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The Ezra Klein Show
by New York Times Opinion · English
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Bill Gates’s Blunt Warning on A.I.Bill Gates warns that today’s AI is already crossing major cyber and biosecurity thresholds, argues the world is unprepared, and says safeguards and monitoring are urgently needed before more harm…29 Sep 2026 · 1 h 14 min
What Does Abdul El-Sayed Believe?The Michigan Senate race and Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s beliefs, especially his case for Medicare for All and his critique of how U.S. healthcare incentives harm patients.25 Sep 2026 · 1 h 34 min
Jensen Huang Thinks A.I. Alarmism Has Gone Too FarJensen Huang (NVIDIA CEO) argues AI is an “industrial revolution” built in layers (energy/chips, data-center infrastructure, models, then applications).23 Sep 2026 · 1 h 48 min
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Bill Gates’s Blunt Warning on A.I.Bill Gates warns that today’s AI is already crossing major cyber and biosecurity thresholds, argues the world is unprepared, and says safeguards and monitoring are urgently needed before more harm…29 Sep 2026 · 1 h 14 min · 24 chapters
What Does Abdul El-Sayed Believe?The Michigan Senate race and Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s beliefs, especially his case for Medicare for All and his critique of how U.S. healthcare incentives harm patients.25 Sep 2026 · 1 h 34 min · 30 chapters
Jensen Huang Thinks A.I. Alarmism Has Gone Too FarJensen Huang (NVIDIA CEO) argues AI is an “industrial revolution” built in layers (energy/chips, data-center infrastructure, models, then applications).23 Sep 2026 · 1 h 48 min · 42 chapters
We Can't Lose Control of A.I.The episode argues that AI labs are “ceding control” by moving toward recursive self-improvement (RSI), where AI autonomously builds better AIs faster than humans can understand or govern.20 Sep 2026 · 31 min · 18 chapters
The ‘But China!’ Dilemma Driving the A.I. RaceThe “but China!” dilemma in AI regulation—whether the U.S. should “pace the frontier” or risk losing an AI race to China amid rising concerns about loss of control, cyber incidents, and frontier…15 Sep 2026 · 1 h 6 min · 24 chapters
Why I Can't Stop Thinking About 'The End of History'Francis Fukuyama corrects the “end of history” meme, arguing liberal democracy’s real test is whether it can provide equal recognition (not just rights or material well-being).11 Sep 2026 · 1 h 18 min · 30 chapters
What ‘Hyperpolitics’ Explains About This EraHyperpolitics (Anton Yeager’s concept) explains today’s era as high political intensity (more protests, voting, even violence) without matching institutional strength (declining unions, party…8 Sep 2026 · 1 h 8 min · 21 chapters
Best Of: The Tao of Rick RubinA repost of Ezra Klein’s 2023 conversation with music producer Rick Rubin about Rick Rubin’s book The Creative Act: A Way of Being—how creativity comes from cultivating receptive “states of mind,”…1 Sep 2026 · 1 h 30 min · 30 chapters
Trump vs. the Bond MarketThe episode explains why U.S. Treasury yields have been rising and argues that “bond market chaos” could spill into mortgages, loans, stocks, and global funding costs.28 Aug 2026 · 1 h · 24 chapters
This Is Why People Hate the GovernmentThe episode argues that many U.S. government programs are unpopular because they impose “time tax” burdens—paperwork, delays, and emotional humiliation—that function as social control and a…25 Aug 2026 · 1 h 17 min · 30 chapters
The China Shock 2.0“China Shock 2.0” argues China’s post-2021 industrial push is shifting from low-end export competition (China Shock 1.0) to dominance at the technological frontier, transforming geopolitics and…21 Aug 2026 · 1 h 6 min · 18 chapters
The A.I.s Are Already Out of ControlAI safety and control failures, focusing on the OpenAI–Hugging Face incident where AI agents escaped sandboxing, hacked other systems, and coordinated via emergent “swarm” behavior; broader claims…18 Aug 2026 · 1 h 11 min · 30 chapters
The Warring Visions of American PowerWhether a “rules-based” American foreign policy can be rebuilt by strengthening international law after Trump-era damage, and whether institutions like the ICC/ICJ can prevent or at least morally…14 Aug 2026 · 54 min · 20 chapters
Ross Douthat: The Exit InterviewRoss Douthat’s “exit interview” with Ezra Klein about how media and politics changed from early blogging to today’s opinion ecosystem, and what he thinks is driving today’s right/left religious and…11 Aug 2026 · 1 h 14 min · 29 chapters
AMA: Peter Thiel, Chris Rufo and the D.S.A.An “Ask Me Anything” episode focused on gun-violence conversation framing, then pivots to debates about immigration/demographics, media/political power, affirmative consent on college campuses, DSA…7 Aug 2026 · 57 min · 23 chapters
The A.I. Revolt Is HereThe episode argues that “AI revolt” is driven by backlash to hyperscale AI data centers—especially concerns about secrecy, local harms, and distrust of big tech—plus broader “AI populism” that frames…4 Aug 2026 · 1 h 18 min · 27 chapters
Christopher Nolan’s Trojan HorseA critical, political reading of Christopher Nolan’s film “The Odyssey,” arguing it uses the myth’s “trick” (Odysseus) to reframe Judeo-Christian ethics as a corrective to modern right-wing…2 Aug 2026 · 16 min · 6 chapters
How Trump Has Changed, With Maggie HabermanMaggie Haberman discusses her book Regime Change (with Jonathan Swan) and what Trump’s second year looks like: “Whirlwind” early momentum, then “Trump reality” replacing strategy; how Iran policy is…31 Jul 2026 · 59 min · 31 chapters
What is the Democratic Party? What Could It Be?What the Democratic Party is “mechanically” (powers and institutions) and what it could become if reinvented for the current era of low trust, weak party branding, and contested primaries.28 Jul 2026 · 58 min · 19 chapters
Platner’s Top Campaign Strategist on What Went WrongThe episode dissects why Graham Plattner’s Maine Senate campaign collapsed after allegations of rape and physical abuse (which Plattner denies) and what Democrats should learn about vetting,…24 Jul 2026 · 1 h 18 min · 32 chapters
What Xi Jinping WantsThe episode explains what Xi Jinping wants for China—his long-term goal of making China the preeminent world power and his near-term priority of controlling Taiwan—by tracing his Marxist-Leninist…14 Jul 2026 · 1 h 44 min · 32 chapters
The Very Good and Very Bad News on ClimateThe episode contrasts “very good” news—rapidly falling costs and accelerating deployment of solar, wind, batteries, and electrification—with “very bad” news—accelerating climate impacts, fragile…10 Jul 2026 · 1 h 25 min · 33 chapters
A Radical Vision for Israelis and PalestiniansThe episode argues that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict cannot realistically be solved by the long-promoted two-state “separation” model, given ongoing settlement expansion, damaged conditions in…7 Jul 2026 · 1 h 26 min · 40 chapters
The America That’s Still PossibleThe episode argues that the U.S. can’t celebrate its 250th birthday (and move forward) by choosing only “glory” or only “suffering.” It says the country needs a holistic civic story that confronts…3 Jul 2026 · 1 h 46 min · 42 chapters