The Ezra Klein Show
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?
Yes, Biden’s Green Future Can Still Happen Under Trump
In 2022, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, ushering in, by some estimates, nearly...
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Donald Trump will enter office at a time when presidential power has significantly expanded, because...
EscucharBest Of: How TV, Twitter and TikTok Remade Our Politics
This election felt like the peak of the TV-ification of politics. There’s Trump, of course, who rose...
EscucharYou Had a Lot of Questions About the Election
This is our first bonus content of the paywall era, a subscriber-only, election-themed “ask me anything.”...
EscucharBest Of: Why the Far Right Is Thriving Across the Globe
It was possible to see Donald Trump’s first election victory as some kind of fluke. But after the...
EscucharRahm Emanuel's Plan for a Democratic Comeback in 2026
Right after the election, I talked about how the results reminded me of 2004. George W. Bush won re-election...
EscucharWould Bernie Have Won?
There are a lot of different opinions about how the Democratic Party should rebuild after the blow of...
EscucharIn This House, We’re Angry When Government Fails
The core conflict in our politics right now is over institutions. Democrats defend them, while Republicans...
EscucharTrump Kicks Down the Guardrails
I’ve been watching since the election to see what timeline we’re in. And Donald Trump’s first...
EscucharThe End of the Obama Coalition
The Democratic Party has been hemorrhaging nonwhite and working-class voters. There are a lot of theories...
EscucharThe Book That Predicted the 2024 Election
To understand the 2024 election results, it helps to go back to 2020. Donald Trump lost the election...
EscucharWhere Does This Leave Democrats?
The coalition the Democratic Party built in the Obama years has crumbled. But Democrats can choose how...
EscucharJon Stewart Looks Back With Sanity and/or Fear
In 2010, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert held a satirical rally on the National Mall in Washington,...
EscucharAre We on the Cusp of a New Political Order?
Our politics are increasingly divided on fundamental issues like the legitimacy of elections and the...
EscucharVivek Ramaswamy Has a Different Vision for Trumpism From JD Vance
Vivek Ramaswamy burst onto the national scene last year as a wild card candidate for the Republican...
EscucharMaggie Haberman on What an Unleashed Trump Might Do
This week I published an audio essay about what I think is unique about Donald Trump as a personality...
EscucharWhat’s Wrong With Donald Trump?
I think there’s an answer. But it’s not age — or, at least, it’s not just age.Mentioned:“White...
EscucharThe Hidden Politics of Disorder
Crime data has been a flashpoint in this election. Kamala Harris has claimed that violent crime is at...
EscucharBook Review: Robert Caro on 50 Years of ‘The Power Broker’
As of this week, the archive of this show is behind a paywall. The three most recent episodes are free,...
EscucharTa-Nehisi Coates on Israel: ‘I Felt Lied To.’
In his new book of essays, “The Message,” Ta-Nehisi Coates writes about a trip he took to Israel...
EscucharHow Biden’s Middle East Policy Fell Apart
On Oct. 6 of last year, the Biden administration was hammering out a grand Middle East bargain in which...
EscucharThe Economy Is at a Hinge Moment
The economy has hit a hinge moment. For the past few years, inflation has been the big economic story...
EscucharThe V.P. Debate Came Down to One Moment
The most consequential and revealing exchange during the vice-presidential debate on Tuesday came toward...
EscucharAbout the Coming Paywall
In a couple weeks, the archives of our show will only be available to subscribers. Here’s why that’s...
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