# Best Of: Liberalism Under Pressure w/ Ezra Klein, Matt Yglesias, & Derek Thompson

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Podcast: [The Argument](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-argument-7510944)
Published: 2025-12-29T19:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.theargumentmag.com/s/the-argument-podcast
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## Resource

At the end of the year, I wanted to revisit our very first podcast conversation with some of my favorite liberal journalists. In our very first live show in Washington, D.C., Derek Thompson, Ezra Klein, and Matt Yglesias joined me for a disagreement-ridden conversation to tape the first episode of our new video podcast, The Argument. We talk about why Matt spends so much of his time arguing with the left, whether Ezra thinks it matters “who shot first” as the right ramps up its att...

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