# Alana Newhouse - Why Everything Is Broken and How to Fix It

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Podcast: [The Hope Axis by Anna Gát](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hope-axis-by-anna-g-t-7076854)
Published: 2026-03-08T20:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

This week on The Hope Axis, I’m very happy to welcome Alana Newhouse. Alana is a journalist, editor, and founder of Tablet Magazine, and the author of the influential 2021 essay “Everything Is Broken.” In this conversation, we revisit the idea of brokenism a few years later and talk about how people who are intelligent and well-read enough to despair all day might still find a small ray of hope. Hope you enjoy. For the full transcript of our conversation, click here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HaBI_AINhbkwXo2aXaVfiUd1qvMTcc1J/view?usp=drive_link Important Links: X (Twitter) – https://x.com/alananewhouse Tablet Magazine – https://www.tabletmag.com/contributors/alana-newhouse LinkedIn – / https://www.linkedin.com/in/alana-newhouse-25214716a The New York Times – https://www.nytimes.com/by/alana-newhouse Website - https://www.alananewhouse.com/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/alana.newhouse/?hl=en Show Notes: (0:00:00) Introduction (0:02:01) "Everything Is Broken" - The Backstory (0:15:36) The Diagnosis and the Dinner that Changed Everything (0:28:01) What It Means to Be a Part of Community (0:35:19) The Internet Has Shrunk the World (0:38:09) Alana's Concept of Flatness (0:46:17) Long-form Content Exercises Your Brain (0:49:24) The Legibility Crisis (0:56:19) Critical Reception of Media and News (0:59:28) The Future of Journalism (1:08:12) Extremes, Media and Antisemitism (1:13:25) 2030 Predictions and End Notes Books, Essays & References Mentioned: “ Everything Is Broken” — Alana Newhouse Jürgen Habermas Tablet Magazine The New York Times Bluesky Donald Trump COVID-19 pandemic Legibility crisis Public sphere fragmentation

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