Episodes

Steve Killelea on Measuring and Understanding Peace
Aug. 28, 2021

Steve Killelea on Measuring and Understanding Peace

In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew is joined by Steve Killelea, the author of "Peace in the Age of Chaos: The Best Solution for a Sustainable Future", to discuss what "Positive Peace" is and how it can lead to a paradigm sh...

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Steven Nadler on the Global Epidemic of Bad Thinking
Aug. 26, 2021

Steven Nadler on the Global Epidemic of Bad Thinking

In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew is joined by Steven Nadler, one of the authors of "When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People: How Philosophy Can Save Us from Ourselves", to discuss the basic principles of logic, argument,...

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Lawrence Shapiro on the Global Epidemic of Bad Thinking
Aug. 25, 2021

Lawrence Shapiro on the Global Epidemic of Bad Thinking

In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew is joined by Lawrence Shapiro, one of the authors of "When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People: How Philosophy Can Save Us from Ourselves", to discuss the basic principles of logic, argume...

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William R. Stixrud on How to Talk to Teenagers
Aug. 25, 2021

William R. Stixrud on How to Talk to Teenagers

In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew is joined by William R. Stixrud, one of the authors of "What Do You Say?: How to Talk with Kids to Build Motivation, Stress Tolerance, and a Happy Home", to discuss delivering constructive...

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Ned Johnson on Communicating with Teenagers
Aug. 24, 2021

Ned Johnson on Communicating with Teenagers

In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew is joined by Ned Johnson, one of the authors of "What Do You Say?: How to Talk with Kids to Build Motivation, Stress Tolerance, and a Happy Home", to discuss delivering constructive feedba...

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Casey Schwartz on Adderall and the Modern Landscape of Attention
Aug. 24, 2021

Casey Schwartz on Adderall and the Modern Landscape of Attention

In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew is joined by Casey Schwartz, the author of "Attention, A Love Story", to discuss her experiences from a decade on Adderall, as well as to explore the modern landscape of attention. Casey S...

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David Sumpter on the Mathematics of Winning at Life
Aug. 23, 2021

David Sumpter on the Mathematics of Winning at Life

In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew is joined by David Sumpter, the author of "The Ten Equations that Rule the World: And How You Can Use Them Too", to discuss the ten equations that make the world go round and how they can ...

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Sergey Young on the Science and Ethics of Living to 200
Aug. 23, 2021

Sergey Young on the Science and Ethics of Living to 200

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...

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Bill Steigerwald on Life Undercover as a Black Man in the Jim Crow South
Aug. 20, 2021

Bill Steigerwald on Life Undercover as a Black Man in the Jim Crow So…

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...

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William L. Silber on The Hail Mary Effect in Politics, War, and Business
Aug. 17, 2021

William L. Silber on The Hail Mary Effect in Politics, War, and Busin…

In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew is joined by William L. Silber, the author of The Power of Nothing to Lose: The Hail Mary Effect in Politics, War, and Business , to explore the phenomenon in politics, war, and business, ...

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Christopher Gray on Hustling to the Top
Aug. 17, 2021

Christopher Gray on Hustling to the Top

In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew is joined by Christopher Gray, the author of "Go Where There Is No Path: Stories of Hustle, Grit, Scholarship, and Faith", to tell the story of his own path to success, as well as to discu...

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Jonah Lehrer on the Science of Mystery
Aug. 15, 2021

Jonah Lehrer on the Science of Mystery

In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew is joined by Jonah Lehrer, the author of "Mystery: A Seduction, A Strategy, A Solution", to discuss the secrets of mystery’s allure, within the context of recent discoveries in the fields ...

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J. Chester Johnson on the Elaine Race Massacre
Aug. 12, 2021

J. Chester Johnson on the Elaine Race Massacre

In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew is joined by J. Chester Johnson, the author of "Damaged Heritage: The Elaine Race Massacre and A Story of Reconciliation", to discuss a deliberately erased chapter in American history, as ...

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Emily Bass on America's Fight to Defeat AIDS in Africa
Aug. 12, 2021

Emily Bass on America's Fight to Defeat AIDS in Africa

In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew is joined by Emily Bass, the author of "To End a Plague: America's Fight to Defeat AIDS in Africa", to tell the story of US engagement in HIV/AIDS control in sub-Saharan Africa. Emily Bass...

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Lauren Etter on the Vaping Generation
Aug. 10, 2021

Lauren Etter on the Vaping Generation

In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew is joined by Lauren Etter, the author of "The Devil's Playbook: Big Tobacco, Juul, and the Addiction of a New Generation", to tell the story of what happened when two of the most notorious...

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Lizzie Johnson on California's Deadly Camp Fire
Aug. 10, 2021

Lizzie Johnson on California's Deadly Camp Fire

In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew is joined by Lizzie Johnson, the author of "Paradise: One Town's Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire", to discuss what went wrong surrounding the 2018 wildfires in California and how ...

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Emily Oster on Parenting with Data
Aug. 9, 2021

Emily Oster on Parenting with Data

In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew is joined by Emily Oster, the author of "The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School", to discuss how parents can use data to think more deliberately...

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Matthew Zachary on How to Make Healthcare Suck Less
Aug. 7, 2021

Matthew Zachary on How to Make Healthcare Suck Less

In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew is joined by Matthew Zachary, the host of the "Out of Patients" podcast, to cut through the nonsense of American healthcare and explain the steps that can be taken to improve the system. T...

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Lucy Jones on the Relationship Between the Natural World and the Human Psyche
Aug. 5, 2021

Lucy Jones on the Relationship Between the Natural World and the Huma…

In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew is joined by Lucy Jones, the author of "Losing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild", to discuss how contact with 'nature' can be therapeutic. Lucy Jones is a journalist and author, based in ...

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Joe Keohane on the Benefits of Connecting with Strangers
Aug. 4, 2021

Joe Keohane on the Benefits of Connecting with Strangers

In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew is joined by Joe Keohane, the author of "The Power of Strangers: The Benefits of Connecting in a Suspicious World", to discuss what happens when we talk to strangers, and why it affects ev...

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Edward J. Watts on the Fall of the Roman Empire
Aug. 4, 2021

Edward J. Watts on the Fall of the Roman Empire

In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew is joined by Edward J. Watts, the author of "The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome: The History of a Dangerous Idea", to tell the stories of the people who built their political and literar...

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Michael Knox Beran on WASP Culture
Aug. 3, 2021

Michael Knox Beran on WASP Culture

In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew is joined by Michael Know Beran, the author of "WASPS: The Splendors and Miseries of an American Aristocracy", to discuss the rise and fall of the distinctly American phenomenon that is Wh...

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Sarah Damaske Lifts the Lid on America's Unemployment System
Aug. 1, 2021

Sarah Damaske Lifts the Lid on America's Unemployment System

In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew is joined by Sarah Damaske, the author of "The Tolls of Uncertainty: How Privilege and the Guilt Gap Shape Unemployment in America", to discuss the American unemployment system and the way...

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Jonathan Rapping on America's Broken Criminal Justice System and Mass Incarceration
July 29, 2021

Jonathan Rapping on America's Broken Criminal Justice System and Mass…

In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew is joined by Jonathan Rapping, the author of "Gideon's Promise: A Public Defender Movement to Transform Criminal Justice", to discuss the pervasive issues inherent in our current system of...

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