Allen Ginsberg
Type: Person
As of November 2026, Allen Ginsberg has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The Ezra Klein Show (Nov 2025).
Irwin Allen Ginsberg was an American poet and writer. As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he befriended Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs, and Jack Kerouac, forming the core of the Beat Generation. He vigorously opposed militarism, economic materialism, and sexual repression, and he embodied various aspects of this counterculture with his views on drugs, sex, multiculturalism, hostility to bureaucracy, and openness to Eastern religions.
| Mentioned in | 1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Nov 2025 on The Ezra Klein Show |
| Role | Poet |
| Field | Poetry |
Who talks about Allen Ginsberg on podcasts?
Ezra Klein brought up Allen Ginsberg; the most recent mention was Nov 2025 on The Ezra Klein Show.
- Patti Smith on the One Desire That Lasts Forever on The Ezra Klein Show (Nov 2025) — Ezra Klein
What is Allen Ginsberg mentioned alongside?
Allen Ginsberg is most often mentioned alongside New Testament, Just Kids and Scarlet Fever.
Mentioned together: New Testament, Just Kids, Scarlet Fever, Madrid, Little Women, West Village, Washington Square Park, Nice, Bible, Greenwich Village