EPISODE 1450: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of INTRACONNECTED, Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., about the science of our social brains and why we are miserable being cut off from other people, other species and the earth.

Episode 1449: In this regular weekly show with THAT WAS THE WEEK newsletter author Keith Teare, Andrew and Keith discuss the death of magazines, DVDs and Buzzfeed News as well the imminent demise of Twitter

EPISODE 1448: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the activist and author of I KICK AND I FLY, Ruchira Gupta about how to empower girls to fight against child prostitution and sex trafficking

EPISODE 1447: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of DEAR LEADER, Sam Adeyemi, about God, Goodness & the Value of Persistence and why evangelicals like himself should be encouraging their following to think like leaders

EPISODE 1446: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to author of THE WORLD AND ALL THAT IT HOLDS, Aleksandar Hemon, about Sarajevo, Jerusalem and the political power of "macaronic" language

EPISODE 1445: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of SEEING THROUGH THE SMOKE, Peter Grinspoon, MD, about untangling the medical, political and psychological truths about marijuana

EPISODE 1444: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of ADELAIDE, Genevieve Wheeler, about on witty banter, trashing talking and true romance in our social media age of Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and Facebook

EPISODE 1443: In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to the managing editor of LIBERTIES, Celeste Marcus about how to publish an uncompromisingly high-quality literary quarterly in the age of Substack & TikTok

EPISODE 1442: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of STEALING MY SPACE and DRAGNET NATION, Julia Angwin, about MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and how the medium of social media has become the message of our data rich, surveillant age.

EPISODE 1441: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of THE BEST MINDS, Jonathan Rosen, about the story of his close childhood friend Michael Laudor - a tragic story of friendship, insanity and murder

EPISODE 1440: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of the new novel THE SEA BETWEEN TWO SHORES, Tanis Ridebout about the South Pacific nation of Vanuata asks whether we should feel guilty for the sins of our ancestors

EPISODE 1439: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of THE AMERICAN IMPERATIVE, Daniel Runde, about how to reinvent America global leadership in a world increasingly dominated by Chinese economic and military power

EPISODE 1438: In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to the author of DEAR WHITE WOMAN, PLEASE COME HOME, Kimberlee Yolanda Williams, about what white women should and shouldn't want from black women.

EPISODE 1437: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of Antisemitism, Philip Slayton, about hatred of Jews - an ancient hatred in our age of identity politics

EPISODE 1436: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of CORONATION, YEAR, Jennifer Robson, about the 1953 coronation of Elizabeth II and what Britain was like seventy years ago

EPISODE 1435: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of SUNSHINE, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, about how banning books in schools is really outlawing empathy and why art can enable kids to escape the unfortunate circumstances of their childhood

Episode 1434: In this regular weekly show with THAT WAS THE WEEK newsletter author Keith Teare, Andrew and Keith discuss the looming Substack vs Twitter war, the stealthy entry of Apple into the banking sector, and Betaworks' AI Camp - Keith's start-up-of-the-week.

EPISODE 1433: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of THE ANXIOUS ACHIEVER, Morra Aarons-Mele, about how to turn your biggest fears into your leadership superpower

EPISODE 1432: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of CONSTRUCTING A NERVOUS SYSTEM, Margo Jefferson, about Ella Fitzergerald, Cabinet Making, Josephine Baker and the Refraction of her Life through Art

EPISODE 1431: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Grand Lindsley, author of MEDIOCRE MONK, about Theravada Buddhism, ultimate frisbee, and what wisdom he brought back from his solitary quest for wisdom in a Thai monastery

EPISODE 1430: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to BUTCHER ON THE BLOCK author Matt Moore about meat, butcher shops, and where to find the best Lebanese food in America

EPISODE 1429: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Thomas Byrne Edsall, the author of THE POINT OF NO RETURN, about the crisis of American democracy, particularly in the Republican party

EPISODE 1428: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of NESTING AFTER DIVORCE, Beth Behrendt, about how to co-parent in the family home after the marriage fails

EPISODE 1427: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of FLYING GREEN, Christopher de Bellaigue ,about the inventors, visionaries, entrepreneurs and marketers pioneering what they claim is a new, environmentally more responsible airline industry.

EPISODE 1426: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of THINK BIGGER, Sheena Iyengar, about the six steps that will enable all of us to innovate