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Ezra Klein

Experts on Expert with Dax Shepard - February 13, 2020 16:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.2K ratings
Ezra Klein is an American journalist, blogger, and political commentator who co-founded Vox. Ezra sits down with the Armchair Expert to discuss the current state of polarization, how liberty and equality can work in tandem and the impact of media on the world. Dax asks about his debate with Sam H...

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Ezra Klein

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard - February 13, 2020 08:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 64.9K ratings
Ezra Klein is an American journalist, blogger, and political commentator who co-founded Vox. Ezra sits down with the Armchair Expert to discuss the current state of polarization, how liberty and equality can work in tandem and the impact of media on the world. Dax asks about his debate with Sam H...

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Ezra Klein: Why We're Polarized

Commonwealth Club of California Podcast - February 07, 2020 20:47 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 273 ratings
Ezra Klein doesn’t believe America’s political system is broken. He argues that the truth is scarier: It’s working exactly as designed. Over the past 50 years, our partisan identities have merged with our racial, religious, geographic, ideological and cultural identities. According to Klein, this...

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Ezra Klein — How We Walked Into This and How We Can Walk Out

On Being with Krista Tippett - February 06, 2020 16:37 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 9.6K ratings
Journalist Ezra Klein has been widely interviewed about his new book, Why We're Polarized. In this conversation, he's frank and reflective about what's at stake in human terms in this political moment. And he describes how we all — Democrat and Republican, journalist and citizen alike — walked i...

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On Being with Krista Tippett - February 06, 2020 16:36 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 9.6K ratings
Journalist Ezra Klein has been widely interviewed about his new book, Why We're Polarized. In this conversation, he's frank and reflective about what's at stake in human terms in this political moment. And he describes how we all — Democrat and Republican, journalist and citizen alike — walked i...

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Ezra Klein on Why We’re Polarized

Conversations with Tyler - January 29, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratings
In his new book, Ezra Klein argues that polarization in America has become centered on partisan political identities, which has subsumed virtually every form of identity, be it where we live, what team we root for, the church we attend, or any other. This stacked form of polarization thus carrie...

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Ezra Klein: Parties, not policy, are "Why We're Polarized"

Decoder with Nilay Patel - January 29, 2020 05:01 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 2.4K ratings
Vox.com co-founder Ezra Klein talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, Why We're Polarized, the rise of systemic "zero sum" party politics, and how Klein himself has been polarizing in the Trump era. Klein and Swisher also discuss the racial, religious, and urban/rural splits between ...

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Why We’re Polarized with Ezra Klein

Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast - January 28, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7.6K ratings
The title says it all on this one, folks. What is it about the American political system that cultivated this deeply dysfunctional and polarized climate? Last year, we had Ezra Klein on the show to assess how bad things were in the Trump era (conclusion: not great). Now, Klein is back to discuss...

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Amanpour: Chris Ruddy, Ezra Klein, Jonathan Pryce and Ronny Chieng

Amanpour - December 17, 2019 21:20 - 56 minutes ★★★★ - 475 ratings
Chris Ruddy, CEO of Newsmax media, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the impeachment of his close friend and confidant President Donald Trump. He reflects on the Republican strategy and the likelihood of acquittal. Ezra Klein, author of "Why We're Polarized" and co-founder of Vox, weighs in an...

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Extreme highs and lows of the Trump presidency; covering GOP House hijinks v. Senate silence; 'Primary Colors' author on 'Anonymous' book; CNN president on network's relationship with Trump; Ezra Klein: Negative coverage of Trump is good for his brand

Reliable Sources with Brian Stelter - October 27, 2019 21:17 - 11 minutes ★★★ - 775 ratings
October 27, 2019: Catherine Rampell, Andrew Marantz, Sam Vinograd, Ezra Klein, Sarah Ellison, Joe Klein and Jeff Zucker join Brian Stelter. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

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Ezra Klein: As impeachment escalates, Trump will become more 'corrosive to democracy'

Reliable Sources with Brian Stelter - October 25, 2019 21:17 - 25 minutes ★★★ - 775 ratings
Ezra Klein says people think about impeachment all wrong. It doesn't have to be a "traumatic" worst case scenario, he says: "We fire people for poor performance in most jobs. It seems that in the most important job, in arguably the entire world, we should be able to do the same thing." Klein, the...

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UNLOCKED: A Very Nice and Polite Argument with Ezra Klein

Current Affairs - September 25, 2019 20:24 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 576 ratings
Originally available only to Patreon subscribers, this episode has been unlocked for all listeners! Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson sits down with founder and editor-at-large of Vox, Ezra Klein. Together, they debate (in a very friendly manner) the successes and failures of the...

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PREVIEW: A Very Nice and Polite Argument with Ezra Klein

Current Affairs - August 15, 2019 19:13 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 576 ratings
Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson sits down with founder and editor-at-large of Vox, Ezra Klein. Together, they debate (in a very friendly manner) the successes and failures of the Bernie Sanders campaign, incremental change versus radical change, and whether Nathan was justified...

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Ezra Klein on Tribalism, Fan Fiction, and the Data on Dry Humping, and Sasheer Zamata Talks About Writing Animation and Tokyo Disney

Employee of the Month - January 12, 2019 11:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 129 ratings
Ezra Klein, co-founder of Vox and host of the podcast “The Ezra Klein Show,” talks to Catie Lazarus about tribalism, fan fiction to the data on dry humping. Plus, after leaving Saturday Night Live, Sasheer Zamata’s stand up career continues to flourish, from her special Pizza Mind to performing w...

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EotM: Ezra Klein on Tribalism, Fan Fiction, and the Data on Dry Humping, and Sasheer Zamata Talks About Writing Animation and Tokyo Disney

Slate Daily Feed - January 12, 2019 11:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 1K ratings
Ezra Klein, co-founder of Vox and host of the podcast “The Ezra Klein Show,” talks to Catie Lazarus about tribalism, fan fiction to the data on dry humping. Plus, after leaving Saturday Night Live, Sasheer Zamata’s stand up career continues to flourish, from her special Pizza Mind to performing w...

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Bonus Episode: Chris Anderson on the Ezra Klein Show

The TED Interview - December 20, 2018 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 2K ratings
Today, something a little different. Ezra Klein, the founder of Vox, recently spoke with Chris on his podcast, The Ezra Klein Show. Editor to editor, aspirational human to aspirational human. We’re sharing it with you now because we think listeners of this show might appreciate Ezra’s t...

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Ezra Klein and Kara Swisher on the future of journalism

Decoder with Nilay Patel - December 12, 2018 05:01 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 2.4K ratings
Vox.com founder and editor-at-large Ezra Klein talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the press, social media and President Trump in this live interview recorded in San Francisco. In this episode: (03:22) Why Ezra moved to DC; (07:22) Klein’s background and the “incestuous” Twitter culture of pol...

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Ezra Klein on Trump framing, rallies, polls, policies and the "counterfactuals"

Reliable Sources with Brian Stelter - July 06, 2018 22:45 - 27 minutes ★★★ - 775 ratings
Vox's Ezra Klein has some strong words for Brian Stelter about the choices newsrooms make. He wonders why President Trump's comments at rallies receive so much attention. He also sounds off on the appointment of Bill Shine and the media's framing of Trump's poll numbers. "One of the hard things t...

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How Bad Is It? with Ezra Klein

Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast - June 26, 2018 07:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 7.6K ratings
Families are being ripped apart at the border, a Republican Congressman retweeted a Nazi sympathizer, and Trump White House officials are being protested with increasing regularity. It is feeling pretty rough out there – so just how bad is it? There have been some folks looking to the Civil War ...

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Ezra Klein explains Vox's new Netflix show 'Explained'

Recode Media with Peter Kafka - May 24, 2018 04:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 468 ratings
Vox.com editor-at-large Ezra Klein talks with Recode's Peter Kafka about Vox's new Netflix series "Explained." The first season of the show, which debuted May 23, will feature 20 mini-documentaries about topics such as monogamy, cryptocurrency or the racial wealth gap. Klein said these topics are...

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The Good Fight: Ezra Klein

Slate Daily Feed - April 25, 2018 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 1K ratings
In this special episode of The Good Fight, Ezra Klein interviews Yascha Mounk about his recent book, The People vs Democracy.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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#131: Ezra Klein, How We Interact with Politics Matters

Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris - April 18, 2018 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 11.1K ratings
Vox's editor-at-large and journalist Ezra Klein, formerly of The Washington Post, has made a name for himself as a political commentator, finding context within the chaos of our political scene and exploring the idea of what a political system would look like if created amidst tribalism. Klein, w...

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SIO132: Ezra Klein Out-Sam-Harrises Sam Harris

Serious Inquiries Only - March 29, 2018 05:39 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 978 ratings
Today's episode is full of drama. So naturally, I have to talk about why there is drama and what I am trying to do in all this. One key question is: which issues do atheists tend to say "eh, agree to disagree" vs. "this disqualifies someone?" There are some patterns there to examine. Then, don't ...

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Ezra Klein and the Need for Explanatory Journalism (Ep. 24)

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air - December 21, 2017 11:07 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.5K ratings
Larry Wilmore weighs in on the Republican tax bill, Omarosa Manigault’s White House departure, and the disagreement between Ta-Nehisi Coates and Cornel West (1:00) before Bill Simmons drops in to argue about the Lakers with Larry (14:00). Later, Larry chats with Vox cofounder and editor-at-large ...

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Seth Meyers & Ezra Klein

Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast - September 16, 2017 07:02 - 44 minutes ★★★★ - 3K ratings
Seth Meyers talks to Ezra Klein, editor in chief of Vox. LATE NIGHT ON SOCIAL Rate the Late Night Podcast on Apple Podcasts: applepodcasts.com/LateNightSeth Subscribe to Late Night on YouTube: youtube.com/LateNightSeth Follow Late Night on Twitter: twitter.com/LateNightSeth Like Late Nig...

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Ezra Klein

I Think You're Interesting - May 03, 2017 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 213 ratings
Ezra Klein isn't just the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Vox (the site that produces this podcast, in case you were unaware). He's a major fan of superhero comics and the films based on them. For this week's episode, Todd sat down with his boss to discuss why he loves comics, how he avoids Twi...

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#208: Ezra Klein -- From College Blogger to Political Powerhouse

The Tim Ferriss Show - December 13, 2016 04:24 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14.3K ratings
Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) is founder and editor-in-chief of Vox, an explanatory news organization that now reaches more than 100 million people each month through articles, videos, newsletters, and podcasts. Previously, he was a columnist and editor at The Washington Post, a policy analys...

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Ezra Klein on Media, Politics, and Models of the World

Conversations with Tyler - October 06, 2016 12:23 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratings
Ezra Klein, editor-in-chief of Vox.com, joins Tyler Cowen for a conversation on biases in digital media, the morality of meat-eating, how working for large organizations has changed his worldview, the psychographics of CEOs, what’s missing in public discourse, the most underrated member of the O...

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Episode 205: Ezra Klein

Longform - August 10, 2016 16:42 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.7K ratings
Ezra Klein the editor-in-chief of Vox. “I think that if any of these big players collapse, when their obits are written, it’ll be because they did too much. I’m not saying I think any of them in particular are doing too much. But I do think, when I look around and I think, ‘What is the danger h...