The Ezra Klein Show
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Ezra Klein gives you a chance to get inside the heads of the newsmakers and power players in politics and media. These are extended conversations with policymakers, writers, technologists, and business leaders about what they believe in and why. Look elsewhere for posturing confrontation and quick reactions to the day's news. Subscribe for the anti-soundbite.
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David Remnick on journalism in the Trump era and why he hires obsessives
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89 minutes
For the past 19 years, David Remnick has been the editor of the New Yorker, perhaps the greatest magazine in the English language. Under his leadership, the New Yorker has received 149 nominations for National Magazine Awards and won 37. It’s also, perhaps more impressively, been consistently profitable in an era where many august journalism organizations have seen their business models collapse.
And Remnick keeps writing. He’s the author of six books, including Lenin’s Tomb, which won a Pulitzer Prize, and The Bridge, a fascinating biography of Barack Obama, and he churns out a steady stream of deeply reported profiles of musicians, athletes, and politicians. Oh, and he hosts the New Yorker Radio Hour.
He’s a busy guy.
Remnick started his career as a beat reporter at the Washington Post. In 1988, the Post sent him to Moscow, an auspicious time for a young reporter to land in what was then the Soviet Union. There, he witnessed the fall of the USSR and the creation of modern Russia — a journalistic background that has become startlingly relevant in recent years.
In this wide-ranging discussion, the New Yorker editor discusses Russia’s meddling in the US election, Russia’s transformation from communist rule to Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin, his magazine’s coverage of President Donald Trump, how he chooses his reporters and editors, and how to build a real business around great journalism. Whether you care about politics or journalism or just the role of truth in society today, there's a lot of wisdom here.
Books:
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
Middlemarch by George Eliot
The novels of Vladimir Nabokov
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crabcake from
Like Your Show But Feedback is Difficult
I enjoy listening to your podcast. However, your site makes it difficult to find your advertisers, contact you, or give suggestions. I listen to your podcast and may find something interesting, but plan to follow later. However, your website does not contain a link to contact advertisers or maybe how to find more information on your most recent podcast. I am an over sixty listener so my internet skills may not be very current. For example, if I can't remember your advertiser after listening to the podcast while walking early in the morning, then there is no contact/refresher information on your web site that I can find. How about a "contact Ezra" link?
Date published: 2016-09-06
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robcrawford from
awestruck to the point of introspection
I listen to podcasts while riding my bike every morning in the French Alps. Sometimes, I find one so stimulating that I forget the scenery as I get completely absorbed in a GREAT discussion. What I liked about it particularly was that while allowing her persona to come through, it was also wonderfully informative about what the true spirit of a reporter should be; how to be a better writer/reporter; what it is like to work in the industry and how it's evolving; and what's happening in Silicon Valley and business in general. It really got me to think. This is one of the best podcast I've heard and I have been addicted to them for 10 years.
Date published: 2017-02-09
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Tom22 from
References -- How to Follow up
Patrick Collison mentions interesting people, blogs, articles, books, etc. etc. etc.
There is no way to follow these up. One needs a written reference list or a transcript.
Date published: 2016-12-07
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masterstl from
Deep Talk
This show is so in-depth it might be the closest thing in politics to expressing the experiences of people of interest, those who either bring news, channel politics or have moved through the body politic.
Date published: 2016-03-15
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Simcha from
Insightful
In this podcast Ezra Klein does an absolutely amazing job probing really interesting people I sort of wish I had the opportunity to meet. I love how it goes between the formal and the mundane. The follow up questions always give depth that in many other formats are not addressed. Thanks!
Date published: 2016-06-25
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OlyDericJones from
Most informative podcast for contemporary politics
These podcasts are pound for pound the most information you can ingest to get a sense of particular person or subject.
Date published: 2016-08-10
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GYVT from
High caliber conversation
Interesting guests, insightful questions, good dialog - The guests do most of the talking but Ezra is not silent, he's a true partner in the conversation, enabling it to explore topics to greater depth, and extract insight that wouldn't come from a simple Q&A.
Date published: 2016-12-10
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sameers from
Interesting and insightful variety of speakers
Klein brings an interesting mix of writers, thinkers, politicians, technologists and entrepreneurs to the program, going into a good amount of depth - love the show!
Date published: 2017-05-06
