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Back to SearchThe Case for Indicting Donald Trump
Season 1 Episode 102
For years, liberals have deluded themselves into thinking that Donald Trump was always on the verge of some calamitous legal defeat. Robert Mueller w…
3 years, 9 months ago
Is Hybrid Work Doomed?
Season 1 Episode 101
Stanford University professor Nicholas Bloom joins the show to talk about how the hybrid work revolution is going, and how the weakened connection be…
3 years, 9 months ago
Why the Future of AI Should Terrify and Thrill You
Season 1 Episode 100
This is the 100th episode of Plain English! I don’t know how that’s possible. Thanks to all of you who have listened. This has been a ton of work and…
3 years, 9 months ago
Bill Simmons on Aaron Judge, How Baseball Ruined Itself, and the Joy of Debating Sports Records
Season 1 Episode 99
This week, the Yankees' Aaron Judge hit his 62nd home run of the season, and it’s triggered a ferocious debate that has a lot of people very worked u…
3 years, 9 months ago
Could the Fed Break the World Economy?
Season 1 Episode 98
What if, in trying to fix the hangover of domestic inflation, the Federal Reserve is accidentally triggering a series of diabolical domino effects th…
3 years, 9 months ago
Scott Galloway on Why the Internet Is a Mess, Why the News Is So Angry, and Why American Men Are ‘Adrift’
Season 1 Episode 97
A wide-ranging conversation with speaker and star podcaster Scott Galloway ('The Prof G Pod,' 'Pivot') on his new book 'Adrift,' why being a pundit m…
3 years, 9 months ago
Is the Federal Reserve Making a Huge Mistake?
Season 1 Episode 96
Last week the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.75 percentage points, continuing one of the fastest escalations of the benchmark rate in his…
3 years, 9 months ago
Why America Has a Crisis of Masculinity
Season 1 Episode 95
American men have a problem. They account for less than 40 percent of new college graduates but roughly 70 percent of drug overdose deaths and more t…
3 years, 10 months ago
Why the Voice Inside Your Head Can Sound Like a Jerk
Season 1 Episode 94
Today’s episode is about the science of self-talk—and how our relationship to our own inner monologue can become toxic. Psychologist Ethan Kross join…
3 years, 10 months ago
The Housing Recession Is Coming
Season 1 Episode 93
While the broader economy is almost certainly not in a recession, the U.S. housing market is facing a painful reset. As the Federal Reserve raises in…
3 years, 10 months ago