Ezra Klein

Everyone should read these threads I did about industry lobbyists and the EPA and understand them. Take the time to see the unambiguous evidence of what's happening now at this moment inside the EPA. Please retweet them. Please read them. Each one of the threads. It's happening in slow motion.

What Hundreds of Focus Groups With Trump Voters Revealed As Trump’s Numbers Tank Brilliant interview with @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social by @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/o...

Latest episode of The Ezra Klein Show. What Hundreds of Focus Groups With Trump Voters Revealed With @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social from @thebulwark.com open.spotify.com/episode/3xUW... youtu.be/btknAGmBiD4?...

@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social: "Trump likes talking about Jon Husted's ass. He's on a weird bender about men's bodies right now." @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social: "He has been for a long time." Longwell: "People say we're not ready for a gay president, but I disagree—I think we've already kinda got one."

This is a very strong interview with @chrystia-freeland.bsky.social on how America has turned from ally to foe for many, embodied by the relationship with Canada, and the very real danger that presents to the world. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/o...

"No country right now better reveals the transformation in the way the world sees America — the way we’ve turned from ally and partner to bully and predator — than Canada." @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social in conversation with @chrystia-freeland.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/o...

I'm only 20 minutes in, but this is terrific. Love hearing from Minister Freeland!

Today's episode of The Ezra Klein Show. Chrystia Freeland, the former Canadian deputy prime minister, explains why her country chose to fight back against Trump. open.spotify.com/episode/2lpb... youtu.be/pDZ7BaZDoe8?...

www.nytimes.com/2026/10/18/o...

Our idea of citizenship in the Western Hemisphere is really special and you don't really get that until you try to integrate somewhere else. One more thing about this guy: he loves Michigan as much as I do AND he knows other places. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social

“The debate over A.I. safety tends to focus on the precise probability that A.I.s will kill us all. I don’t find that helpful. What I think we should focus on is something more straightforward, something nearer at hand: loss of human control over A.I.”

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/o...

Today's episode of The Ezra Klein Show. Trump vs. the Bond Market Robin Wigglesworth from the Financial Times explains everything you need to know about the Trump administration’s meddling with the bond market. open.spotify.com/episode/1ts2... youtu.be/1TfGBoQVgGc?...

While not quite the political thesis of the piece, this insight hits hard for me: “I find that much time spent on any of these platforms shapes me in ways I don’t want to be shaped. All of these platforms create a feeling of being informed and connected that is fundamentally false.”

www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/o...

Great @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social episode with @hlntnr.bsky.social on the recent OpenAI-Hugging Face incident and the challenges and avenues for controlling AI more broadly. www.youtube.com/watch?v=locK...

"Most of Trump's information comes from Natalie Harp, who’s known as the human printer, and from people who know that he wants a constant supply of positive reinforcement. And his aides are afraid of giving him bad news." @maggiehaberman85.bsky.social in conversation with @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social

i’m late to it but absolutely loved this @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social conversation w/ gary shteyngart on searching for meaning in a dystopian and uncertain world. what is the point of life if we can’t figure out how to maximize our own happiness? open.spotify.com/episode/0XCM...

www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/o...

That's a pretty good summary of what is frankly a ridiculous story going around, including here on bsky. Peter Thiel is frankly ideologically repugnant, but co-hosting a mini-conference isn't a conspiracy or one of his crimes, and it's fine that e.g. Elizabeth Blackburn attended

On Dialog.

I am nine years sober and smoke free. But quitting meat has bested me at every turn. However the “cult of efficiency” gives me greater impetus to keep trying.

What the Cult of Efficiency Costs Us www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/o...

Today's episode of The Ezra Klein Show. The Right’s Pre-Modern ‘Masculinist’ Fantasy Helen Lewis examines the ancient, angry gender politics of the New Right. open.spotify.com/episode/1yu0... youtu.be/YK1aj39y55k?...

Today's episode of The Ezra Klein Show. How Trump Supercharges America’s Risks The political risk analyst @ianbremmer.com argues that the greatest driver of risk in the world right now is President Trump. open.spotify.com/episode/2o7Y... youtu.be/syl9OLNSm4k?...

We Have to Take the Future of A.I. Into Our Own Hands (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/05/31/o...

Great episode on the power of cooperation and stories, liberalism, the risks and benefits of AI and more. I really like Harari's liberty-equality-fraternity test for political systems.

This article is so good. And so overdue.

Today's episode of The Ezra Klein Show. Yuval Noah Harari on Donald Trump’s Core Delusion The best-selling author of “Sapiens” and “Nexus” discusses the core delusions deranging our politics. open.spotify.com/episode/6mYi... youtu.be/9NCxS__rtAo?...

Today's episode of The Ezra Klein Show. One in eight American adults is taking GLP-1s. What does that mean for how we relate to our food, bodies and one another? With Julia Belluz, co-author of the book “Food Intelligence". open.spotify.com/episode/7o8i... youtu.be/T_JKQt4mp5I?...

www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/o...

I told @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social that Israel has become even more dependent on US, not less - and this isn't likely to change given expansionist agenda beyond 67 borders and strategy of having military upper hand in region of half a billion by a state of 10 million. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/o...

Today's episode of The Ezra Klein Show. The tax expert Ray Madoff explains why the American tax system is broken, and how to make it fairer. open.spotify.com/episode/3Jjy... youtu.be/mX5U5DNUfBc?...

Today's episode of The Ezra Klein Show. Reckoning With Israel’s ‘One-State Reality’ The political scientists Shibley Telhami and Marc Lynch discuss Israel’s continued expansion into the West Bank, Gaza and Lebanon. open.spotify.com/episode/5GcZ... youtu.be/UPCvEHtBSp0?...

Excellent episode with two of my favourite public intellectuals on why the civilisation being destroyed is actually the US.

Today's episode of The Ezra Klein Show. Fareed Zakaria on the Moral Cost of Trump’s War open.spotify.com/episode/15An... youtu.be/b5hU0VHM1-M?...

Fascinating @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social podcast episode with @michaelpollan.bsky.social on the current state of research into and theories about consciousness. youtu.be/hYrgLn7pWp8?...

Latest episode of The Ezra Klein Show. Is Iran Winning? With Suzanne Maloney, director of the Brookings Institution’s foreign policy program. open.spotify.com/episode/3lFO... youtu.be/nUhi5b8aj7U?...

“I have been exploring the deepening relationship so many people have with their A.I.s. The protean nature of these systems mean they are never just one thing, but among the many things they are is the one McLuhan warned of: an extension of our self in a material that is not our self.” #AIEthics

I Saw Something New in San Francisco www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/o...

Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show. What Happens if 20 Percent of the World’s Oil Disappears? With energy policy expert Jason Bordoff. open.spotify.com/episode/1TRZ... youtu.be/EEhIfksDzsY?...