Episodes
Ian O'Connor on Coach K's Lessons for Life Off the Basketball Court
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Ian O'Connor, the author of “Coach K: The Rise and Reign of Mike Krzyzewski”. New York Times bestselling author Ian O'Connor is a sports columnist at the New York Post. He is ...
Chris Miller on the Politics of Putinomics in the Ukraine War
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Chris Miller, the author of “We Shall Be Masters: Russian Pivots to East Asia from Peter the Great to Putin”. Chris Miller is an Assistant Professor of International History a...
Elizabeth Greenwood on How to Find Love in an American Prison
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Elizabeth Greenwood, the author of “Love Lockdown: Dating, Sex, and Marriage in America's Prisons”. Elizabeth Greenwood has taught writing at Columbia University, the New Scho...
Danielle Citron: Why Online Privacy Should Be a Core Civil Right
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Danielle Citron, the author of “Hate Crimes in Cyberspace”. Danielle Citron is the Jefferson Scholars Foundation Schenck Distinguished Professor in Law and Caddell and Chapman...
Joby Warrick on Russia's Syrian Intervention as a Model for the Ukrai…
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Joby Warrick, the author of “Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World”. Joby Warrick has served with the Washing...
Michael Kazin: Has the Democratic Party Got a Future?
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Michael Kazin, the author of “What It Took to Win: A History of the Democratic Party”. Michael Kazin is a Professor in the Department of History at Georgetown University. He i...
Charles Spencer: How the History of Britain Would Be Dramatically Dif…
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Charles Spencer, the author of “The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I's Dream”. Charles Spencer worked for the American TV network NBC News for a decad...
Kathy Gilsinan on the Different Kinds of War We're Facing Right Now
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Kathy Gilsinan, the author of “The Helpers: Profiles from the Front Lines of the Pandemic”. Kathy Gilsinan is a contributing writer at the Atlantic, where she has reported on ...
Maciej Kisilowski & Inna Melnykovska on the West's Moral Failure in t…
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Inna Melnykovska and Maciej Kisilowski, authors of "Administrategy." Inna Melnykovska is an Assistant Professor in Comparative Political Economy at the Political Science Depar...
Jackie Higgins on What Animals Reveal About Our Senses
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Jackie Higgins, the author of “Sentient: What Animals Reveal About Our Senses”. Jackie Higgins is a television documentary director and writer. In her first job at Oxford Scie...
J.D. Dickey on the Tormented Rise of Abolition in Andrew Jackson's Am…
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by J.D. Dickey, the author of “The Republic of Violence: The Tormented Rise of Abolition in Andrew Jackson’s America”. J.D. Dickey is a New York Times bestselling author and writ...
John Scalzi: Are We At a "F*ck You" Moment in World History With Ukra…
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by John Scalzi, the author of “The Kaiju Preservation Society”. John Michael Scalzi is an award-winning science fiction author and former president of the Science Fiction and Fan...
Can the Economics of Sanctions Be an Effective Way of Fighting Back A…
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Tomáš Sedláček, the author of “Economics of Good and Evil: The Quest for Economic Meaning from Gilgamesh to Wall Street”. At the age of 24, Tomáš Sedláček became an economic a...
Alan Judd on One of the Most Fascinating Mysteries of the Elizabethan…
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Alan Judd, the author of “A Fine Madness: A Christopher Marlowe Murder Mystery”. Alan Judd is the author of eleven novels and two biographies. He previously served as a soldie...
Akash Kapur on Love, Death, and the Quest for Utopia in Auroville
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Akash Kapur, the author of “Better to Have Gone: Love, Death, and the Quest for Utopia in Auroville”. Akash Kapur is an award-winning author and journalist whose writing has a...
Christine Montross on Mental Health vs. the American Incarceration Sy…
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...
Scott Reynolds Nelson on How Cheap American Grain Toppled the World's…
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Scott Reynolds Nelson, the author of “Oceans of Grain: How American Wheat Remade the World”. Scott Reynolds Nelson is a history professor at the University of Georgia and an a...
Neil Lanctot on How and Why the United States Emerged Onto the World …
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Neil Lanctot, the author of “The Approaching Storm: Roosevelt, Wilson, Addams, and Their Clash Over America's Future”. Neil Lanctot, Ph.D. is a historian and author. His books...
Jamie Beaton on Demystifying the Competitive World of Elite College A…
n this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Jamie Beaton, the author of “Accepted!: Secrets to Gaining Admission to the World's Top Universities ”. Jamie Beaton is the co-founder and CEO of Crimson Education. In this rol...
Dwight Chapin on the Life and Administration of Richard Nixon
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Dwight Chapin, the author of “The President's Man: The Memoirs of Nixon's Trusted Aide”. Dwight L. Chapin served as the secretary and deputy assistant to President Richard M. ...
Marc David Baer on the Ottoman Empire's Enduring Impact on Europe and…
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Marc David Baer, the author of “The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs”. Marc David Baer is professor of international history at the London School of Economics and Politic...
Laura Shin on the History of Ethereum and the 2017 ICO Craze
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...
Moisés Naím on the Global Spread of Authoritarianism and Its Dangers
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Moisés Naím, the author of “The Revenge of Power: How Autocrats Are Reinventing Politics for the 21st Century”. Moisés Naím is an internationally-syndicated columnist and best...
Thomas Insel on What a Better Path to Mental Health Might Look Like
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Thomas Insel, the author of “Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health”. Thomas Insel is an American neuroscientist and psychiatrist who led the National Institut...