Plain English with Derek Thompson

Such a smart and insightful dude. Always brings experts into the show, but he does his research before. Couldn’t recommend it enough.

Derek thinks he’s smarter and morally superior to you. Sure, he’ll pretend to be open-minded and thoughtful about incredibly complex issues (the economy and foreign policy, for instance), but that’s all just window dressing. In Derek’s mind, there is one correct viewpoint. He’ll shove it down your throat and then claim you’re a terrible person if you disagree. Most people would say, “don’t bother wasting your time listening to this drivel,” but I actually encourage you to listen to several episodes, if only to get a proper feel for how incredibly pretentious and holier-than-thou Derek and a huge proportion of “journalists” are.

I am a loyal listener but he’s been off the rails the last month with politics. His unreasonable takes against all conservatives have made me doubt his objectivity and logic in other areas. Derek used to be like gospel to me but there’s no need to demonize and disparage the opinions of half the country.

Liked it at first but the more I listen, the less I like it. It’s just opinions on politics now. It was better when it was general topics that we learned new information about.