The 1963 Birmingham Campaign: Paul Kix on the ten weeks that changed America

EPISODE 1470: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Paul Kix, the author of YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO DIE BEFORE YOU CAN BEGIN TO LIVE, about the 1963 Birmingham Campaign - ten weeks that would shape the course of the Civil Rights Movement and the future of America

Paul Kix is an author whose last book was The Saboteur, a bestselling and critically acclaimed true story of the most daring man in World War II. His writing has also appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, GQ, and ESPN The Magazine, among other publications. He lives in Connecticut with his family. His latest book is YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO DIE BEFORE YOU CAN BEGIN TO LIVE: Ten Weeks in Birmingham that Changed America (2023)

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.