornhill: What Do Startup Entrepreneurs and Authors Have in Common?
April 25, 2022

John Thornhill: What Do Startup Entrepreneurs and Authors Have in Com…

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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Mickey Huff: Can We Trust Anything We Read in the Media These Days?
April 25, 2022

Mickey Huff: Can We Trust Anything We Read in the Media These Days?

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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C. Fred Bergsten: Why Trump and Biden Are Dangerously Wrong About China
April 24, 2022

C. Fred Bergsten: Why Trump and Biden Are Dangerously Wrong About Chi…

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 Storybound
April 22, 2022

Introducing Storybound

Now celebrating its fifth season, Storybound is a radio theater program designed for the podcast age. Hosted by 2021 KCRW Radio Race winner Jude Brewer, Storybound presents the voices of today’s best writers, like Mitchell S....

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Natasha Lunn: Is Talking About Love a Female Thing?
April 21, 2022

Natasha Lunn: Is Talking About Love a Female Thing?

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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Yascha Mounk on the Paradoxes of American Patriotism in the Black Community
April 21, 2022

Yascha Mounk on the Paradoxes of American Patriotism in the Black Com…

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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David De Jong: Why the Evil Legacy of Nazi Billionaires Remains Very Much Alive in Germany Today
April 20, 2022

David De Jong: Why the Evil Legacy of Nazi Billionaires Remains Very …

In this episode, Andrew is joined by David De Jong, author of Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany’s Wealthiest Dynasties .

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Matt Richtel: Why Most of Us Are Terrified of Being Creative
April 19, 2022

Matt Richtel: Why Most of Us Are Terrified of Being Creative

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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