Pushkin. I think I am a journalist first and foremost and I do have this desire to go to extreme places.

I'm, be honest about that.

Like, journalists are weird, like we do run towards burning buildings.

You know, it takes a certain kind of personality type to go into a war zone and to go into a disaster

zone where everybody else is going in the opposite direction.

That was Naomi Klein.

I'm Sam Fragoso and this is Talk Easy.

Welcome to the show. So, Hey everyone. Today our guest is journalist, climate change activist, and best-selling author

Naomi Klein. She is currently the senior correspondent at The Intercept and the inaugural Gloria Steinem endowed chair and media culture and feminist studies at Rutgers University

That was also for those counting my 97th try at that sentence. You're likely familiar with her

work in books including New York Times bestsellers like No Logo and the Shock

Doctrine, the Rise of Disaster Capitalism.

Her latest book from 2019 is called On Fire, the Burning Case for a Green New Deal.

As we continue making this show in the middle of a pandemic, we're going to have on guests

who can speak to this moment, this crisis, with expertise.

If you'd like to stick with us, we'll be announcing our lineup for the weeks ahead

this Wednesday, April 1st on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. You can follow us over at Talk Easy Pond. I mention all this because

I know we're all trying to build some structure in this precarious time. So everyone here at Talk Easy is doing their best to stay consistent and to make

this show for you every Sunday morning. Today is Naomi Klein. She was born in Montreal and she brings her uniquely

journalistic and Canadian perspective to the COVID-19 crisis. She is a

tireless reporter who's been researching and writing about

American politics and capitalism for the past 20 years. She's also traveled across the globe to speak on the climate crisis,

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