Ezra Klein

Ezra Klein is an American political commentator and journalist born on May 9, 1984, in Irvine, California. He is currently a New York Times columnist since 2021 and hosts The Ezra Klein Show podcast. He co-founded Vox in 2014 alongside Matthew Yglesias and Melissa Bell, serving as editor-in-chief and later editor-at-large. His career includes previous roles at The Washington Post (where he managed Wonkblog), The American Prospect, Bloomberg News, and MSNBC. He has authored two books published by Simon & Schuster: Why We're Polarized (2020) and Abundance, cowritten with Derek Thompson (2025).