Episode

5/14 Fight Over Republican Cuts to Medicaid & “Abundance” w/ Ezra Klein

May 14, 2025

Today Sam has his much-anticipated discussion with Ezra Klein about his book Abundance, tune in! Sam and Ezra’s convo is wide-ranging, but focuses mostly on housing, regulation and the influence of money in politics. But first, Sam checks on the Republicans’ efforts to make cuts to Medicaid.

To hear more from Ezra, check out his podcast The Ezra Klein Show: https://www.nytimes.com/column/ezra-klein-podcast

Or read his book Abundance: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Abundance/Ezra-Klein/9781668023488

Or check out his column at the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/column/ezra-klein

After that, Sam checks in on a Congressional hearing where RJK Jr. won’t answer whether he’d recommend his kids be vaccinated for Measles, despite that it’s already infected more than 1,000 people in the country. Kennedy goes on to say he doesn’t think people should be taking medical advice to him. Remind you, he’s the head of Donald Trump’s Health and Human Services Department. Chuck Schumer won’t address the new reporting from Jake Tapper that Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries and co. were working on a plan to pull Biden from the top of the presidential ticket before the disastrous debate. Then, Steven Crowder tries to explain why Trump’s toothless executive order to regulate the cost of pharmaceutical drugs is a shot across the bow of Marxist countries like Germany. It’s funny but doesn’t really make sense.

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