Ep. 388 — Ezra Klein

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2020

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Ezra Klein is a journalist and co-founder of Vox, where he currently serves as the editor-at-large. He joins David to talk about his evolution from obscure blogger to national political commentator, his early work on the Howard Dean campaign, his assessment of the current presidential race, and more. His new book, Why We’re Polarized, explores the structural and psychological forces behind America’s growing political divisions and offers prescriptions to help remedy them.

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0:00.0	Music
0:06.0	And now, from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN Audio, the Axe Files, with
0:12.5	your host David Axelrod.
0:20.0	There is a Mkina observer of American politics and an Ezra Klein.
0:24.2	He's been a blogger, a magazine writer, a cable host, the creator of the Wongblog unit
0:29.3	at the Washington Post and the great explanatory journalism site at Vox.com.
0:35.6	He's the host of the weeds, podcasts, and also an eponymous podcast of his own at Vox.
0:42.2	And he's the author of a brilliant new book, Why Were Polarized?
0:45.9	It seems really pertinent as we turn the corner to this election.
0:50.4	I sat down with Ezra yesterday and talked about all of this and here's that conversation.
0:58.7	Ezra Klein, good to see you, brother.
1:01.1	How you do it out there in California?
1:03.3	My joke is always we're doing great on the adjusted baseline.
1:07.9	You know, I feel like when I have you, there's so much I want to talk to you about.
1:13.0	And particularly in the light of the book you put out this year, Why Were Polarized, there's
1:18.0	so much about the election, so much about this COVID-19, so much about Trump.
1:22.3	A lot to talk about.
1:23.7	But what you don't generally talk about and what I like to talk about here is you and
1:29.3	your story and it's such an interesting story.
1:33.8	So is it?
1:34.8	It is.
1:35.8	Well, we'll be the judge of that.
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