The Great Endarkenment
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The Great Endarkenment by Elijah Milgram comes up on The Ezra Klein Show, with transcript quotes, timestamps, and episode context.
The Great Endarkenment by Elijah Milgram appears 2 times across 2 podcast episodes on 1 show, with transcript quotes and timestamps.
“Elijah Milgram, again, this philosopher I was talking about, has this book called The Great Endarkenment, which transformed my philosophical life.”
Why people keep bringing this up
Hosts on The Ezra Klein Show repeatedly cite Elijah Milgram’s The Great Endarkenment as having a transformative effect on the host’s philosophical thinking. In two separate episodes — including a Best Of compilation and a discussion framed around philosophy of games — the host attributes a shift in his philosophical life directly to reading Milgram’s book.
The repeated endorsements appear within the same podcast across episodes, suggesting the book functions as a recurring intellectual touchstone for the show’s conversations. Both mentions describe the book’s impact on the host’s outlook rather than detailing the book’s contents, emphasizing its role in shaping the podcast’s philosophical framing and guest discussions.
The host mentions 'The Great Endarkenment' to highlight the challenges of navigating knowledge in a hyper-specialized world. Milgram's insights resonate with the host's discussion on the necessity of trusting others in an increasingly complex society.
The host mentions 'The Great Endarkenment' to illustrate the challenges of modern hyper-specialization and the necessity of trusting others for knowledge. Milgram's insights resonate with the host's discussion on how social media can distort personal value systems.
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Fastest path back to the source: the strongest indexed mention lands at 55:59 in the episode where we captured it.
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Answers to common book, episode, podcast, and guest questions.
Which episode mentioned The Great Endarkenment?
Best of: A Life-Changing Philosophy of Games on The Ezra Klein Show is one of the clearest indexed episodes that mentioned The Great Endarkenment by Elijah Milgram. Other indexed episodes include A Philosophy of Games That Is Really a Philosophy of Life on The Ezra Klein Show. The first indexed transcript timestamp lands at 55:59.
Which podcast mentioned The Great Endarkenment?
The Ezra Klein Show is the main indexed podcast currently tied to The Great Endarkenment by Elijah Milgram.
Who mentioned The Great Endarkenment on podcasts?
PodcastMentions ties The Great Endarkenment by Elijah Milgram to The Ezra Klein Show, but the underlying mentions do not yet expose stable guest names for every episode.
Why do podcast guests bring up The Great Endarkenment?
The host mentions 'The Great Endarkenment' to highlight the challenges of navigating knowledge in a hyper-specialized world. Milgram's insights resonate with the host's discussion on the necessity of trusting others in an increasingly complex society. It most often appears in conversations about value deliberation outsourcing and social media and value.
Mentions across episodes
Every mention card links back to the episode page and exact transcript anchor.
“Elijah Milgram, again, this philosopher I was talking about, has this book called The Great Endarkenment, which transformed my philosophical life.”
“Elijah Milgram, again, this philosopher I was talking about has this book called The Great Endarkenment, which transformed my philosophical life.”