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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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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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