Keen On

The daily show about books, writers, and big ideas. Hosted by Andrew Keen.

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How billionaires have colonized the New York Ci...
EPISODE 1675: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Katherine Clarke, author of BILLIONAIRES ROW, about the tycoons and high rollers and the epic race to build the world's most exclusive skyscrapers.
26 min
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Say Everything Everywhere: Scott Rosenberg reme...
EPISODE 1674: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Scott Rosenberg, author of SAY EVERYTHING, about his memories of the WELL, blogging and the social media revolution
37 min
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This Is Wildfire: Nick Mott on how to protect o...
EPISODE 1673: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Nick Mott, author of THIS IS WILDFIRE, about how to protect ourselves, our homes and our communities in the age of heat
28 min
79
Why Twitter and Facebook are like nuclear weapo...
EPISODE 1672: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Umut Ozkirimli the author of CANCELLED, about his personal history of social media from the 2013 Gezi Park uprising to his own cancellation in 2020
31 min
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Why the Revolution Won't Be Retweeted: Ece Teme...
EPISODE 1671: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the award winning Turkish writer and political commentator Ece Temelkuran about social media's failure to change the world
36 min
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The New Heart of Darkness: Siddharth Kara on ho...
EPISODE 1670: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Siddharth Kara, author of COBALT RED, about the appalling human cost of mining cobalt in the Congo
37 min
82
Playing Chess against Nature: Rafael Yuste expl...
EPISODE 1669: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Rafael Yuste, author of LECTURES IN NEUROSCIENCE, about how today's advances in neuroscience will eventually lead to a new Renaissance in understanding who exactly we are as a species
40 min
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Sex, Faith and Murder in an Early 19th Century ...
EPISODE 1668: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Bruce Dorsey, author of MURDER IN A MILL TOWN, about the first true crime story that captivated America
34 min
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Why today's "Polycrisis" is akin to living in a...
EPISODE 1667: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Anya Kamenetz, author of THE STOLEN YEAR, about the environmental, psychological, epidemiological, economic and political crises of our age
28 min
85
Why Big Tech threatens our civil rights, econom...
EPISODE 1666: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Tom Kemp, the author of CONTAINING BIG TECH, about the existential political and economic dangers of Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple
40 min
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Can there be liberty in the Greater Middle East...
EPISODE 1665: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Robert D. Kaplan, author of THE LOOM OF TIME, about why Singapore offers a palatable political model for countries in the "Greater Middle East"
32 min
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Remembering the Digital Future: Ethan Zuckerman...
EPISODE 1664: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Ethan Zuckerman, author of MISTRUST, about he history of blogging, the Arab Spring and why there will never be another Twitter
38 min
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The Silicon Valley Playbook for Existential Suc...
EPISODE 1663: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Behnam Tabrizi, author of GOING ON OFFENSE, on why some companies succeed and others fail in the struggle to survive in today's perpetually innovative economy
38 min
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On the Disinformation of Trump, RFK Jr and Puti...
EPISODE 1662: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Lee McIntyre, author of ON DISINFORMATION, how we can fight back against propagandists on behalf of truth and thereby protect democracy
42 min
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What, exactly, is female beauty? Celeste Marcus...
EPISODE 1661: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Celeste Marcus, LIBERTIES Managing Editor, explains why the "threat isn't Ken, it's Kavanaugh" in terms of contemporary conceptions of female beauty
40 min
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Liberal Saint or Monty Pythonesque Sinner? D.J....
EPISODE 1660: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to D.J. Taylor, author of ORWELL: THE NEW LIFE, about Orwell's attitude to women, art, socialism, conservatism and, above all, England
41 min
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8 inspiring non-fiction reads for the summer: ...
EPISODE 1659: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Bethanne Patrick, the LA Times book critic, about new non-fiction from Alexander Stille, Darrin Bell, Susan Casey, Elizabeth Rush, Yepoka Yeebo, Eliot Page, Brooke Kroeger and Lena Andrews
32 min
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What history teaches us about the future of ven...
EPISODE 1658: In this regular weekly show with THAT WAS THE WEEK newsletter author Keith Teare, Keith explains how being a good investor requires us to overcome our emotions in today's roller-coaster of a market
38 min
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Why Podcasters should NEVER read advertisements...
EPISODE 1657: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Jemima Kelly, a Columnist at the Financial Times newspaper, about the gross inauthenticity of podcasts and most other forms of social media
43 min
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So how much would you pay for the Mona Lisa? Ar...
EPISODE 1656: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Arturo Cifuentes, co-author of THE WORTH OF ART, about why valuing art is like evaluating the price of real-estate and why red paintings get the best price
33 min
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The Not-So-Secret World of Black Twitter: Deesh...
EPISODE 1655: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Deesha Philyaw, author of THE SECRET LIVGES OF CHURCH LADIES, about Black Twitter, the influencer economy and the loneliness of online existence
35 min
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Getting Beyond the Happy Talk of Liberal Orthod...
EPISODE 1654: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Susan MacKenty Brady, co-author the bestselling ARRIVE AND THRIVE, about how men and women can begin talking fearlessly to one another again
32 min
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The Woman Who Couldn't Wake Up: Quinn Eastman o...
EPISODE 1653: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Quinn Eastman, author of THE WOMAN WHO COULDN'T WAKE UP, about idiopathic hypersomnia and the science of sleepiness
20 min
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How Trust Works: Peter Kim on the science of ho...
EPISODE 1652: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Peter Kim, author of HOW TRUST WORKS, about the science of how relationships are built, broken, and repaired.
37 min
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All of a sudden, there was all this freedom: Da...
EPISODE 1951: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Dave Winer, author of the long-running Scripting News blog, about his role in the invention of disruptive technologies like blogs and news feeds
43 min