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Episode 2262: Jessica Pishko explains how the Democrats Built Trump's Police State
Not everyone, especially mainstream Democrats, are going to agree with Jessica Pishko on this one. In Liberties, she argues that it was the Democrats…
1 year, 7 months ago
Episode 2261: Thor Hanson on why virtual reality can never replicate the natural world
There’s a story today about how a VR headset can make us more empathetic toward nature. But according to the Pacific Northwest based author and biolo…
1 year, 7 months ago
Episode 2260: Felipe Torres Medina laughs and cries about the American immigration system
Here are the 4 KEEN ON AMERICA take-aways in our conversation about the dysfunctional American immigration system with Felipe Torres Medina
1) Backgro…
1 year, 7 months ago
Episode 2259: Why AI is about to transform everyone (yes, even you) into a coder
We are back to AI (actually it never left us). In this THAT WAS THE WEEK tech show, Keith and Andrew talk about how AI is now enabling anyone - even …
1 year, 7 months ago
Episode 2258: Joyce Chaplin on how Benjamin Franklin warmed up America
So what’s the most revolutionary invention in the history of the American Republic? The internet, maybe? Or the electric bulb or the motor car? Perha…
1 year, 7 months ago
Episode 2257: Kevin Fagan on a San Francisco story of homelessness that will break your heart
Award-winning reporter Kevin Fagan is one of San Francisco’s great treasures. In his much acclaimed new book, The Lost and Found, Fagan tells his his…
1 year, 7 months ago
Episode 2256: Meenakshi Ahamed on the meteoric rise of Indians in America
What do Fareed Zakaria, Nikki Haley, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Vinod Khosla and Kamala Harris all have in common? They a…
1 year, 7 months ago
Episode 2255: Nicholas Lalla on Reviving the American Dream in Tulsa, Oklahoma
America, to borrow a word from last week’s guest Yoni Appelbaum, is “stuck”. And so the American Dream, for most stuck Americans, is dead. Our guest …
1 year, 7 months ago
Episode 2254: Why Trump wants to be the Godfather
What one word describes how Donald Trump thinks about the world? According to both the Atlantic writer Jonathan Rauch and UC Irvine professor Jeffrey…
1 year, 7 months ago
Episode 2253: John Lechner on the deadly role of Russian Mercenaries in Ukraine
The international war reporter John Lechner is a brave man. For his new book Death Is Our Business: Russian Mercenaries and the New Era of Private Wa…
1 year, 7 months ago