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The Ezra Klein Show - Venezuela, Renee Good and Trump’s ‘Assault on Hope’

The shocking events of January have sent a message: America works differently now. 

M. Gessen is a Times Opinion columnist and the author of books about living under autocracy, including the National Book Award-winning “The Future Is History.” They have been a clear, relentless and perceptive voice on what it means and what it is like to live in a country that is turning into a different kind of regime. And they wrote an essay on the seizure of the president of Venezuela, calling it “a blow — quite likely fatal — to the new world order of law, justice and human rights that was heralded in the wake of World War II.” 

Mentioned:

“329 Days of Trump” by Michael M. Grynbaum and Stuart A. Thompson

“Two Middle East Negotiators Assess Trump’s Israel-Hamas Deal” by Ezra Klein

The Future Is History by M. Gessen

Book Recommendations:

Tomorrow Is Yesterday by Hussein Agha and Robert Malley

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad

The Hill by Harriet Clark

Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com.

You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast, and you can find Ezra on Twitter @ezraklein. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.

This episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” was produced by Annie Galvin and Marie Cascione. Fact-checking by Michelle Harris. Our senior engineer is Jeff Geld, with additional mixing by Aman Sahota and Isaac Jones. Our executive producer is Claire Gordon. The show’s production team also includes Rollin Hu, Kristin Lin, Emma Kehlbeck, Jack McCordick, Marina King and Jan Kobal. Original music by Pat McCusker. Audience strategy by Kristina Samulewski and Shannon Busta. The director of New York Times Opinion Audio is Annie-Rose Strasser.

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WSJ What’s News - What’s News in Markets: Defense Stocks Rise, Beer Beats, Pharma Deal

How American oil companies are responding following U.S. action in Venezuela? And why were Constellation investors happy with lower beer sales? Plus, how can a big pharma deal help Eli Lilly compete in a new treatment area? Host Francesca Fontana discusses the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them.


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WSJ Your Money Briefing - What’s News in Markets: Defense Stocks Rise, Beer Beats, Pharma Deal

How American oil companies are responding following U.S. action in Venezuela? And why were Constellation investors happy with lower beer sales? Plus, how can a big pharma deal help Eli Lilly compete in a new treatment area? Host Francesca Fontana discusses the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them.

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The Daily - ‘The Interview’: George Saunders Is No Saint (Despite What You May Have Heard)

The celebrated author on the challenges of being kind, the benefits of meditation and the reality check of death.

 

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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Renee Good and Trump’s Age of Immunity

You saw it. We all saw it. We all saw what happened in Minneapolis when an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good for the crime of being in her car. This week on Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern attempt to digest this week’s horrific events and wonder if there is even a possibility of justice. Dahlia recommends “They Didn’t Even Need A Deepfake” by Slate’s Molly Olmstead.


Later in the show, Mark speaks with Brian Finucane, a senior advisor to the International Crisis Group. He spent a decade in the U.S. State Department’s Office of the Legal Adviser. Brian and Mark discuss the lawlessness of Trump’s foreign policy (cough cough, Venezuela), and how the administration’s approach embraces some of the worst aspects of tough-guy masculinity.


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More or Less - Does Venezuela really have the biggest oil reserves in the world?

When people think of oil rich nations their mind generally goes to Saudi Arabia, Iraq and the US.

But according to international statistics, the country with the largest oil reserves is Venezuela, with 300 billion barrels worth.

At their peak they produced over 3.5 million barrels of the stuff per day. However, due to lack of investment, sanctions and mismanagement that peak is long gone.

Following their military intervention, the US administration claims they can get Venezuela's oil production up and running at full capacity within 18 months.

But can they, and why is it that estimates for other countries oil reserves have fluctuated but Venezuela’s has stayed at 300 billion barrels for over two decades?

Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Lizzy McNeill Series Producer: Tom Colls Editor: Richard Vadon Production Co-Ordinator: Brenda Brown Sound Mix: Dave O’Neill

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Global News Podcast - Iran protesters defy crackdown warning

Videos and messages that have made their way out of Iran despite an internet blackout show crowds gathering to protest against the government for a 13th night. Rights groups say they have documented the deaths of around 50 demonstrators amid an increasingly violent response by the authorities. Donald Trump has again warned that the US could strike Iran if protesters are killed, while Iran's leadership has accused the US of stoking unrest.

Also: a new video has emerged of the deadly shooting of a woman in Minneapolis by a US immigration enforcement officer, filmed by the agent who fired the lethal shots. We look at the family feud of the Beckhams. The mind-reader Oz Pearlman leaves a BBC presenter stunned when performing one of his tricks. Ten years after David Bowie's death, the musician's childhood home is set to open to the public. And is golf really a sport?

The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight.

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It Could Happen Here - It Could Happen Here Weekly 214

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 

- 2025 Q&A

- 2026 Predictions

- Trump Kidnaps Venezuelan President Maduro

- Inside Our AI Future: Report from CES

- Executive Disorder: Minneapolis ICE Shooting, Maduro, Iran & Aleppo Update

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Sources/Links:

Executive Disorder: Minneapolis ICE Shooting, Maduro, Iran & Aleppo Update

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115850817778602689 

https://t.me/s/Operasyon1 

https://x.com/war_noir/status/2008927274326761631?s=20 

https://x.com/vvanwilgenburg 

https://hengaw.net/ 

Https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/our-response-israel-gaza-war

https://files.constantcontact.com/7fef1c1f901/78a97f42-d0ad-4077-94b0-1e3300697e20.pdf?rdr=true 

https://www.defendrojava.org/news/ecr-statement-on-the-situation-in-aleppo

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/what-bombing-means-for-freedom-in-286094596/ 

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/trump-kidnaps-venezuelan-president-maduro-315837818/

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/minneapolis-ice-shooting-franklin-park-marimar-martinez-operation-midway-blitz/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/us/marimar-martinez-shooting-case-what-we-know

https://mprnews.org/story/2026/01/07/shooting-south-minneapolis-ice-agents-federal-operation

https://pbs.org/newshour/politics/2000-federal-agents-sent-to-minneapolis-area-to-carry-out-largest-immigration-operation-ever-ice-says

https://www.defendrojava.org/news/call-in-campaign-urge-congress-to-take-action-in-support-of-syrian-kurds

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