Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Why a No-Fly Zone Over Ukraine Could Be—Literally—the Worst Idea Ever
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Three in four Americans say the U.S. and its allies should ban Russian aircraft over Ukraine by esta...
“Every Person Is Ready to Die for Our Country”: Five Ukrainians on Life Inside Putin’s War Zone
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine running from your home, from a foreign army, knowing that every decision you make could be t...
SPECIAL DOUBLE EPISODE: What Putin Will Do Next and the West’s Unprecedented "Financial War" on Russia
02 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There are two wars happening right now. There is a military conflict led by Vladimir Putin in Easter...
Russia’s Economic Meltdown, Putin’s Big Mistake, and the West’s Financial War Against Vlad and the Oligarchs
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Things are moving very, very fast in Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine—and in the global resp...
How Putin's War Will End
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Quagmire. Regime change. Conquest. Empire. World War III. Derek considers five ways that the war in ...
What Vladimir Putin Wants—and How Russia’s War in Ukraine Could Reshape the World
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Derek explains why three years—1989, 2008, and 2014—are the key to understanding why Putin is wi...
Four Brilliant Frames for Finding the Next Big Thing, With Venture Capitalist Josh Wolfe. Plus, What's Eating Tech Stocks in 2022?
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
All-star VC Josh Wolfe of Lux Capital joins the show to talk about picking winners and losers, tech'...
The Great Debate: What's the Single Most Amazing Sports Statistic in U.S. History?
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game. Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hit streak. Jerry Rice's gazillion rec...
What American Media Is Getting Wrong About Canada’s Big Protests
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What if I told you that the anti-vaccination trucker protests in Canada weren’t principally about ...
The Meaning of Life and the Power of Regret
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Derek goes deep with bestselling author Dan Pink on his new book, 'The Power of Regret.' This episod...
Media Gossip Hour: Spotify's Joe Rogan Problem, Facebook's TikTok Crisis, and Crypto's Anonymity Conundrum
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Roose of The New York Times returns to our pod, which is owned by Spotify, to talk about J...
This Guy Predicted the 2021 Economy. I Asked Him What's Next.
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Furman is a Harvard professor who served as a top economist for the Obama administration. More...
One Big Question For: Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Tesla, and Meta
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
They’re the six largest tech companies in the world. What’s the most interesting thing about eac...
Should We Cancel Student Debt?
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Americans owe $1.7 trillion in student loans, and some Democrats think the time has come to cancel t...
Crypto Crashing, Pandemic Stocks Plunging: The Story Behind January’s Crazy Stock Market
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Morgan Housel, the bestselling author of ‘The Psychology of Money’ and a partner at Collaborativ...
2022 Is Off to a Terrible Start for Democrats
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Legendary journalist James Fallows joins to discuss the filibuster wars, Democrats’ Voting Rights ...
The Biggest Losers of the Streaming Wars: ESPN, Movie Theaters, Peacock, and More
18 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Do movie theaters have a future? What should Disney do with ESPN? And is anybody watching Peacock? D...
Everybody Was Wrong About Inflation
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Okay, almost everybody. The Biden administration was wrong. Many critics of the Biden administratio...
Omicron: Feelings vs. Facts
11 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Derek talks about the rise of the "Vaxxed and Done" movement before reviewing the latest omicron dat...
The Biggest Inventions of the 2020s: Cancer Vaccines, Flying Cars, Space Travel, and More
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s kick off the new year with a bit of techno-optimism! After a miserable start to this decade,...
The Four Ways That America Is Polarizing
28 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
David Frum joins Derek to talk about rising and falling polarization by race, gender, education, and...
The Four Biggest Myths of the U.S. Economy. Plus, Omicron in 100 Seconds.
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Morgan Housel, Collaborative Fund partner and author of the bestseller 'The Psychology of Money,' j...
Elon Musk Is the Person of the Year. Who Is the Person of the Century?
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
New York Times tech columnist Kevin Roose is back to talk about the Age of Elon, why tech’s most ...
The Elizabeth Holmes Trial With Rebecca Jarvis of 'The Dropout' Podcast
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Derek is obsessed with the trial of disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes—and he hopes you a...
Media Report Card! Biden Blues, Omicron Fears, Chris Cuomo, and a Celebrity Profile for the Ages
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bryan Curtis from The Ringer’s ‘The Press Box’ podcast joins Derek to hand out grades to the n...
Work in America Is Broken—Can Remote Work Save Us?
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Derek talks to Anne Helen Petersen, the coauthor of 'Out of Work: The Big Problem and Bigger Promis...
BONUS POD: The Future of Democracy, the Media, and the Economy With Andrew Yang
04 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In our first weekend special, Andrew interviews Derek about the state of the economy, and Derek inte...
The Bad Guys Are Winning
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Derek talks to The Atlantic's Anne Applebaum on the decline of democracy and the rise of a new form...
The Omicron Variant: So, How Bad Is It?
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Peter Hotez talks to Derek about what we know about the new COVID-19 variant (a little), what we...
Buy or Sell Pandemic Trends: Peloton, Movie Theaters, Masks, and More!
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Atlantic's Amanda Mull joins the podcast to debate Derek about which COVID-19–related cultural...
We Have to Talk About Inflation
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our first Economic Roundtable discusses rising prices, the Great Resignation, labor shortages, the s...
The Future Is Going to Be Weird As Hell
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In our first episode, The New York Times’s Kevin Roose joins the show to walk Derek through the me...
Introducing Plain English with Derek Thompson
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Longtime Atlantic writer Derek Thompson breaks down your weekly headlines in his new podcast, ‘Pla...