Plain English with Derek Thompson

Why Does It Seem Like Everybody Hates Everything?

Aug 19, 2022

54:10

Episode guests

Chuck Klosterman

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You're All Your Own Publicist

02:46

The Death of the Middle Class of Feeling

03:43

Is It Possible That You're No Better Than I Am?

02:13

Introduction

2min

The Rise of Cultural Negativity on the Internet

3min

When Did It Become So Cool to Hate Famous People?

2min

The Evolution of Hating Famous People in the Nineties and Early Nineties

4min

The Rise of Negativity, the Rise of Hate

2min

The Birth of the Modern Hatefest

3min

Is It Possible That You're No Better Than I Am?

2min

The Everything Sucks, but I'm Fine, Principl and It's Just Just This Idea

3min

You're All Your Own Publicist

3min

10.

I'm Imagining a Basketball Game on TV

5min

11.

The Importance of Mainstream Culture in News

2min

12.

The End of the Monoculture

2min

13.

Are You Arguing for Your Specialness?

4min

14.

The New York Times and Black Queerness

2min

15.

The Death of the Middle Class of Feeling

4min

16.

The Revolt of the Public

4min

17.

Three of Your Ideas That I'm Not Going to for Any Time Soon

4min

Bestselling author Chuck Klosterman talks to Derek about the death of the monoculture, how the internet creates cults of fans and anti-fans, and how “hating things” became a mainstream personality trait and a political position.

If you have questions, observations, or ideas for future episodes, email us at PlainEnglish@Spotify.com. You can find us on TikTok at www.tiktok.com/@plainenglish_

Host: Derek Thompson

Guest: Chuck Klosterman

Producer: Devon Manze

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Plain English with Derek Thompson

Why Does It Seem Like Everybody Hates Everything?

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You're All Your Own Publicist

The Death of the Middle Class of Feeling

Is It Possible That You're No Better Than I Am?

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