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Is Everybody Horny for Ezra Klein?

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How the New York Times podcaster became the thinking lady’s new heartthrob and the internet’s “intellectual daddy.” Something strange occurred this past Fourth of July weekend. The same girlfriends with whom I have previously whiled away cocktail hours debating the allure of Jason Momoa’s muscle mass and Ryan Gosling’s washboard “Kenergy” were downing our margaritas over talk of… Ezra Klein. The bespectacled, decidedly shirt-on policy wonk and host of an eponymous New York Times podcast? That’s the one. Here were the smartest, most discerning women I know, getting worked up about Klein’s gently inquisitive tone. His hyper-attuned listening skills. His ability to untangle topics that no one else can. Was it the mezcal talking, or were women hot for Ezra? I decided to test drive the theory with a different focus group. The consensus was immediate. Kathryn C., 52, a writer in Dobbs Ferry, New York, practically swooned into the phone. “Oh Ezra, talk Gaza to me!” she text-gasped. Klein is h

Crushing It Is Everybody Horny for Ezra Klein? How the New York Times podcaster became the thinking lady’s new heartthrob and the internet’s “intellectual daddy.” by Maggie Bullock Aug. 15, 2024 Something strange occurred this past Fourth of July weekend. The same girlfriends with whom I have previously whiled away cocktail hours debating the allure of Jason Momoa’s muscle mass and Ryan Gosling’s washboard “Kenergy” were downing our margaritas over talk of… Ezra Klein. The bespectacled, decidedly shirt- on policy wonk and host of an eponymous New York Times podcast ? That’s the one. Here were

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