Michael Blanding: Was Shakespeare a Plagiarist?
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 Michael Blanding, co-author of North by Shakespeare: A Rogue Scholar’s Quest for the Truth Behind the Bard’s Work.
Michael Blanding is a Boston-based investigative journalist, whose work has appeared in The New York Times, WIRED, Slate, The Boston Globe Magazine, Boston magazine, and other publications. He is author of The Map Thief: The Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare-Map Dealer Who Made Millions Stealing Priceless Maps (2014), which was a New York Times bestseller and an NPR Book of the Year; and The Coke Machine: The Dirty Truth Behind the World’s Favorite Soft Drink (2010). A former writing fellow at Brandeis University and The Harvard Kennedy School, he has taught feature writing at Tufts University, Emerson College, and GrubStreet Writers.
Instapundit on the Blogging Revolution: Glenn Reynolds remembers the early 21st century birth of our social media age
Miss Aldridge Regrets: Louise Hare on how to write a successful second novel
No Miracles Needed: Mark Jacobson on how today's technology can save our climate and clean our air
Fragile Cargo: Adam Brookes on the the World War II race to save the treasures of China's Forbidden City
Freedom Moves: H. Samy Alim celebrates the Past, Present and Future of Hip Hop on its fiftieth birthday
The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism: Why Capitalism and Democracy have fallen out of love and how to bring them back together
Welcome Me to the Kingdom: Mai Nardone's unvarnished fictional truths about life in contemporary Thailand
Burn the Boats: Matt Higgins on why we should all toss Plan B overboard
Why All Writing is Failure: Stephen Marche on the Peculiar Perseverance Required to Endure the Life of a Writer
Why Both America and Britain are Imprisoned in Empireland: Sathnam Sanghera on how the West has been shaped by its imperial past
Happy B'Day, Abe!! John Cribb on what both Republicans and Democrats can learn from the great Rail Splitter on Lincoln's 214th birthday
Bloodshed and Lies in Saudi Arabia: Jeed Basyouni on Mohammed bin Salman's Kingdom of Executions
Can Populism Survive? Massimo Morelli on the nature and future of Populism