Last weekend, in the course of about 36 hours, Vladimir Putin faced - and then survived - one of the most serious challenges to his rule in over 20 years. The executive producer of New York Times Opinion Audio is Annie-Rose Strasser. Fact-checking by Michelle Harris, Kate Sinclair, Mary Marge Locker and Rollin Hu. This episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” is produced by Emefa Agawu, Annie Galvin, Jeff Geld, Rogé Karma and Kristin Lin. Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at can find transcripts (posted midday) and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at /ezra-klein-podcast, and you can find Ezra on Twitter Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at. JosephĪ More Beautiful and Terrible History by Jeanne Theoharis The Trumpet of Conscience by Martin Luther King Jr. Where Do We Go From Here by Martin Luther King Jr. The Truly Disadvantaged by William Julius Wilson “Rethinking the Problem of Alliance: Organized Labor and Black Political Life” by Brandon M. “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence” by Martin Luther King Jr.įrom the War on Poverty to the War on Crime by Elizabeth Hinton “Imagining the nonviolent state” by Ezra Klein If you have a question for Ezra, send it to with the subject line, “AMA.” We’re taping an “Ask Me Anything” episode soon. And it turns out that King understood a lot about politics that we’ve lost sight of today. In this conversation, taped in January, we follow the commitment that animates much of Terry’s work: to take King seriously as a philosopher, rather than as purely a political actor. King’s philosophies and forcing a confrontation with what King actually said and believed, rather than what he’s come to represent. His work is committed to rescuing the nuances of Dr. He is the co-editor of “To Shape a New World: Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr.,” the editor of “Fifty Years Since MLK,” and the author of numerous popular and academic articles on King’s political thought. Loeb associate professor of social sciences at Harvard, where he specializes in Black political thought. King’s political philosophy as deeply as Brandon Terry. There’s perhaps no scholar working today who studies Dr. Most of us can cite a handful of his most famous quotes, but King’s actual teachings span five books, countless speeches and sermons, and years of detailed correspondence. I would go as far as to say he should be considered one of America’s founding fathers, which is one reason why I wanted to revisit this episode on Independence Day.īut the paradox of King’s legacy is that while many revere him, very few actually read him. His words and legacy are routinely evoked by politicians of both major parties. His birthday is one of just 11 federal holidays. He has a national memorial in Washington, D.C. It’s hard to think of a more celebrated figure of the 20th century than Martin Luther King Jr.
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