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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/@PlainEnglishwithDerekThompson

Why Air Travel Is a Hot Mess Right Now

42 mins; June 24, 2022

Why Gas Prices Are Skyrocketing—and an Ingenious Plan to Bring Them Down

45 mins; June 21, 2022

The Big Winners and Losers From the Remote Work Revolution

48 mins; June 17, 2022

The End of the Everything Boom (Plus: The Federal Reserve's Risky Move)

40 mins; June 15, 2022

The Big Inflation FAQ: Why It’s So High, How Everyone Got It Wrong, and What's Next

50 mins; June 13, 2022

California’s Elections Sent an Important Message. What Is It?

41 mins; June 10, 2022

Curiosity Corner: America’s Gun Dilemma, the Future of Corporate Politics, Relationship Advice, and More!

35 mins; June 07, 2022

America’s Gun Problem Is Impossible

46 mins; May 26, 2022

What's Going on With the U.S. Housing Market?

54 mins; May 24, 2022

Why Does the Internet Hate Amber Heard?

40 mins; May 20, 2022

The Mystery of America's Missing Baby Formula

44 mins; May 18, 2022

Why the U.S. Could Be Headed For the "Weirdest Recession Ever"

52 mins; May 17, 2022

Market Meltdown: Why Tech and Crypto Are Crashing - and What Happens Next

52 mins; May 11, 2022

The Future of AI Is Thrilling, Terrifying, Confusing, and Fascinating

67 hours 54 mins; May 10, 2022

The 300-Year History of Abortion in America—in 30 Minutes

40 mins; May 06, 2022

How Would the End of Roe v. Wade Change America?

44 mins; May 03, 2022

Economic Mystery Hour: How Low Will Stocks Go? Is a Recession Inevitable?

40 mins; May 03, 2022

Why Is It So Hard to Predict the Next Great Quarterback?

35 mins; April 28, 2022

The End of the Golden Age of Streaming

52 mins; April 26, 2022

Instant Reaction Pod! Elon Musk Buys Twitter. So, What Happens Next?

40 mins; April 25, 2022

Why Are American Teenagers So Sad and Anxious?

62 hours 25 mins; April 22, 2022

How Joe Biden Lost Millennials

50 mins; April 19, 2022

The News About Shanghai’s COVID Lockdown Is Shocking. The Reality Might Be Worse.

46 mins; April 15, 2022

Instant Reaction Pod! Elon Musk Offers to Buy 100 Percent of Twitter.

29 mins; April 14, 2022

When Will the Ukraine War End? (Plus: 10 Good Minutes on What the Hell Elon Musk Is Doing With Twitter)

57 mins; April 12, 2022

It's Not Just You: America's Epidemic of Bad Behavior

41 mins; April 08, 2022

Why U.S. Population Growth Crashed to a Record Low

46 mins; April 05, 2022

Should You Be Afraid of TikTok?

33 mins; April 01, 2022

What Is the “Don’t Say Gay” Law Really About? (Plus: The Big Disney vs. DeSantis Showdown in Florida.)

45 mins; March 29, 2022

How Ukraine Wins

41 mins; March 25, 2022

Could Putin’s War Crash the U.S. Economy?

42 mins; March 22, 2022

Five Reasons Putin’s War Was Doomed From the Start

21 mins; March 14, 2022

Why a No-Fly Zone Over Ukraine Could Be—Literally—the Worst Idea Ever

35 mins; March 10, 2022

“Every Person Is Ready to Die for Our Country”: Five Ukrainians on Life Inside Putin’s War Zone

21 mins; March 08, 2022

SPECIAL DOUBLE EPISODE: What Putin Will Do Next and the West’s Unprecedented "Financial War" on Russia

58 mins; March 02, 2022

Russia’s Economic Meltdown, Putin’s Big Mistake, and the West’s Financial War Against Vlad and the Oligarchs

32 mins; March 01, 2022

How Putin's War Will End

44 mins; February 25, 2022

What Vladimir Putin Wants—and How Russia’s War in Ukraine Could Reshape the World

31 mins; February 25, 2022

Four Brilliant Frames for Finding the Next Big Thing, With Venture Capitalist Josh Wolfe. Plus, What's Eating Tech Stocks in 2022?

47 mins; February 22, 2022

The Great Debate: What's the Single Most Amazing Sports Statistic in U.S. History?

55 mins; February 18, 2022

What American Media Is Getting Wrong About Canada’s Big Protests

26 mins; February 15, 2022

The Meaning of Life and the Power of Regret

46 mins; February 11, 2022

Media Gossip Hour: Spotify's Joe Rogan Problem, Facebook's TikTok Crisis, and Crypto's Anonymity Conundrum

52 mins; February 08, 2022

This Guy Predicted the 2021 Economy. I Asked Him What's Next.

48 mins; February 04, 2022

One Big Question For: Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Tesla, and Meta

42 mins; February 01, 2022

Should We Cancel Student Debt?

37 mins; January 28, 2022

Crypto Crashing, Pandemic Stocks Plunging: The Story Behind January’s Crazy Stock Market

44 mins; January 25, 2022

2022 Is Off to a Terrible Start for Democrats

41 mins; January 21, 2022

The Biggest Losers of the Streaming Wars: ESPN, Movie Theaters, Peacock, and More

49 mins; January 18, 2022

Everybody Was Wrong About Inflation

43 mins; January 14, 2022

Omicron: Feelings vs. Facts

36 mins; January 11, 2022

The Biggest Inventions of the 2020s: Cancer Vaccines, Flying Cars, Space Travel, and More

54 mins; January 07, 2022

The Four Ways That America Is Polarizing

38 mins; December 28, 2021

The Four Biggest Myths of the U.S. Economy. Plus, Omicron in 100 Seconds.

46 mins; December 21, 2021

Elon Musk Is the Person of the Year. Who Is the Person of the Century?

64 hours 47 mins; December 17, 2021

The Elizabeth Holmes Trial With Rebecca Jarvis of 'The Dropout' Podcast

48 mins; December 14, 2021

Media Report Card! Biden Blues, Omicron Fears, Chris Cuomo, and a Celebrity Profile for the Ages

44 mins; December 10, 2021

Work in America Is Broken—Can Remote Work Save Us?

39 mins; December 07, 2021

BONUS POD: The Future of Democracy, the Media, and the Economy With Andrew Yang

63 hours 15 mins; December 04, 2021

The Bad Guys Are Winning

52 mins; December 03, 2021

The Omicron Variant: So, How Bad Is It?

34 mins; November 30, 2021

Buy or Sell Pandemic Trends: Peloton, Movie Theaters, Masks, and More!

48 mins; November 23, 2021

We Have to Talk About Inflation

47 mins; November 19, 2021

The Future Is Going to Be Weird As Hell

47 mins; November 16, 2021

Introducing Plain English with Derek Thompson

38 secs; November 11, 2021

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