I'm Derek Thompson, long time writer with the Atlantic magazine on tech, culture, and politics.

There is a lot of noise out there, and my goal is to cut through the headlines, loud tweets,

and hot takes in my new podcast, Plain English.

I'll talk to some of the smartest people I know to give you clear viewpoints and memorable

takeaways.

Plain English starts November 16th.

Listen for free on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

Hello and welcome to Group Chat, I am Justin Barrier, joining me wearing their most

dapper shirtless vests.

It's Rob Mahoney, big wise, what's up gentlemen?

I don't think I have that in my closet actually, but I'm thinking about investing.

I feel like we could pull it off was.

I definitely got a brown car heart vest in the closet, have never even considered going

topless or shirtless underneath, but you know, gives you something to think about.

I'll be honest, I consider doing this podcast and just shirtless vest, big ol sunglasses,

but I didn't think that would go to overwhelm on our YouTube page, or maybe it would go over

very well.

We would only allow it if you put a clown nose on because that's what Dylan Brooks has

done to him.

So he's gone from heel, villain to just a clown show.

It's unfortunate.

You hate to see it, but that's life in the NBA when you were an unproven, young bunch of

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