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Plain English with Derek Thompson

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Net Soapbox Score across all issues (last 30 days)
L+1.6
51 mentions across 5 episodes
How this channel has trended
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10/16/2026How Abundance Has Failed and SucceededPodcast1h 2m
10/13/2026America’s Crisis of Social Connection, With Adam GrantPodcast1h 2m
10/09/2026Russia’s Plague Mystery and the Coming Age of BioweaponsPodcast1h 6m
10/06/2026The Bitter Rivalries Behind the Race to Build SuperintelligencePodcast1h 6m
10/02/2026Why the Midterms Suddenly Look So Bad for RepublicansPodcast1h 0m
09/29/2026Why Things Become Popular, with Chuck KlostermanPodcast1h 28m
09/25/2026The Single Smartest Case Against AI DoomPodcast1h 2m
09/18/2026The Truth About Mississippi's Education "Miracle"Podcast56m
09/15/2026Why Experts Keep Getting the Economy So WrongPodcast57m
09/11/2026What’s the Point of College?Podcast57m
09/08/2026The New Book That Scares Big TechPodcast58m
09/01/2026AI Slop Is Breaking the Internet. Can We Save It?Podcast56m
08/25/2026Why Everything Is Going to Keep Getting More ExpensivePodcast42m
08/18/2026Higher Education’s Age of ‘Insufferable Hypocrisy’Podcast1h 2m
08/14/2026It May Be Time to Freak Out About AIPodcast1h 18m
08/11/2026Why Americans Hate Data CentersPodcast1h 4m
08/05/2026Why America Is Switching From Booze to WeedPodcast1h 8m
07/28/2026"The End of Reading Is Here"Podcast52m
07/22/2026What Translator Emily Wilson Thinks of Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey'Podcast1h 0m
07/17/2026Why 'The Odyssey' Is the West’s Greatest StoryPodcast1h 4m
07/14/2026A Philosopher’s One-Word Theory for Why the World Feels So WeirdPodcast57m
07/07/2026How Israel Is Transforming American PoliticsPodcast1h 2m
07/03/2026MEGAPOD: The Most Overrated American Who Ever LivedPodcast1h 10m
06/30/2026A Surprising Theory About the Future of WarPodcast53m
06/26/2026The Age of the Trillion-Dollar, Zero-Profit CompanyPodcast53m
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