The Ezra Klein Show

Why Iran Believes It Has the Upper Hand

<p>In a prime time address on Wednesday, President Trump proclaimed that America was “on the cusp of ending Iran’s sinister threat.” But he also kept open the option of boots …

Apr 03, 2026 · 1h 1m

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Michael Pollan’s Journey to the Borderlands of Consciousness

<p>Consciousness is this amazing, mind-bending riddle. It’s the only thing any of us truly knows. We experience everything else in life through it. And yet we barely understand it. We …

Mar 31, 2026 · 1h 28m

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Will Iran Break Trumpism?

<p>Is Trumpism crashing on the shoals of the Iran war?</p> <p>That is what Christopher Caldwell thinks. Caldwell is a prominent thinker on the right. He’s a contributing editor at the …

Mar 27, 2026 · 1h 8m

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How Bad Could the Iran Oil Crisis Get?

<p>Iran has currently shut off more than 10 percent of the world’s oil supply. If that goes on for a lot longer — or if the war escalates to include …

Mar 24, 2026 · 1h 2m

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We’re All Living in the ‘Mirror World’ Now

<p>Naomi Klein saw where our politics was headed before most people on the left. Her 2023 book “Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World” is hard to describe. But among …

Mar 20, 2026 · 1h 20m

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What Trump Didn’t Know About Iran

<p>The Trump administration miscalculated how Iran would respond to this war. And the United States, Iran and Israel were brought to the brink of war in the first place because …

Mar 14, 2026 · 1h 31m

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I Asked a Former Trump Official to Justify This War

<p>I’m opposed to this war. The Trump administration did not consult the American public or try to persuade Congress before authorizing the strikes on Iran. I don’t think the administration …

Mar 10, 2026 · 1h 0m

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Why the Pentagon Wants to Destroy Anthropic

<p>Last Friday, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced that he was breaking the Pentagon’s contract with the A.I. company Anthropic and would declare the company a supply chain risk — …

Mar 06, 2026 · 1h 9m

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The Great Lie of War

<p>Two sitting heads of state, eight weeks apart.</p> <p>On Saturday, February 28, the United States and Israel launched a massive military assault on Iran that resulted in the death of …

Mar 03, 2026 · 1h 10m

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Trump’s Fantasy State of the Union

<p>President Trump’s approval ratings on the economy, immigration and trade are deep in the red. But in Tuesday night’s State of the Union address, he decided to tell the American …

Feb 25, 2026 · 46m

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How Quickly Will A.I. Agents Rip Through the Economy?

<p>A.I. agents are here. Have they changed your life yet? The release of agents like Claude Code marked a new pivot point in the history of A.I. We are leaving …

Feb 24, 2026 · 1h 38m

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Who Has the Power in Trump's White House?

<p>It has been harder to get insight into the dynamics of President Trump’s White House this term compared with the first one, partly because there have been fewer leaks. But …

Feb 20, 2026 · 1h 11m

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The Infrastructure of Jeffrey Epstein’s Power

<p>At the end of January, Trump’s Justice Department released what it said was the last tranche of the Epstein files: millions of pages of emails and texts, F.B.I. documents and …

Feb 13, 2026 · 1h 26m

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George Saunders on Anger, Ambition and Sin

<p>George Saunders is tired of being the “kindness guy.”</p><p>Saunders is one of my favorite fiction writers, and a friend of the pod; I talked to him back in 2021 and …

Feb 10, 2026 · 1h 27m

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We Didn’t Ask for This Internet

<p>Ragebait, sponcon, A.I. slop — the internet of 2026 makes a lot of us nostalgic for the internet of 10 or 15 years ago.</p><p>What exactly went wrong here? How did …

Feb 06, 2026 · 1h 27m

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

<p>My motivation for this episode is personal. One of my resolutions this year is to spend more time hosting and to make those gatherings more meaningful.</p><p>I think a lot of …

Feb 03, 2026 · 1h 31m

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How the World Sees America, With Adam Tooze

<p>The old world order is dying. What new world order — if any — is struggling to be born?</p><p>I can’t think of a week when it felt clearer that an …

Jan 30, 2026 · 1h 3m

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The Most Important Foreign Policy Speech in Years

<p>“We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition,” Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada announced last week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.</p><p>It was one …

Jan 27, 2026 · 1h 14m

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Minneapolis Reveals Where Trump's Deportation Agenda Is Going

<p>There’s so much more happening than what you see in online video clips.</p><p>Congress gave Trump a staggering, military-size budget for immigration enforcement. And it’s hard to keep the scale of …

Jan 23, 2026 · 1h 6m

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Has Trump Achieved a Lot Less Than It Seems?

<p>We are one year into Trump’s second term. And it feels like so much has happened – more than the human mind, or the country, can absorb. But how much …

Jan 16, 2026 · 1h 1m

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Can James Talarico Reclaim Christianity for the Left?

<p>State Representative James Talarico of Texas might have been our most requested guest last year. And he seemed to come out of nowhere.</p><p>Talarico started breaking through with viral videos on …

Jan 13, 2026 · 1h 28m

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Venezuela, Renee Good and Trump’s ‘Assault on Hope’

<p>The shocking events of January have sent a message: America works differently now. </p><p>M. Gessen is a Times Opinion columnist and the author of books about living under autocracy, including …

Jan 10, 2026 · 1h 5m

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What Trump Wants in Venezuela

<p>What is America doing in Venezuela?</p><p>On Jan. 3, the Trump administration launched an operation that ended with the capture of President Nicolás Maduro, who is now in New York City …

Jan 06, 2026 · 58m

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