Episodes
Jeanette Winterson on How Artificial Intelligence Will Change the Way…
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Jeanette Winterson, the author of “12 Bytes: How Artificial Intelligence Will Change the Way We Live and Love”, to talk about her illuminating new collection of essays on tech...
Sathnam Sanghera on Modern Britain's Imperialistic Foundations
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Sathnam Sanghera, the author of “Empireland: How Modern Britain is Shaped by its Imperial Past”, to discuss how so much of what is considered to be modern Britain is actually ...
Connor Towne O'Neill on the Ugly Legacy of White Supremacy
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Connor Towne O'Neill, the author of “Down Along with That Devil's Bones: A Reckoning with Monuments, Memory, and the Legacy of White Supremacy”, to discuss our vital need to c...
Jeremy Weinstein on Where Big Tech Went Wrong
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Jeremy Weinstein, the author of “System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot”, to discuss how big tech’s obsession with optimization and efficiency is sacrif...
Tom Nichols on the Rise of Illiberalism
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Tom Nichols, the author of “Our Own Worst Enemy: The Assault from within on Modern Democracy”, to discuss how the frustration of citizens who claim to be liberals has ironical...
Alec Ross on How Companies Govern our Lives
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Alec Ross, the author of “The Raging 2020s: Companies, Countries, People — and The Fight for Our Future”, to discuss the economic and political forces that shape our daily liv...
Peter Baker and Susan Glasser on The Man Who Ran Washington
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser, the co-authors of “The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III”, to tell the story of legendary White House chief of st...
Keith Boykin on Racism and Politics in America
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Keith Boykin, the author of “Race Against Time: The Politics of a Darkening America”, to discuss the fear of a darkening America—a country in which there is no longer a predom...
Giulio Boccaletti on How Water Shapes Society
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Giulio Boccaletti, the author of “Water: A Biography”, to discuss the history of how the distribution of water has shaped human civilization. For the last 20 years, Giulio Boc...
David Cutler on the Evolution of City Life
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by David Cutler, the author of “Survival of the City: Living and Thriving in an Age of Isolation”, to discuss how cities are changing in the face of existential threats that have...
Azeem Azhar on Technology and the Exponential Gap
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Azeem Azhar, the author of “The Exponential Age: How Accelerating Technology is Transforming Business, Politics and Society”, to discuss the widening gap between AI, automatio...
Edward Glaeser on the Evolution of City Life
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Edward Glaeser, the author of “Survival of the City: Living and Thriving in an Age of Isolation”, to discuss how cities are changing in the face of existential threats that ha...
Minal Bopaiah on Equity as the Foundation for Group Success
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Minal Bopaiah, the author of “Equity: How to Design Organizations Where Everyone Thrives”, to discuss how equity can allow leaders to create organizations where employees can ...
William M. Arkin on How the US Government Failed its Citizens on 9/11
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by William M. Arkin, the author of “On That Day: The definitive Timeline of 9/11”, to discuss how issues with intelligence, airport security and emergency procedures contributed ...
Thom Hartmann on the Shameful History of American Healthcare
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Thom Hartmann, the author of “The Hidden History of American Healthcare: Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich”, to reveal how and why attempts to establis...
Dave Eggers on His Fight Against Big Data
On today's episode, Andrew talks with Dave Eggers about his latest novel, The Every , a follow-up to his bestselling novel The Circle ; the resistance to big data, and his personal strategy to distribute his latest hardcover ...
Rob Reich on How to Control Technology
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Rob Reich, the author of “System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot”, to expose how big tech’s relentless focus on optimization is driving a future that re...
Philip Stephens on Not-So-Great Britain
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Philip Stephens, the author of “Britain Alone: The Path from Suez to Brexit”, to tell the story of a nation struggling to reconcile its waning power with past glory. Philip St...
Yanis Varoufakis on an Alternative to Capitalism
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Yanis Varoufakis, the author of “Another Now: Dispatches from an Alternative Present”, to paint the picture of a world where a global hi-tech uprising has birthed a post-capit...
Michael Pye on the Rise and Fall of Antwerp as a "World City"
On today's episode of Keen On, Andrew talks with Michael Pye, author of Europe's Babylon: The Rise and Fall of Antwerp's Golden Age, to relive the city's turbulent past at a time when Antwerp transitioned from a state of feud...
Mike Duncan on Defending the Principles of Liberty and Equality
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Mike Duncan, the author of “Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution”, to discuss the revolutionary career of the Marquis de Lafayette. Mike Dunca...
Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. on Leading your Organization into the Future
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., the author of “Reset: A Leader's Guide to Work in an Age of Upheaval”, to showcase a candid and forward-thinking vision for leaders to reimagine their c...
Eyal Press on the Immorality of "Dirty Work"
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Eyal Press, the author of “Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America”, to discuss the fundamental truths about the moral dimensions of work and t...
Julie Battilana on Understanding Power
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Julie Battilana, the author of “Power, for All: How It Really Works and Why It's Everyone's Business”, to discuss what power is, how it’s gained and lost, and how it can be us...