Keen On America

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now.In this episode, Andrew is joined by Alejandro Crawford, CEO of RebelBase.Alejandro Juárez Crawford, CEO, RebelBase: Alejandro leads RebelBase, the SaaS equipping people who understand pressing problems to collaborate on experiments of their own. He serves as Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Bard MBA in Sustainability and Global Lead for OSUN Social Entrepreneurship Practicum, which runs simultaneously on RebelBase on four continents. Previously, he led boutique social innovation consultancy Acceleration Group, and earned his BA at Cornell and his MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. He writes and speaks widely on democratizing social innovation. Recent publications include “An Ecosystem Framework for Credentialing Entrepreneurs,” from the Research Triangle Institute, and a chapter in the Federal Reserve’s Investing in America’s Workforce (Upjohn, 2018). He co-won the Roddenberry Award to document social ventures built using RebelBase.

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now.In this episode, Andrew is joined by Katherine Stewart, author of The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism.Katherine Stewart is the author of The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism. She writes about politics, policy, and religion for The New York Times, Washington Post, NBC, and The New Republic. Her previous book, The Good News Club, was an examination of the religious right and public education

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now.In this episode, Andrew is joined by Mary Annaïse Heglar, host of the climate podcast Hot Take.Mary Annaïse Heglar is the cohost and cocreator of the Hot Take podcast and newsletter. Her essays have appeared in The Boston Globe, Vox, Rolling Stone, Wired, and other outlets. She is based in New Orleans.

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now.In this episode, Andrew is joined by Orville Schell, author of My Old Home: A Novel of Exile.Orville Schell is the director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society. From 1996 to 2007 he was the dean of the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. He has written ten nonfiction books on China and contributed to many publications, including The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Nation, Foreign Affairs, and The New York Review of Books. He is also an Emmy Award-winning producer for PBS, NBC Nightly News, and 60 Minutes. He divides his time between New York City and Berkeley, California.

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now.In this episode, Andrew is joined by entrepreneur Joshua Browder, one of the subjects in of System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong And How We Can Reboot.Joshua Browder is the founder of DoNotPay, the first website that allows motorists to appeal their parking tickets automatically, Browder is also involved in the intersection between technology and human rights: he programmed an iPhone application for Freedom House and created an app to educate lawyers in Africa on how to effectively defend economically disadvantaged clients.

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now.In this episode, Andrew is joined by Ewan Morrison, author of How to Survive Everything.Ewan Morrison is a multiaward-winning novelist, screenwriter, and essayist. His novel Nina X won the Saltire Society Scottish Fiction Book of the Year and is being made into a feature film.

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now.In this episode, Andrew is joined by Keith Teare, CEO & Founder at Signal Rank.Keith Teare is a Founder and CEO at SignalRank Corporation. Previously he was Executive Chairman at Accelerated Digital Ventures Ltd – A UK based global investment company focused on startups at all stages. He was also previously founder at the Palo Alto incubator, Archimedes Labs. Archimedes was the original incubator for TechCrunch and since 2011has invested, accelerated or incubated many Silicon valley startups including InFarm, Miles, Quixey; M.dot (sold to GoDaddy); chat.center; Loop Surveys; DownTown and Sunshine.

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now.In this episode, Andrew is joined by Weili Dai, co-founder, former director, and former president of Marvell Technology Group.One of the most successful women entrepreneurs in the world, Weili Dai is the only woman co-founder of a global semi-conductor company. Born in Shanghai, she emigrated to America with her family in 1979. She gained a degree in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley, where she met her husband, Sehat Sutardja, who was born in Indonesia. The couple married in 1985 and Dai began her career in software development. In 1995, she co-founded the Marvell Technology Group with Sutardja, who went on to be named Inventor of the Year in 2006 and is widely regarded as a pioneer of the modern semi-conductor age.

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now.In this episode, Andrew is joined by Maurice Saatchi, author of Do Not Resuscitate: The Life and Afterlife of Maurice Saatchi.Maurice Saatchi is a British-Iraqi businessman, and with his brother, Charles, co-founder of the advertising agencies Saatchi & Saatchi and M&C Saatchi.

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now.In this episode, Andrew is joined by Stephen Bezruchka, author of Inequality Kills Us All: Covid-19’s Health Lessons for the World.Stephen Bezruchka is Associate Teaching Professor in the Departments of Health Systems & Population Health and of Global Health at the School of Public Health, University of Washington, in Seattle. He worked as an emergency physician for decades and now teaches concepts presented in this book at the University of Washington.