Derek Thompson is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the host of the podcast Plain English. A news analyst with NPR, Derek appears weekly on the national news show “Here and Now” and is a contributor to CBS News. He is the author of the national bestseller Hit Makers. He lives in Washington, DC.
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