Episodes

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...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Michael Ignatieff. Between 2006 and 2011, Michael Ignatieff served as an MP in the Parliament of Canada and then as Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Leader of the Off...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Keith Ferrazzi, the author of “Competing in the New World of Work: How Radical Adaptability Separates the Best from the Rest”. Keith Ferrazzi is an American entrepreneur and r...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Jeff Deutsch, the author of “In Praise of Good Bookstores”. Jeff Deutsch is the director of Chicago's Seminary Co-op Bookstores, which in 2019 he helped incorporate as the fir...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by John Markoff, the author of “Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand”. John Markoff was one of a team of New York Times reporters who won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Expl...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Mary Childs, the author of “The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost It All”. Mary Childs is a financial journalist. She’s a co-host of National Pub...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Justin Gest, the author of “Majority Minority”. Justin Gest is an Associate Professor of Policy and Government at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Governme...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Brandon Presser, the author of “The Far Land: 200 Years of Murder, Mania & Mutiny in the South Pacific”. Brandon Presser has spent time in over 130 countries, and has written ...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Chandler Baker, the author of “The Husbands”. Chandler Baker grew up in Sarasota, Florida, went to college at the University of Pennsylvania, and went to law school at the Uni...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Kyleigh Leddy, the author of “The Perfect Other: A Memoir of My Sister”. Kyleigh Leddy is a graduate of Boston College and is currently pursuing an MSW at Columbia University ...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Steven Pifer, the former US Ambassador to Ukraine. Steven Pifer is a nonresident senior fellow in the Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative, Center for 21st Century Se...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Justin E.H. Smith, the author of “The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is: A History, a Philosophy, a Warning”. Justin E.H. Smith is currently professor of philosophy in the ...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Filip Doušek, the author of “Flock Without Birds: A Novel About the Illusions that Create Our World”. Filip Doušek is an AI and analytics expert. He was the founder and CEO of...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Susan Brady, the author of “Arrive and Thrive: 7 Impactful Practices for Women Navigating Leadership”. Susan Brady is the Deloitte Ellen Gabriel Chair for Women and Leadership...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Ken Croke, the author of “Riding with Evil: Taking Down the Notorious Pagan Motorcycle Gang”. Over the course of Ken Croke's career, he has taken part in 1,000-plus undercover...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Katherine Sayre, the author of “Happy at Any Cost: The Revolutionary Vision and Fatal Quest of Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh”. Katherine Sayre covers gambling and Las Vegas for The Wa...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Scott Carney, the author of “The Vortex: A True Story of History's Deadliest Storm, an Unspeakable War, and Liberation”. Investigative journalist and anthropologist Scott Carn...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Jon Alexander, the co-author of “Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything Is All of Us”. Jon Alexander co-founded the New Citizenship Project in 2014 with the mission of fig...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by William Galston. William Galston holds a Chair in the Brookings Institution’s Governance Studies Program, where he serves as a Senior Fellow. A participant in six presidential...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Stephen M.R. Covey, the author of “Trust and Inspire: How Truly Great Leaders Unleash Greatness in Others”. Stephen M.R. Covey is cofounder and CEO of CoveyLink and of the Fra...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Viviana Zelizer. Professor Viviana Zelizer has published books on the development of life insurance, the changing value of children, the place of money in social life and the ...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Yusuf Akbar. Yusaf Akbar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics and Business at the Central European University. His research interests are focused on three ...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Ari Waldman, the author of “Industry Unbound: The Inside Story of Privacy, Data, and Corporate Power”. Ari Waldman studies asymmetrical power relations created and entrenched ...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Geo Maher, the author of “Anticolonial Eruptions: Racial Hubris and the Cunning of Resistance”. Geo Maher is an organizer, writer, radical political theorist and Visiting Asso...