Keen On America
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The Traffic Drug: Ben Smith on the Internet's fatal addiction to viral traffic
May 5, 202331 min
Andrew Tate, Mr Beast, KSI and a Viral Flood of Toxic Masculinity: Henry Mance on what it means to be a boy online in 2023
May 5, 202332 min
Remembering the Beginnings of our Social Media Age: Julia Angwin on her earliest memories of the blogging "revolution"
May 4, 202328 min
Uncovering the Sad Truth about Wonder Boy: Angel Au-Yeung and David Jeans on Tony Hsieh and Silicon Valley's happiness myth
May 4, 202337 min
Turning the Traditional Super-Hero Narrative Upside Down: Leah Johnson on why it's more important for kids to save themselves than to save the world
May 4, 202328 min
Why Social Media Still Matters: Jeff Jarvis on the origins of blogging , what went wrong at Twitter and Facebook, and how he still believes in the social potential of the Internet
May 4, 202327 min
The 1963 Birmingham Campaign: Paul Kix on the ten weeks that changed America
May 4, 202327 min
Is American Capitalism Irredeemably Rotten? Brendan Ballou on Private Equity's Plan to Pillage and Plunder the United States
May 3, 202332 min
HELL TO PAY: Michael Lind explains how the suppression of wages and unions is destroying America
May 3, 202341 min
From Solitaire to Heartstopper: Alice Oseman on asexuality, authentic story telling and book banning
May 3, 202328 min
The First Lady of World War II: Shannon McKenna Schmidt on Eleanor Roosevelt's remarkable heroism during the War
May 2, 202331 min
The Miracle That the United States Needs Right Now: John Blake's personal story on how to get beyond race and racism in America today
May 2, 202333 min
Telling Our Stories Our Way: Angeline Boulley on the need to get beyond "trauma "in Native American literature
May 2, 202328 min
The Promise of Second Life: Amber Atherton on the rise (and fall) of virtual communities
May 2, 202333 min
Excellent Advice for Living (and Dying): Kevin Kelly on how to become improbable versions of ourselves and why we should be intimate with our ancestors
May 1, 202343 min
The Art of Fictionalizing Non-Fiction: Katie Hafner on Kafka, Silicon Valley and the truish story behind her novel "The Boys"
May 1, 202334 min
Trump Was a Joke: Sophia McClennen on how satire makes sense of a President who didn't
Apr 30, 202333 min
Free and Equal: Daniel Chandler on what a fair society should look like
Apr 30, 202336 min
VC shrinkage, the end of screens, and sperm injected robots: Keith Teare on THAT WAS THE WEEK in tech for April 29, 2023
Apr 29, 202336 min
On Fathers and Sons: Charles Foran explains what his memories of his father teach us about himself and us
Apr 29, 202335 min
Bridging Istanbul with Kansas City: Kenan Orhan on the surprising links between the American heartland and the Turkish metropolis
Apr 25, 202329 min
From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic: Simon Winchester about the magical way in which knowledge is now transmitted
Apr 24, 202336 min
The Poetry of End Times:" Rishi Dastidar offers a post-apocalyptic jig and reel to dance around our climate crisis
Apr 24, 202326 min
If You Don't Adapt, You Fail: Peter Frankopan on what we can learn from history about today's environmental crisis
Apr 24, 202333 min
From Saddam to the Iraqi heavy metal scene: Faisal Saeed Al Mutar on resisting Al Qaeda, reading John Stuart Mill and eating a good kebab
Apr 23, 202337 min
An Uneducated Memoir: Christopher Zara on flunking out, falling apart and finding his worth in spite of not being "educated"
Apr 22, 202328 min
No, We Are Not Alone: Daniel Siegel explains how we must expand our idea of the "self" to include other people, other species and the earth itself
Apr 21, 202331 min
Halloween Comes Early to Silicon Valley This Year: The death of magazines, DVDs & Buzzfeed News as well as the near-death of Twitter
Apr 21, 202327 min
I Kick and I Fly: Ruchira Gupta on empowering girls to fight against child prostitution and sex trafficking
Apr 21, 202333 min
On God, Goodness & the Value of Persistence: Sam Adeyemi on why evangelicals should be encouraging their followers to think like "leaders"
Apr 21, 202332 min
The World and All That It Holds: Aleksandar Hemon on Sarajevo, Jerusalem and the political significance of "macaronic" language
Apr 21, 202334 min
Seeing Through the Smoke: Peter Grinspoon, MD, untangles the truth about marijuana
Apr 19, 202335 min
What's Love Got To Do With It? Genevieve Wheeler on witty banter, trashing talking and true romance in our social media age
Apr 19, 202321 min
Why nobody is taking any liberties at Liberties: Celeste Marcus on publishing an uncompromisingly high-quality literary quarterly in the age of Substack & TikTok
Apr 19, 202325 min
When the Medium Became the Message: Julia Angwin on MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and the origins of our age of advertising driven surveillance capitalism
Apr 19, 202335 min
American Madness: Jonathan Rosen's tragic story about friendship, insanity and murder
Apr 19, 202348 min
The South Pacific, Then and Now: Tanis Rideout asks whether we should apologize for the sins of our colonizing ancestors
Apr 18, 202331 min
Soft Power 2.0: Daniel F. Runde on how America can reclaim global leadership in the 2020s
Apr 18, 202331 min
What Do White Women Want? Kimberlee Yolanda Williams on what it's like to rock the white woman's cradle
Apr 18, 202332 min
Is Antisemitism on the Rise? Philip Slayton discusses an ancient hatred in our age of identity politics
Apr 18, 202342 min
Those British Coronations: Jennifer Robson compares the crowning of Elizabeth II in 1953 with Charles III in 2023
Apr 17, 202335 min
On Children's Superpowers: Jarrett Krosoczka explains how art can enable kids to escape the unfortunate circumstances of their lives
Apr 17, 202326 min
That Was The Week for 4/14/23: Keith Teare on Substack vs Twitter, Apple banking, and Betaworks' AI Camp
Apr 14, 202333 min
The Anxious Achiever: Morra Aarons-Mele on how to transform your biggest fears into your leadership superpower
Apr 14, 202336 min
How to Construct a Nervous System: Margo Jefferson on Ella Fitzergerald, Josephine Baker and the Refraction of her Life through Memoir Writing
Apr 14, 202333 min
Mediocre Monk: Grant Lindsley on what he learnt in his stumbling search for wisdom in a Thai forest monastery
Apr 14, 202328 min
Butcher on the Block; Matt Moore talks meat, butcher shops and where to find the best Lebanese food in America
Apr 13, 202328 min
The Point of No Return for American Democracy? Thomas Byrne Edsall on the Republican party's descent into "minority authoritarianism"
Apr 13, 202331 min
Nesting After Divorce: Beth Behrendt on how to co-parent in the family home after the marriage ends
Apr 12, 202328 min
Flying Green: Christopher de Bellaigue identifies the lies and the promise of an environmentally responsible airline industry
Apr 12, 202329 min