Longform Podcast #572: Derek Thompson Your browser does not support the audio player. Click here to download the podcast. Show Notes @DKThomp Thompson's Atlantic archive [00:00] Hit Makers: How to Succeed in an Age of Distraction (Penguin • 2018) [00:00] Plain English with Derek Thompson (The Ringer) [05:00] "Why Americans Suddenly Stopped Hanging Out" (Atlantic • Feb 2024) [18:00] "The Americans Who Need Chaos" (Atlantic • Feb 2024) [23:00] "America’s Loneliness Epidemic Comes for the Restaurant" (Atlantic • Mar 2024) [35:00] "Stop Trying to Ask 'Smart Questions'" (Atlantic • Jan 2023) [39:00] "The Future of Everything With Derek Thompson" (The Bill Simmons Podcast • Feb 2024) [40:00] "What Many Economists (and I) Got Wrong About This Economy" (Plain English • Mar 2024) [43:00] "How Hollywood’s Hit Formula Flopped—and What Could Come Next" (Plain English • Mar 2024)
