298 Episoder

  1. Plain History: How Adolf Hitler Destroyed German Democracy in Six Months

    Udgivet: 30.5.2025
  2. Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill Is Great for the "Stealthy Wealthy"

    Udgivet: 28.5.2025
  3. The Gene-Editing Breakthrough That Saved a Baby’s Life

    Udgivet: 23.5.2025
  4. The Rules of Attraction and the Psychology of Romance

    Udgivet: 20.5.2025
  5. Plain History: How Norman Borlaug Stopped the Apocalypse

    Udgivet: 16.5.2025
  6. Why Do Americans Pay So Much for Drugs?

    Udgivet: 13.5.2025
  7. Is Pop Culture Worse Than Ever?

    Udgivet: 9.5.2025
  8. The Job Market for Young Grads Is Flashing Red

    Udgivet: 6.5.2025
  9. Megapod: The Crisis in American Science

    Udgivet: 2.5.2025
  10. Is This the Chinese Century?

    Udgivet: 29.4.2025
  11. What Americans Get Wrong About ADHD

    Udgivet: 25.4.2025
  12. An Astrophysicist Explains the "Strongest Evidence Yet" of Alien Life

    Udgivet: 22.4.2025
  13. A Toy Manufacturer Explains How Trump’s Tariffs Could Crush His Industry

    Udgivet: 17.4.2025
  14. Why America Will Lose Its Trade War With China

    Udgivet: 16.4.2025
  15. Plain History: The Smoot-Hawley Tariff and the Great Depression

    Udgivet: 11.4.2025
  16. Trump’s Trade War Is Like Nothing America’s Ever Seen

    Udgivet: 8.4.2025
  17. Trump’s Plan to Smash the Global Economic Order

    Udgivet: 31.3.2025
  18. Plain History: The Gilded Age

    Udgivet: 24.3.2025
  19. ABUNDANCE! With Ezra Klein

    Udgivet: 17.3.2025
  20. How Gen Z Sees the World

    Udgivet: 12.3.2025

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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 [email protected]! You can also find us on tiktok at www.tiktok.com/@plainenglish_

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