Unplugged Under 40: Washington Post's Ezra Klein

At an age when most young people are still looking for their first big break, 25-year-old Ezra Klein has caught a few.

Hired by the Washington Post in May to blog about the economy and domestic policy, Klein estimates he's typing 3,000 words a day.

"What I do is pretty responsive to what is going on over on Capitol Hill," he says. "So as health care has come to occupy center stage now instead of 14 posts a day about Timothy Geithner's latest plan, I have 15 on whether or not Max Baucus is going to release a bill this week and what the new polling is."

And not only is Klein tackling the complexities of health care reform for the Post, but last month he launched "Gut Check," a bi-weekly food column in the Post's Food section. There he tells us why the hamburger you had for lunch is contributing to global warming and what's wrong with the country's food production system.

His knack for food policy comes from his passion for food. After moving to Washington four years ago to write for the progressive publication "The American Prospect," Klein took up cooking as a hobby.

"It turns out that was an extremely relaxing thing. It's sort of carpentry for the yuppie set, you get to do something with your hands, take your mind off work and actually create something. It's a bit different from just typing words on the computer screen."

Above, you can watch our profile of Klein on "Washington Unplugged" today, which follows a discussion of the future of health care with him and the Wall Street Journal's Jonathan Weisman. "Washington Unplugged" appears live on CBSNews.com each weekday at 12:30 p.m. ET. Click here to check out previous episodes.