[Unedited] Ezra Klein with Krista Tippett

<p>Journalist Ezra Klein has been widely interviewed about his new book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/147670032X"><i>Why We're Polarized</i></a>. In this conversation, he's frank and reflective about what's at stake in human terms in this political moment. And he describes how we all — Democrat and Republican, journalist and citizen alike — walked into this as a way to trace our steps out of it.</p><p>Ezra Klein is the co-founder and editor-at-large of Vox Media and host of two podcasts: <a href="https://www.vox.com/the-weeds"><i>The Weeds</i></a> and <a href="https://www.vox.com/ezra-klein-show-podcast"><i>The Ezra Klein Show</i></a>. His book is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/147670032X"><i>Why We’re Polarized</i></a>.</p><p>This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Ezra Klein — How We Walked Into This and How We Can Walk Out." Find more at <a href="https://onbeing.org/programs/ezra-klein-how-we-walked-into-this-and-how-we-can-walk-out/">onbeing.org</a>.</p>