Seven-Minute Explainers

A News podcast by The Week

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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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Ep. 79: Almost every language has a word for 'Christmas.' Few reference Christ.
Published: December 21, 2017
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Ep. 78: Why so strangely Yoda speaks?
Published: December 14, 2017
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Ep. 77: A brief timeline of tax reform
Published: December 7, 2017
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Ep. 76: Did God have a wife?
Published: November 30, 2017
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Ep. 75: 6 unique Thanksgiving celebrations from around the world
Published: November 23, 2017
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Ep. 74: The secret history of cowboy socialism
Published: November 16, 2017
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Ep. 73: Why Puerto Rico never had a path to statehood
Published: November 9, 2017
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Ep. 72: The strange, circuitous history of Daylight Saving Time
Published: November 2, 2017
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Ep. 71: Why cheap horror flicks are Hollywood gold
Published: October 26, 2017
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Ep. 70: The lessons of the Russian revolution, 100 years later
Published: October 19, 2017
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