Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2026-01-10
Books mentioned on Venezuela, Renee Good and Trump’s ‘Assault on Hope’ | The Ezra Klein Show
Masha Gessen recommended Tomorrow's Yesterday by Ernest Benshimol and One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Tomorrow's Yesterday
Tomorrow's Yesterday by Ernest Benshimol is a published work discussed within the context of contemporary political and cultural commentary.
Recommended“One is called Tomorrow's Yesterday. Mhm. Um which I think you've talked about on the podcast. The authors have been on the show if people would like to check that one out.”
Where to get it
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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad is a powerful, award-winning book of nonfiction that confronts urgent contemporary political realities, moral compromises, and historical reckonings.
Recommended“The other is a book that after I read it got the national book award which is uh one day everyone will have always been against this.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Future Is History
“guest today is Masha Gesson who grew up in the Soviet Union who's my colleague here at times opinion has written remarkable books like the future is history about living under Vladimir Putin”