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?
The Emergency Is Here
The president of the United States is disappearing people to a Salvadoran prison for terrorists: a prison...
EscucharTom Friedman Thinks We’re Getting China Dangerously Wrong
My colleague Tom Friedman thinks we’re screwed.That’s the first thing he told me when recounting...
EscucharTrump’s Tariffs, Market Panic and What Comes Next
After a week of market chaos, President Trump pulled back from the brink. But he didn’t pull that...
EscucharPaul Krugman on the ‘Biggest Trade Shock in History’
The tariffs President Trump unveiled this week were both bigger than most people expected and a lot...
EscucharParenting in the Age of Social Media and — Help! — A.I.
There’s something of a policy revolution afoot: As of March, more than a dozen states — including...
EscucharThe Last 2 Months — and Next 2 Years — of U.S. Politics
It’s our first subscriber-only “Ask Me Anything” of the year. The show’s executive producer,...
EscucharWhat is DOGE’s Real Goal?
The so-called Department of Government Efficiency is great branding. Who could be against a more efficient...
EscucharThe Origins of Abundance
To mark the release of our new book “Abundance,” my co-author Derek Thompson had me on his podcast,...
EscucharDemocrats Need to Face Why Trump Won
After the last election, there were all kinds of theories about where Democrats went wrong. But now,...
EscucharIs Trump ‘Detoxing’ the Economy or Poisoning It?
It’s hard to understand the economic logic of President Trump’s tariffs. In our last episode, we...
EscucharWhy Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Work
Wall Street thought Donald Trump was bluffing about his tariff plans. The stock market rallied after...
EscucharThere Is a Liberal Answer to Elon Musk
Right-wing populism thrives on scarcity. The answer is abundance. But a politics of abundance will work...
EscucharThis Trump Speech Was the Ultimate Loyalty Test
The economy has started blinking red. President Trump’s tariffs have been roiling markets. Consumer...
EscucharThe Government Knows AGI is Coming
Artificial general intelligence — an A.I. system that can beat humans at almost any cognitive task...
EscucharThe Dark Heart of Trump's Foreign Policy
If you’re looking for a single-sentence summation of the change in America’s foreign policy under...
EscucharA Theory of Media That Explains 15 Years of Politics
In 2016, when Donald Trump won the first time, a little-known book became an unexpected phenomenon....
EscucharA Democrat Who Is Thinking Differently
After the elections, I started asking congressional Democrats the same question: If the elections had...
EscucharThe Republican Party’s NPC Problem — and Ours
What happens when ambition no longer checks ambition?Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at [email protected]...
EscucharWhat if Trump Just Ignores the Courts?
We are moving into the next phase of Donald Trump’s presidency. Phase 1 was the blitz of executive...
EscucharWhat Elon Musk Wants
Elon Musk has been on a slash-and-burn tear through the federal government — gaining access to I.T....
EscucharThe Breaking of the Constitutional Order
There are two pieces to this episode. First, a tour of what Donald Trump has done — and what he has...
EscucharDon't Believe Him
Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very...
EscucharMAGA’s Big Tech Divide
MAGA has long been hostile to Big Tech. So now that Big Tech is shifting rightward, what does that mean...
EscucharLet’s Get to the Marrow of What Trump Just Did
On the first day of President Trump’s second term, he signed a record 26 executive orders. Some of...
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