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. Hear 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 plainenglish@spotify.com! You can also find us on tiktok at www.tiktok.com/@plainenglish_
Episodes
Showing 20 of 137- The Case Against the AI Job Apocalypse5/12/202653 min
- Why American Happiness Just Fell Off a Cliff5/8/20261 hr 1 min
- One of the Deadliest Cancers in America May Have Met Its Match5/5/202645 min
- Why Too Much Freedom Is the Enemy of Success5/1/202650 min
- Why the Iran War Is Tearing MAGA Apart4/28/202658 min
- The Triple Crisis That’s Breaking Hollywood—and Changing the Future of Movies4/24/20261 hr 11 min
- The Most Powerful and Dangerous AI Model Yet4/21/20261 hr 2 min
- The Whole World Is Fighting About Energy4/14/20261 hr 4 min
- ‘The Job Market for Young People Is Brutal’4/10/20261 hr 7 min
- America's Religious Revival Is a Mirage4/8/20261 hr 9 min
- Is China the Winner of the Iran War?4/3/202652 min
- Why We're Addicted to ‘Sh*tty Flow’3/31/202649 min
- Anthropic Thinks AI Might Destroy the Economy. It's Building It Anyway.3/27/20261 hr 3 min
- America's Tax System Is Broken3/24/20261 hr 5 min
- The Casino-ification of America3/20/20261 hr 12 min
- "Yes, AI Is a Bubble. There Is No Question."3/17/20261 hr 10 min
- The Pill That Works Even When You Know It's Fake3/13/20261 hr 12 min
- The Economic Crisis of the Iran War Goes Far Beyond Oil3/10/202656 min
- "American Democracy as We Know It Might Not Survive This Technology"3/9/20261 hr 4 min
- Trump Is Doubling Down on Iran. How Should Democrats Respond?3/6/202642 min