How to Invest and Be Happy When It Feels Like the World Is Falling Apart
We’re in a moment in world history where a lot of big global paradigms are dying. For decades, Europe was basically peaceful. That paradigm has gone up in smoke. For decades, the relationship between ...
28 Okt 202254min
Ben Smith on the Future of News, How to Start a Media Company, and Why TikTok Is a Time Bomb
About a week ago, a new global news organization launched called Semafor. Ben Smith is its cofounder and editor-in-chief. We offer a brief history of news media in the 21st century and talk about why ...
26 Okt 202238min
Midterm Election FAQ: Can We Trust the Polls? Are Democrats Doomed?
We’re coming down to the wire, and Democrats' hopes of holding onto the Senate and the House are fading fast. Two months ago, the story was that Democrats seemed poised to pull off an upset and hold o...
25 Okt 202244min
The Case for Indicting Donald Trump
For years, liberals have deluded themselves into thinking that Donald Trump was always on the verge of some calamitous legal defeat. Robert Mueller was made into an icon of the left. But no charges we...
18 Okt 202245min
Is Hybrid Work Doomed?
Stanford University professor Nicholas Bloom joins the show to talk about how the hybrid work revolution is going, and how the weakened connection between work and home continues to change where Ameri...
14 Okt 202246min
Why the Future of AI Should Terrify and Thrill You
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 a ton of fun. I’m still figuring out what this sho...
11 Okt 20221h
Bill Simmons on Aaron Judge, How Baseball Ruined Itself, and the Joy of Debating Sports Records
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 up over a deceptively simple question: Who is baseba...
6 Okt 20221h 7min
Could the Fed Break the World Economy?
What if, in trying to fix the hangover of domestic inflation, the Federal Reserve is accidentally triggering a series of diabolical domino effects that could screw up the global economy? Joining the s...
4 Okt 202241min
