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 Healthiest "Super-Agers" Have One Thing in Common, According to a 25-Year Study 2025-08-27
Plain History: How the Transcontinental Railroads Built the Modern World 2025-08-20
The Modern World Is Changing America’s Personality For the Worse 2025-08-13
Will AI Usher In the End of Deep Thinking? 2025-08-06
The New Geography of Housing in America 2025-07-30
The Demise of Late-Night TV Is an Omen for American Culture 2025-07-23
If Trump’s Economic Ideas Are So Bad, Why Isn’t the U.S. Economy Doing Much Worse? 2025-07-17
Fertility Needs a Scientific Revolution 2025-07-16
The Mysterious Rise of Major Injuries in Professional Sports 2025-07-09
How Abundance Won in California 2025-07-03
What's Next for the Middle East: War, Peace, or Revolution? 2025-06-25
NYC Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani on Abundance, Socialism, and How to Change a Mind 2025-06-23
A Grand, Unified Theory of Why Americans Are So Unhealthy 2025-06-18
Why Are Americans So Unhealthy? Part I: Is Ultra-Processed Food Killing Us? 2025-06-11
What Experts Really Think About Smartphones and Mental Health 2025-06-04
Plain History: How Adolf Hitler Destroyed German Democracy in Six Months 2025-05-30
Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill Is Great for the "Stealthy Wealthy" 2025-05-28
The Gene-Editing Breakthrough That Saved a Baby’s Life 2025-05-23
The Rules of Attraction and the Psychology of Romance 2025-05-20
Plain History: How Norman Borlaug Stopped the Apocalypse 2025-05-16
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