And this is a book called My Silent War by Kim Philby. So Kim Philby is a spy, prominent British spy and uh he almost becomes the head of MI6. He's a Soviet agent. He's a Soviet agent and he eventually defects to the Soviet Union and drinks himself to death in Moscow. And you know, I think that there was perhaps some expectation of like a warm reception there for all that he had done for the Soviet cause.
Answering The Ezra Klein Show's closing question, three books to recommend, in “This Is Why People Hate the Government” (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-annie-lowrey.html). Quoted from the episode's YouTube auto-captions.
It is called to hate like this is to be happy forever by Will Bllythe. I bring this up constantly and it is about um you know this famous football JK rivalry sorry
Answering The Ezra Klein Show's closing question, three books to recommend, in “This Is Why People Hate the Government” (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-annie-lowrey.html). Quoted from the episode's YouTube auto-captions.
And then my third hobby horse book, which I think people talk about this book all the time, but I feel like a lot of people have never actually read it, is Gender Trouble by Judith Butler. It will blow your hair back. The reason that we [laughter] don't laugh, I'm a huge listener of Manosphere podcasts along with yours. I'm a really big listener of Joe Rogan and the reason I bring it up all the time is I'm like, has Joe read Gender Trouble?
Answering The Ezra Klein Show's closing question, three books to recommend, in “This Is Why People Hate the Government” (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-annie-lowrey.html). Quoted from the episode's YouTube auto-captions.
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