Plain English with Derek Thompson
Longtime Atlantic tech, culture and political writer Derek Thompson cuts through all the noise surrounding the big questions and headlines that matter to you in his new podcast Plain English. Watch Derek and guests engage the news with clear viewpoints and memorable takeaways. New episodes drop every Tuesday and Friday, and if you've got a topic you want discussed, shoot us an email at [email protected]! Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@PlainEnglishwithDerek...
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Episodes (402)
Can Solar Power and Battery Tech Save the World From Climate Change?
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The Gender War Within Gen Z
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What’s the Best Diet for Planet Earth?
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Why Did Stanley Water Bottles Suddenly Become a Cultural Phenomenon?
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Why the U.S. Media Industry Is in Meltdown
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World on Fire, Part 3: How Did America's Border Crisis Get So Bad?
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World on Fire, Part 2: Global Conflict Has Surged to an 80-Year High. Why?
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World on Fire, Part 1: The Houthis, Israel's Impossible War, and Worsening Middl...
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The Dark Side of the Obsession With Focus
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Four Megatrends for 2024 in Tech, Economics, Media, and Weird Science
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The Biggest Breakthroughs in Science Happening Right Now
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The Truth About Ketamine: Depression Cure, Health Fad, or Placebo?
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The Year in Media and Entertainment: What’s Broken (News), What’s Surging (Netfl...
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How Weight-Loss Drugs Could Impact U.S. Healthcare and Food. Plus, the Biggest P...
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The Weight-Loss Drug Revolution, Part 1: Why These Drugs Work So Well
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Why It’s So Hard to Buy a House Right Now—and Why It Might Get Better Soon
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How Henry Kissinger’s Catastrophes and Triumphs Changed the World
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Elon Musk’s Meltdown, the Death of Twitter, and the Chaotic Future of Social Med...
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How China's Economic Miracle Went Off the Rails
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Inside the OpenAI Meltdown
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The Media is Missing Something Big in Biden’s Bad Polling Numbers
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How ChatGPT Can Change the Future of Jobs—Starting With Your Own
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What Most People Get Wrong About Wealth, Fame, and Happiness
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The Fragile Hope for Peace in Israel-Palestine
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Could a Housing Recession Take Down the U.S. Economy?
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Two Israel-Palestine Historians Explain: How Did We Get Here? And What Happens N...
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The Science of Achievement, With Adam Grant
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Israel Has No Good Options
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The Tragedy of Picking Sides in the Israel-Palestine Conflict
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Inside the Trial of Sam Bankman-Fried
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Israel at War: Why Did Hamas Attack?
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Disney’s Downfall: The Rise and Fall of an Entertainment Giant
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Why Americans are Losing Faith in College
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What’s So Great About Marriage?
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Why Is It So Expensive to Build Stuff in America?
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Fatherhood and What Americans Get Wrong About Major Life Changes
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Experts Predicted a Recession This Year. How Were They So Wrong?
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Why Elite College Admissions Are Biased Toward the Superrich
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Oppenheimer: The Genius, the Film, and the Project That Changed the World
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How Hollywood Drove Its Business Model Off a Cliff
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Americans Think the Economy Is Terrible. The Data Tell Another Story.
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How the Digital Workplace Broke Our Brains
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What Just Happened in Russia This Weekend?
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The Science of Procrastination—and How to Really Get Stuff Done
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Why Fertility Rates Are Plunging—in the U.S., South Korea, and Everywhere Else
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Why So Many Young Men Are Lonely, Sexless, and Extremely Online
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How Hollywood's Writers Strike Could Change the Future of TV and Movies
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Why Youth Sports in America Are in Decline
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The Future of War Is Here
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A Diet Conspiracy: Is Ice Cream Secretly Good for You?
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