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)
The Future of AI Is Thrilling, Terrifying, Confusing, and Fascinating
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The 300-Year History of Abortion in America—in 30 Minutes
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How Would the End of Roe v. Wade Change America?
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Economic Mystery Hour: How Low Will Stocks Go? Is a Recession Inevitable?
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Why Is It So Hard to Predict the Next Great Quarterback?
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The End of the Golden Age of Streaming
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Instant Reaction Pod! Elon Musk Buys Twitter. So, What Happens Next?
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Why Are American Teenagers So Sad and Anxious?
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How Joe Biden Lost Millennials
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The News About Shanghai’s COVID Lockdown Is Shocking. The Reality Might Be Worse...
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Instant Reaction Pod! Elon Musk Offers to Buy 100 Percent of Twitter.
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When Will the Ukraine War End? (Plus: 10 Good Minutes on What the Hell Elon Musk...
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It's Not Just You: America's Epidemic of Bad Behavior
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Why U.S. Population Growth Crashed to a Record Low
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Should You Be Afraid of TikTok?
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What Is the “Don’t Say Gay” Law Really About? (Plus: The Big Disney vs. DeSantis...
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How Ukraine Wins
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Could Putin’s War Crash the U.S. Economy?
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Five Reasons Putin’s War Was Doomed From the Start
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Why a No-Fly Zone Over Ukraine Could Be—Literally—the Worst Idea Ever
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“Every Person Is Ready to Die for Our Country”: Five Ukrainians on Life Inside P...
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SPECIAL DOUBLE EPISODE: What Putin Will Do Next and the West’s Unprecedented "Fi...
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Russia’s Economic Meltdown, Putin’s Big Mistake, and the West’s Financial War Ag...
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How Putin's War Will End
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What Vladimir Putin Wants—and How Russia’s War in Ukraine Could Reshape the Worl...
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Four Brilliant Frames for Finding the Next Big Thing, With Venture Capitalist Jo...
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The Great Debate: What's the Single Most Amazing Sports Statistic in U.S. Histor...
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What American Media Is Getting Wrong About Canada’s Big Protests
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The Meaning of Life and the Power of Regret
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Media Gossip Hour: Spotify's Joe Rogan Problem, Facebook's TikTok Crisis, and Cr...
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This Guy Predicted the 2021 Economy. I Asked Him What's Next.
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One Big Question For: Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Tesla, and Meta
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Should We Cancel Student Debt?
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Crypto Crashing, Pandemic Stocks Plunging: The Story Behind January’s Crazy Stoc...
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2022 Is Off to a Terrible Start for Democrats
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The Biggest Losers of the Streaming Wars: ESPN, Movie Theaters, Peacock, and Mor...
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Everybody Was Wrong About Inflation
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Omicron: Feelings vs. Facts
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The Biggest Inventions of the 2020s: Cancer Vaccines, Flying Cars, Space Travel,...
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The Four Ways That America Is Polarizing
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The Four Biggest Myths of the U.S. Economy. Plus, Omicron in 100 Seconds.
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Elon Musk Is the Person of the Year. Who Is the Person of the Century?
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The Elizabeth Holmes Trial With Rebecca Jarvis of 'The Dropout' Podcast
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Media Report Card! Biden Blues, Omicron Fears, Chris Cuomo, and a Celebrity Prof...
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Work in America Is Broken—Can Remote Work Save Us?
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BONUS POD: The Future of Democracy, the Media, and the Economy With Andrew Yang
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The Bad Guys Are Winning
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The Omicron Variant: So, How Bad Is It?
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Buy or Sell Pandemic Trends: Peloton, Movie Theaters, Masks, and More!
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We Have to Talk About Inflation
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