Videos
Episode 2016: Stefan Simchowitz on why he may be the most loathed man in the contemporary art world
The Daily Mail called him (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12572601/art-world-collector-Stefan-Simchowitz.html) the “Sith Lord” of the art world, the New York Times annointed him a (https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/magazine/the-art-worlds-patron-satan.html) s the art world’s Patron Satan”, while the Wall Street Journal described him (https://www.wsj.com/style/design/stefan-simchowitz-art-dealer-los-angeles-6dd51d25) as the dealer the art world “loves to hate”. Californian voters aren’t too keen on…
Episode 2015: Is Apple about to pull out of the European Union and did Sam Bankman-Fried really d...
Is it really conceivable that Apple will withdraw its products and services from the entire European Union? What might sound absurd is actually conceivable, That Was the Week (https://thatwastheweek.substack.com/) ’s Keith Teare says, because of what he sees as the EU’s increasingly autocratic behavior toward big tech US companies like…
Episode 2014: B. Janet Hibbs explains why not-so-young Americans are retreating home to their par...
On the front page of her website (http://www.drbhibbs.com/) , the family therapist and psychologist B. Janet Hibbs quotes Kierkegaard’s observation that “we live our lives forward, but understand them backwards.” But her coauthored You’re Not Done Yet: Parenting Young Adults in an Age of Uncertainty (https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250283238/yourenotdoneyet) seems to reverse that…
Episode 2013: Candida Moss on how Christian slaves helped write the Bible and why this will outra...
In his 1887 polemic, On the Genealogy of Morality, Nietzsche suggested that the idea of good and evil, of morality itself, might have been born by slaves. Candida Moss, who holds the Edward Cadbury Chair of Theology at the University of Birmingham, riffs off this Nietzchean idea by suggesting that…
Episode 2011: KEEN ON AMERICA featuring Peter Wehner
Few conservatives or Christians have stood up to Donald Trump with the coherence and bravery of The New York Times and Atlantic columnist Peter Wehner. “I think morality is to Trump what color is to a person who is colorblind”, Wehner told me. And, in contrast with the ethically monochromatic…
Episode 2012: David Donnelly on the catastrophic costs to humanity of Silicon Valley surveillance...
Surveillance capitalism is ubiquitous. If we’re not being watched by Google or Facebook, then we are watching movies warning about how these digital platforms are watching us. David Donnelly’s new documentary, COST OF CONVENIENCE (https://costofconvenience.film/) , trots all the familiar charges that we’ve heard over the years from KEEN ON…
The Tightrope of Anti-Racism Talk: Navigating Identity Politics Without Falling
Dive into the delicate balance of discussing anti-racism strategies without triggering the minefield of identity politics. As debates become more polarized, uncover the stark reality of confronting anti-racism tactics and the challenge of staying true to one's stance in the face of potential backlash. Listen to this critical conversation that…
The Great Algorithmic Debate: Should You Trust What You Type?
Dive into the heated conversation on whether our searches are really ours. Discover the truth behind algorithmic manipulation, how it affects what we see online, and why it's time to demand transparency from the digital overlords. #Shorts
The Google Odyssey: From Startup Struggles to Search Supremacy
Dive into the riveting backstory of how Google overcame early challenges with no business model in sight to become the titan of search engines we know today. #Shorts
When Algorithms Go Rogue: The Bizarre Twists of AI-Picked Imagery
Dive into the chaos of AI and algorithms gone wild! Can you believe an AI could mistake soldiers for diversity goals? Get the full scoop on how tech can twist history in unexpected ways. #Shorts
Episode 2002: Elaine Lin Hering gives voice to the "Unsilent Generation"
Once-upon-a-time, there was the “Silent Generation” - the self-sacrificing generation of WW2 vets who won the war and built America into a Cold War superpower. But Elaine Lin Hering, the author of UNLEARNING SILENCE, isn’t sold on this stoically self-sacrificing generation. Rather than silence, she believes that speaking our minds,…