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.

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In this episode, Andrew is joined by J.D. Dickey, the author of The Republic of Violence: The Tormented Rise of Abolition in Andrew Jackson’s America.

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J. D. Dickey is the New York Times bestselling author of Empire of Mud, a history of the troubled rise of Washington, D.C., in the 19th century, Rising in Flames: Sherman’s March and the Fight for a New Nation, and American Demagogue, both published by Pegasus Books.

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