Ezra Klein
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1,272 appearances
3 recordings
1 series
first heard Mar 2026
last heard yesterday
Ezra Klein’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 3 in all, peaking in Sep 2026 with 2.
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They were able to do that.
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That seemed impossible, proved possible.
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And now they're going to now they're finding it's like impossible to build a data center.
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Yeah.
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And like that's what doing other kinds of things in the world teaches you.
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Yes.
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That there are a lot of problems that are not possible to solve, not because you cannot come up with the idea for them, but because you are dealing with the messy realities constantly.
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of societies, of politics, of values, of logistics.
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And it'll impose a kind of realism, I think, on the industries that it has not always had.
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think that's a good place to end.
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Always a final question.
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What are three books you'd recommend to the audience?
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She would be so happy to hear that.
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People should go check out our conversation with Priya Parker.
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Jasmine Sun, thank you so much.
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Hard Fork · The Ezra Klein Show: How Fast Will A.I. Agents Rip Through the Economy? · 27 Mar 2026
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It's your day to play.
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The thing about covering AI over the past few years is that we're typically talking about the future.
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Every new model, impressive as it was, seemed like proof of concept for the models that would be coming soon.
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The models that could actually do useful work on their own reliably.
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The models that would actually make jobs obsolete or new things possible.
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