Sophie, Standing There
Reese’s Book Club selected Meg Mason’s Sophie, Standing There for October 2026. About this month’s pick A book-festival job once put Sophie Pattison close to the literary world she loves. With her…
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Partita
Read with Jenna selected Barbara Kingsolver’s Partita for October 2026. About this month’s pick Livia Cable has settled into a quiet rural life when a call from a former lover reopens the…
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Sarah Longwell
Three novels for getting lost in a story: Sally Rooney, John Williams, and Barbara Kingsolver, recommended on The Ezra Klein Show.
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Chrystia Freeland
Former Canadian deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland joins Ezra Klein for a conversation about Canada’s response to American pressure, trade negotiations, and the limits of political power.
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Azeem Azhar and Paul Kedrosky
Technology entrepreneur Azeem Azhar and investor Paul Kedrosky join Ezra Klein to debate the extraordinary investment flowing into artificial intelligence and whether it represents durable growth or a financial bubble.
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Playing and Reality
D. W. Winnicott
The Origins of Totalitarianism
Hannah Arendt
Computer Power and Human Reason
Joseph Weizenbaum
Sherry Turkle
Sherry Turkle joins Ezra Klein to discuss relationships with chatbots and what happens when machines become objects of emotional attachment. Their conversation considers technology’s effects on intimacy and human connection.
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Arvind Narayanan
Princeton computer scientist Arvind Narayanan joins Ezra Klein to discuss the argument that artificial intelligence can be understood as a technology with historical precedents, rather than as something beyond comparison.
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The Challenger Launch Decision
Diane Vaughan
Little Witch Hazel
Phoebe Wahl
The Sabbath
Abraham Joshua Heschel
David Robinson
David Robinson speaks with Ezra Klein after leaving OpenAI, where he worked on safety reports for new models. The conversation explores his concerns about safety culture and the risks of advanced artificial…
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The Voice That Is Great Within Us
Hayden Carruth, editor
Love in the Time of Cholera
Gabriel García Márquez
Ulysses
James Joyce
Debbie Millman
Designer and Design Matters host Debbie Millman joins Ezra Klein to consider why so much of the contemporary built and visual world can feel drab or interchangeable, and what different ideas of…
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The Correspondent
Virginia Evans
Into the Wood Chipper
Nicholas Enrich
The Infinity Machine
Sebastian Mallaby
Bill Gates
Bill Gates joins Ezra Klein to discuss the risks of artificial intelligence, the role of government, and the possibility of using new technology to reduce rather than deepen inequality.
