Robert J. Gordon
Cate Hall, with Sasha Chapin
Al Alvarez
Nate Silver joins Ezra Klein to discuss the 2026 midterm elections, what the polls suggest, and how much confidence to place in election forecasts. His reading list ranges from American economic history…
Three novels for getting lost in a story: Sally Rooney, John Williams, and Barbara Kingsolver, recommended on The Ezra Klein Show.
Former Canadian deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland joins Ezra Klein for a conversation about Canada’s response to American pressure, trade negotiations, and the limits of political power.
Technology entrepreneur Azeem Azhar and investor Paul Kedrosky join Ezra Klein to debate the extraordinary investment flowing into artificial intelligence and whether it represents durable growth or a financial bubble.
D. W. Winnicott
Hannah Arendt
Joseph Weizenbaum
Sherry Turkle joins Ezra Klein to discuss relationships with chatbots and what happens when machines become objects of emotional attachment. Their conversation considers technology’s effects on intimacy and human connection.
Princeton computer scientist Arvind Narayanan joins Ezra Klein to discuss the argument that artificial intelligence can be understood as a technology with historical precedents, rather than as something beyond comparison.
Diane Vaughan
Phoebe Wahl
Abraham Joshua Heschel
David Robinson speaks with Ezra Klein after leaving OpenAI, where he worked on safety reports for new models. The conversation explores his concerns about safety culture and the risks of advanced artificial…
Hayden Carruth, editor
Gabriel García Márquez
James Joyce
Designer and Design Matters host Debbie Millman joins Ezra Klein to consider why so much of the contemporary built and visual world can feel drab or interchangeable, and what different ideas of…
Virginia Evans
Nicholas Enrich
Sebastian Mallaby
Bill Gates joins Ezra Klein to discuss the risks of artificial intelligence, the role of government, and the possibility of using new technology to reduce rather than deepen inequality.
David Halberstam
Neil Postman
Heather McGhee
Abdul El-Sayed joins Ezra Klein for a conversation about his upbringing, health care reform, foreign policy, and the political choices facing the Democratic Party.
