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Ezra Klein wants to sit you down for a conversation twice a week. His podcast, TheEzra Klein Show, aims to discuss things that matter. The topics are never black and white and invite nuance to the discourse. Klein is essentially trying to make his audience more informed and open to varying perspectives when approaching sensitive topics.

Klein doesn’t shy away from controversy. In fact, that’s what he’s built his platform on. He’ll bring on guests from both sides of the aisle on each episode’s topic, even when it’s difficult to hear, to make sure listeners get the full picture.

Theepisode on information consumption is one of our favorites. Every day our brains are bombarded with info and it’s tricky to retain it all. So what ends up sticking? It seems like we can read an article and forget about it the next day but some linger on in our memory. Why is that, and how do we make sure to actually process what we’re reading/watching/listening to? Klein brings on researcher Maryanne Wolf to discuss the relationship between the process of reading and the neuroscience of the brain.

Warning- This is not a podcast you can skip through, or listen to on 2x speed. You’ll have to really digest the conversation to keep up so we’d say it’s more educational than a time-filler.

You can listen to The Ezra Klein Show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or the NY Times.

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