The Collapse of American Politics - Ezra Klein - #1114

0:00Ezra Klein, so hot right now.

0:02Oh, no.

0:03Did you ever expect to be referred to as an unlikely thirst trap?

0:07I did not.

0:08And I try to ignore that it's happening.

0:13It also has this funny quality, some of this coverage of how now it's like I took off my glasses and grew a beard, and it's very she's all that.

0:21It's like, oh, like maybe he's...

0:23I always look the same to me.

0:25Well, an unlikely thirst trap feels like the most backhanded insult or compliment.

0:31It's like a Roshak test for whether or not you feel good about yourself.

0:34I don't know what way that's, is that, is that supposed to be a nice thing?

0:37Unlikely thirst trap.

0:39I don't.

0:40When you are profiled, it is not supposed to be a nice thing.

0:44Okay, so you'll take unlikely thirst traps.

0:46I think that's like also an important thing to know about just like the whole genre of profiling.

0:50It's never supposed to be a totally nice thing.

0:52Usually not supposed to be a totally mean thing.

0:55It's trying to create energy.

0:58That's interesting.

0:59There was a rumor in that that you'd had to adjust your lighting on your podcast set to make you look less attractive because it was distracting from the real substance of the.