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The Ezra Klein Show

New York Times Opinion 5 Episodes Aug 21, 2026

Ezra Klein hosts in-depth conversations on topics ranging from climate change and politics to psychedelics and science fiction. The show explores how market logic affects our lives, the future of political parties, and the ethics of food systems. It aims to foster thoughtful dialogue on complex issues that matter.

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The China Shock 2.0 Aug 21, 2026 01:05:30 Brad Setser follows Chinese trade closer than just about anyone else on earth, and he thinks we’re in the early days of a China Shock 2.0. The first China Shock was when China came to dominate low-end manufacturing in the 2000s, filling American shelves with cheap clothes, toys and electronics, while devastating American factory towns. This new China Shock could be even more destabilizing. China n

The A.I.s Are Already Out of Control Aug 18, 2026 01:11:02 We are living in the world we were warned about. Frontier artificial intelligence models from OpenAI autonomously coordinated with one another, then broke out of their testing environment and hacked into another company, Hugging Face, to steal the answers to a test. A.I. companies don’t want their technology to lie, cheat or steal. So why is this happening? Why are the creators of these models app

The Warring Visions of American Power Aug 14, 2026 00:54:15 We’re in a really strange moment in the foreign policy politics of the Democratic Party. People are looking for an alternative vision — an approach to American power in the world that would feel more moral and just, after the failures of President Biden, and the wrecking ball President Trump has taken to international rules and norms. The answer many on the left are coming to is powerfully simple:

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Coming Soon: The Ezra Klein Show Jan 13, 2021 00:02:12 Every Tuesday and Friday, Ezra Klein invites you into a conversation about 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

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