Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2026-01-10
Books mentioned on Venezuela, Renee Good and Trump’s ‘Assault on Hope’ | The Ezra Klein Show
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 exploring complex historical or social themes.
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 critically acclaimed literary work that confronts contemporary political and moral hypocrisies.
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.”
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The Bald Hills
The Bald Hills by Lauran Paine is a Western novel known for its frontier setting and traditional genre themes.
Recommended“And then I just read a galley of an autofiction novel by a writer named Harry Clark. Uh and it's called The Hill. Uh and it's a book uh about uh a girl who is raised by a mother who is serving a life sentence in prison.”
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”