The Ezra Klein Show

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The Republican Party’s NPC Problem — and Ours
What happens when ambition no longer checks ambition?
By Ezra Klein
What if Trump Just Ignores the Courts?
Quinta Jurecic discusses the constitutional crisis that the Trump administration could trigger.
By Ezra Klein
What Elon Musk Wants
The journalist Kara Swisher discusses Elon Musk's goals in government — and the factors that have led to his radicalization.
By Ezra Klein
The Breaking of the Constitutional Order
The political analyst Yuval Levin discusses Trump’s first few weeks in office and the limits of presidential power.
By Ezra Klein
Don’t Believe Him
Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see.
By Ezra Klein
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MAGA’s Big Tech Divide
The journalist James Pogue explicates the strange tensions between big tech and the new right.
By Ezra Klein
Let’s Get to the Marrow of What Trump Just Did
Three policy wonks dissect President Trump’s executive orders on border security, immigration, government efficiency and beyond.
By Ezra Klein
The New Rules of the Trump Era
Ezra Klein and Aaron Retica discuss the oligarchic power dynamics of the second Trump administration.
By Ezra Klein
Democrats Are Losing the War for Attention. Badly.
The MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes on why attention has become more valuable than money in politics.
By Ezra Klein
Biden Promised to ‘Turn the Page’ on Trump. What Went Wrong?
Jake Sullivan, Biden’s national security adviser, looks back on the hopes and realities of Bidenism.
By Ezra Klein