Plain English with Derek Thompson
En podcast af The Ringer

281 Episoder
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The Year's Biggest Breakthroughs in Science and Tech (Feat.: OK, But Seriously, What Is Quantum Computing?)
Udgivet: 31.12.2024 -
A Mysterious Health Wave Is Breaking Out Across the U.S.
Udgivet: 27.12.2024 -
The Productivity Paradox: Why Less Is More With Oliver Burkeman
Udgivet: 20.12.2024 -
Why American Health Care Is a "Broken System"
Udgivet: 13.12.2024 -
Is Crypto Entering a New Golden Age—or Just a New Era of Failed Promises?
Udgivet: 6.12.2024 -
Megapod: Why Is There So Much BS in Psychology?
Udgivet: 27.11.2024 -
Vaccine Conspiracies, Fluoride Myths, and America’s Broken Public-Health Discourse
Udgivet: 22.11.2024 -
The Self-Driving Revolution Is Real—and It Could Be Spectacular
Udgivet: 15.11.2024 -
How Trump Won: Young Men’s Red Wave, the Blue-City Flop, and the Incumbency Graveyard
Udgivet: 8.11.2024 -
How to Watch Election Night Without Falling for Conspiracy Theories or False Hope
Udgivet: 4.11.2024 -
This Small Pennsylvania Town Explains the 2024 Election
Udgivet: 1.11.2024 -
Why Is Every Recent Presidential Election So Close?
Udgivet: 25.10.2024 -
Is Radical Human Life Extension Possible?
Udgivet: 18.10.2024 -
America's Young Men Are Falling Behind—and Shifting Right
Udgivet: 11.10.2024 -
Is the Middle East on the Verge of All-Out War?
Udgivet: 4.10.2024 -
The Surprising Science of Cynicism (Plus: The Policy Paradox of the 2024 Election)
Udgivet: 27.9.2024 -
A Sports Mystery: What Happened to the NFL Quarterback?
Udgivet: 20.9.2024 -
How AI Could Help Us Discover Miracle Drugs
Udgivet: 13.9.2024 -
The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories
Udgivet: 6.9.2024 -
"Exercise May Be the Single Most Potent Medical Intervention Ever Known"
Udgivet: 30.8.2024
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_