Today we are delighted to share an episode from our colleagues on “The Ezra Klein Show,” originally published on March 31. Ezra interviewed author Michael Pollan, whose best-selling books include “The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” “In Defense of Food,” and “How to Change Your Mind.” Pollan’s latest book, “A World Appears: A Journey Into Consciousness,” (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646644/a-world-appears-by-michael-pollan/) came out earlier this year. It’s an exploration of what consciousness is, and the book is — as our review (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/books/review/a-world-appears-michael-pollan.html) put it — “highly pleasurable to read.” Mentioned in the episode: “The Descriptive Experience Sampling method (https://www.hurlburt.faculty.unlv.edu/hurlburt-akhter-2006.pdf) ” by Russell T. Hurlburt and Sarah A. Akhter “What Is It Like to Be a Bat? (https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~cavitch/pdf-library/Nagel_Bat.pdf) ” by Thomas Nagel The Hidden Spring (https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393542011) by Mark Solms Descartes’ Error (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/297609/descartes-error-by-antonio-damasio/) by Antonio Damasio “The Oxford Handbook of Spontaneous Thought (https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/38694?login=true) ” by Kalina Christoff and Kieran C. R. Fox Book Recommendations: The Blind Spot (https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048804/the-blind-spot/) by Adam Frank, Marcelo Gleiser and Evan Thompson Ducks, Newburyport (https://www.galleybeggar.co.uk/paperback-shop/ritegxpqvavi286gp91sd0he23hzx4) by Lucy Ellmann Being You (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566315/being-you-by-anil-seth/) by Anil Seth You can find transcripts and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast (https://www.nytimes.com/column/ezra-klein-podcast) , and you can find Ezra on Twitter @ezraklein. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs (https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.html) . This episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” was produced by Kristin Lin. Fact-checking by Kim Freda. Our senior engineer is Jeff Geld, with additional mixing by Aman Sahota and Isaac Jones. Our executive producer is Claire Gordon. The show’s production team also includes Marie Cascione, Annie Galvin, Michelle Harris, Rollin Hu, Emma Kehlbeck, Jack McCordick, Marina King and Jan Kobal. Original music by Pat McCusker. Audience strategy by Kristina Samulewski and Shannon Busta. The director of New York Times Opinion Audio is Annie-Rose Strasser. Listen to and Follow the “Book Review” Podcast Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-book-review/id120315179?mt=2) | Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1q3tsOS9XhqgSslnyZyKV6) | Amazon Music (https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/d9314635-147c-409a-ae6a-fdf8358caee5/the-book-review) | YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdMrbgYfVl-vT4J7V1XT3MD5GCSebQJay) | iHeartRadio (https://www.iheart.com/podcast/326-the-book-review-28076603/) We Want to Hear From You We would love to hear your thoughts about this episode, and about the Book Review’s podcast in general. You can send them to thebookreview@nytimes.com (mailto:thebookreview@nytimes.com) . Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts (http://nytimes.com/podcasts) or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.