The Genius Factory

David Plotz

Recommended on The Ezra Klein Show, most recently on 2026-06-05.

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Where it came up

• The Ezra Klein Show · The Right’s Pre-Modern ‘Masculinist’ Fantasy | The Ezra Klein Show · at 1:39:37 · 2026-06-05

  “The Genius Factory by David Plotz is about a mad eugenicist millionaire who decides to get Nobel Prize winners to donate their sperm to couples.”Recommended

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