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The Whole World Is Fighting About Energy artwork

The Whole World Is Fighting About Energy

Plain English with Derek Thompson

1:04:08Apr 14, 2026
‘The Job Market for Young People Is Brutal’ artwork

‘The Job Market for Young People Is Brutal’

Plain English with Derek Thompson

1:07:11Apr 10, 2026
America's Religious Revival Is a Mirage artwork

America's Religious Revival Is a Mirage

Plain English with Derek Thompson

1:08:53Apr 8, 2026
Is China the Winner of the Iran War? artwork

Is China the Winner of the Iran War?

Plain English with Derek Thompson

52:14Apr 3, 2026
Why We're Addicted to ‘Sh*tty Flow’ artwork

Why We're Addicted to ‘Sh*tty Flow’

Plain English with Derek Thompson

48:38Mar 31, 2026
Anthropic Thinks AI Might Destroy the Economy. It's Building It Anyway. artwork

Anthropic Thinks AI Might Destroy the Economy. It's Building It Anyway.

Plain English with Derek Thompson

1:02:34Mar 27, 2026
America's Tax System Is Broken artwork

America's Tax System Is Broken

Plain English with Derek Thompson

1:04:50Mar 24, 2026
The Casino-ification of America artwork

The Casino-ification of America

Plain English with Derek Thompson

1:11:46Mar 20, 2026
"Yes, AI Is a Bubble. There Is No Question." artwork

"Yes, AI Is a Bubble. There Is No Question."

Plain English with Derek Thompson

1:09:45Mar 17, 2026
The Pill That Works Even When You Know It's Fake artwork

The Pill That Works Even When You Know It's Fake

Plain English with Derek Thompson

1:11:50Mar 13, 2026
The Economic Crisis of the Iran War Goes Far Beyond Oil artwork

The Economic Crisis of the Iran War Goes Far Beyond Oil

Plain English with Derek Thompson

55:49Mar 10, 2026
"American Democracy as We Know It Might Not Survive This Technology" artwork

"American Democracy as We Know It Might Not Survive This Technology"

Plain English with Derek Thompson

1:04:16Mar 9, 2026
Trump Is Doubling Down on Iran. How Should Democrats Respond? artwork

Trump Is Doubling Down on Iran. How Should Democrats Respond?

Plain English with Derek Thompson

42:18Mar 6, 2026
The Four Ways That the Iran War Could End artwork

The Four Ways That the Iran War Could End

Plain English with Derek Thompson

55:52Mar 3, 2026
How Metrics Make Us Miserable artwork

How Metrics Make Us Miserable

Plain English with Derek Thompson

1:03:49Feb 27, 2026
The Future of GLP-1 Drugs and AI Medicine, With Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks artwork

The Future of GLP-1 Drugs and AI Medicine, With Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks

Plain English with Derek Thompson

1:07:53Feb 24, 2026
The Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump’s Tariffs. Now What? artwork

The Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump’s Tariffs. Now What?

Plain English with Derek Thompson

41:58Feb 21, 2026
The Media Theory That Explains “99% of Everything” artwork

The Media Theory That Explains “99% of Everything”

Plain English with Derek Thompson

1:03:29Feb 17, 2026
"America Isn’t Ready for What AI Will Do to Jobs" artwork

"America Isn’t Ready for What AI Will Do to Jobs"

Plain English with Derek Thompson

1:06:42Feb 13, 2026
The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News artwork

The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

Plain English with Derek Thompson

1:11:12Feb 11, 2026
Plain English BEST OF: What’s the Matter With America’s Food? artwork

Plain English BEST OF: What’s the Matter With America’s Food?

Plain English with Derek Thompson

52:49Feb 3, 2026
Plain English BEST OF: This Is How the AI Bubble Could Burst artwork

Plain English BEST OF: This Is How the AI Bubble Could Burst

Plain English with Derek Thompson

59:46Jan 27, 2026
Plain English BEST OF: The Healthiest "Super-Agers" Have One Thing in Common, According to a 25-Year Study artwork

Plain English BEST OF: The Healthiest "Super-Agers" Have One Thing in Common, According to a 25-Year Study

Plain English with Derek Thompson

41:58Jan 20, 2026
Plain English BEST OF: The Modern World Is Changing America’s Personality for the Worse artwork

Plain English BEST OF: The Modern World Is Changing America’s Personality for the Worse

Plain English with Derek Thompson

47:20Jan 13, 2026
Plain English BEST OF: If GLP-1 Drugs Are Good for Everything, Should We All Be on Them? artwork

Plain English BEST OF: If GLP-1 Drugs Are Good for Everything, Should We All Be on Them?

Plain English with Derek Thompson

54:20Jan 6, 2026
Plain English BEST OF: What Experts Really Think About Smartphones and Mental Health artwork

Plain English BEST OF: What Experts Really Think About Smartphones and Mental Health

Plain English with Derek Thompson

1:06:36Dec 30, 2025
Plain English BEST OF: How Gen Z Sees the World artwork

Plain English BEST OF: How Gen Z Sees the World

Plain English with Derek Thompson

58:09Dec 23, 2025
Plain English BEST OF: A Grand, Unified Theory of Why Americans Are So Unhealthy artwork

Plain English BEST OF: A Grand, Unified Theory of Why Americans Are So Unhealthy

Plain English with Derek Thompson

38:44Dec 16, 2025
Plain English BEST OF: The Antisocial Century artwork

Plain English BEST OF: The Antisocial Century

Plain English with Derek Thompson

1:08:13Dec 9, 2025
Plain English BEST OF: How to Be Happy and the Science of Cognitive Time Travel artwork

Plain English BEST OF: How to Be Happy and the Science of Cognitive Time Travel

Plain English with Derek Thompson

1:05:38Dec 2, 2025
A Grand Unified Theory of Cultural Stagnation artwork

A Grand Unified Theory of Cultural Stagnation

Plain English with Derek Thompson

58:51Nov 25, 2025
The American Math Crisis artwork

The American Math Crisis

Plain English with Derek Thompson

54:07Nov 21, 2025
How Superintelligent AI Could Upend Work and Politics artwork

How Superintelligent AI Could Upend Work and Politics

Plain English with Derek Thompson

58:43Nov 18, 2025
Everything Is Television artwork

Everything Is Television

Plain English with Derek Thompson

57:09Nov 14, 2025
Are Young People Screwed? artwork

Are Young People Screwed?

Plain English with Derek Thompson

52:31Nov 12, 2025
The Democrats Have a New Winning Formula artwork

The Democrats Have a New Winning Formula

Plain English with Derek Thompson

1:00:43Nov 7, 2025
How the American Revolution Changed the World, With Ken Burns artwork

How the American Revolution Changed the World, With Ken Burns

Plain English with Derek Thompson

59:19Nov 4, 2025
The Problem With Sports Gambling artwork

The Problem With Sports Gambling

Plain English with Derek Thompson

54:45Oct 31, 2025
Michael Lewis on How the Global Financial Crisis Explains Trump, Crypto, and Everything Else artwork

Michael Lewis on How the Global Financial Crisis Explains Trump, Crypto, and Everything Else

Plain English with Derek Thompson

1:12:03Oct 28, 2025
What Happens When AI Learns to Do Our Jobs artwork

What Happens When AI Learns to Do Our Jobs

Plain English with Derek Thompson

54:14Oct 24, 2025
Can "Touch-Grass Populism" Save America? artwork

Can "Touch-Grass Populism" Save America?

Plain English with Derek Thompson

59:48Oct 21, 2025
Everybody Thinks AI Is a Bubble. What If They’re Wrong? artwork

Everybody Thinks AI Is a Bubble. What If They’re Wrong?

Plain English with Derek Thompson

52:07Oct 17, 2025
The Future of Entertainment, Part 2: What’s the Matter With Broadway? artwork

The Future of Entertainment, Part 2: What’s the Matter With Broadway?

Plain English with Derek Thompson

47:18Oct 14, 2025
The Future of Entertainment, Part 1: Is Hollywood's Business Model Broken? artwork

The Future of Entertainment, Part 1: Is Hollywood's Business Model Broken?

Plain English with Derek Thompson

46:22Oct 10, 2025
Why Money Doesn't Buy Happiness in America artwork

Why Money Doesn't Buy Happiness in America

Plain English with Derek Thompson

48:38Oct 7, 2025
Is AI Really About to Solve Human Disease? artwork

Is AI Really About to Solve Human Disease?

Plain English with Derek Thompson

53:41Oct 3, 2025
How America Became a Nation of "Free Speech Hypocrites" artwork

How America Became a Nation of "Free Speech Hypocrites"

Plain English with Derek Thompson

52:18Sep 30, 2025
What’s the Matter With America’s Food? artwork

What’s the Matter With America’s Food?

Plain English with Derek Thompson

52:32Sep 26, 2025
This Is How the AI Bubble Could Burst artwork

This Is How the AI Bubble Could Burst

Plain English with Derek Thompson

59:26Sep 23, 2025
The Jimmy Kimmel Saga and America's Free-Speech Crisis artwork

The Jimmy Kimmel Saga and America's Free-Speech Crisis

Plain English with Derek Thompson

40:51Sep 19, 2025