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Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the worlds leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andrew talks to Luke Nichter about his book The Year That Broke Politics and 1968 in American politics, society, and culture. Find more Keen On episodes and additional videos on...

On August 4, 2020 a massive explosion ripped through the beleaguered citys port, killing 218 people and injuring 7,000. The explosion was not an act of terrorism or war but an act of carelessness from which Beirut has still not recovered * Songs have been sung, books written, and movies made about Beiruts glory, misery, and aura, but Beirut is a feeling that cant be described. It can only be...

On November 2, 1929, a group of twenty-six women sat assembled in a dark, musty aircraft hangar at Curtiss Field in Valley Stream, New York. It was loud and cold, with a persistent hum in the background, as Curtiss mechanics got to work repairing six-cylinder Challenger engines. The day had seen bad weather, so most of the women had arrived by train or car, bundled in winter furs and leather...

August 2, 2023, 10:26am Maybe you can’t marry someone with 5,000 a year and his own castle, but you can own a new edition of Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, or Emma with a cover designed for the original wallpaper in Jane Austen’s house, reports Town & Country (but mostly country). Handsome enough to tempt you? The Jane Austen house museum (which I feel the filmmakers gestured at...

As it turned out, on that day they didnt finish the work in the morning and afternoon sessions. In fact they were still there at ten oclock at night, the point in the evening when Abbey Road neighbours were inclined to complain, particularly if a band was using the echo chamber on the outside of the building. Most of what they had recorded that day would go on the first LP but George Martin...

Featured Image: PBS FRONTLINE When Putin was inaugurated, I was in Chechnya again: in the face of what now passed for politics and political journalism, I badly needed to feel I was doing something meaningful. With the countrys political system crumbling before my eyes, I felt particularly lucky to be able to research and publish the stories I felt were important. This time I had been traveling...

[Lodge] was my closest friend personally, politically and in every other way and occupied toward me a relationship that no other man has occupied or will occupy. Theodore Roosevelt on Henry Cabot Lodge June 20, 1900, Philadelphia The entertainment began at eleven oclock in the morning with a tribute to the music of John Philip Sousa by the Municipal Band of Philadelphia. As the melody echoed...

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the worlds leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andrew talks to Tom Holm, the author of Ira Hayes, about the Akimel O’odham Warrior, World War II, and the Price of Heroism Find more Keen On episodes and additional videos on Lit...

On January 10, 1956, W. E. B. Du Bois wrote a letter to his good friend, fellow Marxist, and literary executor Herbert Aptheker that briefly explored his notions on the existence of Absolute Truth and his faith in human beings ability to use science and reason to change the world. Du Bois noted that he gave up the search for absolute truth at a fairly young age because he did not think current...

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the worlds leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andrew talks to Olivia Rutigliano, senior film writer at Lit Hub, about both the historical and contemporary significance of Christopher Nolan’s new film. Find more Keen On...