Derek Thompson

Derek Thompson has 50 podcast episodes indexed on PodLexicon, appearing on shows including Plain English with Derek Thompson, The Ezra Klein Show, The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk and The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway. Browse every conversation and read an AI-generated summary of each appearance.

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Artificial IntelligenceInvestingStartupsCryptoLeadershipMacroeconomicsClimatePersonal Finance

Why Experts Keep Getting the Economy So Wrong

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2026-09-15

Why Everything Is Going to Keep Getting More Expensive

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2026-08-25

"The End of Reading Is Here"

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2026-07-28

How Israel Is Transforming American Politics

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2026-07-07

The Donald Trump Corruption Scandal Draft

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2026-06-19

How Metrics Make Us Miserable

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2026-02-27

The Meltdown at The Washington Post—and the Crisis in News

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2026-02-11

Plain English BEST OF: How to Be Happy and the Science of Cognitive Time Travel

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2025-12-02

A Grand Unified Theory of Cultural Stagnation

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2025-11-25

How Superintelligent AI Could Upend Work and Politics

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2025-11-18

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

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2025-10-28

NYC Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani on Abundance, Socialism, and How to Change a Mind

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2025-06-23

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

The Origins of Abundance

The Ezra Klein Show · 2025-03-21

‘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

Why Is Every Recent Presidential Election So Close?

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2024-10-25

The Surprising Science of Cynicism (Plus: The Policy Paradox of the 2024 Election)

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2024-09-27

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

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2024-07-19

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

The Media is Missing Something Big in Biden’s Bad Polling Numbers

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2023-11-17

Why Americans are Losing Faith in College

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2023-09-26

How Hollywood's Writers Strike Could Change the Future of TV and Movies

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2023-05-30

523: Derek Thompson - The Meaning Of Work, Responding To Rejection, Earning Your Dream Job, Impressing Bill Simmons, & How To Find The Next Great QB

The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk · 2023-04-23

Americans Die Younger Than People in Any Other Rich Country. Why?

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2023-04-11

Eight Burning Questions About the Donald Trump Indictment

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2023-03-31

America’s Progress Has Stalled — with Derek Thompson

The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway · 2023-02-02

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

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

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2022-09-02

Why Does It Seem Like Everybody Hates Everything?

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2022-08-19

Why the Question "Are We in a Recession?" Is Impossible to Answer

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2022-07-29

Crypto Crash, Part II: A Debate About the Future of Web3

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2022-07-26

The Big Winners and Losers From the Remote Work Revolution

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2022-06-17

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

Shopify Board proposes share restructuring + The Atlantic's Derek Thompson, Why American Teens Are So Sad | E1433

This Week in Startups · 2022-04-13

Could Putin’s War Crash the U.S. Economy?

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2022-03-22

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

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2022-02-18

Should We Cancel Student Debt?

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2022-01-28

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

Media Report Card! Biden Blues, Omicron Fears, Chris Cuomo, and a Celebrity Profile for the Ages

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2021-12-10

The Future Is Going to Be Weird As Hell

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2021-11-16

Introducing Plain English with Derek Thompson

Plain English with Derek Thompson · 2021-11-11