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.

Best gift I've ever received has to be a bike when I was younger, a pedal bike.

It was a sort of slick little road bike, and I remember it was all like, it was all wrapped

up, it was so obvious what it was obviously because nothing's shaped like a bike and I had

a little ribbon on it, and I was so guest.

I felt like that was a life changer, and I'm still sort of big on cycling around my

area now, so I felt like that one changed me a little.

Join in every zip with red cups now back at Starbucks.

Between forgetting the sellotape, trying to squeeze eight people around a six-seater table

and the cat taking down the tree.

Again!

Christmas can be tricky.

At least with royal mail, sending parcels is easy.

You can save time and money when you buy your postage online, and we'll collect from

your door for £0.

Whether you have one, two or twenty to send, just click, save and we'll collect.

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