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He brought one of the survivors of Epstein's abuse to this week's State of the Union.

And he's coined the term Epstein class, meaning the group of wealthy and connected individuals that he says deserve accountability, even if they're Democrats.

Khanna is also the congressman from Silicon Valley, meaning he's worked with companies like Google and Meta and seen them transition over the years.

And he's at the forefront of one of the most important political questions of our moment.

Is AI about to put us all out of work?

And is the government going to do anything about it?

So this week, I traveled to Washington, D.C.

to talk to Khanna about this and a whole lot more.

Let's dig in.

Congressman Ro Khanna, thank you for joining me.

Thanks for having me.

I want to talk to you for a lot of reasons, but specifically about two issues most clearly.

I think that with this second Trump administration, some of the big dramas have been expected, you know, over immigration, over things like the economy.

But things like the Epstein files and things like AI and the future of work have become these topics.

I feel like you are really right at the center of both of those.

I wanted to start with the Epstein files.

This has become such a large part of the work you're doing in Congress.

I just wanted to know where that started for you.

How did you become the voice for this issue?

Can you give us a status update?