Andrew Keen

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Nobody asks sharper or more impertinent questions than Andrew Keen. In KEEN ON, Andrew cross-examines the world’s smartest people on politics, economics, history, the environment, and tech. If you want to make sense of our complex world, check out the daily questions and the answers on KEEN ON. Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best-known technology and politics broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running show How To Fix Democracy and the author of four critically acclaimed bo...

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Andrew Keen

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Andrew Hill on the Sign of Our Financial Times: How 2022's Best Business Books Address the Challenges of Contemporary Global Capitalism 08.11.2022 35:06

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 Andrew Hill, senior business writer for Financial Times . Andrew Hill is senior business writer at the FT and consulting editor, FT Live. He is a former manage...

Shannon O'Neil on The Globalization Myth: Why Most Economics Is Regional 07.11.2022 38:36

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 Shannon O’Neil, author of The Globalization Myth: Why Regions Matter . Shannon K. O’Neil is the vice president of studies, and Nelson and David Rockefeller Sen...

Travis Baldree: Want to Self-Publish Successfully? Write Fast, Leverage All Your Social Media Networks, and Prioritize Memorable Cover Art 07.11.2022 33:13

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 Travis Baldree, author of Legends & Lattes: A Novel of High Fantasy and Low Stakes . Travis Baldree is a full-time audiobook narrator who has lent his voic...

John Mulholland on Inside High Noon: Why the Classic 1952 Movie Is As Relevant in America Today As It Was 70 Years Ago 05.11.2022 22:46

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 John Mulholland, director of the film Inside High Noon . John Mulholland is a film historian and an American writer and director, specializing in documentaries...

Ellis Cose on Reckoning on Race: Why Can't America Escape Its Racist Past? 04.11.2022 28:35

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 Ellis Cose, author of Race and Reckoning: From Founding Fathers to Today's Disruptors . Ellis Cose is the author of several books, including the bestselling Th...

Adam Mendelsohn on What Was It Like to Be a Jew in Lincoln's Armies: Jewish Soldiers in the Civil War 04.11.2022 40:32

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 Adam Mendelsohn, co-editor of Jews and the Civil War: A Reader . Adam D. Mendelsohn is Associate Professor of History and Director of the Kaplan Centre for Jew...

Colleen and John Darnell on Tutankhamun's Royal Mom and Dad: On Egypt's Golden Couple 03.11.2022 41:48

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 Colleen and John Darnell, author of Egypt’s Golden Couple: When Akhenaten and Nefertiti Were Gods on Earth . John and Colleen Darnell are a husband-and-wife Eg...

Aric Prather on The Good Sleep Prescription: Stick Your Head in the Freezer, "Worry Early," and Stop Taking Your Smartphone to Bed 03.11.2022 30:50

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 Aric Prather, author of The Sleep Prescription: Seven Days to Unlocking Your Best Rest . Aric A. Prather , PhD, is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sci...

Maud Newton: How to Come to Terms With Troubling Ancestors 03.11.2022 44:16

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 Maud Newton, author of Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation . Maud Newton has written for The New York Times Magazine , Harper’s , The New York T...

Isaac Fitzgerald: What's Wrong (And Right) With American Male Writers 02.11.2022 36:56

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 Isaac Fitzgerald, author of Dirtbag, Massachuseets: A Confessional . Isaac Fitzgerald appears frequently on The Today Show and is the author of the bestselling...

Paul Tucker: What Chinese and American Statesmen Need to Do to Lessen Global Discord 02.11.2022 42:16

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 Paul Tucker, author of Global Discord: Values and Power in a Fractured World Order . Paul Tucker is a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and the author of Un...

Priyanka Kumar: How "Reading" Nature, Especially Birds, Enables Us to Transcend Ourselves 02.11.2022 29:02

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 Priyanka Kumar, author of Conversation With Birds . Priyanka Kumar is the author of Conversations with Birds . Her essays and criticism appear in The New York...

Ben Kesling: The Gut-Wrenching Story of One U.S. Army Unit's Experience in Afghanistan 02.11.2022 30:43

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 Ben Kesling, author of Bravo Company: An Afghanistan Deployment and its Aftermath . Ben Kesling is a Midwest correspondent with The Wall Street Journal in the...

Samantha Cole: How Sex Changed the Internet and the Internet Changed Sex 01.11.2022 32:39

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 Samantha Cole, author of How Sex Changed the Internet and the Internet Changed Sex . Samantha Cole is a senior editor for Motherboard, Vice’s science and techn...

RJ Andrews: Why the Future of Publishing For One Start-Up Entrepreneur is High-End and Analog Books That Visualize Data 01.11.2022 29:23

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 RJ Andrews, publisher of Visionary Press and the books Maps of History by Emma Willard; Mortality and Health Diagrams by Florence Nightingale; and The Graphic...

Lenore Andreson: How California is Pioneering the Reform of the American Criminal Justice System 01.11.2022 33:48

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 Lenore Anderson, author of In Their Names: The Untold Story of Victims’ Rights, Mass Incarceration, and the Future of Public Safety . A former punk drummer tur...

Claudia Lux: Imagining a Kafkaesque Hell in Which There Is Only Jägermeister to Drink and the Devil Is a Corporate Bureaucrat 31.10.2022 33:17

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 Claudia Lux, author of Sign Here . Claudia Lux xis a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, and has a master’s in social work from the University of Texas at Aust...

Henrietta Harrison on the 18th-Century China Question: The Perils of Translating Between Qing China and the British Empire 31.10.2022 43:27

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 Henrietta Harrison, author of The Perils of Interpreting: The Extraordinary Lives of Two Translators Between Qing China and the British Empire . Henrietta Harr...

Greg Melville: How Cemeteries Reveal America's Most Hidden and Often Deadliest History 31.10.2022 37:37

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 Greg Melville, author of Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries . Greg Melville has worked as an outdoor journalist and a for...

Paul Sexton: Perhaps the Most Remarkable Thing About Charlie Watts Was Just How Remarkably Ordinary He Was 31.10.2022 30:28

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 Paul Sexton, author of Charlie’s Good Tonight: The Life, the Times, and the Rolling Stones: The Authorized Biography of Charlie Watts . Paul Sexton started wri...

Colin L. Read on Not the People's Money: Uncovering Bitcoin's Catastrophic Economic and Environmental Cost 30.10.2022 37:08

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 Colin L. Read, author of The Bitcoin Dilemma: Weighing the Economic and Environmental Costs and Benefits . Colin L. Read teaches Money and Banking and Sustaina...

Karen Bakker: A Digital Dolittle? On Technology That Will Enable Us to Talk With Other Species… Including Plants and Trees 30.10.2022 33:19

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 Karen Bakker, author of The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants . Karen Bakker is a professor at t...

Evan Mandery: How Elite Colleges Divide, Disorient, and Diminish Us 29.10.2022 41:32

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 Evan Mandery, author of Poison Ivy: How Elite Colleges Divide Us . An Emmy and Peabody Award winner, Evan Mandery is a professor at the City University of New...

Martin Rees on the Limits of Science: Why the Universe Might Be Too Complex For Humans to Ever Understand 28.10.2022 44:03

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 Martin Rees, author of On the Future: Prospects for Humanity . Martin Rees is Astronomer Royal, and has been Master of Trinity College and Director of the Inst...

Michael Stein on Accidental Kindness: A Doctor's Thoughts on the Importance of Empathy 28.10.2022 42:44

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 Michael Stein, author of Accidental Kindness: A Doctor’s Notes on Empathy . Michael Stein , M.D., is award-winning author of six novels and four books of nonfi...