Derek Thompson
Derek Thompson
About the show
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 podcast Plain English. Hear 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.
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Wealth isn’t just about financial security, according to today’s guest, Sahil Bloom. It’s about time wealth (the freedom to control our own schedules), social wealth (deep relationships with family and friends), mental wealth (the space to think clearly about the most important questions in life), and physical wealth (health and vitality).
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Wealth isn’t just about financial security, according to today’s guest, Sahil Bloom. It’s about time wealth (the freedom to control our own schedules), social wealth (deep relationships with family and friends), mental wealth (the space to think clearly about the most important questions in life), and physical wealth (health and vitality).
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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 Ringer podcast, Plain English. Join Derek and guests as they analyze the news with clear viewpoints and memorable takeaways. General admission. Doors at 6:30 p.m. ET. Show at 8 p.m. ET. Fully seated. First come, first served.When?
Wednesday, February 12 | 8 PMWhere?
Union Stage, Washington, D.C.Plain English With Derek Thompson Live
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Wednesday, February 12, 8 PM. Union StageEvent Details
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 Ringer podcast, Plain English. Join Derek and guests as they analyze the news with clear viewpoints and memorable takeaways. General admission. Doors at 6:30 p.m. ET. Show at 8 p.m. ET. Fully seated. First come, first served.Spotlight
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In the past few years, we’ve learned that GLP-1 drugs don’t just help with diabetes or increase people’s feelings of fullness to help them lose weight. They have broad effects on substance abuse and behavior. They even seem to help with otherwise incurable illnesses, like Alzheimer’s and schizophrenia. This month, a team of scientists studying two million patients in the Veterans Affairs medical system found that GLP-1s were associated with “a reduced risk of substance use and psychotic disorders, seizures, neurocognitive disorders, coagulation disorders, cardiometabolic disorders, infectious illnesses and several respiratory conditions.”
Today’s guest is a coauthor on the paper, Ziyad Al-Aly. We talk about his new paper, the steps he took to make sure his findings were trustworthy, why GLP-1 drugs might work so well, and what they’re teaching us about the brain and body.
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In the past few years, we’ve learned that GLP-1 drugs don’t just help with diabetes or increase people’s feelings of fullness to help them lose weight. They have broad effects on substance abuse and behavior. They even seem to help with otherwise incurable illnesses, like Alzheimer’s and schizophrenia. This month, a team of scientists studying two million patients in the Veterans Affairs medical system found that GLP-1s were associated with “a reduced risk of substance use and psychotic disorders, seizures, neurocognitive disorders, coagulation disorders, cardiometabolic disorders, infectious illnesses and several respiratory conditions.”
Today’s guest is a coauthor on the paper, Ziyad Al-Aly. We talk about his new paper, the steps he took to make sure his findings were trustworthy, why GLP-1 drugs might work so well, and what they’re teaching us about the brain and body.
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My new feature for The Atlantic magazine is called “The Anti-Social Century.” It’s a long article that revolves around a simple point: Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. This surging solitude is changing our personalities, our politics, our culture, and our relationships. On this episode, University of Chicago psychologist Nick Epley joins the show to talk about why aloneness matters. We talk about his research on relationships and solitude, on why we need people in our lives, and why sometimes we disregard or misunderstand that need, and why “social fitness” is so critical to a good life.
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My new feature for The Atlantic magazine is called “The Anti-Social Century.” It’s a long article that revolves around a simple point: Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. This surging solitude is changing our personalities, our politics, our culture, and our relationships. On this episode, University of Chicago psychologist Nick Epley joins the show to talk about why aloneness matters. We talk about his research on relationships and solitude, on why we need people in our lives, and why sometimes we disregard or misunderstand that need, and why “social fitness” is so critical to a good life.
