Derek Thompson

Derek Thompson has 50 podcast episodes indexed on PodLexicon, appearing on shows including Plain English with Derek Thompson, Intelligence Squared, The Ezra Klein Show and On with Kara Swisher. Browse every conversation and read an AI-generated summary of each appearance.

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The Men Who Think Toxic Feminism Destroyed America

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2026-05-22

How Metrics Make Us Miserable

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2026-02-27

A Grand Unified Theory of Cultural Stagnation

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2025-11-25

Michael Lewis on How the Global Financial Crisis Explains Trump, Crypto, and Everything Else

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2025-10-28

Why Are Americans So Unhealthy? Part I: Is Ultra-Processed Food Killing Us?

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2025-06-11

Is Pop Culture Worse Than Ever?

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2025-05-09

Megapod: The Crisis in American Science

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2025-05-02

Abundance: A New Blueprint for Liberal Politics, With Derek Thompson

Intelligence Squared · 2025-04-16

The Origins of Abundance

The Ezra Klein Show · 2025-03-21

Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson: Less Obstruction, More Government

On with Kara Swisher · 2025-03-17

The 5 Types of Wealth

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2025-02-04

‘The Anti-Social Century’: America’s Epidemic of Solitude—and How to Fix It

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2025-01-10

Vaccine Conspiracies, Fluoride Myths, and America’s Broken Public-Health Discourse

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2024-11-22

The Self-Driving Revolution Is Real—and It Could Be Spectacular

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2024-11-15

Why Is Every Recent Presidential Election So Close?

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2024-10-25

Why Is Every Recent Presidential Election So Close?

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2024-10-25

How to Be Happy and the Science of Cognitive Time Travel

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2024-08-09

Harsh Truths About 2024 and the Future of the U.S. Economy

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2024-07-19

"People Feel Lied To": The White House, the Media, and the Joe Biden Blame Game

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2024-07-05

The Radical Cultural Shift Behind America's Declining Birth Rate

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2024-06-21

How the Logic of Cults Is Taking Over Modern Life

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2024-05-03

What Evolutionary Biology Can Teach Us About Diet, Exercise, and Staying Alive

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2024-04-02

Why Americans Stopped Hanging Out—and Why It Matters

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2024-02-27

Four Megatrends for 2024 in Tech, Economics, Media, and Weird Science

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2024-01-03

The Weight-Loss Drug Revolution, Part 1: Why These Drugs Work So Well

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2023-12-12

Why Americans are Losing Faith in College

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2023-09-26

Americans Think the Economy Is Terrible. The Data Tell Another Story.

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2023-07-11

Why So Many Young Men Are Lonely, Sexless, and Extremely Online

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2023-06-06

MAILBAG: Why Does the Internet Make Us Depressed? Where Does Good Writing Come From? Is College Worth It Anymore?

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2023-03-17

Why Everybody Is Wrong About a Recession and Housing’s Great Comeback

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2023-02-14

PE Greatest Hits: Derek and Ryen Debate the Most Impressive Sports Statistic of All Time

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2022-12-20

ChatGPT, Obesity Drugs, Exoplanet Images, and Medical Miracles: The Most Amazing Breakthroughs of 2022

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2022-12-13

How to Invest and Be Happy When It Feels Like the World Is Falling Apart

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2022-10-28

Why the Future of AI Should Terrify and Thrill You

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2022-10-11

Could the Fed Break the World Economy?

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2022-10-04

Bill Gates on Progress, Food Technology, and the Battle Between Climate Change and Innovation

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2022-09-13

Nate Silver on Why This Midterm Election Could Be the Weirdest in Decades

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2022-09-02

The Messy Debate Over Student Loan Forgiveness

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2022-08-30

America’s Gun Problem Is Impossible

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2022-05-26

Economic Mystery Hour: How Low Will Stocks Go? Is a Recession Inevitable?

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2022-05-03

The Great Debate: What's the Single Most Amazing Sports Statistic in U.S. History?

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2022-02-18

What American Media Is Getting Wrong About Canada’s Big Protests

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2022-02-15

This Guy Predicted the 2021 Economy. I Asked Him What's Next.

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2022-02-04

One Big Question For: Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Tesla, and Meta

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2022-02-01

2022 Is Off to a Terrible Start for Democrats

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2022-01-21

The Biggest Losers of the Streaming Wars: ESPN, Movie Theaters, Peacock, and More

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2022-01-18

The Biggest Inventions of the 2020s: Cancer Vaccines, Flying Cars, Space Travel, and More

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2022-01-07

Buy or Sell Pandemic Trends: Peloton, Movie Theaters, Masks, and More!

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2021-11-23

Buy or Sell Pandemic Trends: Peloton, Movie Theaters, Masks, and More!

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2021-11-23

The Future Is Going to Be Weird As Hell

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2021-11-16