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KEEN ON America featuring Joshua Browder, Silicon Valley entrepreneur and great grandson of the US Communist Party leader
As CEO of the AI start-up DoNotPay, Joshua Browder is one of Silicon Valley’s rising young entrepreneurs. Born in the UK and educated at Stanford, Br…
2 years, 2 months ago
Episode 2135: J. Malcolm Garcia on the humanity of San Francisco's homeless community
Lauded by KEEN ON favorites like Dave Eggers & Dale Maharidge, J. Malcolm Garcia might be the Studs Terkel of contemporary American literature. Havin…
2 years, 2 months ago
Episode 2134: Jonathan Rauch on Reinventing Liberalism in the 21st Century
I was at the Liberalism for the 21st Century conference last week in DC where I bumped into an old friend and KEEN ON regular Jonathan Rauch. A Brook…
2 years, 2 months ago
Episode 2133: Ebony Reed on the Shameful Black-White Wealth Gap in America
For all the “progress” in civil rights front over the last couple of generations, the wealth gap between white and black Americans hasn’t changed muc…
2 years, 2 months ago
episode 2132: Elle Reeve on how the darkest corners of the internet have poisoned society and captured American politics
In the wake of the failed Trump assassination attempt by what seems to be a conventionally lonely and bullied young man, more and more Americans are …
2 years, 2 months ago
Episode 2131: Laurent Dubreuil's creative answer to whether AI can think creatively
Trust a French literary theorist to think creatively about whether AI can think creatively. Laurent Dubreuil is a professor of French literature at C…
2 years, 2 months ago
Episode 2130: Renee DiResta on our Invisible Rulers Who Turn Lies into Reality
I’m just back from the Liberalism for the 21st Century conference in DC which featured a lively discussion about digital misinformation between KEEN …
2 years, 2 months ago
Episode 2129: Niobe Way on America's Crisis of Masculinity
Does America have problem with its boys and men? Yes, says author of Boys and Men, Richard Reeves, a previous guest on KEEN ON. Today’s guest, Niobe …
2 years, 2 months ago
Episode 2128: Peter Hessler on what life is really like in Xi's China
Few Americans know contemporary China better than Peter Hessler. The author of four prize winning books about life in China as well as the former Chi…
2 years, 2 months ago
Episode 2127: Andrew O'Hagan goes up the Caledonian Road in search of Truth, Justice and a Man in Blue
What a treat. LA Times book critic Bethanne Patrick and I got the opportunity to talk today with the great Andrew O’Hagan, author of Caledonian Road,…
2 years, 2 months ago