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The Ezra Klein Show

Named a best podcast of 2021 by Time, Vulture, Esquire and The Atlantic. Each Tuesday and Friday, Ezra Klein invites you into a conversation on something that matters. How do we address climate chan... Read more

Ranked #1

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How America’s Covid-19 Nightmare Ends

How America’s Covid-19 Nightmare Ends

On Jan. 28, I published a column that began like this: “I hope, in the end, that this article reads as alarmism. I hope ... Read more

12 Mar 2021

1hr 1min

Ranked #2

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Stop. Breathe. We Can’t Keep Working Like This.

Stop. Breathe. We Can’t Keep Working Like This.

We were promised, with the internet, a productivity revolution. We were told that we’d get more done, in less time, with... Read more

5 Mar 2021

54mins

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Ranked #3

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To Understand This Era, You Need to Think in Systems

To Understand This Era, You Need to Think in Systems

As my colleague Ben Smith wrote in an August profile, sociologist Zeynep Tufekci has “made a habit of being right on the... Read more

2 Feb 2021

1hr 9mins

Ranked #4

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What It Means to be Kind in a Cruel World

What It Means to be Kind in a Cruel World

George Saunders is one of America’s greatest living writers. He’s the author of dozens of critically acclaimed short sto... Read more

19 Feb 2021

1hr 15mins

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Ranked #5

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Should We Dim the Sun? Will We Even Have a Choice?

Should We Dim the Sun? Will We Even Have a Choice?

“We are as gods and might as well get good at it,” Stewart Brand famously wrote in “The Whole Earth Catalogue.” Human be... Read more

9 Feb 2021

56mins

Ranked #6

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A Radical Proposal for True Democracy

A Radical Proposal for True Democracy

One thing I want to do on this show is give space to truly radical ideas, to expand the boundaries of our political and ... Read more

23 Feb 2021

44mins

Ranked #7

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How the Texas Crisis Could Become Everyone's Crisis

How the Texas Crisis Could Become Everyone's Crisis

Last week, freezing temperatures overwhelmed the Texas power grid, setting off rolling blackouts that left millions with... Read more

26 Feb 2021

1hr 20mins

Ranked #8

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The Author Behind ‘Arrival’ Doesn’t Fear AI. ‘Look at How We Treat Animals.’

The Author Behind ‘Arrival’ Doesn’t Fear AI. ‘Look at How We Treat Animals.’

For years, I’ve kept a list of dream guests for this show. And as long as that list has existed, Ted Chiang has been ato... Read more

30 Mar 2021

50mins

Ranked #9

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A Top G.O.P. Pollster on Trump 2024, QAnon and What Republicans Really Want

A Top G.O.P. Pollster on Trump 2024, QAnon and What Republicans Really Want

In the aftermath of the Capitol attack, the polling firm Echelon Insights decided to ask voters a simple question: Do th... Read more

26 Mar 2021

1hr

Ranked #10

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An Unusually Optimistic Conversation With Bernie Sanders

An Unusually Optimistic Conversation With Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders didn’t win the 2020 election. But he may have won its aftermath.If you look back at Joe Biden and Bernie ... Read more

23 Mar 2021

28mins

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