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PONIs and Stallions: Building Major Projects

2 weeks ago | cgai.ca | Ezra Klein |Derek Thompson

ENERGY SECURITY3 PODCASTTranscript: Click hereJune 12, 2025On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle and Joe Calnan talk with Heather Exner-Pirot about the new Canadian major projects legislation and how we should think about nation-building projects and Canada's national interest for energy.
Life updates & transformation of this blog and newsletter

Mar 26, 2025 | fwiw.substack.com | Ezra Klein |Derek Thompson |David Tvrdon

Hi there ðŸ‘‹As I promised a while ago, here is a follow up to my last message. Some house keeping first. I will be moving this newsletter/blog away from Substack to WordPress to my personal website. So the newsletter wonâ€™t longer be FWIW, but will be under my name. If you do not wish to get any more updates, feel free to unsubscribe, otherwise I will be moving the database to the new site in April. Of course, you can still unsubscribe then.
Vaccine Conspiracies, Fluoride Myths, and America’s Broken Public Health Discourse

Nov 22, 2024 | theringer.com | Derek Thompson

Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Emily Oster, professor of economics at Brown University, joins the show to talk about Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his theories about fluoride and vaccines, and how the media and science community should treat the most controversial topics. This is a new age of science and information, where trust seems to be shifting from institutions like the FDA and CDC to individuals like RFK Jr. and Oster, and I consider her a model of public health communication.
The Self-Driving Revolution Is Real-and It Could Be Spectacular

Nov 15, 2024 | theringer.com | Derek Thompson

Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images What would a world of self-driven cars look like? How would it change shopping, transportation, and life, more broadly? A decade ago, many people were asking these questions, as it looked like a boom in autonomous vehicles was imminent. But in the last few years, other technologies—crypto, the metaverse, AI—have stolen the spotlight.
This Is Why Donald Trump Won

Nov 8, 2024 | theringer.com | Derek Thompson

AP Images/Ringer illustration Derek shares his big-picture theory for Trump’s victory. Then, Republican pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson explains how Trump shifted practically the entire electorate to the right.
How to Watch Election Night Without Falling for Conspiracy Theories or False Hope

Nov 4, 2024 | theringer.com | Derek Thompson

Photo by John Smith/VIEWpress via Getty Images Today’s guest (our final preelection guest) is David Wasserman, political analyst with the Cook Political Report, who also helps out with the NBC decision desk. There are dozens, maybe hundreds, of people whose job on election night is to help Americans understand when we can safely call specific districts and states for Congress, Senate, or the presidency. However, I truly don’t think I know anybody whose calls I trust more than David’s.
This Small Pennsylvania Town Explains the 2024 Election

Nov 1, 2024 | theringer.com | Derek Thompson

Getty Images Today, a close look at the history of a Pennsylvania town and how that history contains within it the story of the 2024 election. In September, Donald Trump claimed that the city of Charleroi, Pennsylvania, was being overrun by immigrants who brought violence, gangs, and economic destruction.
Is Radical Human Life Extension Possible?

Oct 18, 2024 | theringer.com | Derek Thompson

Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE/AFP via Getty Images In 1900, the average U.S. life expectancy was 47 years old. That’s the current age of Tom Brady, Ryan Reynolds, and Shakira. But extraordinary advances in medicine and public health have made lifespans surge in the U.S. and throughout the world. The average American currently lives to about 79 years old. How long can this progress continue?
America’s Young Men Are Falling Behind-and Shifting Right

Oct 11, 2024 | theringer.com | Derek Thompson

Getty Images Today: the state of men and what’s really happening with the gender divide in politics. Many young men are falling behind economically and socially at the same time that men and women are coming apart politically. What’s really happening here?
Is the Middle East on the Verge of All-Out War?

Oct 4, 2024 | theringer.com | Derek Thompson

Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images Since October 7, 2023, many have feared that the conflict between Israel and Hamas would bloom into a wider war that would consume the Middle East. Today, we are dangerously close to that reality. In just the last month, Israel carried out several attacks against the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, which, like Hamas, is backed by Iran.