The 2 Best Keen On Podcast Episodes
1) Fern Schumer Chapman on Sibling Estrangement and the Road to Reconciliation
In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew is joined by Fern Schumer Chapman, author of "Brothers, Sisters, Strangers" to discuss understanding, coping with, and healing from the unique pain of sibling estr...Show More
2) Exposing Surveillance Capitalism
The fight for a democratic future at the new frontier of power with Harvard Business School professor Shoshana Zuboff. Full show notes : http://ajkeen.libsyn.com/exposing-surveillance- capitalism Le...Show More
3) Have our iPhones Eaten our Brains? Nelson Dellis on Hacks to Restore our Focus and Boost our Memory
“I don’t like the idea of losing out to a machine because I feel like I’m losing a part of myself in the process.” — Nelson Dellis, six-time USA Memory ChampionMost of us can’t remember our spouse’s p...Show More
4) Hard Times Again? Jeff Boyd on Chicago, Charles Dickens and Curtis Mayfield
“If we don’t fight, then what are we doing?” — Jeff BoydHow do you write fiction about contemporary America when reality itself is stranger than fiction? A country in which “alternative facts” is poli...Show More
5) An Act of War? Brandeis President Arthur Levine on Trump’s University Policy
“Had another nation done this, we would regard this as an act of war.” — Arthur Levine, President of Brandeis UniversityForget Iran for a moment. I asked Brandeis President Arthur Levine whether the T...Show More
6) Is Elon Human? Charles Steel on the Curious Mind of Elon Musk
“You would not want to be me.” — Elon MuskYesterday I argued that Dario Amodei is the most interesting man in America because he’s doing something nobody else has the balls to do: acting like a human ...Show More
7) Why Dario Amodei Might Be the 21st Century’s First Real Leader
“Whether you like Amodei or not, at least he’s a leader.” — Andrew KeenDario Amodei is the most interesting man in America right now. Not because he runs a $500 billion company or because he’s suing t...Show More
8) From Orphanage to Google Brain: David Sussillo on Heroin, Neural Networks and the Mysteries of the Heart
“I can point to things. But is that a systemic explanation? I think there the answer is a little less clear. I mean, surely people need love and all of that, but then there’s this risk of just devolvi...Show More
9) Murder on the Abortion Express: Amy Littlefield on Who Killed Roe
“They all did it. They’re all guilty.” — Amy LittlefieldWho killed Roe? Amy Littlefield, the abortion access correspondent at The Nation and big time Agatha Christie fan, has written a true crime book...Show More
10) The Magical Realist United States: Jazmine Ulloa on El Paso as America’s New Ellis Island
“It’s about blood. I cover a lot of bloodshed in the book, but I also talk about a different kind of blood: blood that ties, blood that binds families across time and distance.” — Jazmine UlloaKristi ...Show More