My Reading Habits, Explained, and Other Questions You Asked
About this episode
In a special listener question episode, show producer Annie Galvin poses questions submitted by the audience to Ezra Klein, who answers them in a wide-ranging conversation. Topics include the limits of bipartisanship in a polarized era, the educational and cultural divides driving American politics, climate policy and the 'degrowth' debate, the role of individual consumption, the promise of plant-based and cultivated meat for animal welfare, dense housing and biodiversity, the meaning of patriotism, the case for third parties, how Democratic-run states could govern better, and reflections on the evolution of the podcast itself. Klein also shares reading recommendations and discusses his meditation practice. The episode offers a snapshot of the show's scope and of the questions weighing on its audience in the summer of 2021.