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_

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The Democrats Have a New Winning Formula 2025-11-07
How the American Revolution Changed the World, With Ken Burns 2025-11-04
The Problem With Sports Gambling 2025-10-31
Michael Lewis on How the Global Financial Crisis Explains Trump, Crypto, and Everything Else 2025-10-28
What Happens When AI Learns to Do Our Jobs 2025-10-24
Can "Touch-Grass Populism" Save America? 2025-10-21
Everybody Thinks AI Is a Bubble. What If They’re Wrong? 2025-10-17
The Future of Entertainment, Part 2: What’s the Matter With Broadway? 2025-10-14
The Future of Entertainment, Part 1: Is Hollywood's Business Model Broken? 2025-10-10
Why Money Doesn't Buy Happiness in America 2025-10-07
Is AI Really About to Solve Human Disease? 2025-10-03
How America Became a Nation of "Free Speech Hypocrites" 2025-09-30
What’s the Matter With America’s Food? 2025-09-26
This Is How the AI Bubble Could Burst 2025-09-23
The Jimmy Kimmel Saga and America's Free-Speech Crisis 2025-09-19
If GLP-1 Drugs Are Good for Everything, Should We All Be on Them? 2025-09-16
Charlie Kirk's Killing and America's Age of "Salad-Bar Extremism" 2025-09-12
America in the Age of Diagnosis 2025-09-09
Trumponomics Explained, Part 2: The Enshittification of American Power 2025-09-05
What Is Trumponomics? Part 1: How Donald Trump Is Breaking American Capitalism 2025-09-03
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