No. 23 in America · Week of November 9, 2026
New York Times columnist, host of The Ezra Klein Show
Ezra Klein is a New York Times columnist and podcast host, and a co-founder of Vox.
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Score breakdown
Nine parts, measured fresh each week. This is where Ezra Klein's points came from, and the evidence behind each one.
Debate record
Won the 2025 Munk Debate against the motion that this is America's golden age.
Klein wrote Why We're Polarized and, with Derek Thompson, Abundance.
He held editorial positions at The Washington Post and The American Prospect.
On the record
2025
May 29, 2025
Formal debateWon the audience vote
Against Kellyanne Conway and Kevin Roberts · Munk Debates, Toronto
Ezra Klein argued against the motion with Ben Rhodes. The con side won the audience vote, swinging 1 percent.
2018
April 2018
Broadcast debate
Against Sam Harris · Waking Up podcast #123
A face-off over Harris's interview with Charles Murray. Klein opposed Murray's policy proposals and argued about how such conversations should be had at all; Harris charged Murray's critics with dishonesty. Commentators split on who argued better.
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