PE Greatest Hits: Thompson and Klosterman Debate Why Society Got So Negative

Plain English with Derek Thompson

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News Commentary, News

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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This has been an amazing year for the show, and I’m so grateful for everybody who has listened. I’m off the last two weeks of the year but I wanted to keep something in your feed over the holidays, so this week I’m reboosting one of our most popular episodes of the year. Maybe you listened and want to listen again. Maybe you missed this one, and want to check it out. Or you’re looking at this feed for the first time and trying to figure out whether this is your kind of show. I think these episodes offer a great snapshot of what we try to do here on 'Plain English.' Range widely across topics. Synthesize complicated ideas. Frame breaking news and big ideas in ways that you’ll remember when the show is over. And do it all relatively quickly. No BS. No filler. An espresso shot of news analysis. In today’s episode, I talk with the author Chuck Klosterman about why society has gotten so negative, ranging from TV and film to politics and social media. Maybe the most wide-ranging conversation of the year and, in terms of online reception, probably the single episode that I got the most positive feedback from … Ironically. I hope you enjoy! Happy holidays, and if you feel like giving this show a small gift, head to Spotify or Apple Podcasts and leave a five-star rating and review. It goes a long way. See you in the new year! Host: Derek Thompson Guest: Chuck Klosterman Producer: Devon Manze Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.0	Hello, I'm Derek Thompson. This is plain English. It's been an amazing year for
0:34.3	the show. I am incredibly grateful to everybody who has listened. I am off for
0:39.4	the last two weeks of 2022, but I wanted to keep something in your feed over
0:43.2	the holidays. So this week, I'm reboosting one of our most popular episodes
0:48.8	of the year. Maybe you heard it when we first aired the show and you want
0:52.6	to listen again. Maybe you missed this week and you want to check it out or
0:56.4	maybe you're looking at this feed for the very first time and you're trying to
1:00.0	figure out, is this my kind of show? Well, I think this episode does a nice job
1:05.4	of giving you a snapshot of what it is we try to do here on plain English. We
1:10.9	range widely across topics, economics, technology, science, sports. We try to
1:17.0	synthesize complicated ideas. We try to frame breaking news and big ideas in
1:22.8	ways that you'll remember when the show is over. And we try to do it all
1:26.4	relatively quickly. No BS, no filter, and espresso shot of news analysis.
1:32.1	In today's episode, I talk with the author Chuck Closterman about why society has
1:36.3	gotten so negative, ranging from TV to film, to politics, to social media. This
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