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Longtime 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 weekly, and if you’ve got a topic you want discussed, shoot us an email at plainenglish@spotify.com.
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2026 Midterms 101
Episode Breakdown
Derek and Nate Cohn go over the six biggest lessons from the midterms: the pendulum of the youth vote, the death of the Trump coalition, swing voters, the identity death of the Republican Party, the limits of money, and historical analogies that should shape our understanding of what happens next.
Hosts
1:08:00
Hosts
Episode Breakdown
Derek and Nate Cohn go over the six biggest lessons from the midterms: the pendulum of the youth vote, the death of the Trump coalition, swing voters, the identity death of the Republican Party, the limits of money, and historical analogies that should shape our understanding of what happens next.
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By Derek Thompson and Ezra Klein • March 18, 2025
‘Abundance’ is Plain English host Derek Thompson and New York Times journalist Ezra Klein’s call to renew a politics of plenty, face up to the failures of liberal governance, and abandon the chosen scarcities that have deformed American life.More info