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Every book Dr Jean Twenge recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Dr Jean Twenge has recommended or discussed 3 books on podcasts, as of May 19, 2023.
- Dr Jean Twenge has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of May 19, 2023.
- Those books came up in 1 episode, as of May 19, 2023.
- The 3 books Dr Jean Twenge has mentioned in the most episodes, as of May 19, 2023: Nine Ladies, What's Our Problem? and Bowling Alone.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Dr Jean Twenge aired on May 19, 2023.
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Dr. Jean Twenge appeared on The Ezra Klein Show for the episode titled The Teen Mental Health Crisis, Part 1, which aired on May 19, 2023. Judging by her appearance on the podcast, Twenge is a researcher whose work focuses on generational trends, adolescent behavior, and the psychological impacts of modern technology and media. When offering reading recommendations to the audience, Twenge suggested Tim Urban's book What's Our Problem as her second recommendation. For her third recommendation, she offered a work of fiction titled Nine Ladies by Heather Moll, describing its unique style as Pride and Prejudice meets Outlander. Earlier in the conversation, Twenge also referenced Robert D. Putnam's classic sociological book Bowling Alone, using it to support her analysis regarding the historical impact of television on the decline of community groups and social capital. By bridging sociological research on civic disengagement with contemporary social critique and engaging historical fiction, Twenge's contributions highlighted how cultural shifts over decades have reshaped human connection, public discourse, and generational mental health landscapes.
Books Dr Jean Twenge recommended or discussed
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Nine Ladies
Recommended“it's a fiction book called Nine ladies and it is Pride and Prejudice meets Outlander”
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What's Our Problem?
Recommended“then the second is called what's our problem by Tim Urban”
Where to get it
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Bowling Alone
Discussed“I mean you can go on Robert putnam's book bowling alone basically says yes it's television”
Where to get it
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Teen Mental Health Crisis, Part 1 | The Ezra Klein Show | 2023-05-19 | 3 |
Other mentions (6: passing, ad reads, own books)
“so one of the things that is in the the Gen X chapter of Generations is the high school student surveys”
“and in my previous book igen which is all about gen Z there's one graph that I made which illustrates this”
“um this isn't a millennial chapter of generations and this is a little bit of a mystery”
“yeah so what I've tried to do in the book is rely on the data sets that have been consistent for the longest period of time so there's a survey of 18 year olds in the U.S that goes back to 1976 and has used the exact same questions”
“and you know that's also the theory that I talk about a lot in in the new book is that technology has all of these wide-ranging effects that it's not just we use different technology it's how has that changed our behaviors”
“yeah you know so the the new book Generations about all six living American generations and just tons of tons of data and conclusions in there so my website is Gene twangy.com so”