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On Being with Krista Tippett

[Unedited] Ezra Klein with Krista Tippett

On Being with Krista Tippett

On Being Studios

Sociology, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Krista Tippett, Arts, Culture, On Being, Society, Society & Culture, Science, Social Sciences

4.710.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2020

⏱️ 121 minutes

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Summary

Journalist Ezra Klein has been widely interviewed about his new book, Why We're Polarized. In this conversation, he's frank and reflective about what's at stake in human terms in this political moment. And he describes how we all — Democrat and Republican, journalist and citizen alike — walked into this as a way to trace our steps out of it.

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0:00.0

Support for On Being with Christa Tippett comes from the Fetzer Institute, helping build

0:04.3

the spiritual foundation for a loving world.

0:07.1

Fetzer envisions a world that embraces love as a guiding principle and animating force

0:11.7

for our lives.

0:13.1

A powerful love that helps us live in sacred relationship with ourselves, others, and

0:17.8

the natural world.

0:19.1

Learn more by visiting Fetzer.org.

0:22.4

I'm Christa Tippett.

0:23.6

Up next, my unedited conversation with journalist and podcaster Ezra Klein.

0:29.4

There is a shorter, produced version of this wherever you found this podcast.

0:33.7

Hi, Ezra.

0:36.7

Hello, how are you?

0:38.2

Here we are.

0:39.7

Here we are.

0:41.5

The book is great.

0:42.5

I made two many notes.

0:43.9

I have too many notes in front of me.

0:46.2

That's wonderful.

0:47.2

I think that you and I together are capable of having a conversation even five too many

0:51.4

notes.

0:52.4

Well, I mean, we'll see.

0:54.4

Let's knock it over confident.

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