Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2026-06-02
Books mentioned on Ian Bremmer on the Risks America Poses to the World | The Ezra Klein Show
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Bowling Alone
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert D.
Discussed“The Robert Putnam book I think is much more specific and I wish people would talk in this language. We didn't hollow out the middle class. We hollowed out places.”
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The American Thomistic Revival in the Philosophical Papers of R.J. Henle, S.J.
Discussed“The Robert Putnam book I think is much more specific and I wish people would talk in this language. We didn't hollow out the middle class. We hollowed out places.”
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams is a beloved comedic science fiction franchise that follows the misadventures of the last surviving human and his alien friends as they travel absurdly through space after Earth is demolished.
Recommended“Well, first, I've got to start with the Hitchhiker's Guide. Um because when I was in high school and college, there were basically three kinds of kids.”
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The Chronoliths
The Chronoliths by Robert Charles Wilson is a science fiction novel centered around the mysterious appearance of massive, monument-like structures that announce future military victories.
Recommended“And then finally I was going to say The Chronoliths by Robert Charles Wilson which was written back in 2001 but which I went back and I read recently.”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Every Nation for Itself
“He's also the author of, among other books, Every Nation for Itself, What Happens When No One Leads the World.”
Own book The J Curve
“I had this the first big book that I wrote back in 2006 was called the J Curve. And I doubt you even remember it, right?”