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Longtime tech, culture, and political writer Derek Thompson cuts through all the noise surrounding the big questions and headlines that matter to you in his podcast Plain English. Hear Derek and guests engage the news with clear viewpoints and memorable takeaways. New episodes drop weekly, and if you’ve got a topic you want discussed, shoot us an email at plainenglish@spotify.com.
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A Fractured MAGA
Episode Breakdown
Derek and Ross Douthat unpack the contradictory coalition Trump has built: Christian conservatives who overlook pagan behavior, antiestablishment populists who embrace bullying, MAHA health obsessives that ignore their leader’s diet … What holds this movement together, and could the Iran War tear it apart?
Hosts
56:00
Hosts
Episode Breakdown
Derek and Ross Douthat unpack the contradictory coalition Trump has built: Christian conservatives who overlook pagan behavior, antiestablishment populists who embrace bullying, MAHA health obsessives that ignore their leader’s diet … What holds this movement together, and could the Iran War tear it apart?
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By Derek Thompson and Ezra Klein • March 18, 2025
‘Abundance’ is Plain English host Derek Thompson and New York Times journalist Ezra Klein’s call to renew a politics of plenty, face up to the failures of liberal governance, and abandon the chosen scarcities that have deformed American life.More info