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Your audio guide to everything you need to know about compelling and complex topics, from a variety of The Week's smart and witty writers, editors, and thinkers. Concise and entertaining, Seven-Minute Explainers packs a lot of information in a short amount of time.

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Recent episodes

  • Ep. 79: Almost every language has a word for 'Christmas.' Few reference Christ.Dec 21, 2017
  • Ep. 78: Why so strangely Yoda speaks?Dec 14, 2017
  • Ep. 77: A brief timeline of tax reformDec 7, 2017
  • Ep. 76: Did God have a wife?Nov 30, 2017
  • Ep. 75: 6 unique Thanksgiving celebrations from around the worldNov 23, 2017
  • Ep. 74: The secret history of cowboy socialismNov 16, 2017
  • Ep. 73: Why Puerto Rico never had a path to statehoodNov 9, 2017
  • Ep. 72: The strange, circuitous history of Daylight Saving TimeNov 2, 2017
  • Ep. 71: Why cheap horror flicks are Hollywood goldOct 26, 2017
  • Ep. 70: The lessons of the Russian revolution, 100 years laterOct 19, 2017

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