
Keen On
The daily show about the big ideas, new technologies, books and people changing the world. Hosted by Andrew Keen.
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When Language Was Up For Grabs: Ben Lerner warns against falling in love once again with the promise of digital technology to democratize language
EPISODE 1879: In the KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Ben Lerner, the Poetry Editor of Harper's Magazine, about the dangers of falling in love once again with the supposed democratizing power of digital technology Ben Lerner is “the poetry editor of Harper's Magazine, and author of Harper's December cover story: “The Hof

The First Neo-Liberal or the Last Conservative? Jennifer Burns on Milton Friedman, the most controversial American economist of the 20th century
EPISODE 1878: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Jennifer Burns, author of THE LAST CONSERVATIVE, the most controversial American economist of the 20th century Jennifer Burns is an Associate Professor of History at Stanford University and a Research Fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Pea

Why American humor isn't really being cancelled by the woke police: Kliph Nesteroff's history of showbiz and its perennial culture wars
EPISODE 1877: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Kliph Nesteroff, author of OUTRAGEOUS, about the history of American showbiz and its perennial culture wars Kliph Nesteroff was born and raised in a pacifist community in rural British Columbia. After being permanently expelled from high school for the content of a sp
EPISODE 1876: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Bulent Atalay, author of BEYOND GENIUS, about how Shakespeare, Da Vinci, Newton, Beethoven and Einstein all shared the same kind of transgressive minds Described by the Washington Post, Smithsonian Magazine, NPR and PBS as a “Modern Renaissance Man,” Bulent Atalay is

The Closing of the American Conservative Mind: Peter Wehner on the nihilism of the evangelical right in America today
EPISODE 1875: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the anti Trump conservative Peter Wehner about the nihilism of the evangelical right in America today Peter Wehner is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and a senior fellow at the Trinity Forum. His books include The Death of Politics: How to Heal Our Frayed Republ

We live our lives in small details: Lauren Grodstein on why she changed her mind about writing a novel about the Holocaust
EPISODE 1874 : In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Lauren Grodstein, author of WE MUST NOT THINK OF OURSELVES, about why she changed her mind about writing a novel about the Holocaust Lauren Grodstein is the author of five novels, including the New York Times bestseller A Friend of the Family and the Washington Post