Andrew Keen

Keen On America

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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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Justin Gregg: What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity 19.08.2022 29:25

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 Justin Gregg, author of If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity . Justin Gregg is a Senior Research Associate with...

Hans Greimel & William Sposato: Is the Carlos Ghosn Story Really a Parable About the Limits of Davos Man and the Globalized Neo-Liberal Order? 18.08.2022 27:39

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 Hans Greimel & William Sposato, authors of Collision Course: Carlos Ghosn and the Culture Wars That Upended an Auto Empire . Hans Greimel is an award-winni...

Edward Chancellor on the Real Story of Interest: How Low Interest Rates Are Bad For Everyone (Except Central Bankers) 18.08.2022 41:40

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 Edward Chancellor, author of The Price of Time: The Real Story of Interest . Edward Chancellor is the author of Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial...

Sean McLain: What Does the Carlos Ghosn Story Tell Us About Contemporary Japan? 17.08.2022 29:40

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 Sean McLain, co-author of Boundless: The Rise, Fall, and Escape of Carlos Ghosn . Sean McLain has led the Wall Street Journal ‘s coverage of Japan’s biggest ca...

Eli Saslow: How Covid Compounded All the Best and Worst Things About the America of the 2020s 17.08.2022 42:04

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 Eli Saslow, author of Voices from the Pandemic: Americans Tell Their Stories of Crisis, Courage and Resilience . Eli Saslow is a reporter for The Washington Po...

Natasha Sizlo: How an LA Real-Estate Agent Went to Paris and Wrote a Memoir of Love, Loss, and Destiny 17.08.2022 30:54

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 Natasha Sizlo, author of All Signs Point to Paris: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Destiny . Natasha Sizlo has written for Variety , Cosmopolitan , InStyle , Harpe...

Mike Rothschild: Is QAnon a Threat to Civilization or Childish Distraction For the Digital Underclass? 16.08.2022 31:24

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 Mike Rothschild, author of The Storm Is Upon Us: How Qanon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything . Mike Rothschild is a journalist focus...

Peter Coy: Why Economics Might Not Be the Dismal Science That We Love to Hate 16.08.2022 34:58

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 Peter Coy, Opinion writer for The New York Times . Peter Coy writes about economics for Opinion. Before joining The New York Times in July 2021, he spent nearl...

Christopher Kolenda: What Afghan War Veterans Can Teach America About How to Listen Empathically To Our "Enemies" 15.08.2022 34:42

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 Christopher Kolenda, author of Zero-Sum Victory: What We’re Getting Wrong about War . Christopher D. Kolenda is a West Point graduate, internationally renowned...

Richard Vague on Wiping the Financial Slate Clean: The Case For a Debt Jubilee 15.08.2022 36:37

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 Richard Vague, author of The Case for a Debt Jubilee . Richard Vague is Secretary of Banking and Securities for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Dean Schroeder: What Denver and the Danes Can Teach Silicon Valley About Innovating Local Government 12.08.2022 25:07

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 Dean Schroeder, co-author of Practical Innovation in Government: How Front-Line Leaders Are Transforming Public-Sector Organizations . Dean M. Schroeder has au...

Brad Feld: The Tech Industry Isn't a Meritocracy: Why All Start-Up Boards Should Have More Women and People of Color 12.08.2022 46:42

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 Brad Feld, author of Startup Boards: A Field Guide to Building and Leading an Effective Board of Directors . Brad Feld has invested in startups for over 25 yea...

Kirk Wallace Johnson: How Vietnamese Immigrants on the Gulf Coast in the Seventies Successfully Fought Back Against the KKK 11.08.2022 35:50

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 Kirk Wallace Johnson, author of The Fishermen and the Dragon: Fear, Greed, and a Fight for Justice on the Gulf Coast . Kirk Wallace Johnson is the author of Th...

Major Tom Schueman and Zainullah Zaki: Remembering the US War in Afghanistan and the Bond Between a Marine and an Interpreter 11.08.2022 37:32

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 Major Tom Schueman and Zainullah Zaki, author of Always Faithful: A Story of the War in Afghanistan, the Fall of Kabul, and the Unshakable Bond Between a Marin...

Wendy Smith on Profit AND Social Responsibility? How Today's Leaders Should Confront Our Toughest Problems 10.08.2022 38:25

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 Wendy Smith, author of Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems . Wendy K. Smith is the Emma Smith Morris Professor of Ma...

Nick Kostov on the Carlos Ghosn Story: A Modern-Day Greek Tragedy or the Parable of a Shameless Criminal Mastermind? 10.08.2022 34:31

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 Nick Kostov, author of Boundless: The Rise, Fall, and Escape of Carlos Ghosn . Nick Kostov has worked for the Wall Street Journal since 2015, covering business...

Kate Finn: Today Is International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. But What Should We Be Celebrating? 09.08.2022 28:33

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 Kate Finn, Executive Director of First Peoples Worldwide. Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and w...

Elliot Ackerman: Why the American "Retreat" From Afghanistan Was a Giant Fuck-Up And How It Represents the Final Act of a Classic Five-Part Tragedy 09.08.2022 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 Elliot Ackerman, author of The Fifth Act: America’s End in Afghanistan . Elliot Ackerman is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels 2034 , Red Dres...

Sabine Hossenfelder: An Existential Physicist Answers Life's Biggest Questions: Does God Exist? Is There Life in the Universe? Are We Living In a Simulated Reality? 09.08.2022 35:49

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 Sabine Hossenfelder, author of Existential Physics: A Scientist’s Guide to Life’s Biggest Questions . Sabine Hossenfelder is presently a research fellow at the...

Alan Murray: Tomorrow's Capitalism: Searching For that Elusive "Soul" of American Business 09.08.2022 38:07

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 Alan Murray, author of Tomorrow’s Capitalist: My Search for the Soul of Business . Alan Murray is CEO of Fortune Media. He oversees the business and editorial...

Anthony Marra: The Tools Which Allow Novelists to Create More "Realistic" Characters Than Those You See on the Screen 09.08.2022 31:59

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 Anthony Marra, author of Mercury Pictures Presents . Anthony Marra is the New York Times bestselling author of The Tsar of Love and Techno and A Constellation...

David Chalmers: If the World Itself Is a Giant Simulation, Then What's the Difference Between the Virtual Reality of Cyberspace and "Real Life"? 09.08.2022 36:15

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 David Chalmers, author of Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy . David Chalmers is a professor of philosophy and neural science and co-direc...

Liska Jacobs on The Pink Hotel: A California Novel Where You Can Check In But You Can't Check Out 09.08.2022 27:35

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 Liska Jacobs, author of The Pink Hotel . Liska Jacobs is the author of the novels Catalina and The Worst Kind of Want . She holds an MFA from the University of...

Steven Thrasher: In the Age of Covid and Monkeypox, Should We Be Prioritizing the Health of the "Viral Underclass"? 08.08.2022 39:46

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 Steven Thrasher, author of The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide . Steven W. Thrasher , PHD holds the inaugural Daniel H. Re...

Dwyer Murphy: How to Write About the City? Go Out Without an iPhone 08.08.2022 33:28

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 Dwyer Murphy, author of An Honest Living . Dwyer Murphy is a New Yorklorida-based writer and editor. He is the editor-in-chief of CrimeReads, Literary Hub’s cr...