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Episode 1993: Keith Teare on the Hobbesian war of all-against-all inside & outside Silicon Valley
The US Congress just announced war on TikTok; while, in Europe, the EU declared war this week on Spotify and Apple. Elon Musk and Sam Altman have dec…
2 years, 6 months ago
Episode 1992: Andrew Cockburn explains how Dr. Strangelove has always been a feature - rather than a bug - of Silicon Valley
The cover story of Harper’s this month is piece by Andrew Cockburn, their Washington DC editor, entitled “The Pentagon’s Silicon Valley Problem”. But…
2 years, 6 months ago
Episode 1991: Bethanne Patrick on how to disrupt the disruption of our revolutionary age
In episode 1991, Andrew talks to the LA Times book critic, Bethanne Patrick, about six intriguing new non-fiction books about our contemporary age of…
2 years, 6 months ago
Episode 1990: James Kaplan on Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Bill Evans and the making of the most miraculous jazz record of all time
“Man, sometimes it takes you a long time to sound like yourself,” Miles Davis once remarked. Most artists, of course, never ascend to the heights of …
2 years, 6 months ago
Epiosode 1989: Travis Rieder explains why an ethically pure life is neither moral nor practical in our complex world
One of the more annoying characteristics of our coastal elites is their incessant virtue signaling. Every life choice - from drinking from plastic wa…
2 years, 7 months ago
Episode 1988: How the Patty Hearst saga captured the paranoia of early 70's America
You couldn’t make up the kidnapping of Patty Hearst by the Symbionese Liberation Army in February 1974. The granddaughter of William Randolph Hearst,…
2 years, 7 months ago
EPISODE 1977: Max Stearns on why a "Parliamentary America" is the best fix for the country's broken democratic system
In episode 1977, Andrew talks to Maxwell L. Stearns, author of PARLIAMENTARY AMERICA, about the need for a parliamentary system to repair the broken …
2 years, 7 months ago
Episode 1976: Keith Teare on the DEI Elephant in every Silicon Valley Boardroom
In our weekly KEEN ON wrap of tech news with Keith Teare, author of the THAT WAS THE WEEK newletter, Keith explains why the Google Gemini fiasco is a…
2 years, 7 months ago
Episode 1975: Ira Shapiro explains how Mitch McConnell Betrayed America
In episode 1975, Andrew talks to Ira Shapiro, author of THE BETRAYAL, about what he sees as Mitch McConnell's grave and unprecedented crime against A…
2 years, 7 months ago
EPISODE 1974: Getting beyond Oppenheimer
In episode 1974, Andrew talks to Sarah Scoles, author of COUNTDOWN, about the chillingly blinding future of nuclear weapons.
Sarah Scoles is a Colorad…
2 years, 7 months ago