Ezra Klein on Media, Politics, and Models of the World
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4.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2016
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Ezra Klein, editor-in-chief of Vox.com, joins Tyler Cowen for a conversation on biases in digital media, the morality of meat-eating, how working for large organizations has changed his worldview, the psychographics of CEOs, what’s missing in public discourse, the most underrated member of the Obama administration, and why you should never follow his lead on what’s good culture.
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| 0:00.0 | Just a heads up that this episode of Conversations with Tyler does contain some strong language, |
| 0:04.9 | so listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:10.3 | Conversations with Tyler is produced by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, |
| 0:15.3 | bridging the gap between academic ideas and real-world problems. |
| 0:19.6 | Learn more at mercatis.org. |
| 0:22.2 | And for more conversations including videos, transcripts, and upcoming dates, |
| 0:26.9 | visit ConversationsWithT Tyler.com. |
| 0:32.5 | Before we get to today's conversation, I'd like to let you know of several upcoming |
| 0:37.0 | live dates with other guests, including Stephen Pinker, Joe Henry, |
| 0:42.1 | Chimpola Heary, Rabbi David Wolpy, and Malcolm Gladwell. All of these will be held in the |
| 0:48.3 | DC area and they're free to attend. For dates and for more information, just visit |
| 0:54.1 | ConversationsWithT Tyler.com. Today's conversation is with Ezra Klein, a Vox.com. |
| 1:01.1 | I sat down with Ezra recently in DC and I enjoyed hearing his thoughts on politics, |
| 1:06.7 | the future of media, the ethics of eating meat, and indeed the very future of our world. |
| 1:12.4 | This conversation is also being released on Ezra's podcast, and that's called the Ezra |
| 1:18.1 | Klein Show. Definitely check it out, it's very, very good. And special thanks to Panoply |
| 1:23.9 | for lending us the use of their studio to record this podcast. And now on to the conversation with |
| 1:30.6 | Ezra Klein. I'm here today with Ezra Klein, media entrepreneur, blogger, healthcare thinker. Ezra |
| 1:41.6 | is the creator of Vox.com, which is one of the most important up and coming and indeed now |
| 1:46.7 | established media sites. Ezra himself runs a podcast series. He thinks broadly and deeply |
| 1:53.1 | about everything. And I will stress, as I always do, this is the conversation I want to have with |
| 1:58.7 | Ezra, not the conversation you want to have with Ezra. I like this podcast disclaimer, I'm going |
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