Videos

Sept. 25, 2026

Trump Has Finally Lost the Plot: Rauch & Wehner on the Autumn of the American Patriarch

“His intent is getting worse, but his capacity is diminishing. The next two years will be some kind of mad race to figure out which of these two things will prevail.” — Jonathan Rauch As the nights get shorter, we are drifting into the autumn of the patriarch. That, at…

View more
Sept. 24, 2026

Paul Loeb

View more
Sept. 24, 2026

More Sex, Less Happiness?

George Loewenstein asked married couples to double how often they had sex. They did — and reported feeling less happy and less close. Full episode: Keen On America — keenon.substack.com

View more
Sept. 24, 2026

Janet Reitman

View more
Sept. 24, 2026

Not the Proud Boys

The average age of the Americans who stormed the Capitol was 42, not 22. Robert Pape on why January 6 wasn't what you think. Full episode: Keen On America — keenon.substack.com

View more
Sept. 24, 2026

Trump's Patrimonial Capitalism

Is Trump governing like Orbán? Harvard's Peter Hall says patrimonialism — government on behalf of favored oligarchs — is exactly the right word for this administration. Full episode: Keen On America — keenon.substack.com

View more
Sept. 24, 2026

Michael Miller and Kevin Morris

View more
Sept. 24, 2026

Proudly-Jewish & Never-Boring

Episode 3046: Alan Dershowitz on His Divorce from the Democratic Party https://keenon.substack.com/p/proudly-jewish-and-never-boring?utm_source=youtube

View more
Sept. 24, 2026

Proudly-Jewish & Never-Boring: Alan Dershowitz on His Divorce from the Democratic Party

“A good divorce is better than a bad marriage, and this is a good divorce.” — Alan Dershowitz The American lawyer Alan Dershowitz says he’s been voting Democrat since John F. Kennedy. He even defended Ted Kennedy, Bill Clinton and Alan Cranston in court. But, at 88 years old, Dershowitz…

View more
Sept. 23, 2026

Eureka in Silicon Valley! Richard Socher on Why AI Will Unlock a New Scientific Renaissance

“There’s no realistic scenario where AI wipes out all of humanity. It’s like a mix of sci-fi.” — Richard Socher Eighteen months ago, when he last came on the show, the German-born but San Francisco-based AI whizz kid Richard Socher was running You.com. He’s now also the co-founder of Recursive,…

View more
Sept. 23, 2026

We Evolved to Be Miserable

English has four times as many words for negative emotions as positive ones. Behavioral economist George Loewenstein on why we evolved to be miserable. Full episode: Keen On America — keenon.substack.com

View more
Sept. 23, 2026

Mark Allen & Tricia Aurand

View more
Sept. 23, 2026

Democracies Don't Sleepwalk

"Democracies don't die silently, sleepwalking. Democracies die by going through periods of pretty serious political violence." Robert Pape on America's age of violent populism. Full episode: Keen On America — keenon.substack.com

View more
Sept. 23, 2026

Harold Schechter

View more
Sept. 22, 2026

Our Own Worst Enemies

Episode 3044: Robert Pape on America’s Age of Violent Populism https://keenon.substack.com/p/our-own-worst-enemies?utm_source=youtube

View more
Sept. 22, 2026

Our Own Worst Enemies: Robert Pape on America’s Age of Violent Populism

“Democracies don’t die silently, sleepwalking. Democracies die by going through periods of pretty serious political violence.” — Robert Pape Forget all the long-term civil war scenarios of everyone from Kurt Andersen to Stephen Marche. Today’s guest Robert Pape has spent the last thirty years at the University of Chicago studying…

View more
Sept. 22, 2026

John Ralston Saul

View more
Sept. 22, 2026

The $2 Trillion Wave

The Anthropic IPO alone will weigh as much as every tech listing since Uber combined — and San Francisco is nowhere near ready. Keith Teare on the $2 trillion wave. Full episode: Keen On America — keenon.substack.com

View more
Sept. 22, 2026

TWTW

View more
Sept. 22, 2026

Patrimonial Capitalism

Episode 3043: Peter Hall on Trump, Orbán & Other Pitchfork-Wielding Plutocrats https://keenon.substack.com/p/patrimonial-capitalism?utm_source=youtube

View more
Sept. 22, 2026

Patrimonial Capitalism: Peter Hall on Trump, Orbán & Other Pitchfork-Wielding Plutocrats

“I think patrimonialism is exactly the right phrase to describe the way in which the current administration is governing.” — Peter Hall Neoliberalism is dead. So what comes next? Peter Hall, a Harvard political economist for the last four decades, says the capitalist locomotive left the neoliberal station years ago.…

View more
Sept. 21, 2026

Katy Siegel & Elise Armani

View more
Sept. 21, 2026

Matt Kessler

View more
Sept. 21, 2026

The Pursuit of Unhappiness

Episode 3042: George Loewenstein on Why We’re Wired for Misery https://keenon.substack.com/p/the-pursuit-of-unhappiness?utm_source=youtube

View more