Plain English with Derek Thompson

The Ringer 397 - It May Be Time to Freak Out About AI

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. Watch 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! Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@PlainEnglishwithDerekThompson

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Plain English with Derek Thompson

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A Philosopher’s One-Word Theory for Why the World Feels So Weird

How Israel Is Transforming American Politics

MEGAPOD: The Most Overrated American Who Ever Lived

A Surprising Theory About the Future of War

SpaceX, AI Bubble Fears, and The Age of the Trillion-Dollar, Zero-Profit Company

The Iran War Is Ending. Everybody Lost.

The Donald Trump Corruption Scandal Draft

The Most Exciting Month of Medical Breakthroughs in Years

Old-igarchy: How the Elderly Conquered American Power

How Modern Fatherhood Is Changing Men’s Brains

What 400,000 Essays Reveal About AI and Creativity

The Surprising Truth About America's Friendship Crisis

Why the NBA Feels Broken—and Why the League Can’t Fix It

The Men Who Think Toxic Feminism Destroyed America

Does Anybody Know How to Solve an American Debt Crisis?

The Global Fertility Crisis Is Worse Than You Think

The Case Against the AI Job Apocalypse

Why American Happiness Just Fell Off a Cliff

One of the Deadliest Cancers in America May Have Met Its Match

Why Too Much Freedom Is the Enemy of Success

Why the Iran War Is Tearing MAGA Apart

The Triple Crisis That’s Breaking Hollywood—and Changing the Future of Movies

The Most Powerful and Dangerous AI Model Yet

The Whole World Is Fighting About Energy

‘The Job Market for Young People Is Brutal’

America's Religious Revival Is a Mirage

Is China the Winner of the Iran War?

Why We're Addicted to ‘Sh*tty Flow’

Anthropic Thinks AI Might Destroy the Economy. It's Building It Anyway.

America's Tax System Is Broken

The Casino-ification of America

"Yes, AI Is a Bubble. There Is No Question."

The Pill That Works Even When You Know It's Fake

The Economic Crisis of the Iran War Goes Far Beyond Oil

"American Democracy as We Know It Might Not Survive This Technology"

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The Four Ways That the Iran War Could End

How Metrics Make Us Miserable

The Future of GLP-1 Drugs and AI Medicine, With Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks

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The Media Theory That Explains “99% of Everything”

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

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