Chris Hayes on How Biden Can Have a Better 2022

<p>Nothing like a newborn and paternity leave to leave you feeling a bit out of the loop. So for my first podcast back since October, I wanted to wander through the thickets of where we are politically and how we got here.</p><p>Because where we are is strange: the Omicron wave and the breakdown of the liberal Covid consensus that preceded it; a hot economy with low unemployment, rising wages and high inflation; a Build Back Better bill for which the eventual compromise seems obvious even as the legislation is stalled; the anniversary of Jan. 6, which comes as both of the Democrats’ major democracy bills are languishing; and a Biden administration that has passed big, popular policies, only to watch its poll numbers fall.</p><p>Chris Hayes is the host of MSNBC’s “All In” and the podcast “Why Is This Happening?” He’s also one of my favorite people to process politics with, so I asked him to help me track back through the past few months of the news and look into how 2022 could be better.</p><p>Mentioned:</p><p>“<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/23/opinion/biden-reagan-approval.html" target="_blank">The Ronald Reagan Guide to Joe Biden’s Political Future</a>” by Jamelle Bouie</p><p>“<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/25/opinion/michel-foucault.html" target="_blank">How Michel Foucault Lost the Left and Won the Right</a>” by Ross Douthat</p><p>“<a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v43/n23/david-wallace-wells/ten-million-a-year" target="_blank">Ten Million a Year</a>” by David Wallace-Wells</p><p>“<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/essay/on-the-internet-were-always-famous" target="_blank">On the Internet, We’re Always Famous</a>” by Chris Hayes</p><p>Book recommendations:</p><p><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/300474/the-braindead-megaphone-by-george-saunders/" target="_blank">The Braindead Megaphone</a> by George Saunders</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/The-Three-Body-Problem-4-book-series/dp/B074CF4JFZ?ref=dbs_m_mng_rwt_0000_ext" target="_blank">The Three-Body Problem Se