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Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show. @weisenthal.bsky.social and @tracyalloway.bsky.social, the hosts of the economics podcast “Odd Lots,” walk through how Trump’s tariffs, A.I. and the vibecession are making for a strange close to the year. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/o...

An interesting point here, I think: "Offense can be refreshing when injected into conformity. But cruelty as the dominant culture repulses most people."

"The force of the cultural correction gave MAGA a momentum that the election results never justified. That created the conditions for overreach." - Ezra Klein

The Trump Vibe Shift Is Dead www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/o...

Elie is awesome and the Givewell story is a huge part of why we built Good Ventures to do leveraged philanthropy at scale.

This @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social episode is great! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/...

Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show. Elie Hassenfeld, the chief executive of the nonprofit GiveWell, makes the case for a more rigorous, transparent and accountable approach to charitable giving. open.spotify.com/episode/1Ff6... www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...

"I can’t be someone I’m not. I’m not good at being someone I’m not. I’m not comfortable faking it. There are so many things in politics I’m not good at. The one good thing, though, is I think politics is radically changing. I think it’s rewarding a little bit more authenticity."

Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show. How Gavin Newsom Became the Democrats’ 2028 Frontrunner open.spotify.com/episode/4OpV... youtu.be/PqBsRNUXWfs?...

"Competition seems, to me, to have made these apps better at fulfilling their corporate purpose and worse for human flourishing." (The flip side of this is much of the pre-video function of social media is now fulfilled by a richer Group Text & Photo Sharing experience).

Pay Attention to How You Pay Attention www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/o...

This conversion between Ezra and Fareed is exceptional. Gets to the heart of this moment we are in, why democrats and the center left failed, and how to move ahead. Notably - Fareed echoes what @radiofreetom.bsky.social says. Bored affluence leads to fascism much more than economic struggles.

‘The housing market keeps getting worse. Home prices have risen more than 50% since the pandemic. About a third of Americans households now spend more than 30% of their income on housing. In 2014, the median age of a first-time home buyer was 31. In 2025, it was 40 — the highest on record.’

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com America’s Housing Crisis, in One Chart Via @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...

America’s Housing Crisis, in One Chart www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...

With Fareed Zakaria, host of “Fareed Zakaria GPS” on CNN and the author of the book “Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash From 1600 to the Present.” Discussing the “revolution” we may be living through, the forces driving it, and how the Democratic Party can adapt. youtu.be/bc0oOW___qs?...

I went for a walk along the Tiber listening to Patti and Ezra. What a bonding episode. I share so many of her childhood experiences, influences and books. I loved her childhood imaginary world: mine lives vividly with me still. It’s part of me. Thanks for this interview Ezra.

Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show. Patti Smith on the One Desire That Lasts Forever Life lessons from the “Godmother of Punk.” open.spotify.com/episode/7FOm... youtu.be/MY2SpuLync4?...

here’s a gift link for this must-read @lioneltrolling.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/o...

Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show. Is this the future of MAGA? With political writer John Ganz, who’s studied the roots of antisemitism on the right and has followed the evolution of MAGA closely. youtu.be/6jyDHToxC-4?...

I'm very conflicted about this vote, but I think this is a very reasonable, likely accurate interpretation

Democrats Were on a Roll. Why Stop Now? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...

Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show. With Aaron Retica, on whether affordability is the Democrats’ winning message, Trump’s politics of cruelty and how liberalism can win right now. open.spotify.com/episode/1vMb... youtu.be/lAjsReyL8pQ?...

People naturally think of Nancy Pelosi's Trump era exploits, but a lot of the most interesting and impressive aspects of her career date back much earlier — ahead of the curve on China, a critical architect of the 2006 midterm win. www.slowboring.com/p/a-nancy-pe...

I read this, listened to it, then read it again. I very much hope that people are receptive to this message. I have not read a better case for what is needed to win elections again. I know that will take make conversations but this essay is an excellent place to start.

Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show. Amit Segal on why most Israelis don’t see the ceasefire as the end of the war between Israel and Hamas and how this conflict is mapping onto Israeli politics—both at present, and as the country looks toward its next elections. youtu.be/gE44vmR6w_8?...

Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show. Jared Abbott, the director of the Center for Working-Class Politics, discusses what it would take for Democrats to better appeal to working-class voters. open.spotify.com/episode/6ql6... youtu.be/u67atYOVZeY?...

Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show. The Rural Power Behind Trump’s Assault on Blue Cities The political scientist @smettler.bsky.social examines the roots of America’s urban-rural divide and how Democrats can win back rural voters. open.spotify.com/episode/2zQ9... youtu.be/M9bjypc1rS4?...

Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show. The veteran Middle East negotiators Hussein Agha and Robert Malley assess the promises and pitfalls of Trump’s peace deal. open.spotify.com/episode/6Mr2... www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/o...

Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show. The researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky argues that we should be very afraid of artificial intelligence’s existential risks. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/o... youtu.be/2Nn0-kAE5c0?...

Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show. Jon Favreau on Where the Democrats Went Right @jonfavs.bsky.social considers how the government shutdown could help Democrats rebuild their party. open.spotify.com/episode/2pJo... www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/o...

Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show. What the Shutdown Is Really About @neeratanden.bsky.social walks through the shutdown’s policy stakes. open.spotify.com/episode/1Twk... youtu.be/EFhq8OcyIz4?...

Incredibly inspiring. Brian Eno is not only one of the most important figures in modern music, he is also extremely knowledgeable about art and life. And Ezra is able to bring out the best in him.

This is one of the most illuminating conversations I have heard for a long time. 2 masters at work! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show. The musician and record producer Brian Eno delves into his experiments with ambient music, his thoughts on generative A.I. and his deep gratitude for the uniqueness of human life. open.spotify.com/episode/1Dio... youtu.be/AfYY9v0Q0X4?...

Loved this! I've been listening to @ezraklein.bsky.social for ~10yrs now (since his The Weeds days w/ Sarah + @mattyglesias.bsky.social) & feel like I've grown up w/ him. The thing I remember from this convo: "There's a difference between what you believe and what you believe when you're in power."

Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines Ta-Nehisi Coates joins the show to discuss how the left should think about the work of politics and persuasion in this moment. open.spotify.com/episode/4jQE... youtu.be/UaeoDlLNnok?...

“It has become easier to imagine the end of America than Democrats winning a Senate seat in Arkansas.” Ezra Klein on today's episode of the Bulwark Podcast with @timmiller.bsky.social

"The Red Scare took decades to build. At its heart, it had a genuine foreign adversary and real domestic espionage. The Blue Scare isn’t being built with the same care or attention or effort at creating political consensus. The Trump administration, as it often does, is speed-running the project."

Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show. Trump Is Building the Blue Scare Corey Robin walks through the history of the Red Scare and the “fractured mirror” it is to Trump’s attacks on his opposition. open.spotify.com/episode/3hSz... youtu.be/LEEHBCgtEpQ?...

"Leadership is always a choice. You can choose to use a moment like this to deepen our divisions, to pull us apart from one another, to make politics into something yet that much closer to war. Or you can use a moment like this to reduce those divisions."

I listened to this yesterday, but watching the video just now hit different. I think Ezra Klein is speaking not just an astute observer of politics, but as a husband and a father who's scared to death about the wave of violence that's about to crash over our heads. I don't know what to do either.

"I had friends say to me, look, we can oppose political violence without whitewashing this guy. I spent some time thinking about that over the weekend...and my reaction honestly is that it is too little to just say we oppose political violence."

Halfway through and really liking it. I much prefer for people to hear Shapiro's words with Ezra's pushback, than hear Shapiro's words when it's just him on his podcast. For example when Shapiro tries to say that Biden left the border open because he had blood guilt. And Ezra correctly pushed back

Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show. Ben Shapiro and I Talk Political De-escalation The state — and stakes — of political disagreement in America, both before and after the Charlie Kirk shooting. open.spotify.com/episode/136V... www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...

"The foundation of a free society is the ability to participate in politics without fear of violence. To lose that is to risk losing everything. Charlie Kirk — and his family — just lost everything. As a country, we came a step closer to losing everything, too... We are all safe, or none of us are."