Ask Ezra Anything: Degrowth, Third Parties, Reading and More
We asked for your questions, and you answered. Hundreds and hundreds of fantastic questions poured in, and our producer Annie Galvin joined me to ask some of the best of them. Does the infrastructure bill mean there\u2019s more hope for bipartisanship than we thought? What\u2019s my view on the degrowth movement? What do I think my book, \u201cWhy We\u2019re Polarized,\u201d got right, and what did it get wrong? Will plant- and cell-based meats ever be cheaper than eating animals, given the subsidies the meat industry gets? Why hasn\u2019t any blue state created a single-payer health care system? Can you really build more housing without creating a biodiversity crisis?\n\nWe also get into reading habits, comic books, meditation, children\u2019s books, why I spend a lot of time thinking about death and much more. So here it is: the \u201cAsk Me Anything\u201d episode.\n\nMentioned:\n\n"What Does Degrowth mean? A Few Points of Clarification" by Jason Hickel\n\n"The Ugly Secrets Behind the Costco Chicken" by Nicholas Kristof\n\n"The Number of Parties" by Maurice Duverger\n\nBreaking the Two-Party Doom Loop: The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America by Lee Drutman\n\n"Forget Obamacare: Vermont Wants to Bring Single-Payer to America" by Sarah Kliff\n\n"What the Rich Don't Want to Admit About the Poor" by Ezra Klein\n\nBuddhism Without Beliefs by Stephen Batchelor\n\nSeeing That Frees by Rob Burbea\n\nThe Sandman: Overture by Neil Gaiman\n\nSupergods by Grant Morrison\n\nBook Recommendations:\n\nHere We Are by Oliver Jeffers\n\nCars and Trucks and Things That Go by Richard Scarry\n\nHappy Birthday to You! by Dr. Seuss\n\nYou can find transcripts (posted midday) and more episodes of "The Ezra Klein Show" at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast, and you can find Ezra on Twitter @ezraklein. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.html.\n\nThoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com.\n\n\u201cThe Ezra Klein Show\u201d is produced by Annie Galvin, Jeff Geld and Rog\xe9 Karma; fact-checking by Michelle Harris; original music by Isaac Jones; mixing by Jeff Geld, audience strategy by Shannon Busta. Special thanks to Kristin Lin.