# The Ezra Klein Show

10 Hacker News commenters recommended The Ezra Klein Show and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended for interviews that probe guests' beliefs and give informative, high-quality discussion. Some listeners say the show has declined and now feels over-produced.

## Why people recommend it

- Informative, high-quality interviews (4 comments): "Worth watching Ezra Klein's interview with Bill Gates." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50106311)) "An interesting listen on this world" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48248309)) "is high quality and informative" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48452377))
- Probes guests' beliefs thoroughly (2 comments): "he's a fantastic interviewer, and I think he does a great job at both helping define and then interrogating the strongest construction of his guest's beliefs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46413406)) "His goal is to guide the person he's talking to critical places that explain their own world view" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49847593))
- Recommended episodes on key topics (2 comments): "There's a great episode of the Ezra Klein Show on this topic too" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48184906)) "Worth watching Ezra Klein's interview with Bill Gates." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50106311))

## What people warn about

- Quality has declined over the years (2 comments): "His podcast has gotten a lot worse over the years. It feels over-produced now" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46413467)) "I miss the Ezra Klein that did a weekly policy whitepaper deep dive" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46413633))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Dwarkesh Podcast](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dwarkesh-podcast.md): 29 recommend
- [Oxide and Friends](https://hackerapproved.com/p/oxide-and-friends-podcast.md): 26 recommend
- [Acquired podcast](https://hackerapproved.com/p/acquired-podcast.md): 25 recommend
- [Behind the Bastards podcast](https://hackerapproved.com/p/behind-the-bastards-podcast.md): 18 recommend
- [Mindscape podcast by Sean Carroll](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mindscape-podcast.md): 18 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Ezra Klein Show", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ezra-klein-show/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).