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Why Trump’s 2024 Voters Are Turning on Him

October 23, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

Sarah Longwell has probably conducted more focus groups with Trump voters than anyone else in America — hundreds of them, starting in Trump’s first term. So she has a treasure trove of qualitative evidence of how voters have evolved in the…
Why You Can’t Capitulate to Trump

October 20, 2026 · 1 hr 19 min

If you want to understand the ruins of President Trump’s foreign policy, look no further than Canada. Trump tried to strong-arm America’s trading partner and closest ally with punishing tariffs and threats of becoming the “51st state” in…
Is There an A.I. Bubble? A Debate.

October 16, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

The gargantuan bet on the future of A.I. is driving the U.S. stock market and economic growth. And the building of data centers is sucking up so many construction resources, it’s crowding out the construction of homes.The…
Is It Wrong to Love a Chatbot?

October 14, 2026 · 1 hr 17 min

Roughly half of American adults are using chatbots. Nearly one in five U.S. adults has chatted with an A.I. that simulates a romantic partner. And some children now struggle to distinguish between talking to chatbots and humans.What does…
What if A.I. Is Just a ‘Normal Technology’?

October 9, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

At the center of the country’s debates over artificial intelligence is a simple but hard question: What kind of technology is this?Is A.I. a kind of “alien mind”? Are we unleashing a new species on the planet, one that will transform human…

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‘This Is Nuts.’ An OpenAI Insider Explains Why He Quit.

October 7, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min

Last week, David Robinson resigned from OpenAI. He’d been in charge of writing the safety reports for new models and came to believe that OpenAI and the broader artificial intelligence industry lack the safety culture necessary to protect…
Is the World Getting Uglier?

October 2, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

President Trump and the modern right have a theory of beauty. You see it in Trump’s gilded Oval Office, his imagined arch and his executive order requiring classical and traditional styles for certain federal buildings. This isn’t my…
Bill Gates’s Blunt Warning on A.I.

September 29, 2026 · 1 hr 18 min

Bill Gates thinks A.I. alarmism hasn’t gone far enough. He believes the years ahead will be marred by catastrophic cyberattacks, bio-terrorism and mass job loss unless the government acts, because he thinks the idea that the A.I. industry…
What Does Abdul El-Sayed Believe?

September 25, 2026 · 1 hr 38 min

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, has been one of the most argued-over candidates this election cycle. If he wins, he’d be the first-ever Muslim senator, and he’s faced a torrent of attacks about his faith…
Jensen Huang Thinks A.I. Alarmism Has Gone Too Far

September 23, 2026 · 1 hr 52 min

Jensen Huang might just be the single most influential person in artificial intelligence today.Huang is the chief executive of Nvidia, the company that designs nearly all the chips and infrastructure that the rest of the industry relies…
About the Coming Paywall

October 2, 2024 · 4 min

In a couple weeks, the archives of our show will only be available to subscribers. Here’s why that’s happening and what to expect. To learn more, go to nytimes.com/podcasts. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts…
Coming Soon: The Ezra Klein Show

January 13, 2021 · 3 min

Every Tuesday and Friday, Ezra Klein invites you into a conversation about something that matters. How do we address climate change if the political system fails to act? Has the logic of markets infiltrated too many aspects of our lives?…

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Ezra Klein invites you into a conversation on something that matters. How do we address climate change if the political system fails to act? Has the logic of markets infiltrated too many aspects of our lives? What is the future of the Republican Party? What do psychedelics teach us about consciousness? What does sci-fi understand about our present that we miss? Can our food system be just to humans and animals alike? Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher.