Derek Thompson

Kyla Scanlon, thank you so much.

Hey folks, first a programming note. I'm going to be on the road traveling around the country talking about Abundance, the book I co-wrote with Ezra Klein, for much of the month of March and April. We'll be in New York City, then Cambridge, D.C., L.A.,

Hey folks, first a programming note. I'm going to be on the road traveling around the country talking about Abundance, the book I co-wrote with Ezra Klein, for much of the month of March and April. We'll be in New York City, then Cambridge, D.C., L.A.,

Hey folks, first a programming note. I'm going to be on the road traveling around the country talking about Abundance, the book I co-wrote with Ezra Klein, for much of the month of March and April. We'll be in New York City, then Cambridge, D.C., L.A.,

Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Atlanta, Chapel Hill, and then back to New York with maybe a couple other book events added throughout the spring and early summer. I'm incredibly excited for this book to be live in the world. I'm incredibly excited to talk about this book. We're going to include a link to the Simon & Schuster abundance tour in the episode notes.

Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Atlanta, Chapel Hill, and then back to New York with maybe a couple other book events added throughout the spring and early summer. I'm incredibly excited for this book to be live in the world. I'm incredibly excited to talk about this book. We're going to include a link to the Simon & Schuster abundance tour in the episode notes.

Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Atlanta, Chapel Hill, and then back to New York with maybe a couple other book events added throughout the spring and early summer. I'm incredibly excited for this book to be live in the world. I'm incredibly excited to talk about this book. We're going to include a link to the Simon & Schuster abundance tour in the episode notes.

What this means, though, for the show is that I'm just going to be really busy for the next five weeks. So we're going to reduce the frequency of Plain English episodes to once a week through about the middle of April. I expect that around then I'll be able to have time to do two shows a week because I love doing the show.

What this means, though, for the show is that I'm just going to be really busy for the next five weeks. So we're going to reduce the frequency of Plain English episodes to once a week through about the middle of April. I expect that around then I'll be able to have time to do two shows a week because I love doing the show.

What this means, though, for the show is that I'm just going to be really busy for the next five weeks. So we're going to reduce the frequency of Plain English episodes to once a week through about the middle of April. I expect that around then I'll be able to have time to do two shows a week because I love doing the show.

So wanted to make sure that you knew we're going down to about one episode a week for the next few weeks as I go around the country to talk about abundance. And if you're in, especially Atlanta, Chapel Hill, Seattle, Chicago, New York, I know that there are a few tickets left in those cities. We would love to see you there.

So wanted to make sure that you knew we're going down to about one episode a week for the next few weeks as I go around the country to talk about abundance. And if you're in, especially Atlanta, Chapel Hill, Seattle, Chicago, New York, I know that there are a few tickets left in those cities. We would love to see you there.

So wanted to make sure that you knew we're going down to about one episode a week for the next few weeks as I go around the country to talk about abundance. And if you're in, especially Atlanta, Chapel Hill, Seattle, Chicago, New York, I know that there are a few tickets left in those cities. We would love to see you there.

Today, a landmark cancer vaccine and the race to solve one of the hardest problems in science. There is no such thing as a disease called cancer. Because cancer is not a disease, singular. It's not COVID or measles. Cancer is a category, an umbrella term covering hundreds and possibly thousands of what are better thought of as rare diseases. Take, for example, the thing we call lung cancer.

Today, a landmark cancer vaccine and the race to solve one of the hardest problems in science. There is no such thing as a disease called cancer. Because cancer is not a disease, singular. It's not COVID or measles. Cancer is a category, an umbrella term covering hundreds and possibly thousands of what are better thought of as rare diseases. Take, for example, the thing we call lung cancer.

Today, a landmark cancer vaccine and the race to solve one of the hardest problems in science. There is no such thing as a disease called cancer. Because cancer is not a disease, singular. It's not COVID or measles. Cancer is a category, an umbrella term covering hundreds and possibly thousands of what are better thought of as rare diseases. Take, for example, the thing we call lung cancer.

Lung cancer as a category is very common. But there are at least a hundred distinct types of lung cancer, each unique in their molecular identity, proteins, or genetic mutations. It's sometimes said that the world is waiting on the cure for cancer, but this sentiment is off by one letter. The world is waiting on the cures for cancers.

Lung cancer as a category is very common. But there are at least a hundred distinct types of lung cancer, each unique in their molecular identity, proteins, or genetic mutations. It's sometimes said that the world is waiting on the cure for cancer, but this sentiment is off by one letter. The world is waiting on the cures for cancers.

Lung cancer as a category is very common. But there are at least a hundred distinct types of lung cancer, each unique in their molecular identity, proteins, or genetic mutations. It's sometimes said that the world is waiting on the cure for cancer, but this sentiment is off by one letter. The world is waiting on the cures for cancers.

We are waiting on a thousand perfect keys to pick a thousand stubborn locks. And today's episode is about the hardest lock of them all, pancreatic cancer. I will never forget the sunny Sunday morning in 2012 when I went out to brunch with my parents in Washington, D.C. I was 25 years old, and my mom, who was pretty much the cheeriest person in the world, was in a quiet and concerned mood.