The Teen Mental Health Crisis, Part 2
The data is clear: Levels of anxiety, depression, self-harm and suicide have spiked for American teenagers over the last decade. Last Friday’s 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?
The Teen Mental Health Crisis, Part 1
We’re in the midst of a serious teen mental health crisis. The number of teenagers and young adults with clinical depression more than doubled between...
A Libertarian and I Debate the Debt Ceiling
On Jan. 19, the United States officially hit its debt limit. In response, the Treasury Department began using accounting maneuvers known as “extraordi...
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Democrats: Pay Attention to What’s Happening in California
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Matthew Desmond On America’s Addiction to Poverty
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