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Plus: Data company Palantir hits another revenue record despite criticism over its role in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. And lawmakers are set to vote on ending the partial government shutdown. Daniel Bach hosts.
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Arto Minasyan is originally from Armenia. He's a serial entrepreneur, having started 7 companies, selling 4 of them. He used to be into the sciences, having his PhD in Mathematics and Machine Learning. But outside of tech, he's married with 2 kids. He loves to read novels, and in fact writes books himself (mainly his memoirs). He loves to ski, and aligned with his Armenian heritage, he loves to spend time with his big family.
Arto and his colleague got breakfast together, and started talking through an idea around clean audio for conferencing and beyond. They built a prototype, and then COVID hit - which made their tool very popular.
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In his new book, Wall Street Journal tech columnist Christopher Mims offers a guide for getting the most out of the technology. He's compiled two dozen "Laws of AI" to shed light on the best ways to use these generative tools.
Yesterday we talked about how individuals can improve their productivity with AI, and today we're digging into how organizations can use — or sometimes misuse — it.
It's Groundhog Day, and Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, meaning his prediction is six more weeks of winter weather. Meanwhile in Washington, D.C., the House Rules Committee is meeting on Monday in an effort to fully reopen the government. And Americans are living longer than ever; in 2024, U.S. life expectancy reached 79 years old, the highest mark in country history. In business, the modern day space race is taking over California's Central Coast, raising environmental concerns, and a Palo Alto company is selling flying vehicles that customers can fly within limited airspace and without a pilot's license. Read more at LATimes.com.
A.M. Edition for Feb. 3. Elon Musk’s well-established rocket business and AI startup are joining forces to form a $1.25 trillion company. WSJ’s Berber Jin says the move was unexpected as industry observers had thought xAI would merge with Tesla instead. Plus, the Clinton's offer to give depositions, as the Epstein scandal sends shockwaves across the Atlantic. And Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem says that officers in Minneapolis will receive body cameras "effective immediately". Luke Vargas hosts.
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Last week, F.B.I. agents searched an election center in Fulton County, Ga., seizing truckloads of ballots from 2020. The move escalated the investigation into President Trump’s claims of voter fraud in the state after his 2020 defeat in the state.
It has since been learned that Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, was present during the search.
Devlin Barrett, a Times reporter who covers the F.B.I., discusses the presence of the nation’s top intelligence official and the stunning phone call that shows how personally involved Mr. Trump has become in the investigation.
Guest: Devlin Barrett, a New York Times reporter covering the Justice Department and the F.B.I.
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My motivation for this episode is personal. One of my resolutions this year is to spend more time hosting and to make those gatherings more meaningful.
I think a lot of us wish we had better social lives and a stronger feeling of community around us. But it’s hard. We’re busy, we’re tired, and social planning and hosting can feel like just more work. So I asked Priya Parker on the show to help.
Parker is the author of “The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters” and a wonderful Substack, Group Life. She’s also a conflict resolution facilitator. And she just thinks about gathering and hosting in a different way from anyone else I’ve ever met. For her, it’s about more than just throwing a great dinner party; it’s about how we build community across differences, all the way up to how gathering can help create a better politics. The way Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign thought about community and built community among its volunteers was partly based on her work and advice.
This episode is a bit of a break from politics — but also not. Because pulling the people we love closer and spending more time together rather than alone are as essential as any political or civic discipline could be right now.
This conversation contains strong language.
Mentioned:
In Defense of Politics by Bernard Crick
I And Thou by Martin Buber
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
“Adorable Little Detonators” by Allison P. Davis
“The Accused” by Katie J.M. Baker
“The Black Thought Project” by Alicia Walters
“Zohran’s Smile” by Anand Giridharadas
Book Recommendations:
The Politics of Ritual by Molly Farneth
On Repentance and Repair by Danya Ruttenberg
BoyMom by Ruth Whippman
Talk to Your Boys by Christopher Pepper and Joanna Schroeder
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.
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