Episodes
Sam Quinones on Synthetic Drugs in America
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Sam Quinones, the author of “The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth”. Sam Quinones is a journalist, storyteller, former LA Times repo...
Keeda Haynes on Her Journey from Prison to Politics
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Keeda Haynes, the author of “Bending the Arc: My Journey from Prison to Politics”. Keeda Haynes supports state and local advocates advancing sentencing reforms and challenging...
Kyla Schuller on the Trouble with White Women
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Kyla Schuller, the author of "The Trouble With White Women: A Counterhistory of Feminism". Kyla Schuller is Associate Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Ru...
Gaurav Bhatnagar on How to Manage Fear in the Workplace
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Gaurav Bhatnagar, the author of “Unfear: Transform Your Organization to Create Breakthrough Performance and Employee Well-Being”, to explain how to reframe your—and your emplo...
Aviva Chomsky on Why Climate Justice Is Just As Important as Science
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 Andre...
Nick Ochsner on the Country's Greatest Electoral Fraud
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 Andre...
Kevin Birmingham on How Dostoevsky Came to Write Crime and Punishment
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Kevin Birmingham, the author of “The Sinner and the Saint: Dostoevsky and the Gentleman Murderer Who Inspired a Masterpiece”, to tell the story of how Dostoevsky came to write...
William Deresiewicz on an Alternative Anthropogeny
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by William Deresiewicz to discuss David Wengrow and the late David Graeber's alternative take on anthropology, "The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity". William Deresi...
Mike Mattison and Ernest Suarez on the Literary Power of Blues-Fueled…
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Mike Mattison and Ernest Suarez, the co-authors of “Poetic Song Verse: Blues-Based Popular Music and Poetry”, to examine the development of a relatively new literary genre roo...
Kamal Al-Solaylee on Why We Go Back to Where We Come From
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 Andre...
Paul Cartledge on the Forgotten Greek City that Shaped Modern Civiliz…
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 Andre...
Caroline Chambers on Substack and Alternative Forms of Publishing
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 Andre...
Bob Spitz on Led Zeppelin
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Bob Spitz, the author of “Led Zeppelin: The Biography”, to give the authoritative account of the group many call the greatest rock band of all time, arguably the most successf...
Tom Clavin on the Imprisoned Airmen of Buchenwald
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Tom Clavin, the author of “Lightning Down: A World War II Story of Survival”, to tell the story of an American fighter pilot doomed to die in Buchenwald but determined to surv...
Benjamin J.B. Lipscomb on Four Women Philosophers who Broke the Mold
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 Andre...
Linda Greenhouse on the Supreme Court vs. Donald Trump and Amy Coney …
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Linda Greenhouse, the author of “Justice on the Brink: The Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Rise of Amy Coney Barrett, and Twelve Months that Transformed the Supreme Court”, ...
Ruben Gallego on the Fate of Lima Company During and After Iraq
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Ruben Gallego, the author of “They Called Us "Lucky": The Life and Afterlife of the Iraq War's Hardest Hit Unit”, to reflect on the eternal bonds forged between the Marines of...
Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen on the History of Libraries
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen, the co-authors of “The Library: A Fragile History”, to discuss the history of libraries and the people who built them, from the ancien...
Omar Mouallem on the Unknown History of Islam Across the Americas
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 Andre...
Ben Wilson on the Invention of the City
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Ben Wilson, the author of “Metropolis: A History of the City, Humankind's Greatest Invention”, to demonstrate that the story of human civilization is the story of cities, as w...
Theodore R. Johnson on Racism and America's Broken Promises
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Theodore R. Johnson, the author of “When the Stars Begin to Fall: Overcoming Racism and Renewing the Promise of America”, to discuss why racism is a structural crime of the st...
Celine-Marie Pascale on America's Deep Economic and Moral Crisis
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 Andre...
Chris Matthews on His American Political Odyssey
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 Andre...
Sandro Galea on Preventing the Next Pandemic
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Sandro Galea, the author of “The Contagion Next Time”, to discuss how investing in the healthiest population possible is literally an act of national security against a future...