Ezra Klein

Blocks w/ Neal Brennan

Neal Brennan

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Comedy, Mental Health

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2025

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Neal Brennan interviews Ezra Klein (The Ezra Klein Show) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks. 00:00 Intro 00:28 Being a liberal leader 1:40 Biden & Democrat Ineptitude 12:32 Social Media 17:30 Future for Democrats 22:22 Sponsor: BetterHelp 23:40 Sponsor: CookUnity 25:09 Finding the right candidate 28:42 Career pressure 42:53 Transition from Writer to Performer 47:12 Sponsor: Huel 49:16 Sponsor: Mando 51:07 Information Hygiene 1:01:45 Joe Rogan and Podcasting 1:13:05 Not Paying Attention ---------------------------------------------------------- Watch @EzraKleinShow Follow Neal Brennan: https://www.instagram.com/nealbrennan https://twitter.com/nealbrennan https://www.tiktok.com/@mrnealbrennan Watch Neal Brennan: Crazy Good on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81728557 Watch Neal Brennan: Blocks on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81036234 Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased). Edited by Will Hagle ([email protected]) Sponsors: This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://www.betterhelp.com/neal and get on your way to being your best self. Go to https://www.cookunity.com/nealfree for free premium meals for life. Thanks to CookUnity for supporting the show! Visit https://www.Huel.com and use promo code NEAL to get 15% off for new customers. Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with Mando and get 20% off + free shipping with promo code [NEAL] at https://www.shopmando.com! #mandopod Sponsor Blocks: https://public.liveread.io/media-kit/blocks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	My guest today I'm very excited about.
0:02.6	He's got his own podcast.
0:04.2	We'll call it the Ezra Klein show.
0:07.0	It jumps around.
0:08.0	He can't find a stable home for it.
0:11.0	And he's got a book out called Abundance, which is what I understand.
0:15.0	It's about his checking account for the last four years.
0:19.0	Is that about right?
0:20.0	I wish. Still? You still don Is that about right? I wish.
0:22.7	Still, you still don't have any money?
0:23.5	I don't see how that's possible.
0:26.5	Ezra Klein is here, everybody.
0:29.8	It's a, it's a, it's a, it's liberal Christmas.
0:32.9	Okay.
0:34.4	Thank you for coming.
0:35.9	Thanks for having me.
0:38.5	I see you as sort of. Am I sort of... I mean, kind of.
0:41.6	What do I bring except for bad news?
0:43.1	Hanukkah Harry?
0:45.7	Do you find yourself to be sort of a de facto liberal leader?
0:50.7	In the way that John Stewart was, didn't like it, resisted it, I'm on after robots.
0:55.6	You're on CNN.
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