Episodes

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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Abi Morgan: How to Write a Memoir About Personal Catastrophe Without Sounding Pitiful
June 7, 2022

Abi Morgan: How to Write a Memoir About Personal Catastrophe Without …

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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Victoria Finlay on Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World
June 6, 2022

Victoria Finlay on Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material 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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John Allore: How a Brother's Determination to Find His Sister's Killer Lead Him to a Canadian Serial Killer
June 5, 2022

John Allore: How a Brother's Determination to Find His Sister's Kille…

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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Ada Ferrer: How the 300-Year-Old Cuba-America Relationship Could Have Been Written By a Latin American Novelist
June 4, 2022

Ada Ferrer: How the 300-Year-Old Cuba-America Relationship Could Have…

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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Bo Seo: How Good Debate Can Save Democracy
June 3, 2022

Bo Seo: How Good Debate Can Save 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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Julie Lythcott-Hains: How to Successfully Grow Up and Become an Adult
June 3, 2022

Julie Lythcott-Hains: How to Successfully Grow Up and Become an Adult

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 Wehner: Why a Post-Trump America Remains Very Sick and How to Improve Its Health
June 3, 2022

Peter Wehner: Why a Post-Trump America Remains Very Sick and How to 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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Kimberly Wolf: Why Fathers Need to Talk Talk Talk to Their Daughters
June 2, 2022

Kimberly Wolf: Why Fathers Need to Talk Talk Talk to Their Daughters

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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Anna Malaika Tubbs: How the Mothers of MLK, Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped America
June 2, 2022

Anna Malaika Tubbs: How the Mothers of MLK, Malcolm X, and James Bald…

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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Hopwood DePree: What One American Learnt From Restoring His Family's English Castle
June 2, 2022

Hopwood DePree: What One American Learnt From Restoring His Family'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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Aaron Friedberg: Why China, Not Russia, Is Our Greatest Threat And What We Should Do About It
June 1, 2022

Aaron Friedberg: Why China, Not Russia, Is Our Greatest Threat And Wh…

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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Sasha Issenberg: What America's Long Struggle for Same-Sex Marriage Can Teach Us About the Possibility of Gun Control
June 1, 2022

Sasha Issenberg: What America's Long Struggle for Same-Sex Marriage 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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Erin Swan: How a First Novel About America's Vanished Earth Took 6 Years to Write and 30 Years to Plan
May 31, 2022

Erin Swan: How a First Novel About America's Vanished Earth Took 6 Ye…

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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Nirit Weiss-Blatt: Why the Techlash Has Gone Too Far
May 31, 2022

Nirit Weiss-Blatt: Why the Techlash Has Gone Too Far

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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