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Ross Douthat Has Been  ‘Radicalized a Little Bit, Too’

Ross Douthat Has Been ‘Radicalized a Little Bit, Too’

FromThe Ezra Klein Show


Ross Douthat Has Been ‘Radicalized a Little Bit, Too’

FromThe Ezra Klein Show

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Length:
68 minutes
Released:
Jul 27, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Am I too panicked about the future of American democracy?My colleague Ross Douthat thinks so. He points to research suggesting that voter ID laws and absentee voting have modest effects on elections and the reality that Republican state officials already have tremendous power to alter election outcomes — powers they did not use in the aftermath of 2020 and show few signs of preparing to use now.So I invited Ross on the show to hash it out: Am I too alarmed, or is he too chill? We also talk about his trio of recent columns trying to find a middle ground in the fight over how America understands, and teaches, it’s own history; as well as how his own medical struggles with treatment-resistant Lyme disease have shaped how he’s understood and covered the coronavirus. Mentioned: "Can Anything End the Voting Wars?" by Ross DouthatInsecure Majorities: Congress and the Perpetual Campaign by Frances Lee"What Progressives Want, and What Conservatives Are Fighting" by Ross Douthat"The Excesses of Antiracist Education" by Ross Douthat"Why a Patriotic Education Can Be Valuable" by Ross Douthat"Why the Lab Leak Theory Matters" by Ross Douthat"Use of Alternative Medicine for Cancer and Its Impact on Survival" by Skyler B. Johnson, Henry S. Park, Cary P. Gross and James B. YuThe Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness and Recovery by Ross Douthat"The War That Made Our World" by Ross DouthatBook recommendations: Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766 by Fred AndersonChamplain's Dream by David Hackett FischerMom Genes: Inside the New Science of Our Ancient Maternal Instinct by Abigail TuckerYou 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.Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com.“The Ezra Klein Show” is produced by Annie Galvin, Jeff Geld and Rogé 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.
Released:
Jul 27, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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*** Named a best podcast of 2021 by Time, Vulture, Esquire and The Atlantic. *** Each Tuesday and Friday, Ezra Klein invites you into a conversation on something that matters. How do we address climate change if the political system fails to act? Has the logic of markets infiltrated too many aspects of our lives? What is the future of the Republican Party? What do psychedelics teach us about consciousness? What does sci-fi understand about our present that we miss? Can our food system be just to humans and animals alike?