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Episode
The Man Who Told Biden Not To Run: Trump Is Enacting Regime Change (Ezra Klein)
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483K
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Episode483K
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Published
18mo ago
Apr 13, 2025
Length
1h 09m
show avg 1h 04m
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Chapters
On today's episode, Rory and Alastair are joined by Ezra Klein.
- 0:00JD Vance’s transformation & personality instability
- 1:04Intro to Ezra Klein and his background
- 3:25Journalism & the political climate
- 4:03Trump, authoritarianism & institutional leverage
- 13:05Weakness of civil society & institutional surrender
- 19:00Structural regime change under MAGA
- 20:00Origins of polarization & ‘Why We’re Polarized’
- 24:49Democratic Party strategy: What went wrong in 2024
- 28:05Cultural politics: immigration, gender identity, wokeness
- 32:16Inflation, cost of living, & Biden’s policy problems
- 34:00Future Democratic leaders
- 38:07Return to JD Vance: psychological analysis
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