Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchLife after climate change, with David Wallace-Wells
Episode 199
After years of hovering on the periphery of American politics, never quite the star of the show, it seems that climate change is having a moment. An …
7 years ago
Pramila Jayapal thinks we can get to Medicare-for-All fast
Episode 198
The Democratic Party is quickly coalescing around an ambitious Medicare-for-All platform — and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) is shaping up to be a majo…
7 years ago
Noah Rothman on the "unjustice" of social justice politics
Episode 197
I'm Jane Coaston, senior politics reporter at Vox with a focus on conservatism and the GOP.
For the last three years or so, there has been an ongoing …
7 years ago
Why should we care about deficits?
Episode 196
Stony Brook University’s Stephanie Kelton is the most influential proponent of Modern Monetary Theory, a heterodox take on government budgets that ur…
7 years ago
Anniversary special: Rachel Maddow
Episode 195
To celebrate The Ezra Klein Show's third anniversary, I’m listening back to the very first episode: a conversation with Rachel Maddow.
Rachel is, of …
7 years ago
Andrew Sullivan and I work out our differences
Episode 194
I’ve been arguing with Andrew Sullivan online for almost 15 years now. It’s one of my oldest and most rewarding hobbies. In the past, I’ve always fel…
7 years ago
The core contradiction of American politics
Episode 193
The Republican and Democratic parties are not the same. I’ll say it again: The Republican and Democratic parties are not the same.
I don’t just mean t…
7 years, 1 month ago
Leftists vs. liberals, with Elizabeth Bruenig
Episode 192
What separates Obama-era liberalism from Sanders-style democratic socialism? What are the fights splitting and transforming the Democratic Party actu…
7 years, 1 month ago
The world according to Ralph Nader
Episode 191
Ralph Nader needs no introduction. But if your knowledge of Nader mostly consists of his 2000 campaign for the presidency, his career does demand som…
7 years, 1 month ago
This conversation will change how you understand misogyny
Episode 190
Misogyny has long been understood as something men feel, not something women experience. That, says philosopher Kate Manne, is a mistake. In her book…
7 years, 1 month ago