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The Ezra Klein Show

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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 human... more

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Roughly half of American adults are using chatbots. Nearly one in five U.S. adults has chatted with an A.I. that simulates a romantic partner. And some children now struggle to distinguish between talking to chatbots and humans.

What does this mean ... more

At the center of the country’s debates over artificial intelligence is a simple but hard question: What kind of technology is this?

Is A.I. a kind of “alien mind”? Are we unleashing a new species on the planet, one that will transform human society ... more

Last week, David Robinson resigned from OpenAI. He’d been in charge of writing the safety reports for new models and came to believe that OpenAI and the broader artificial intelligence industry lack the safety culture necessary to protect the world f... more

President Trump and the modern right have a theory of beauty. You see it in Trump’s gilded Oval Office, his imagined arch and his executive order requiring classical and traditional styles for certain federal buildings.

This isn’t my theory of beau... more

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Recent Guests

Bill Gates
Entrepreneur, philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft
Microsoft; Gates Foundation
Episode: Bill Gates’s Blunt Warning on A.I.
Abdul El-Sayed
Democratic nominee in Michigan, medical doctor and public health advocate
Michigan Senate candidate
Episode: What Does Abdul El-Sayed Believe?
Jensen Huang
CEO of Nvidia, AI industry leader
Nvidia
Episode: Jensen Huang Thinks A.I. Alarmism Has Gone Too Far
Matt Sheehan
Senior fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; expert on China and AI regulation
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Episode: The ‘But China!’ Dilemma Driving the A.I. Race
Francis Fukuyama
Political scientist, author of The End of History and the Last Man
Stanford University
Episode: Why I Can't Stop Thinking About 'The End of History'
Anton Jäger
Historian and author of Hyperpolitics, contributing writer at New York Times Opinion
New York Times Opinion
Episode: What ‘Hyperpolitics’ Explains About This Era
Rick Rubin
Legendary music producer and author of The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Columbia Records, Def Jam (co-founded)
Episode: Best Of: The Tao of Rick Rubin
Robin Wigglesworth
Editor of the Financial Times Alphaville blog; co-host of A Story of Money
Financial Times
Episode: Trump vs. the Bond Market
Annie Lowrey
Staff writer at The Atlantic; author of The Time Tax
The Atlantic
Episode: This Is Why People Hate the Government

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Ezra Klein
Host of The Ezra Klein Show

Reviews

4.4 out of 5 stars from 29k ratings
  • Wigglesworth - Trump & Bond Mkt

    The one statement that jumped out at me is when Wigglesworth said, “simple solution is that Fed raises interest rates.” Yet there is so much fear of Trump … this is maddening!

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    k!k!m@su
    United Statesa month ago
  • Rick Rubin

    I could listen to this guy talk all day. What an amazing outlook on life and the creative process.

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    btal13
    United Statesa month ago
  • Stick to policy, please…

    I couldn’t care less about your opinions on music.

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    the real jack reed
    United Statesa month ago
  • NYT is Clipping Your Wings

    Go independent, we need a voice like yours uncensored.

    Apple Podcasts
    4
    HeatherBListening
    United States2 months ago
  • Social services

    I have been in social work my whole career and currently work as a Medicaid Case Manager for older adults and adults with disabilities. I have been a recipient of almost every form of welfare (section 8 snap, tanf, WIC, child care subsidies) when I was a single mom with two children with no degree.

    I have navigated the system and now see the devastating effects the system has on the most vulnerable with another lens.

    This is an episode people who have never navigated the “welfare” system nee... more

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High-quality conversations that challenge conventional narratives.
Thoughtful, nuanced interviews with serious guests.
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What Does Abdul El-Sayed Believe?
Q: What is your view on Medicare for All as a policy versus a political consensus?
Medicare for All should be pursued as a floor that guarantees coverage while allowing a phased approach to expand benefits and address disparities, prioritizing accessibility and price controls without stifling innovation.
Jensen Huang Thinks A.I. Alarmism Has Gone Too Far
Q: Why is openness in models important, and how does Nvidia balance open and closed approaches?
Open models are crucial for infrastructure security and for allowing companies to fine-tune and defend their systems, while closed models push frontier capabilities. Nvidia aims to support both to keep innovation vibrant and secure, enabling broad access while maintaining robust control where necessary.
Jensen Huang Thinks A.I. Alarmism Has Gone Too Far
Q: What is the world you envision for AI at the application layer?
The applications layer will integrate AI across hospitals, schools, and manufacturing, turning AI from a curiosity into a pervasive productivity force that augments professionals and expands what is possible in multiple industries.
Why I Can't Stop Thinking About 'The End of History'
Q: Why did you end the original End of History with a sense of sadness about the end of struggle?
Because a peaceful order without meaningful risk or noble struggle risks stagnation and a loss of purpose; humans crave meaningful, challenging aims beyond mere stability.
This Is Why People Hate the Government
Q: What reforms could make government programs simpler and more accessible?
Federalizing core programs to reduce state-by-state variation, delivering benefits via the tax system for visibility and efficiency, enabling data-sharing with consent to lower administrative costs, and focusing on outcomes rather than procedure to strengthen trust and voluntary civic engagement.

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2. Abdul El-Sayed
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5. Francis Fukuyama
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