Episodes

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Eric Pliner, the author of “Difficult Decisions: How Leaders Make the Right Call with Insight, Integrity, and Empathy”. Eric Pliner is CEO of YSC Consulting. He has more than twenty years’ experience in leadership development, organizational culture, and strategic diversity and inclusion initiatives. Visit our website: https://lithub.com/story-type/keen-on/ Email Andrew: a.keen@me.com Watch the show live on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajkeen ...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Amy Webb, the author of “The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology”. Amy Webb is a quantitative futurist. Amy is a professor at the NYU Stern School of Business, where she developed and teaches the MBA course on strategic foresight and futures forecasting. She is also the founder and CEO of the Future Today Institute, which provides emerging signals/ trends and scenario modeling for clients around the world. ...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Garrett Hongo, the author of “The Perfect Sound: A Memoir in Stereo”. Garrett Hongo is a fourth-generation Japanese American academic and Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet. His work draws on Japanese American history and his own experiences. Visit our website: https://lithub.com/story-type/keen-on/ Email Andrew: a.keen@me.com Watch the show live on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajkeen Watch the show live on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ank...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Jeff Rosenblum, the author of “Exponential: Transform Your Brand by Empowering Instead of Interrupting”. Jeff Rosenblum is the Founding Partner and Chief Strategy Officer of Questus, a leading digital advertising agency. He is also a documentary filmmaker, author, public speaker, and noted disruptor in the world of marketing and advertising. Visit our website: https://lithub.com/story-type/keen-on/ Email Andrew: a.keen@me.com Watch the show li...

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, Andrew is joined by Jason Pack, the author of Libya and the Global Enduring Disorder. ________________________ Jason Pack is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Middle East Institute and the President of Libya-Analysis LLC. His publications and events at MEI have focused on presenti...

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, Andrew is joined by Scott Meslow, the author of From Hollywood with Love: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Romantic Comedy. Scott Meslow is a senior editor at The Week magazine and a writer and critic for publications including GQ, New York magazine, and The Atlantic....

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Eric Protzer, the author of “Reclaiming Populism: How Economic Fairness Can Win Back Disenchanted Voters”. Prior to joining the Center for International Development's Growth Lab in 2019, Eric Protzer worked on an Innovations for Poverty Action randomized control trial concerning Ghanaian labor markets, researched energy and technological change in the developing world at MIT, taught in Vanuatu, and helped build two tech startups. His research in...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Roman Krznaric, the author of “The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World”. Roman Krznaric is an Australian-born public philosopher, whose books have focused on the power of ideas to change society and have been published in over 20 languages. He was named by The Observer as one of Britain’s leading popular philosophers. He is the founder of the world’s first Empathy Museum, Research Fellow of the Long Now Foundation and mem...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Benjamin Lorr, the author of “The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket”. Benjamin Lorr is the author of Hell-Bent, a critically acclaimed exploration of the Bikram Yoga community that first detailed patterns of abuse and sexual misconduct by guru Bikram Choudhury. For the six years prior to writing Hell-Bent, he taught high school science and sex education in Bushwick, Brooklyn. He currently consults with New Yo...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Cat Jarman, the author of “River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads”. Dr. Cat Jarman is a bioarchaeologist and field archaeologist specializing in the Viking Age, Viking women, and Rapa Nui. She uses forensic techniques like isotope analysis, carbon dating, and DNA analysis on human remains to untangle the experiences of past people from broader historical narratives. Visit our website: https://lithub.com/sto...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Dara Horn, the author of “People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present”. Dara Horn's books have been selected as New York Times Notable Books, Booklist’s 25 Best Books of the Decade, and San Francisco Chronicle’s Best Books of the Year, and have been translated into eleven languages. Her nonfiction work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Smithsonian Magazine, and The Jewish Re...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Erich Schwartzel, the author of “Red Carpet: Hollywood, China and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy”. Erich Schwartzel has reported on the film industry for The Wall Street Journal since 2013. Previously, he covered energy and the environment for The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, where his work won the Scripps Howard Award for Environmental Reporting. Visit our website: https://lithub.com/story-type/keen-on/ Email Andrew: a.keen@me.com Watch...

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, Andrew is joined by Antonia Fraser, author of The Case of the Married Woman: Caroline Norton: A 19th Century Heroine Who Wanted Justice for Women. Antonia Fraser is the author of many widely acclaimed historical works which have been international bestsellers. She was awarded ...

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, Andrew is joined by Linda Hirshman, author of The Color of Abolition: How a Printer, a Prophet, and a Contessa Moved a Nation. ________________________ Linda Hirshman is a lawyer, cultural historian and author. Prior to writing several bestselling books, Linda was an influent...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Laura Kipnis, the author of “Love in the Time of Contagion: A Diagnosis”. Laura Kipnis is a cultural critic/essayist and former video artist whose work focuses on sexual politics, aesthetics, shame, emotion, acting out, moral messiness, and various other crevices of the American psyche. Visit our website: https://lithub.com/story-type/keen-on/ Email Andrew: a.keen@me.com Watch the show live on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajkeen Watch the show...

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, Andrew is joined by Colette Brooks, the author of Trapped in the Present Tense: Meditations on American Memory. ________________________ Colette Brooks is an award-winning author whose literary and cultural essays have appeared in The Georgia Review, The New York Times, The N...

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, Andrew is joined by A.J. Baime, the author of White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America’s Darkest Secret. ________________________ A. J. Baime is a New York Times bestselling author and longtime regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal. His articles hav...

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, Andrew is joined by John Abramson, the author of Sickening: How Big Pharma Broke American Health Care and How We Can Repair It. ________________________ Dr. John Abramson has been on the faculty of Harvard Medical School for twenty-five years, where he teaches health care pol...

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 Andrew is joined by Larry Miller, the author of Jump: My Secret Journey from the Streets to the Boardroom. ________________________ Larry Miller was appointed the first chairman of the Jordan Brand Advisory Board in January 2019. Under his leadership, Jordan Brand has grown fr...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Daniel Yergin, the author of “The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations”. Daniel Yergin is America's most influential energy pundit (New York Times) and one of the planet's foremost thinkers about energy and its implications (Fortune). Dr. Yergin is the Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling author of The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power, The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World, and Shattered Pe...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by William Dalrymple, the author of “The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire”. William Dalrymple is the author of nine books about India and the Islamic world, including Return of a King, which won the Hemingway Award and was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson, PEN Hessell-Tiltman, and Duff Cooper Prizes. He writes regularly for the New Yorker, the New York Review of Books, and the Guardian and is one o...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Dave Pell, the author of “Please Scream Inside Your Heart: Breaking News and Nervous Breakdowns in the Year That Wouldn’t End”. Dave Pell is the writer of the Nextdraft newsletter. Each morning he visits about 75 news sites, and from that swirling nightmare of information quicksand, Dave plucks the top ten most fascinating items of the day, which he delivers with a fast, pithy wit that will make your computer device vibrate with delight. No bots...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Christopher Leonard, the author of “The Lords of Easy Money: How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy”. Christopher Leonard is an award-winning author and a business reporter whose work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and Bloomberg Businessweek. Visit our website: https://lithub.com/story-type/keen-on/ Email Andrew: a.keen@me.com Watch the show live on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajkeen Watch t...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Michael L. Walker, the author of “Indefinite: Doing Time in Jail”. Michael L. Walker's broad research interests include social control, stratification, and inequality, which he pursues through studies of criminal justice generally, and jails specifically. He plans to continue examining jails as a social laboratory where mental health and his more general interests intersect. Visit our website: https://lithub.com/story-type/keen-on/ Email Andrew...