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Night Owls Episode 77 (With Nicholas Eberstadt)
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- Night Owls
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- May 1, 2026
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- 2684
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Summary
In this episode of Night Owls, Joe Klein and John Ellis talk with political economist Nicholas Eberstadt about his latest book: a collection of essays entitled America’s Human Arithmetic. One of those essays -- 'Our Miserable 21st Century' -- remains the most read "article" in the long history of Commentary magazine. In the book, Eberstadt argues that while the U.S. is more prosperous than ever, tens of millions of Americans are not flourishing. The conversation explores how cultural er...