Keen On America
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Against the Fetishization of Identity: Umut Ozkirimli offers a leftist alternative to what he sees as the intolerance of "woke" politics
Jun 5, 202334 min
Body Neutrality: Jessi Kneeland on the psychology and spirituality of escaping body self-hatred
Jun 5, 202323 min
The Search for Justice in America: Jared Fishman on the cold-blooded murder of Henry Glover by the New Orleans Police Department after Hurricane Katrina
Jun 4, 202330 min
The Survivor's Story of a Gay Activist: Paul Burston on how we can all be heroes, just for one day
Jun 4, 202332 min
Secrets from a Victorian Woman's Wardrobe: Kate Strasdin on fashion, fabric and femininity in 19th century England
Jun 4, 202332 min
The Most American of Americans: How African-American slaves embraced the new Republic's symbols of freedom in their fight for freedom
Jun 3, 202334 min
The Twisted Games We Play: Siena Sterling on twisted plots, twisted people and twisted writers like Highsmith and Dostoievski
Jun 3, 202326 min
The Italian Squad: Paul Moses on the true story of the immigrant cops who fought the rise of the Mafia
Jun 3, 202326 min
The Palestine Laboratory: Antony Loewenstein explains how Israel exports the technology of occupation around the world
Jun 3, 202342 min
The Heartbeat of the Wild: David Quammen's conservationist manifesto from landscapes of wonder, peril and hope
Jun 2, 202333 min
Do You Dream of Electric Sheep? Jordan Crandall on the appropriate literature for our new age of superintelligence
Jun 2, 202330 min
That Was The Week in Tech: Keith Teare predicts a failed Apple virtual reality headset but is more bullish on Twitter's reinvention as X
Jun 2, 202329 min
Message on an Envelope: Stephen Games rethinks the publishing industry by reimagining books as postcards
Jun 2, 202331 min
The 7 Deadly Myths: Alex Ryvchin on antisemitism from the time of Christ to Kanye West and the Ashburton Army
Jun 2, 202333 min
The Wounded World: Chad Williams on W.E.B. Du Bois and the First World World
Jun 2, 202337 min
Anything but Halycon: Elliot Ackerman imagines an America of President Al Gore in which there is technology that can resurrect dead people
Jun 1, 202329 min
Our Kids Will Ask Us What We Did: Skye Perryman explains why she is fighting to save American democracy
Jun 1, 202332 min
Like the Appearance of Horses: Andrew Krivak on war, language, memory and why ChatGPT will never understand beauty
Jun 1, 202328 min
The World as a Big Book Club: David Blake explains the resiliency of the physical book and why he is cautiously optimistic about the impact of AI on both publishing and storytelling
Jun 1, 202329 min
Carry Strong: Stephanie Kramer offers an empowered approach to navigating pregnancy and work
Jun 1, 202328 min
Talking Turkey: Soli Özel makes sense of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's return to political power
Jun 1, 202329 min
How to Scale Trust: David Samson on making tribes and tribalism work in the 21st century
May 31, 202328 min
Accelerated Minds: Neil Seeman unlocks the often destructive impulses that drive the entrepreneurial brain
May 31, 202332 min
A Lost Son in Russia: Brett Forrest on the tragic human collateral loss of the FBI's secret wars
May 30, 202337 min
On Our Worst Behavior: Elise Loehnen explains why women should be sinful
May 30, 202336 min
Living Beneath the Surface: Hugh Howey imagines the actual world as a science fictional version of reality
May 30, 202339 min
When the Heavens Went on Sale: Ashlee Vance on the historical precedents, environmental risks and business opportunities of colonizing space
May 18, 202331 min
Thomas Jefferson as America's Founding Plagiarist: David Fleming explains how Jefferson stole the words of the Declaration of Independence from Irish and Scottish migrants to North Carolina
May 18, 202332 min
The Shadow Docket: Stephen Vladeck on how the Supreme Court is using stealth rulings to undermine the American Republic
May 15, 202332 min
The Cult of the Asshole: Jeremy Sherman's psycho-proctological analysis of why there are so many assholes around these days
May 14, 202333 min
Celebrating Israeli Independence Day: Rick Richman on why he believes "Americanism" and "Zionism" are the most successful "isms" of the 20th century
May 14, 202335 min
How to Fix Democracy: Maciej Kisilowski on reconciling progressives and conservatives in Turkey, Poland and the United States
May 14, 202331 min
Why Today's Environmental Problems Aren't Existential: Steven Cohen's pragmatic approach to environmentally sustainable growth
May 13, 202330 min
Built to Move: Juliet and Kelly Starrett on the most essential habits to help us move freely and live fully
May 13, 202334 min
Why Hitchcock's "Vertigo" Still Matters: Ty Burr celebrates the 65th Birthday of this warped, phallic masterpiece about desire & impotence
May 12, 202334 min
Telling the Same Story Differently: Terry McDonell on writing about his mother, Irma
May 12, 202334 min
Why Facebook Matters :David Kirkpatrick remembers his first meeting with Mark Zuckerberg in 2006 and how social media has changed all of our lives since
May 11, 202349 min
Resurrection of the Author: Stephen Marche explains why Generative AI technologies like ChatGPT will make creators more valuable than ever
May 10, 202331 min
The Left and the Nation-State: Michael Walzer on what progressives today can learn from liberal nationalists like Thomas Jefferson and Guiseppe Mazzini
May 10, 202332 min
The Phoenix Economy: Felix Salmon on work, life and the price of lobster rolls in the new not normal
May 10, 202335 min
The Cult of Celebrity: Landon Jones on how America has devolved into a culture of fans and followers
May 9, 202330 min
Why Night Vision is the Right Vision: Mariana Alessandri on how the natural human condition might might be to live in darkness, anger and pain
May 9, 202333 min
Decision Sprint: Atif Rafiq on whether innovation is an art or a science
May 8, 202330 min
A Scientific Theory of Complexity: Neil Theise on Connection, Consciousness and Being
May 8, 202335 min
:Why Smart Machines Know Us So Well: John Borthwick on how today's AI revolution is being built upon social media data
May 7, 202333 min
Can the GOP Win the Independent Vote? Carl Delfeld on how Republicans existential challenge of reaching non-aligned voters
May 6, 202329 min
We Plan, God Laughs: Emma Nadler on how good and bad luck, like laughter and tears, are often inseparably connected
May 6, 202322 min
That Was The Week in Tech: Keith Teare explains why all this week's King Canute style talk about regulating AI is equally absurd and impractical
May 5, 202338 min
Why Asian Start-ups Outside China Matter: Bernard Moon on innovation in South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam
May 5, 202323 min
The Traffic Drug: Ben Smith on the Internet's fatal addiction to viral traffic
May 5, 202331 min