UNLOCKED: A Very Nice and Polite Argument with Ezra Klein

Current Affairs

Comedy, Government, News, Culture, Politics

4.4 • 645 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2019

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Originally available only to Patreon subscribers, this episode has been unlocked for all listeners! Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson sits down with founder and editor-at-large of Vox, Ezra Klein. Together, they debate (in a very friendly manner) the successes and failures of the Bernie Sanders campaign, incremental change versus radical change, and whether Nathan was justified in writing mean things about Vox in 2016.

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0:00.0	Well, you know, this is kind of New Orleans.
0:01.7	I mean, I'm...
0:02.7	Now, on New Orleans, it's a little more...
0:04.4	The colors are brighter here, generally.
0:05.7	No, I'm going full Bay Area, right?
0:08.0	I got a hoodie on, you know.
0:09.8	It's Mardi Gras every day here.
0:11.5	Yeah, like, I'm dressed like a billionaire right now.
0:13.3	I know.
0:13.8	That was kind of my first thought.
0:15.6	Yeah, right?
0:16.4	Plain T-shirt and hoodie. Like, who knows how much money I have? For our listeners, Ezra Klein looks like
0:22.0	Mark Zuckerberg confirming every statured about him. So far, my impressions are undiluted. They are,
0:28.4	okay, so I'm going to introduce you. Good evening, current affairs, listeners. I am here with
0:33.3	Mr. Ezra Klein. He is the founder and editor at large at Vox.com.
0:40.4	Sorry, what is it an editor at large?
0:42.1	Oh, see, that's the whole point of the editor-a-large title.
0:44.6	Nobody knows.
0:45.7	Yeah.
0:46.1	You're an editor, but you're at-large.
0:48.2	We have an editor at-large, actually.
0:50.3	But we have it because she, like, she is literally at large.
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