Episode 1584: Learning from the Deepest Oceans about How Life Begun
EPISODE 1584: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Laura Trethewey, author of THE DEEPEST MAP, about the high-stakes race to chart the world's oceans
Laura Trethewey is an award-winning environmental and ocean journalist and the author of The Imperiled Ocean: Human Stories from a Changing Sea. In 2020, the Writers’ Trust of Canada awarded her a Rising Star award. Her writing has been published and featured in the Wall Street Journal, Smithsonian magazine, Courrier International, the Guardian, the Walrus, the Atlantic, the Globe and Mail, Hakai magazine, and Canadian Geographic, earning her national and provincial nominations. She is a former writer and editor for Canada’s Vancouver Aquarium. She received a master of fine arts in creative writing from the University of British Columbia and currently teaches creative nonfiction at Sheridan College in Ontario
Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.
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