Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2023-05-19
Books mentioned on The Teen Mental Health Crisis, Part 1
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Generations
Generations by Jean M.
Discussed“so one of your your big Theses throughout Generations is it Generations are technologically mediated”
Where to get it
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Bowling Alone
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert D.
Discussed“I mean you can go on Robert putnam's book bowling alone basically says yes it's television”
Where to get it
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What's Our Problem?
What's Our Problem? by Tim Urban is a self-help book for societies that examines modern tribalism, political polarization, and the state of contemporary civilization through engaging illustrations and sociological insights.
Recommended“then the second is called what's our problem by Tim Urban”
Where to get it
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Nine Ladies
Nine Ladies by Heather Moll is a work of fiction that blends historical romance, dramatic tension, and imaginative storytelling for contemporary readers.
Recommended“it's a fiction book called Nine ladies and it is Pride and Prejudice meets Outlander”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Generations
“and then in her 2017 book igen and her new book Generations she's put together reams of charts”
Passing iGen
“and then in her 2017 book igen and her new book Generations she's put together reams of charts”
Own book Generations
“so one of the things that is in the the Gen X chapter of Generations is the high school student surveys”
Own book Generations
“um this isn't a millennial chapter of generations and this is a little bit of a mystery”
Own book iGen
“and in my previous book igen which is all about gen Z there's one graph that I made which illustrates this”
Passing Generations
“your new book is called Generations”