I'm Derek Thompson, longtime 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.

Welcome to the ringer fantasy football show.

My name is Danny Heifetz, I am joined by Danny Kelly and Craig Whirlback, who spent

3 episodes on injury reserve, but we've activated him, he's back at practice, Craig, how

are you feeling?

I feel refreshed, I feel ready to go, my muscles have been lubricated.

Wow.

He also didn't actually break his toe for people that were worried.

We were just making an Aaron Rodgers joke.

Full disclosure, I was traveling, I was on vacation on the east coast, I did not listen

to this Sunday.

Who listens to pods while you're traveling, and there must have been no opportunities

while you're on a plane or in cars.

I was watching the horrible sea hawks watching the game on the plane.

However, I started to get tweets about people saying like, show me your toe, what, Craig

how's your toe?

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