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Plain English with Derek Thompson

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

Plain English with Derek Thompson

The Ringer

News, News Commentary

4.72.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In our second "Curiosity Corner" mailbag, Derek takes your burning questions. He breaks down the myths around how monkeypox spreads, and blasts public health officials for not being more specific about who is most affected. He explains how, while millennials face an affordability crisis in developed countries, they might not want to trade their global generation for any previous period in history. And he answers a listener who asks whether we should fear population collapse more than we fear overpopulation. If you have questions, observations, or ideas for future episodes, email us at PlainEnglish@Spotify.com. You can find us on TikTok at www.tiktok.com/@plainenglish_ Host: Derek Thompson Producer: Devon Manze Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm Matt Bellini, founding partner of Puck News, and I'm covering the inside conversation

0:05.6

about money and power in Hollywood.

0:08.1

With my new show The Town, I'm going to take you inside Hollywood, with exclusive

0:11.9

insight on what people in show business are actually talking about.

0:15.6

Multiple times a week, I'll talk to some of the smartest people I know, journalists,

0:19.7

insiders, all of whom can break down the hottest topics and entertainment to tell you what's

0:24.0

really going on.

0:26.0

Listen now.

0:31.0

Today, we've got Curiosity Corner Mailbag number two.

0:35.6

You had questions about monkey pox and millennial facts and overpopulation versus underpopulation

0:42.1

fears, and we have answers for you.

0:44.4

Thank you so, so much for sending all of these questions.

0:47.0

It's a huge honor to see all these people that are listening to the show and engaging

0:52.4

with the show and really understand what I think the show is about, that we're trying

0:56.6

to, yes, have some episodes that are pivoting very directly off of the new cycle and some

1:02.0

episodes that just have absolutely nothing to do with the new cycle that are just things

1:05.6

that I'm interested in, things like the future of science and technology, what's happening

1:09.4

to music and pop culture, you guys get it, and it's just beautiful to see these emails.

1:15.9

So please keep them coming.

1:17.2

I'm sorry, of course, if you can't get to everyone's emails.

1:19.7

So what Devon and I try to do here is answer questions where we're getting a lot of emails

1:26.2

around the same subject, thinking that those are going to be the most relevant to the

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