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 Andre...

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”, ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Joanna Chiu, the author of “China Unbound: A New World Disorder”, to discuss the backdrop of toxic diplomacy, human rights abuses and foreign interference seen in a "booming" ...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Stan Cox, the author of “The Path to a Livable Future: A New Politics to Fight Climate Change, Racism, and the Next Pandemic”, to discuss how a healthy, just, sustainable futu...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Peter T. Coleman, the author of “The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization”, to discuss why we are stuck in our current cultural riptide and what we can do to find our w...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Bill Burnett, the author of “Designing Your New Work Life”, to discuss how design thinking can transform our present job, and how it can improve our experience of work in time...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Jonathan Reisman M.D., the author of “The Unseen Body: A Doctor's Journey Through the Hidden Wonders of Human Anatomy”, to discuss the human body and reveal medical stories ab...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Ian Rosenberg, the author of “The Fight for Free Speech: Ten Cases That Define Our First Amendment Freedoms ”, to discuss combating authoritarianism, protecting our democracy,...

Jose Huizar grew up in Boyle Heights – a working-class Latinx neighborhood in L.A. Eventually, he became their councilperson. And, for the most part, people trusted Huizar... until the day the FBI raided his home and offices,...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Brendan Borrell, the author of “The First Shots: The Epic Rivalries and Heroic Science Behind the Race to the Coronavirus Vaccine”, to discuss the quest that has so far taken ...

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...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by William Souder, the author of “Mad at the World: A Life of John Steinbeck”, to discuss the life of America’s most celebrated novelist of the Great Depression, John Steinbeck. ...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Margaret D. Jacobs, the author of “After One Hundred Winters: In Search of Reconciliation on America's Stolen Lands”, to confront the harsh truth that the United States was fo...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by W. Ralph Eubanks, the author of “A Place Like Mississippi”, to discuss how the South has produced some of America’s most celebrated authors, and no state more so than Mississi...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Josh Cohen, the author of “How to Live. What to Do: In Search of Ourselves in Life and Literature”, to explore a new way for us to understand ourselves from the perspective of...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Sebastian Junger, the author of “Freedom”, to discuss the very human conflict between desiring self-reliance and our utter dependence on community. This interview was done in ...