#462 – Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson: Politics, Trump, AOC, Elon & DOGE

<p>Ezra Klein is one of the most influential voices representing the left-wing of American politics. He is a columnist for the NY Times and host of The Ezra Klein Show. Derek Thompson is a writer at The Atlantic and host of the Plain English podcast. Together they have written a new book titled Abundance that lays out a set of ideas for the future of the Democratic party.<br />

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Abundance (new book): <a href="https://amzn.to/4iZ1S8J">https://amzn.to/4iZ1S8J</a><br />

Ezra&#8217;s X: <a href="https://x.com/ezraklein/">https://x.com/ezraklein/</a><br />

Ezra&#8217;s Instagram: <a href="https://instagram.com/ezraklein">https://instagram.com/ezraklein</a><br />

Ezra&#8217;s YouTube: <a href="https://youtube.com/EzraKleinShow">https://youtube.com/EzraKleinShow</a><br />

The New York Times: <a href="https://nytimes.com/by/ezra-klein">https://nytimes.com/by/ezra-klein</a><br />

Derek&#8217;s X: <a href="https://x.com/dkthomp">https://x.com/dkthomp</a><br />

Plain English (podcast): <a href="https://www.theringer.com/podcasts/plain-english-with-derek-thompson">https://www.theringer.com/podcasts/plain-english-with-derek-thompson</a><br />

The Atlantic: <a href="https://theatlantic.com/author/derek-thompson/">https://theatlantic.com/author/derek-thompson/</a></p>

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