Best Cory Klein Podcasts (2025)

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An AI Safety Expert Explains the Dangers of AI with Steven Adler 1:34:31

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Why should we assume that AI is safe? As the technology has grown at an alarming rate, companies like OpenAI have seen wrongful death lawsuits begin to stack up as their product drives users to suicide. With the mental health risks, the societal risks, and the unknown risks, we have to ask, can AI ever really be safe? This week, Adam speaks with St…

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If America Is “Winning,” Why Does the Economy Feel Like This? (with Talmon Joseph Smith) 40:58

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America has never been wealthier—so why does it feel so hard to get by? New York Times economics reporter Talmon Joseph Smith joins Nick and Goldy this week to unpack the growing gap between economic headlines and the lived reality of most Americans. With nearly $200 trillion in national wealth and half the country holding just a sliver of it, they…

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Isaiah 9:1-7 - For To Us A Child Is Born (Prince Of Peace) (Advent 2025) 33:05

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This sermon was delivered by Pastor Cory Klein at New Hope Church of Oxford on December 21, 2025. The text of Scripture is Isaiah 9:1-7.By Cory Klein

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Sunday School Lesson - Genesis 41:44-46 21:35

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Sunday School Lesson - Genesis 41:44-46 by Cory KleinBy Cory Klein

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Exploring the Depths of Wikipedia with Annie Rauwerda 1:27:07

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While it feels like the very concept of an accepted collective reality has crumbled around us, Wikipedia has gradually revealed itself to be our accepted arbiter of truth. How did this social project, built on the backs of countless volunteers, come to be the one site on the internet that we all pretty much agree to be “true”? Or mostly true, at le…

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The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding (with Osita Nwanevu) 43:07

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Extreme inequality and democratic decline aren’t separate crises—they’re the same crisis. This week, Osita Nwanevu joins Paul and Goldy to explain how America’s constitutional design, corporate power, and decades of upward redistribution have eroded both political and economic freedom. He outlines what real democratic governance would mean inside g…

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Isaiah 9:1-7 - For To Us A Child Is Born (Everlasting Father) (Advent 2025) 28:51

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This sermon was delivered by Pastor Cory Klein at New Hope Church of Oxford on December 14, 2025. The text of Scripture is Isaiah 9:1-7.By Cory Klein

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Sunday School Lesson - Genesis 41:33-43 27:13

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Sunday School Lesson on Genesis 41:33-43.By Cory Klein

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Plastic Pollution is Killing Us with Judith Enck 1:04:59

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Plastic is everywhere. Over the past century, we’ve stuffed our landfills, lined the bottom of the ocean floor, and even managed to get microscopic particles floating through our blood and bodies. Topping things off, the industry is only growing. Plastics simply do not go away, and neither will this problem unless we do something about it. This wee…

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From Abundance to Enshittification: 2025’s Must-Read Economics Books 31:14

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This week, Paul and Goldy look back at the most notable economics books of the year. They discuss Ezra Klein and David Thompson’s Abundance, Cory Doctorow’s blistering Enshittification, Thomas Piketty’s new works on inequality, Diane Coyle’s fresh take on GDP, and the overlooked history behind the Garland Fund. Whether you’re hunting for a holiday …

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Isaiah 9:1-7 - For To Us A Child Is Born (Mighty God) (Advent 2025) 31:51

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This sermon was delivered by Pastor Cory Klein at New Hope Church of Oxford on December 7, 2025. The text of Scripture is Isaiah 9:1-7.By Cory Klein

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Sunday School Lesson - Genesis 41:25-32 20:46

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Sunday School Lesson on Genesis 41:25-32By Cory Klein

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Philosophers Explain How a Single Person Can Make a Difference with Alex Madva and Michael Brownstein 1:39:56

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The rumors are true: our world is a dumpster fire, and it feels like it’s growing hotter and stinkier by the day. If it feels hopeless, like it’s useless for one person to even try, perhaps it’s a change in perspective. This week, Adam sits with two philosophers to explain why change is ALWAYS possible. Alex Madva is a professor of philosophy at Ca…

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CORE Econ: Rewriting Econ 101 for the Real World (with Suresh Naidu and Wendy Carlin) 36:54

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Econ 101 shapes how millions of people understand the economy—but what if the textbooks are teaching a worldview that’s outdated, oversimplified, and in some cases flat-out wrong? This week, Nick and Goldy talk with economists Wendy Carlin and Suresh Naidu, leaders of CORE Econ, the global project rewriting introductory economics to reflect the rea…

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Isaiah 9:1-7 - For To Us A Child Is Born (Wonderful Counselor) (Advent 2025) 30:51

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This sermon was delivered by Pastor Cory Klein at New Hope Church of Oxford on November 30, 2025. The text of Scripture is Isaiah 9:1-7.By Cory Klein

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We All Feel Like the World's Ending Because It Is (Kind Of) with Lizzie Wade 1:16:23

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Do you have the not-so-creeping feeling that the world is ending? You might be right. The world’s ended before, and the world will end again—just not in the way we see in TV and movies. Lizzie Wade’s new book, Apocalypse: How Catastrophe Transformed Our World and Can Forge New Futures, explores how events like the colonial extermination of indigeno…

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The Quiet Coup: Neoliberalism and the Looting of America (with Mehrsa Baradaran) 48:25

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Law professor Mehrsa Baradaran joins Nick and Goldy to reveal how neoliberalism wasn’t just a misguided economic theory—it was a “quiet coup” that rewired our laws, courts, and institutions to elevate capital above democracy. Drawing from her new book The Quiet Coup, Professor Baradaran explains how this ideology became like the air we breathe: a p…

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James 4:1-4 - What Causes Quarrels 38:20

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This sermon was delivered by Pastor Cory Klein at New Hope Church of Oxford on November 23, 2025. The text of Scripture is James 4:1-4.By Cory Klein

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Sunday School Lesson - Genesis 41:9-24 27:54

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Sunday School Lesson on Genesis 41:9-24By Cory Klein

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America’s Secret Technofacist Overlord, with Max Chafkin 1:18:03

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You’ve almost certainly heard Peter Thiel’s name. You very likely even have an opinion about him. But how much do you actually know about him? One of the most powerful people in America is also one of the most secretive, because that lack of public visibility gives him much more room to exercise a scary amount of control over our country. This week…

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The Measure of Progress: Counting What Really Matters (with Diane Coyle) 36:00

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For nearly a century, GDP has been the world’s go-to measure of economic success—but what if it’s been telling us the wrong story? It treats cigarette sales and cancer treatments as equally “good” for the economy, while caring for your kids, volunteering, or creating art don’t count at all. This week, economist Diane Coyle joins Nick and Goldy to d…

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James 3:13-18 - Wisdom From Above 43:17

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This sermon was delivered by Pastor Cory Klein at New Hope Church of Oxford on November 16, 2025. The text of Scripture is James 3:13-18.By Cory Klein

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Sunday School Lesson - Genesis 41:1-8 23:22

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Sunday School Lesson on Genesis 41:1-8.By Cory Klein

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Let’s Replace Our Elderly Politicians, with Amanda Litman 1:11:57

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Our politicians are too f*#&ing old. We’ve covered the state of our dismal, sleepy, cranky gerontocracy before—but how do we actually get power into the hands of people who are not Boomers? Waiting for a mass die-off isn’t an option. This week, Adam speaks with Amanda Litman, co-founder and president of Run For Something, a PAC that recruits young …

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Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud (with Ben McKenzie) 32:52

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Actor and author Ben McKenzie didn’t set out to become one of crypto’s fiercest critics—but when the pandemic hit and Hollywood shut down, his curiosity turned into a full-blown investigation. The result was the bestselling book, Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud, a blistering exposé of the crypto craze as “…

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James 3:1-12 - Taming The Tongue 45:49

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This sermon was delivered by Pastor Cory Klein at New Hope Church of Oxford on November 9, 2025. The text of Scripture is James 3:1-12.By Cory Klein

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Sunday School Lesson - Genesis 40:9-23 39:34

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Sunday School Lesson on Genesis 40:9-23.By Cory Klein

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Why Porn Bans Will Destroy the Internet with Siri Dahl and Noelle Perdue 1:48:20

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Half the states in the US have passed age verification laws that put pornography under threat. Not only does this compromise a vital industry, it puts all of free speech in danger as well. Today, Adam is joined by Siri Dahl, an adult performer and outspoken critic of age verification laws, and Noelle Purdue, a writer and internet porn historian. To…

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Stock Buybacks and the Trillion Dollar Heist (with Senator Cory Booker) 39:42

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Corporations are on track to spend more than $1.3 trillion on stock buybacks this year—money that could have gone toward higher wages, innovation, or community investment. That’s the real-life Trillion Dollar Heist at the center of our new comic from Civic Ventures, which follows Marta, a janitor who interrupts a corporate board meeting just as exe…

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James 2:14-26 - Can That Faith Save Him? 45:50

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This sermon was delivered by Pastor Cory Klein at New Hope Church of Oxford on November 2, 2025. The text of Scripture is James 2:14-26.By Cory Klein

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Sunday School Lesson - Genesis 40:5-8 30:01

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Sunday School Lesson on Genesis 40:5-8.By Cory Klein

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Everyone Can Screw Us Now Thanks to Trump, with Julie Morgan 1:09:13

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Everyone in their right mind already knows the gift: Trump ran on helping working people, then immediately threw working Americans to the wolves in favor of helping the ultra-wealthy. But it’s not just Trump who is screwing us; he’s made it easier for businesses to exploit the average American as well. He recently eviscerated the Consumer Financial…

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Competing Visions on Trade: A Race to the Bottom Vs. Building the Middle Class (with Thea Lee featuring Todd Tucker) 40:38

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In the final episode of our Trade series, Nick and Goldy talk with Thea Lee, former Deputy Undersecretary for International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Labor, to challenge the core assumption behind decades of U.S. trade policy: That trade is about efficiency, not power. Lee explains how past trade deals were written to protect capital while …

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James 2:1-13 - Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment 44:12

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This sermon was delivered by Pastor Cory Klein at New Hope Church of Oxford on October 26, 2025. The text of Scripture is James 2:1-13.By Cory Klein

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Sunday School Lesson - Genesis 39:21-40:4 32:41

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Sunday School Lesson on Genesis 39:21-40:4By Cory Klein

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America is Addicted to Cars, with Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon 1:31:18

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While we think of automobiles as an integral part of American life, the fact is that they’re just objectively a bad form of transportation. They’re costly, they don’t scale well, and they’re a leading cause of death in the country. The oil and automobile lobbies have done a lot of work to make it feel like there’s no way we could live without cars,…

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South of the Border: A Mexican Perspective on the Free Trade Era (with Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid) 30:44

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In the sixth episode of our trade series, Pitchfork Economics producer Freddy Doss talks with Mexican economist Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid about how NAFTA — and now the USMCA — reshaped Mexico’s economy in ways that those of us north of the Rio Grande almost never hear about. Yes, exports skyrocketed. But wages stagnated, domestic industry hollowed ou…

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Sunday School Lesson - Genesis 39:11-20 29:43

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Sunday School Lesson on Genesis 39:11-20By Cory Klein

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James 1:22-27 - Doers Of The Word 40:04

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This sermon was delivered by Pastor Cory Klein at New Hope Church of Oxford on October 19, 2025. The text of Scripture is James 1:22-27.By Cory Klein

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Stand Up Comedy with Tourette's with Benny Feldman 1:40:19

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Benny Feldman is one of the funniest new comics working today. He also has Tourette Syndrome, a neurological condition characterized by involuntary vocalizations and tics. Not only does this give Benny a unique rhythm to his performances, it also has helped him develop a fascinating personal understanding of how humor even works. This week, Adam ta…

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North of the Border: A Canadian Perspective on the Free Trade Era (with Luke Savage) 30:42

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In the fifth episode of our series on trade, journalist and author Luke Savage joins Pitchfork Economics Producer Freddy Doss to unpack how decades of “free trade” between the U.S. and Canada have reshaped both economies—entrenching corporate power, hollowing out manufacturing, and weakening democratic control over economic policy. Savage traces ho…