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The Ezra Klein Show

18 episodes · 14 with AI analysis

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? Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher.

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Gerrymandering and partisan redistrictingProportional representation electoral systemsVoting Rights Act and racial gerrymanderingTwo-party system polarization and doom loopMid-cycle redistricting and electoral arms racesIndependent redistricting commissionsHouse of Representatives apportionment and sizeTicket-splitting and partisan correlationMulti-party democracy and coalition politicsSupreme Court election law decisions

Analyzed Episodes

May 19, 2026

How to End the Gerrymandering Doom Loop Forever

Gerrymandering and partisan redistrictingProportional representation electoral systemsVoting Rights Act and racial gerrymandering

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May 8, 2026

GLP-1s and the ‘Wild West’ of Wellness

GLP-1 receptor agonists (semaglutide, tirzepatide, retatrutide) mechanisms and efficacyWeight loss as appetite suppression vs. metabolism increaseCardiovascular and organ-protective benefits independent of weight loss

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May 12, 2026

I Have Some Questions for the Democrats Who Want to Run California

California Housing Construction Costs and Modular HousingPermitting Timelines and Regulatory StreamliningLocal Government Fees and Fiscal Incentives for Housing

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May 15, 2026

This Is Why I Find Pema Chödrön So Essential

Buddhist meditation practice and mindfulnessEmotional regulation and working with difficult feelingsUncertainty and discomfort tolerance

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May 5, 2026

The Book That Changed How I Think About Liberalism

History of Liberalism and Liberal PhilosophyLiberality as Virtue vs. Individual Rights FrameworkLiberal Arts Education and Citizen Formation

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Apr 28, 2026

What We Got Right — and Wrong — in ‘Abundance’

Housing Supply and Zoning ReformClean Energy Transmission and Grid ModernizationGovernment Bureaucratic Efficiency and Speed

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Apr 24, 2026

Stewart Brand, Silicon Valley’s Favorite Prophet, on Life’s Most Important Principle

Right to Repair legislation and policyMaintenance as philosophical and spiritual practiceAI interpretability and the opacity problem

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Apr 21, 2026

Why Are Palantir and OpenAI Scared of Alex Bores?

AI Safety Regulation and the RAISE ActPolitical Economy of Tech Industry InfluenceSuper PAC Spending and Campaign Finance in AI Regulation

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Apr 10, 2026

Fareed Zakaria on the Moral Cost of Trump’s War

Trump's Iran War Strategy and Negotiation TacticsPost-WWII Liberal International Order and Rules-Based SystemAmerican Moral Authority and Soft Power Decline

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Apr 14, 2026

Reckoning With Israel’s ‘One-State Reality’

Israeli-Palestinian One-State RealityWest Bank Settlement Expansion and AnnexationGaza Buffer Zone and Territorial Control

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Apr 17, 2026

Our Tax System Should Make You Furious

Capital Gains Tax Rates and Preferential TreatmentStock Buyback Mechanics and Tax AvoidanceEstate Tax Loopholes and Dynasty Trusts

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Oct 2, 2024

About the Coming Paywall

Podcast Monetization StrategyDigital Media Paywall ImplementationSubscription Business Models

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Feb 3, 2026

Is Your Social Life Missing Something? This Is For You.

Community Building and Social CohesionGathering and Hosting as Political PracticeIntentional Community Design and Social Contracts

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Feb 10, 2026

George Saunders on Anger, Ambition and Sin

Sin and moral judgment in contemporary literatureFree will versus determinism and conditioningTruth and alignment with reality as spiritual practice

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