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Plain English with Derek Thompson — 398 episodes

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Higher Education’s Age of ‘Insufferable Hypocrisy’

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It May Be Time to Freak Out About AI

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Why Americans Hate Data Centers

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Why America Is Switching From Booze to Weed

5

"The End of Reading Is Here"

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What Translator Emily Wilson Thinks of Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey'

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Why 'The Odyssey' Is the West’s Greatest Story

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

9

How Israel Is Transforming American Politics

10

MEGAPOD: The Most Overrated American Who Ever Lived

11

A Surprising Theory About the Future of War

12

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

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The Iran War Is Ending. Everybody Lost.

14

The Donald Trump Corruption Scandal Draft

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The Most Exciting Month of Medical Breakthroughs in Years

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Old-igarchy: How the Elderly Conquered American Power

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How Modern Fatherhood Is Changing Men’s Brains

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What 400,000 Essays Reveal About AI and Creativity

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The Surprising Truth About America's Friendship Crisis

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

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The Men Who Think Toxic Feminism Destroyed America

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Does Anybody Know How to Solve an American Debt Crisis?

23

The Global Fertility Crisis Is Worse Than You Think

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The Case Against the AI Job Apocalypse

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Why American Happiness Just Fell Off a Cliff

26

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

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Why Too Much Freedom Is the Enemy of Success

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Why the Iran War Is Tearing MAGA Apart

29

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

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The Most Powerful and Dangerous AI Model Yet

31

The Whole World Is Fighting About Energy

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‘The Job Market for Young People Is Brutal’

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America's Religious Revival Is a Mirage

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Is China the Winner of the Iran War?

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Why We're Addicted to ‘Sh*tty Flow’

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

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America's Tax System Is Broken

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The Casino-ification of America

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

40

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

41

The Economic Crisis of the Iran War Goes Far Beyond Oil

42

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

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Trump Is Doubling Down on Iran. How Should Democrats Respond?

44

The Four Ways That the Iran War Could End

45

How Metrics Make Us Miserable

46

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

47

The Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump’s Tariffs. Now What?

48

The Media Theory That Explains “99% of Everything”

49

"America Isn’t Ready for What AI Will Do to Jobs"

50

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

51

Plain English BEST OF: What’s the Matter With America’s Food?

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Plain English BEST OF: This Is How the AI Bubble Could Burst

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Plain English BEST OF: The Healthiest "Super-Agers" Have One Thing in Common, According to a 25-Year Study

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Plain English BEST OF: The Modern World Is Changing America’s Personality for the Worse

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Plain English BEST OF: If GLP-1 Drugs Are Good for Everything, Should We All Be on Them?

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Plain English BEST OF: What Experts Really Think About Smartphones and Mental Health

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Plain English BEST OF: How Gen Z Sees the World

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Plain English BEST OF: A Grand, Unified Theory of Why Americans Are So Unhealthy

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Plain English BEST OF: The Antisocial Century

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

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A Grand Unified Theory of Cultural Stagnation

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The American Math Crisis

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How Superintelligent AI Could Upend Work and Politics

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Everything Is Television

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Are Young People Screwed?

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The Democrats Have a New Winning Formula

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How the American Revolution Changed the World, With Ken Burns

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The Problem With Sports Gambling

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

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What Happens When AI Learns to Do Our Jobs

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Can "Touch-Grass Populism" Save America?

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Everybody Thinks AI Is a Bubble. What If They’re Wrong?

73

The Future of Entertainment, Part 2: What’s the Matter With Broadway?

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The Future of Entertainment, Part 1: Is Hollywood's Business Model Broken?

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Why Money Doesn't Buy Happiness in America

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Is AI Really About to Solve Human Disease?

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How America Became a Nation of "Free Speech Hypocrites"

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What’s the Matter With America’s Food?

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This Is How the AI Bubble Could Burst

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The Jimmy Kimmel Saga and America's Free-Speech Crisis

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If GLP-1 Drugs Are Good for Everything, Should We All Be on Them?

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Charlie Kirk's Killing and America's Age of "Salad-Bar Extremism"

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America in the Age of Diagnosis

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Trumponomics Explained, Part 2: The Enshittification of American Power

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What Is Trumponomics? Part 1: How Donald Trump Is Breaking American Capitalism

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The Healthiest "Super-Agers" Have One Thing in Common, According to a 25-Year Study

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Plain History: How the Transcontinental Railroads Built the Modern World

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The Modern World Is Changing America’s Personality For the Worse

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Will AI Usher In the End of Deep Thinking?

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The New Geography of Housing in America

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The Demise of Late-Night TV Is an Omen for American Culture

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If Trump’s Economic Ideas Are So Bad, Why Isn’t the U.S. Economy Doing Much Worse?

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Fertility Needs a Scientific Revolution

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The Mysterious Rise of Major Injuries in Professional Sports

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How Abundance Won in California

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What's Next for the Middle East: War, Peace, or Revolution?

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

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A Grand, Unified Theory of Why Americans Are So Unhealthy

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Why Are Americans So Unhealthy? Part I: Is Ultra-Processed Food Killing Us?

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What Experts Really Think About Smartphones and Mental Health

101

Plain History: How Adolf Hitler Destroyed German Democracy in Six Months

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Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill Is Great for the "Stealthy Wealthy"

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The Gene-Editing Breakthrough That Saved a Baby’s Life

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The Rules of Attraction and the Psychology of Romance

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Plain History: How Norman Borlaug Stopped the Apocalypse

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Why Do Americans Pay So Much for Drugs?

107

Is Pop Culture Worse Than Ever?

108

The Job Market for Young Grads Is Flashing Red

109

Megapod: The Crisis in American Science

110

Is This the Chinese Century?

111

What Americans Get Wrong About ADHD

112

An Astrophysicist Explains the "Strongest Evidence Yet" of Alien Life

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A Toy Manufacturer Explains How Trump’s Tariffs Could Crush His Industry

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Why America Will Lose Its Trade War With China

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Plain History: The Smoot-Hawley Tariff and the Great Depression

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Trump’s Trade War Is Like Nothing America’s Ever Seen

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Trump’s Plan to Smash the Global Economic Order

118

Plain History: The Gilded Age

119

ABUNDANCE! With Ezra Klein

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How Gen Z Sees the World

121

Can a Vaccine Cure the World’s Deadliest Cancer?

122

How AI Could Change the Future of Music

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The End of Reading

124

'How Progressives Froze the American Dream' (Live)

125

Plain History: The Astonishingly Successful Presidency of James K. Polk

126

The Trump-Musk Doctrine: F-ck Around and Find Out

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127

Is There a Scientific Case for Believing in God?

128

Fraud, Scandal, and Failure in the Fight Against Alzheimer's Disease

129

The Energy Story of the Moment: The Unstoppable Rise of Solar Vs. the Unmovable Demand for Global Fossil Fuels

130

The 5 Types of Wealth

131

Are GLP-1 Drugs "the Greatest Medical Breakthrough of the 21st Century"?

132

Tech Talk: AI Supremacy, TikTok’s Fate, and Crypto Decadence

133

Plain History Volume 1: Who Killed President James Garfield?

134

What's the Truth About Alcohol, Cancer, and Your Health?

135

The L.A. Fires: How They Happened, Climate Change’s Role, and What the City Must Do Now

136

‘The Anti-Social Century’: America’s Epidemic of Solitude—and How to Fix It

137

The Big 2025 Economy Forecast: AI and Big Tech, Nuclear’s Renaissance, Trump vs. China, and What’s Eating Europe?

138

The Year's Biggest Breakthroughs in Science and Tech (Feat.: OK, But Seriously, What Is Quantum Computing?)

139

A Mysterious Health Wave Is Breaking Out Across the U.S.

140

The Productivity Paradox: Why Less Is More With Oliver Burkeman

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Why American Health Care Is a "Broken System"

142

Is Crypto Entering a New Golden Age—or Just a New Era of Failed Promises?

143

Megapod: Why Is There So Much BS in Psychology?

144

Vaccine Conspiracies, Fluoride Myths, and America’s Broken Public-Health Discourse

145

The Self-Driving Revolution Is Real—and It Could Be Spectacular

146

How Trump Won: Young Men’s Red Wave, the Blue-City Flop, and the Incumbency Graveyard

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How to Watch Election Night Without Falling for Conspiracy Theories or False Hope

148

This Small Pennsylvania Town Explains the 2024 Election

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Why Is Every Recent Presidential Election So Close?

150

Is Radical Human Life Extension Possible?

151

America's Young Men Are Falling Behind—and Shifting Right

152

Is the Middle East on the Verge of All-Out War?

153

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

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154

A Sports Mystery: What Happened to the NFL Quarterback?

155

How AI Could Help Us Discover Miracle Drugs

156

The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories

157

"Exercise May Be the Single Most Potent Medical Intervention Ever Known"

158

Democrats Are Euphoric. But This Election Is Much Closer Than They Think.

159

The Four Biggest Myths About Political Persuasion

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How to Be Happy and the Science of Cognitive Time Travel

161

Market Meltdown FAQ: Recession Fears, Global Stock Wipeout, and the Case for Calm

162

Why Are Robocalls So Hard to Stop? (Plus: Kamala and the Gender Wars.)

163

Why Are Conservatives Happier Than Progressives?

164

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

165

"The Weirdest Housing Market in Recent History"

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"People Feel Lied To": The White House, the Media, and the Joe Biden Blame Game

167

Whatever Happened to Serial Killers?

168

The Radical Cultural Shift Behind America's Declining Birth Rate

169

Breathing Is Easy. But We’re Doing It Wrong.

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The News Media’s Dangerous Addiction to ‘Fake Facts’

171

Microplastics Are Everywhere. How Dangerous Are They?

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Why the New NBA Deal Is So Weird. Plus, How Sports Rights Actually Work.

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What America’s Bold New Economic Experiment Is Missing

174

The Five Superstars Who Invented the Modern NBA

175

Are Smartphones Really Driving the Rise in Teenage Depression?

176

Are Flying Cars Finally Here?

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177

How the Logic of Cults Is Taking Over Modern Life

178

How Will the Gaza War Finally End?

179

A Political Scientist on How Protests Can Change Minds or Backfire

180

What Kind of a Superpower Is India Becoming?

181

Health Fads and Fictions: VO2 Max, Supplement Mania, Sunlight, and Immortality

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U.S. Economy FAQ: Skyrocketing Insurance Prices, Stuck Inflation, Higher Rates, and Wrong Experts

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If the 2024 Election Is So Important, Why Does It Feel So Boring?

184

A Psychologist Explains Four Reasons the Internet Feels So Broken

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Why School Absences Have "Exploded" Across America

186

What Evolutionary Biology Can Teach Us About Diet, Exercise, and Staying Alive

187

America's Biggest Car Companies Are in Trouble

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Should the U.S. Ban TikTok?

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How Hollywood’s Hit Formula Flopped—and What Could Come Next

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What Many Economists (and I) Got Wrong About This Economy

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Why the "Need for Chaos" Is Eating American Politics

192

Why Americans Stopped Hanging Out—and Why It Matters

193

"We’re Seeing a Fundamental Reorganization of Work in America"

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How to Have the Hardest Conversations—in Marriage, Politics, and Life

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Would You Buy a Drug to Extend Your Dog’s Life?

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The Dark Side of the Internet's Obsession With Anxiety

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Can Solar Power and Battery Tech Save the World From Climate Change?

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The Gender War Within Gen Z

199

What’s the Best Diet for Planet Earth?

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Why Did Stanley Water Bottles Suddenly Become a Cultural Phenomenon?

201

Why the U.S. Media Industry Is in Meltdown

202

World on Fire, Part 3: How Did America's Border Crisis Get So Bad?

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World on Fire, Part 2: Global Conflict Has Surged to an 80-Year High. Why?

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World on Fire, Part 1: The Houthis, Israel's Impossible War, and Worsening Middle East Chaos

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The Dark Side of the Obsession With Focus

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Four Megatrends for 2024 in Tech, Economics, Media, and Weird Science

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The Biggest Breakthroughs in Science Happening Right Now

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The Truth About Ketamine: Depression Cure, Health Fad, or Placebo?

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The Year in Media and Entertainment: What’s Broken (News), What’s Surging (Netflix), and What’s Next

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How Weight-Loss Drugs Could Impact U.S. Healthcare and Food. Plus, the Biggest Problems With GLP1s.

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The Weight-Loss Drug Revolution, Part 1: Why These Drugs Work So Well

212

Why It’s So Hard to Buy a House Right Now—and Why It Might Get Better Soon

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How Henry Kissinger’s Catastrophes and Triumphs Changed the World

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Elon Musk’s Meltdown, the Death of Twitter, and the Chaotic Future of Social Media

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215

How China's Economic Miracle Went Off the Rails

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216

Inside the OpenAI Meltdown

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

218

How ChatGPT Can Change the Future of Jobs—Starting With Your Own

219

What Most People Get Wrong About Wealth, Fame, and Happiness

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The Fragile Hope for Peace in Israel-Palestine

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Could a Housing Recession Take Down the U.S. Economy?

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Two Israel-Palestine Historians Explain: How Did We Get Here? And What Happens Next?

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The Science of Achievement, With Adam Grant

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Israel Has No Good Options

225

The Tragedy of Picking Sides in the Israel-Palestine Conflict

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Inside the Trial of Sam Bankman-Fried

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Israel at War: Why Did Hamas Attack?

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Disney’s Downfall: The Rise and Fall of an Entertainment Giant

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Why Americans are Losing Faith in College

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What’s So Great About Marriage?

231

Why Is It So Expensive to Build Stuff in America?

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Fatherhood and What Americans Get Wrong About Major Life Changes

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Experts Predicted a Recession This Year. How Were They So Wrong?

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Why Elite College Admissions Are Biased Toward the Superrich

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Oppenheimer: The Genius, the Film, and the Project That Changed the World

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How Hollywood Drove Its Business Model Off a Cliff

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Americans Think the Economy Is Terrible. The Data Tell Another Story.

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How the Digital Workplace Broke Our Brains

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What Just Happened in Russia This Weekend?

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The Science of Procrastination—and How to Really Get Stuff Done

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Why Fertility Rates Are Plunging—in the U.S., South Korea, and Everywhere Else

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Why So Many Young Men Are Lonely, Sexless, and Extremely Online

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

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Why Youth Sports in America Are in Decline

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The Future of War Is Here

246

A Diet Conspiracy: Is Ice Cream Secretly Good for You?

247

An Optimistic Guide to America’s Clean-Energy Future

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248

The Most Important Thing Most Americans Misunderstand About Insomnia

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How American Cities Can Avoid the ‘Urban Doom Loop’

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

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How Strong Is the Case Against Donald Trump?

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Myth-Busting Wellness Hacks: Cold Plunges, Coffee, Alcohol, and Fitness Trackers

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Eight Burning Questions About the Donald Trump Indictment

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Why the Cult of Achievement in Schools Is Making People Miserable

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A Mind-Expanding Conversation About Human History and Happiness With Tim Urban

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The AI Revolution Could Be Bigger and Weirder Than We Can Imagine

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MAILBAG: Why Does the Internet Make Us Depressed? Where Does Good Writing Come From? Is College Worth It Anymore?

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The SVB Debacle: The Biggest Myths, the Out-of-Control Blame Game, and the Worst Takes

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Silicon Valley Bank Collapse FAQ: Whose Fault Is It? How Can We Stop a Bank Panic? What Comes Next?

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"Industrial Policy" Is the Hottest Idea in Economics. What Could Go Wrong?

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How the Media Failed Its COVID Test: The Truth Behind the Lab Leak and Masking Debates

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Why Are American Teens So Unhappy? How Do We Solve This Crisis?

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Happiness in America, Part 1: The Secret to a 'Good Life,' According to an 80-Year Study

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The Science of How Music Hits Have Changed in the Last 60 Years

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Bing Chatbot Gone Wild and Why AI Could Be the Story of the Decade

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UFOs and Aliens and Drones and Balloons: Understanding the U.S. Sky Wars

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Why Everybody Is Wrong About a Recession and Housing’s Great Comeback

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The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Fake Meat in America

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China’s Spy Balloon Is Down. Cold War 2.0 Risks Are Rising.

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Econ Megapod: The Debt Ceiling Is Dumb, and the Inflation “Crisis” Might Be Over

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The Dark Side of Being Obsessed With Productivity

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How AI Could Change Apple and Google, Writing and Music, and Everything Else

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Why Big Tech's Jobs Bubble Burst. Plus, SBF's Scandal Deepens.

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America Isn’t Ready for the Weight-Loss-Drug Revolution That’s Coming

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How Americans Got Everything About Food—Fat, Sugar, and Obesity—‘Entirely Backwards’

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True or False: 10 Controversial Predictions About the Future of Streaming, Tech, and Media

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Why There Is So Much Bullsh*t in Science

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The 2023 Economy FAQ: Is Recession Inevitable? Will Housing Crash? Can Tech Recover?

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PE Greatest Hits: Thompson and Klosterman Debate Why Society Got So Negative

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PE Greatest Hits: Derek and Ryen Debate the Most Impressive Sports Statistic of All Time

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ChatGPT, Obesity Drugs, Exoplanet Images, and Medical Miracles: The Most Amazing Breakthroughs of 2022

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Sperm Counts Are Falling All Over the World—Why?

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Who's Afraid of a Four-Day Work Week?

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Why the Bad Guys—in China, Russia, Iran, and the U.S.—Are Having a Terrible Winter

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Why America is Suffering a 'Friendship Recession'

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Thanksgiving Mega-Pod: Bob Iger’s Power Grab, SBF’s Scandal, and Elon Musk’s Omnishambles

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If China Invades Taiwan, Is It World War III?

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A Crypto Catastrophe: The Stunning Fall of FTX—and What Comes Next

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Instant Reaction Pod: Midterm Election Winners, Losers, Surprises, and Takeaways

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Elon Musk's Reign of Chaos and Mark Zuckerberg's Metaverse Madness

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America in the Age of Conspiracy: Q-Anon, JFK, Aliens, and More

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How the U.S. Housing Market Became Such a Dumpster Fire

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How to Invest and Be Happy When It Feels Like the World Is Falling Apart

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Ben Smith on the Future of News, How to Start a Media Company, and Why TikTok Is a Time Bomb

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Midterm Election FAQ: Can We Trust the Polls? Are Democrats Doomed?

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The Case for Indicting Donald Trump

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Is Hybrid Work Doomed?

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Why the Future of AI Should Terrify and Thrill You

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Bill Simmons on Aaron Judge, How Baseball Ruined Itself, and the Joy of Debating Sports Records

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Could the Fed Break the World Economy?

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Scott Galloway on Why the Internet Is a Mess, Why the News Is So Angry, and Why American Men Are ‘Adrift’

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Is the Federal Reserve Making a Huge Mistake?

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Why America Has a Crisis of Masculinity

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Why the Voice Inside Your Head Can Sound Like a Jerk

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The Housing Recession Is Coming

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Bill Gates on Progress, Food Technology, and the Battle Between Climate Change and Innovation

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How Ukraine’s New Offensive Could Win the War Against Russia

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The UK Is in Trouble: Economic Crises, Energy Shocks, and the Queen’s Death

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America’s National Teacher Shortage: Looming Crisis or Media Myth?

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

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The Messy Debate Over Student Loan Forgiveness

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Burning Questions on Media: Streaming’s Summer of Hell, Movie Theater Woes, and CNN’s Risky Pivot

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What’s the Secret of Success in America? This Economist Has Answers.

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Why Does It Seem Like Everybody Hates Everything?

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Donald Trump vs. the FBI: Everything We Know About the Investigation So Far

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A New Way to Think About Racism in America

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Carbon Removal Might Be the World’s Most Important Technology. How Does It Work?

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Curiosity Corner: Monkeypox Myths, Millennial Facts, and Overpopulation Fears

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Is Old Music Killing New Music?

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How the Democrats' New Climate Bill Could Change the World

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

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

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Crypto Crash Part I: The Case Against Crypto

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Why It Seems Like So Many Countries Are Falling Apart

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The World Is on Fire. Here’s a Realistic Plan to Save Humanity.

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Three Ways the Elon Musk–Twitter Showdown Could End

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Burning Questions About the Future of Media: Netflix vs. Disney, TikTok vs. Everyone, and the Metaverse

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Musk Meltdown: Elon’s Breakup With Twitter Is Going to Be Very Messy

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The Biggest Economic Question of the Moment: Is This Peak Inflation?

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Why Are the Police So Bad at Solving Murders?

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Abortion Pills Are a Game Changer, Plus Our Next Big Culture War

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Five Reasons Everybody Is Wrong About a U.S. Recession—Including Me

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The End of Roe v. Wade Changes Everything

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Why Air Travel Is a Hot Mess Right Now

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Why Gas Prices Are Skyrocketing—and an Ingenious Plan to Bring Them Down

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The Big Winners and Losers From the Remote Work Revolution

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The End of the Everything Boom (Plus: The Federal Reserve's Risky Move)

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The Big Inflation FAQ: Why It’s So High, How Everyone Got It Wrong, and What's Next

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California’s Elections Sent an Important Message. What Is It?

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Curiosity Corner: America’s Gun Dilemma, the Future of Corporate Politics, Relationship Advice, and More!

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America’s Gun Problem Is Impossible

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What's Going on With the U.S. Housing Market?

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Why Does the Internet Hate Amber Heard?

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The Mystery of America's Missing Baby Formula

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Why the U.S. Could Be Headed For the "Weirdest Recession Ever"

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Market Meltdown: Why Tech and Crypto Are Crashing - and What Happens Next

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The Future of AI Is Thrilling, Terrifying, Confusing, and Fascinating

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The 300-Year History of Abortion in America—in 30 Minutes

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How Would the End of Roe v. Wade Change America?

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Economic Mystery Hour: How Low Will Stocks Go? Is a Recession Inevitable?

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Why Is It So Hard to Predict the Next Great Quarterback?

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The End of the Golden Age of Streaming

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Instant Reaction Pod! Elon Musk Buys Twitter. So, What Happens Next?

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Why Are American Teenagers So Sad and Anxious?

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How Joe Biden Lost Millennials

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The News About Shanghai’s COVID Lockdown Is Shocking. The Reality Might Be Worse.

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Instant Reaction Pod! Elon Musk Offers to Buy 100 Percent of Twitter.

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When Will the Ukraine War End? (Plus: 10 Good Minutes on What the Hell Elon Musk Is Doing With Twitter)

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It's Not Just You: America's Epidemic of Bad Behavior

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Why U.S. Population Growth Crashed to a Record Low

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Should You Be Afraid of TikTok?

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What Is the “Don’t Say Gay” Law Really About? (Plus: The Big Disney vs. DeSantis Showdown in Florida.)

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How Ukraine Wins

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

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Five Reasons Putin’s War Was Doomed From the Start

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Why a No-Fly Zone Over Ukraine Could Be—Literally—the Worst Idea Ever

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“Every Person Is Ready to Die for Our Country”: Five Ukrainians on Life Inside Putin’s War Zone

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SPECIAL DOUBLE EPISODE: What Putin Will Do Next and the West’s Unprecedented "Financial War" on Russia

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Russia’s Economic Meltdown, Putin’s Big Mistake, and the West’s Financial War Against Vlad and the Oligarchs

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How Putin's War Will End

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What Vladimir Putin Wants—and How Russia’s War in Ukraine Could Reshape the World

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Four Brilliant Frames for Finding the Next Big Thing, With Venture Capitalist Josh Wolfe. Plus, What's Eating Tech Stocks in 2022?

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

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What American Media Is Getting Wrong About Canada’s Big Protests

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The Meaning of Life and the Power of Regret

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Media Gossip Hour: Spotify's Joe Rogan Problem, Facebook's TikTok Crisis, and Crypto's Anonymity Conundrum

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This Guy Predicted the 2021 Economy. I Asked Him What's Next.

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One Big Question For: Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Tesla, and Meta

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Should We Cancel Student Debt?

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Crypto Crashing, Pandemic Stocks Plunging: The Story Behind January’s Crazy Stock Market

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381

2022 Is Off to a Terrible Start for Democrats

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The Biggest Losers of the Streaming Wars: ESPN, Movie Theaters, Peacock, and More

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383

Everybody Was Wrong About Inflation

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384

Omicron: Feelings vs. Facts

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The Biggest Inventions of the 2020s: Cancer Vaccines, Flying Cars, Space Travel, and More

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The Four Ways That America Is Polarizing

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The Four Biggest Myths of the U.S. Economy. Plus, Omicron in 100 Seconds.

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Elon Musk Is the Person of the Year. Who Is the Person of the Century?

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The Elizabeth Holmes Trial With Rebecca Jarvis of 'The Dropout' Podcast

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

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Work in America Is Broken—Can Remote Work Save Us?

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BONUS POD: The Future of Democracy, the Media, and the Economy With Andrew Yang

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