Seven-minute Explainers
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 9:36:56
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Synopsis
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.
Episodes
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Ep. 79: Almost every language has a word for 'Christmas.' Few reference Christ.
21/12/2017 Duration: 05minHow’s that for a war on Christmas? For more, visit TheWeek.com/Podcasts
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Ep. 78: Why so strangely Yoda speaks?
14/12/2017 Duration: 04minHear something odd in his syntax, you do. For more, go the TheWeek.com/podcasts
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Ep. 77: A brief timeline of tax reform
07/12/2017 Duration: 07minHow previous reforms led to the system we have today. For more, visit TheWeek.com/Podcasts
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Ep. 76: Did God have a wife?
30/11/2017 Duration: 05minThe history and mystery of Asherah. For more, visit TheWeek.com/Podcasts.
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Ep. 75: 6 unique Thanksgiving celebrations from around the world
23/11/2017 Duration: 06minThe Macy's Day Parade, football, and Black Friday deals may be uniquely American, but giving thanks for a good harvest is a tradition that crosses cultures. For more, visit TheWeek.com/Podcasts
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Ep. 74: The secret history of cowboy socialism
16/11/2017 Duration: 07minThe American West may fly the flag of individualism, but it was built on a bedrock of Big Government. For more, visit TheWeek.com/Podcasts
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Ep. 73: Why Puerto Rico never had a path to statehood
09/11/2017 Duration: 09minEven as other territories became states, the U.S. kept Puerto Rico's legal status vague. For more, visit TheWeek.com/Podcasts
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Ep. 72: The strange, circuitous history of Daylight Saving Time
02/11/2017 Duration: 07minHow war, the golf industry, and Big Candy got (most of) us an extra hour of sleep this weekend. For more, visit TheWeek.com/Podcasts
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Ep. 71: Why cheap horror flicks are Hollywood gold
26/10/2017 Duration: 07minFrom Night of the Living Dead to Paranormal Activity, low-budget horror movies continue to def Hollywood's box-office expectations. For a starter guide to the best low-budget horror films to stream, visit TheWeek.com/Podcasts.
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Ep. 70: The lessons of the Russian revolution, 100 years later
19/10/2017 Duration: 07minIs Marxism just a turn-crank formula for purges and dictatorship or was something else to blame? For more, visit TheWeek.com/Podcasts
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Ep. 69: The self-aware legacy of 'Friends'
12/10/2017 Duration: 07minHow the end of Matt LeBlanc's Episodes closes the door on the Friends era of gossip, fame, and meta-spinoffs. For more, visit TheWeek.com/Podcasts
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Ep. 68: Why Ronald Reagan enthusiastically signed America's first real gun control law
05/10/2017 Duration: 06minA lifelong member of the NRA, Reagan might be the most consequential president for gun control legislation in the past century
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Ep. 67: Why severe flooding is becoming increasingly common — and more destructive
28/09/2017 Duration: 07minStorms like Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, are only going to keep coming. Which parts of the U.S. are most vulnerable? What is the government doing about it? Here's everything you need to know. Read more at TheWeek.com/Podcasts
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Ep. 66: The burglars who broke into the FBI and brought down J. Edgar Hoover
21/09/2017 Duration: 31minIn 1971, a group of activists stole thousands of incriminating documents that proved the bureau was spying on Americans. The burglars got away scot-free. For more, visit TheWeek.com/podcasts
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Ep. 65: Why do we have a debt ceiling anyway?
14/09/2017 Duration: 06minHow a legislative fluke turned into a political weapon. Learn more at TheWeek.com/podcasts
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Ep. 64: Congressional censure, explained
07/09/2017 Duration: 07minWhen elected officials break the rules, this congressional tool puts them in check
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Ep.63: How to put your savings on autopilot
31/08/2017 Duration: 06minSaving is a habit, and like all habits, the best way to make it stick is to do it over, and over, and over again, until it becomes second nature. Here's four steps to help you save money without even thinking about it.
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Ep. 62: Multivitamins are useless. Here's why.
24/08/2017 Duration: 06minThose daily pills aren't doing you any favors. In fact, they might be doing you some harm. Find more at TheWeek.com/Podcasts
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Ep. 61: America's eclipse craze, explained
17/08/2017 Duration: 07minOn Aug. 21, the moon's shadow will roll across the U.S. and, for the first time in decades, tens of millions of Americans will witness a total solar eclipse outside their door. For more, visit TheWeek.com/podcasts
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Ep. 60: The new monopolies
10/08/2017 Duration: 06minAmazon, Google, and Facebook have enjoyed unstoppable growth, with no end in sight. Such enormous success may be a sign that we're in the second Gilded Age, where our lives are channeled once again through fewer and fewer companies that are controlled by just a handful of men. And this isn't good. For more, visit TheWeek.com/podcasts