About Derek Thompson
**Who Am I? **
I’m a writer, podcaster, and author. Abundance, the book I wrote with Ezra Klein, is a #1 New York Times bestseller on American politics and liberalism. After 17 years as a staff writer at The Atlantic, I left to start my own thing in the summer of 2025. (I’m still a contributing writer at the magazine. ) I’m the founder and host of the “Plain English”podcast with the Ringer Podcast Network.