Why We Can’t Have Nice Things with Ezra Klein

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

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Politics, News, News Commentary, Comedy

4.5 • 7.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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As Democrats struggle to define the future they want to create, we're joined by Ezra Klein, host of The New York Times podcast "The Ezra Klein Show" and co-author of "Abundance," to examine why turning progressive visions into reality has become so difficult. We explore how good intentions have created obstacles, how empowering officials can streamline government, and what could be achieved without bureaucratic constraints. Follow The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart on social media for more: > YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@weeklyshowpodcast > Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weeklyshowpodcast > TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@weeklyshowpodcast > X: https://x.com/weeklyshowpod > BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/theweeklyshowpodcast.com Host/Executive Producer – Jon Stewart Executive Producer – James Dixon Executive Producer – Chris McShane Executive Producer – Caity Gray Lead Producer – Lauren Walker Producer – Brittany Mehmedovic Video Editor & Engineer – Rob Vitolo Audio Editor & Engineer – Nicole Boyce Researcher & Associate Producer – Gillian Spear Music by Hansdle Hsu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.4	Hey, everybody, welcome to the weekly show podcast.
0:40.0	My name is John Stewart.
0:41.1	We are taping us on Wednesday, March 26th.
0:43.1	You probably get it Thursday, March 27th.
0:46.1	Who knows what will be revealed in the secretive group chats of our nation's most powerful people between now and then
0:57.0	perhaps lunch orders an egg salad with onions and celery on a nice pumper nickel perhaps that's
1:05.8	the order that went around i i've got to stand up on this situation for just one moment. A, this is why I don't
1:15.3	do group chats. They're so fucking annoying, not even when you're obviously planning on bombing
1:22.5	another country. But just in the sense, I think their group chat must have had what, Pete Hags at
1:27.9	and the Department of Defense and the National Security Advisor Walts and generals and
1:32.5	a journalist from the Atlantic. There must have been 16 or 18 people. The notifications
1:40.1	alone would make me want to launch missiles. Every fucking thumbs up emoji or bicep arm and fist
1:52.4	pump and fire and every little, you got that right. I agree. And your phone, ding,
1:58.7	bing, bing, bing, I would have thrown my phone out the window
2:04.7	it's it's maddening
2:06.5	there's got to be a
2:08.4	four people on a chat room
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