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:“<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/20/business/media/trump-media-year-in-review-2025.html" target="_blank">329 Days of Trump</a>” by Michael M. Grynbaum and Stuart A. Thompson“<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/opinion/jd-vance-pope-trump-immigration.html" target="_blank">Two Middle East Negotiators Assess Trump’s Israel-Hamas Deal</a>” by Ezra Klein<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/318687/the-future-is-history-national-book-award-winner-by-masha-gessen/" target="_blank">The Future Is History</a> by M. GessenBook Recommendations:<a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374617127/tomorrowisyesterday/" target="_blank">Tomorrow Is Yesterday</a> by Hussein Agha and Robert Malley<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777485/one-day-everyone-will-have-always-been-against-this-national-book-award-by-omar-el-akkad/" target="_blank">One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This</a> by Omar El Akkad<a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374614546/thehill/" target="_blank">The Hill</a> by Harriet ClarkThoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com.You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/column/ezra-klein-podcast" target="_blank">nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast</a>, and you can find Ezra on Twitter @ezraklein. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs</a>.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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