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Subscribe to the Ezra Klein Show: http://bit.ly/2oiIsle On May 7, Jane Mayer and Ronan Farrow published a story in the New Yorker detailing New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s alleged history of sexually and psychologically terrorizing the women he dated. Hours later, Schneiderman stepped down. Schneiderman was only Mayer’s most recent investigation. Over the course of her career, she’s exposed America’s torture programs, the Koch brothers’ takeover of Republican Party politics, the role the reclusive Mercer family had in funding Donald Trump’s rise, the real story of what happened between Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill, and more. She’s among the greatest investigative reporters of her generation, and I’ve always wondered how she breaks so many huge stories on such a vast range of topics. And so, in this podcast, I asked her. The result is a conversation that not only helps make sense of the moment we’re living in — from to how the Kochs tamed the Trump administration to why Gina Haspel is our CIA director — but also acts as a primer on the art and practice of investigative reporting. Enjoy! Recommended books: Winner-Take-All Politics by Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson https://www.amazon.com/Winner-Take-All-Politics-Washington-Richer-Turned/dp/1416588701 The Diamond as Big as the Ritz by F. Scott Fitzgerald https://www.amazon.com/Diamond-Big-Ritz-Scott-Fitzgerald/dp/1603551050/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527709506&sr=1-1&keywords=a+diamond+as+big+as+the+ritz Invisible Hands: The Businessmen's Crusade Against the New Deal by Kim Phillips-Fein https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Hands-Businessmens-Crusade-Against/dp/0393337669/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527709672&sr=1-2&keywords=the+invisible+hands Ezra Klein gives you a chance to get inside the heads of the newsmakers and power players in politics and media. These are extended conversations with policymakers, writers, technologists, and business leaders about what they believe in and why. Subscribe and listen on all of your favorite podcast platforms: Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ezra-klein-show/id1081584611?mt=2 Art19: https://art19.com/shows/the-ezra-klein-show Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/vox/the-ezra-klein-show Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6NOJ6IkTb2GWMj1RpmtnxP