Episodes

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Dr. Eric Topol, Substack's newest writer in residence. Eric Topol is an American cardiologist, scientist, and award winning author. He is the founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute and a senior consultant at the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases at Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, California. He is editor-in-chief of Medscape and theheart.org. He was also commissioned by the UK 2018–2019 to lead planning for the Nation...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by David Mikics, the author of “Stanley Kubrick: American Filmmaker”. Mikics is a columnist for Tablet magazine, where he writes regularly on subjects of Jewish interest, from politics and culture to literature (www.tabletmag.com/author/david-mikics). He has also written for The New Republic, The Jewish Daily Forward, The New York Times, the New Statesman, Huffington Post, and other publications. Visit our website: https://lithub.com/story-type/ke...

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 Day Cay Johnston, the author of The Big Cheat: How Donald Trump Fleeced America and Enriched Himself and His Family. ________________________ David Cay Johnston is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and bestselling author of The Making of Dona...

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 Jonathan Karl, the author of Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show. ________________________ Jonathan Karl is the chief Washington correspondent for ABC News and co-anchor of This Week with George Stephanopoulos. Karl has covered every major beat in Wa...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Frank Vogl, the author of “The Enablers: How the West Supports Kleptocrats and Corruption-Endangering Our Democracy ”. Frank Vogl is the co-founder of two leading international non-governmental organizations fighting corruption -- Transparency International and the Partnership for Transparency Fund. He teaches at Georgetown University, blogs regularly on corruption for theGlobalist.com and lectures extensively. Frank is also a specialist in inte...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Tanya Talaga, the author of “All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward”. Tanya Talaga is an award winning Ojibwe author and journalist. Talaga holds an honorary Doctor of Letters from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, and shares her expertise on the boards of PEN Canada and The Narwal. Tanya is the President and CEO of Makwa Creative, a production company focused on Indigenous storytelling. Visit our website: https://lithub.com/story-type/k...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Jay Parini, the author of “Borges and Me: An Encounter”. Jay Parini is a poet, novelist, biographer, screenwriter, and critic. He's been writing poems, novels, biographies, and screenplays for four decades. 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/ankeen/ Watch the show live on Fac...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Gioia Diliberto, the author of “Coco at the Ritz: A Novel”. Gioia Diliberto's writing, which focuses on women's lives, has been praised for combining rich storytelling and literary grace with deep research to bring alive worlds as varied as Jazz Age Paris and nineteenth century Chicago, Belle Epoque Paris and disco era Manhattan. As a journalist, Gioia has written for many publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the ...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by David Bodanis, the author of “The Art of Fairness: The Power of Decency in a World Turned Mean”. David Bodanis is a speaker, business advisor and writer of bestselling nonfiction books, notably "E=mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation".. Originally from Chicago, he lived in France for ten years from his early twenties and has since been based in London. Visit our website: https://lithub.com/story-type/keen-on/ Email Andrew: a.kee...

On today's episode, Andrew Keen talks to author Neal Stephenson about his latest book, Termination Shock, his response to global warming, and his reaction to the Metaverse. This week's sponsor: Playbook is an app that gets to know your unique financial situation and helps you get the most out of every dollar you save. The best part? You don’t have to do any crazy budgeting or even change your lifestyle at all.

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Thibault Manekin, the author of “Larger Than Yourself: Reimagine Industries, Lead with Purpose & Grow Ideas into Movements”. Thibault Manekin is the co-founder of Baltimore-based real estate company Seawall. Seawall's mission is to help improve communities by breathing a new life back into forgotten old historic buildings while at the same time filling them with people who in their everyday lives are making cities better places. Visit our websi...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Jason Miklian to discuss how business leaders can ensure that their companies are confident, nimble, and successful over the coming decades, instead of being timid and unprofitable. Jason Miklian is a researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo, exploring the arenas where conflict and commerce meet. Miklian has written for or been cited in an expert capacity by the New York Times, the BBC, the Economist, Agence France-Presse, Foreign Policy,...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Patrick Dean, the author of “A Window to Heaven: The Daring First Ascent of Denali - America's Wildest Peak”. Patrick Dean has written speeches for Congressional candidates, taught inner-city high-school English, and earned a master’s degree in theology. Patrick has been a free-lance writer, social-media content creator, and website designer. He is also the executive director of the Mountain Goat Trail Alliance, a nonprofit dedicated to creating...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Jordan Salama, the author of “Every Day the River Changes: Four Weeks Down the Magdalena”. Jordan Salama has written essays on climate change, letter-writing, and American Jewish life for The New York Times, tracked down Syrian traveling salesmen in the Andes, covered Lionel Messi and the Argentina national soccer team during the 2016 Copa América, and produced a radio feature about a cross-country railroad trip that appeared on NPR’s All Things...

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Roderick Beaton, the author of “Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation”, to discuss the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution of 1821. Roderick Beaton is a record-breaking four-time winner of the Runciman Award, and his books have been shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize and the Cundill History Prize. For thirty years until his retirement he held the Koraes Chair of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature at King’s Colleg...

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 reporter, and author of three acclaimed books of narrative nonfiction. 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...

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 collateral consequences, with a focus on state campaigns to restore voting rights to all justice-involved people. She is also an experienced criminal defense attorney and formerly incarcerated advocate. In 2020, Haynes ran for Congress for the 5th district in Tennessee. V...

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 Rutgers University--New Brunswick, where she investigates the intersections between race, gender, sexuality, and the life sciences in U.S. culture. Visit our website: https://lithub.com/story-type/keen-on/ Email Andrew: a.keen@me.com Watch the show live on Twitter: https://...

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 employees’—relationship with fear and anxiety to create a learning culture of engaged workers at the top of their game. Gaurav Bhatnagar is the founder of Co-Creation Partners and has dedicated more than two decades to helping organizations thrive and achieve breakthrough perfor...

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 Aviva Chomsky, the author of the forthcoming book Is Science Enough?: Forty Critical Questions About Climate Justice, to discuss why social, racial, and economic justice is just as crucial as science in determining how humans can reverse climate catastrophe. ...

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 joinedby Nick Ochsner, the author of The Vote Collectors: The True Story of the Scamsters, Politicians, and Preachers behind the Nation’s Greatest Electoral Fraud, to tell the story of the political shenanigans in Bladen County that exposes the shocking vulnerability o...

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 "Crime and Punishment". Kevin Birmingham is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Most Dangerous Book, which won the PEN New England Award and the Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism. He has been named a Public Scholar by the National Endowment for the Hum...

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 Deresiewicz is an award-winning author, essayist and critic, as well as being a frequent public speaker. 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 Linke...

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 rooted in Blues music and dubbed by the authors as “poetic song verse.” Dr. Ernest Suarez's main area of interest is American literature, particularly the literature of the American South, and his most recent work centers on how poetry, blues, and rock intersected to usher in ...