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New York Times Opinion

Each Tuesday and Friday, Ezra Klein invites you into a conversation on something that matters. How do we address climate change if... more

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Ta-Nehisi Coates on Israel: ‘I Felt Lied To.’

In his new book of essays, “The Message,” Ta-Nehisi Coates writes about a trip he took to Israel and the... more

11 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 20 minutes
How Biden’s Middle East Policy Fell Apart

On Oct. 6 of last year, the Biden administration was hammering out a grand Middle East bargain in which Saudi... more

08 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 31 minutes
The Economy Is at a Hinge Moment

The economy has hit a hinge moment. For the past few years, inflation has been the big economic story —... more

04 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 30 minutes
The V.P. Debate Came Down to One Moment

The most consequential and revealing exchange during the vice-presidential debate on Tuesday came toward the end, when JD Vance was... more

02 Oct 2024 · 51 minutes
About the Coming Paywall

In a couple weeks, the archives of our show will only be available to subscribers. Here’s why that’s happening and... more

01 Oct 2024 · 4 minutes
MAGA Is Not as United as You Think

I’ve been fascinated by the problem Donald Trump faces with Project 2025. Trump has been caught in an awkward position,... more

27 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
What Pete Buttigieg Learned Playing JD Vance

America has become increasingly polarized when it comes to trust. Voters who distrust the system — who see institutions as... more

24 Sep 2024 · 59 minutes
Israel vs. Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran — and Itself

It’s been almost a year since Oct. 7. More than 40,000 Palestinians in Gaza are dead. The hostages are not... more

20 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 16 minutes
Zadie Smith on Populists, Frauds and Flip Phones

I stumbled on a Zadie Smith line recently that stopped me in my tracks. She was writing in January 2017,... more

17 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 12 minutes
The Real ‘Border Czar’ Defends the Biden-Harris Record

Republicans want to label Kamala Harris as the border czar. And by just looking at a chart, you can see... more

13 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 1 minute
Harris Had a Theory of Trump, and It Was Right

Tuesday night was the first — perhaps the only — debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. And it proved... more

11 Sep 2024 · 46 minutes
The Opinions: A Pro-Life Case for Harris and a Writing Contest With ChatGPT

Our Times Opinion colleagues recently launched a new podcast called “The Opinions.” It’s basically the Opinion page in audio form,... more

06 Sep 2024 · 27 minutes
On Children, Meaning, Media and Psychedelics

I feel that there’s something important missing in our debate over screen time and kids — and even screen time... more

03 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 11 minutes
Best Of: Tired? Distracted? Burned Out? Listen to This.

I’m convinced that attention is the most important human faculty. Your life, after all, is just the sum total of... more

30 Aug 2024 · 57 minutes
Best Of: The Men — and Boys — Are Not Alright

We recently did an episode on the strange new gender politics that have emerged in the 2024 election. But we... more

27 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 58 minutes
Kamala Harris Wants to Win

On Thursday night, Kamala Harris reintroduced herself to America. And by the standards of Democratic convention speeches, this one was... more

23 Aug 2024 · 43 minutes
Can the Democratic Party Reclaim Freedom?

Democrats spent the third night of their convention pitching themselves as the party of freedom. In this conversation, my producer... more

22 Aug 2024 · 43 minutes
The Obamas Strike Back

Is Obamaism making a comeback? Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention, Michelle and Barack Obama electrified the crowd with... more

21 Aug 2024 · 39 minutes
Democrats Don’t Think They Have This Election Won

I’m reporting from the Democratic National Convention this week, so we’re going to try something a little different on the... more

20 Aug 2024 · 32 minutes
Manliness, Cat Ladies, Fertility Panic and the 2024 Election

A strange new gender politics is roiling the 2024 election. At the Republican National Convention, Donald Trump made his nomination... more

16 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 30 minutes
Nate Silver on Kamala Harris’s Chances and the Mistakes of the ‘Indigo Blob’

Risk has been on my mind this year. For Democrats, the question of whether Joe Biden should drop out was... more

13 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
Nancy Pelosi: ‘It Didn’t Sound Like Joe Biden to Me’

It’s been remarkable watching the Democratic Party act like a political party this past month — a party that makes... more

09 Aug 2024 · 58 minutes
Kamala Harris Isn’t Playing It Safe

In picking Tim Walz as her running mate, Kamala Harris is after more than just Pennsylvania. Mentioned: “Is Tim Walz the Midwestern... more

06 Aug 2024 · 30 minutes
‘We Have Created the Scarcity on Purpose’

The economy is one of the biggest vulnerabilities for Democrats this election and, in particular, the issue of affordability. Many... more

06 Aug 2024 · 49 minutes
Is Tim Walz the Midwestern Dad Democrats Need?

I’ve watched a lot of presidential campaigns, and I can’t remember one in which the contest for the Democratic vice-presidential... more

02 Aug 2024 · 59 minutes
What Democrats Can Learn From Gretchen Whitmer

Gretchen Whitmer is one of the names you often see on lists of Democratic V.P. contenders. She’s swatted that speculation... more

30 Jul 2024 · 47 minutes
This Is How Democrats Win in Wisconsin

The Democratic Party’s rallying around Kamala Harris — the speed of it, the intensity, the joyfulness, the memes — has... more

26 Jul 2024 · 1 hour,
Are Democrats Right to Unite Around Kamala Harris?

An open convention or a coronation aren’t the only two options. Mentioned: “Democrats Have a Better Option Than Biden” by The... more

23 Jul 2024 · 23 minutes
I Watched the Republican Convention. The Democrats Can Still Win.

This year’s Republican National Convention was Donald Trump’s third as the party’s nominee, but it was the first that felt... more

20 Jul 2024 · 49 minutes
The Trump Campaign’s Theory of Victory

The Trump campaign isn’t just expecting to win this election; it’s expecting to win it in a landslide. And top... more

18 Jul 2024 · 54 minutes
The Economic Theory Behind J.D. Vance’s Populism

When Donald Trump on Monday chose Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio as his running mate it excited populists — and... more

17 Jul 2024 · 1 hour, 16 minutes
The Real Danger Within the Democratic Party of a Fundamental Crack-Up

It was once a fringe opinion to say President Biden should drop his re-election bid and Democrats should embrace an... more

09 Jul 2024 · 55 minutes
Is Kamala Harris Underrated?

If Joe Biden steps aside for the Democratic presidential nomination — still a very big if — the favorite to... more

05 Jul 2024 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
How an Open Democratic Convention Would Work

After President Biden’s rough performance at the first presidential debate, the question of an open convention has roared to the... more

02 Jul 2024 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
What Is the Democratic Party For?

Top Democrats have closed ranks around Joe Biden since the debate. Should they? Mentioned: “This Isn’t All Joe Biden’s Fault” by... more

30 Jun 2024 · 17 minutes
After That Debate, the Risk of Biden Is Clear

I joined my Times Opinion colleagues Ross Douthat and Michelle Cottle to discuss the debate — and what Democrats might... more

28 Jun 2024 · 51 minutes
Trump’s Bold Vision for America: Higher Prices!

Donald Trump has made inflation a central part of his campaign message. At his rallies, he rails against “the Biden... more

21 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 32 minutes
The Biggest Political Divide Is Not Left vs. Right

The biggest divide in our politics isn’t between Democrats and Republicans, or even left and right. It’s between people who... more

18 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 10 minutes
The View From the Israeli Right

On Tuesday I got back from an eight-day trip to Israel and the West Bank. I happened to be there... more

14 Jun 2024 · 55 minutes
The Economic Theory That Explains Why Americans Are So Mad

There’s something weird happening with the economy. On a personal level, most Americans say they’re doing pretty well right now.... more

07 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 31 minutes
The Republican Party’s Decay Began Long Before Trump

After Donald Trump was convicted last week in his hush-money trial, Republican leaders wasted no time in rallying behind him.... more

04 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
Your Mind Is Being Fracked

The steady dings of notifications. The 40 tabs that greet you when you open your computer in the morning. The... more

31 May 2024 · 1 hour, 12 minutes
‘Artificial Intelligence?’ No, Collective Intelligence.

A.I.-generated art has flooded the internet, and a lot of it is derivative, even boring or offensive. But what could... more

24 May 2024 · 51 minutes
A Conservative Futurist and a Supply-Side Liberal Walk Into a Podcast …

“The Jetsons” premiered in 1962. And based on the internal math of the show, George Jetson, the dad, was born... more

21 May 2024 · 1 hour, 1 minute
The Disastrous Relationship Between Israel, Palestinians and the U.N.

The international legal system was created to prevent the atrocities of World War II from happening again. The United Nations... more

17 May 2024 · 57 minutes
This Is a Very Weird Moment in the History of Drug Laws

Drug policy feels very unsettled right now. The war on drugs was a failure. But so far, the war on... more

10 May 2024 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
Watching the Protests From Israel

Ultimately, the Gaza war protests sweeping campuses are about influencing Israeli politics. The protesters want to use economic divestment, American... more

07 May 2024 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
Is Green Growth Possible?

A decade ago, I was feeling pretty pessimistic about climate change. The politics of mitigating global warming just seemed impossible:... more

30 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
Salman Rushdie Is Not Who You Think He Is

Salman Rushdie’s 1988 novel, “The Satanic Verses,” made him the target of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who denounced the book as... more

26 Apr 2024 · 59 minutes
This Conversation Made Me a Sharper Editor

In our recent series on artificial intelligence, I kept returning to a thought: This technology might be able to churn... more

23 Apr 2024 · 53 minutes
A $1.7 Million Toilet and Liberalism's Failure to Build

There is so much we need to build right now. The housing crunch has spread across the country; by one... more

16 Apr 2024 · 49 minutes
What if Dario Amodei Is Right About A.I.?

Back in 2018, Dario Amodei worked at OpenAI. And looking at one of its first A.I. models, he wondered: What... more

12 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 32 minutes
Will A.I. Break the Internet? Or Save It?

The internet is in decay. Do a Google search, and there are so many websites now filled with slapdash content... more

05 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 25 minutes
How Should I Be Using A.I. Right Now?

There’s something of a paradox that has defined my experience with artificial intelligence in this particular moment. It’s clear we’re... more

02 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 14 minutes
The Rise of ‘Middle-Finger Politics’

Donald Trump can seem like a political anomaly. You sometimes hear people describe his connection with his base in quasi-mystical... more

29 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 18 minutes
Matter of Opinion: Paul Krugman on Inflation, ‘Bad Vibes’ and 2024

We’ll be back on Friday with a new episode. In the meantime, we wanted to share one of our favorite... more

26 Mar 2024 · 36 minutes
The Deep Conflict Between Our Work and Parenting Ideals

American policy is uniquely hostile to families. Other wealthy countries guarantee paid parental leave and sick days and heavily subsidize... more

22 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
Birthrates Are Plummeting Worldwide. Why?

For a long time, the story about the world’s population was that it was growing too quickly. There were going... more

19 Mar 2024 · 1 hour,
What a Second Biden Term Would Look Like

President Biden gave a raucous State of the Union speech last Thursday, offering his pitch for why he should be... more

12 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 1 minute
How America’s Two Abortion Realities Are Clashing

When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, it scrambled the landscape of abortion access in America, including in ways... more

08 Mar 2024 · 57 minutes
Marilynne Robinson on Biblical Beauty, Human Evil and the Idea of Israel

Marilynne Robinson is one of the great living novelists. She has won a Pulitzer Prize and a National Humanities Medal,... more

05 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
The Wars in Ukraine and Gaza Have Changed. America’s Policy Hasn’t.

Joe Biden’s presidency has been dominated by two foreign policy crises: the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. The funding the... more

01 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
Your Questions on Open Conventions, a Gaza Schism and Biden’s Chances

We received thousands of questions in response to last week’s audio essay arguing that Democrats should consider choosing a candidate... more

23 Feb 2024 · 51 minutes
Here’s How an Open Democratic Convention Would Work

Last week on the show, I argued that the Democrats should pick their nominee at the Democratic National Convention in... more

21 Feb 2024 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
Democrats Have a Better Option Than Biden

Biden is faltering and Democrats have no plan B. There is another path to winning in 2024 — and I... more

16 Feb 2024 · 25 minutes
Best Of: Status Games, Polyamory and the Merits of Meritocracy

For years, Agnes Callard has been on a mission to take ethical philosophy out of the ivory tower. She examines... more

13 Feb 2024 · 1 hour, 22 minutes
Building the Palestinian State With Salam Fayyad

“If only we had a partner for peace.” That’s been the refrain in the Israel-Palestinian conflict for as long as I’ve... more

09 Feb 2024 · 1 hour, 5 minutes
What Relationships Would You Want, if You Believed They Were Possible?

Around 40 percent of people who marry eventually get a divorce. Almost half of children are born to unmarried women.... more

06 Feb 2024 · 59 minutes
‘Why Haven’t the Democrats Completely Cleaned the Republicans’ Clock?’

Political analysts used to say that the Democratic Party was riding a demographic wave that would lead to an era... more

01 Feb 2024 · 1 hour, 9 minutes
‘The Strongest Democratic Party That Any of Us Have Ever Seen’

If you’re a Democrat, how worried should you be right now? It’s strangely hard to answer that question. On the... more

25 Jan 2024 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
‘I Have No Idea How This Ends. I’ve Never Seen It So Broken.’

It’s been just over 100 days since Hamas’s attack on Israel, and the costs of the war are staggering. In... more

19 Jan 2024 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
A Republican Pollster on Trump’s Undimmed Appeal

The fact that Donald Trump is the front-runner for the G.O.P. nomination in 2024 has created a chasm in our... more

16 Jan 2024 · 48 minutes
Should Trump Be Barred From the Ballot?

There’s this incredible dissonance at the center of our politics right now. On the one hand, all the polling suggests... more

12 Jan 2024 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
How to Discover Your Own Taste

Being on the internet just doesn’t feel as fun anymore. As more of our digital life is driven by algorithms,... more

09 Jan 2024 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
Tired? Distracted? Burned-Out? Listen to This.

I’m convinced that attention is the most important human faculty. Your life, after all, is just the sum total of... more

05 Jan 2024 · 56 minutes
Best Of: The Most Amazing — and Dangerous — Technology in the World

“We rarely think about chips, yet they’ve created the modern world,” writes the historian Chris Miller. He’s not exaggerating. Semiconductors power... more

26 Dec 2023 · 58 minutes
Best Of: The ‘Quiet Catastrophe’ Brewing in Our Social Lives

The holidays are one of the most social times of the year, filled with parties and family get-togethers. Many of... more

22 Dec 2023 · 1 hour, 14 minutes
How the Israel-Gaza Conversations Have Shaped My Thinking

It’s become something of a tradition on “The Ezra Klein Show” to end the year with an “Ask Me Anything”... more

19 Dec 2023 · 56 minutes
India Is Transforming. But Into What?

India is known as a country of paradoxes, and a new one has recently emerged. At the same time that... more

12 Dec 2023 · 1 hour,
A Different Path Israel Could Have Taken — and Maybe Still Can

Before Oct. 7, Israel appeared to many to be sliding into a “one-state reality,” where it had functional control over... more

08 Dec 2023 · 59 minutes
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Being on the internet just doesn’t feel as fun anymore. As more of our digital life is driven by algorithms, it’s become... more