Plain English with Derek Thompson
A podcast by The Ringer
298 Episoade
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Plain History: How Adolf Hitler Destroyed German Democracy in Six Months
Publicat: 30.05.2025 -
Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill Is Great for the "Stealthy Wealthy"
Publicat: 28.05.2025 -
The Gene-Editing Breakthrough That Saved a Baby’s Life
Publicat: 23.05.2025 -
The Rules of Attraction and the Psychology of Romance
Publicat: 20.05.2025 -
Plain History: How Norman Borlaug Stopped the Apocalypse
Publicat: 16.05.2025 -
Why Do Americans Pay So Much for Drugs?
Publicat: 13.05.2025 -
Is Pop Culture Worse Than Ever?
Publicat: 09.05.2025 -
The Job Market for Young Grads Is Flashing Red
Publicat: 06.05.2025 -
Megapod: The Crisis in American Science
Publicat: 02.05.2025 -
Is This the Chinese Century?
Publicat: 29.04.2025 -
What Americans Get Wrong About ADHD
Publicat: 25.04.2025 -
An Astrophysicist Explains the "Strongest Evidence Yet" of Alien Life
Publicat: 22.04.2025 -
A Toy Manufacturer Explains How Trump’s Tariffs Could Crush His Industry
Publicat: 17.04.2025 -
Why America Will Lose Its Trade War With China
Publicat: 16.04.2025 -
Plain History: The Smoot-Hawley Tariff and the Great Depression
Publicat: 11.04.2025 -
Trump’s Trade War Is Like Nothing America’s Ever Seen
Publicat: 08.04.2025 -
Trump’s Plan to Smash the Global Economic Order
Publicat: 31.03.2025 -
Plain History: The Gilded Age
Publicat: 24.03.2025 -
ABUNDANCE! With Ezra Klein
Publicat: 17.03.2025 -
How Gen Z Sees the World
Publicat: 12.03.2025
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_
