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**Seven-Minute Explainers**

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.

Latest Episodes:

Ep. 79: Almost every language has a word for 'Christmas.' Few reference Christ. Dec 21, 2017

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How’s that for a war on Christmas?

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Ep. 78: Why so strangely Yoda speaks? Dec 14, 2017

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Hear something odd in his syntax, you do.

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Ep. 77: A brief timeline of tax reform Dec 07, 2017

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How previous reforms led to the system we have today.

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Ep. 76: Did God have a wife? Nov 30, 2017

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The history and mystery of Asherah.

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Ep. 75: 6 unique Thanksgiving celebrations from around the world Nov 23, 2017

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The 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.

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Ep. 74: The secret history of cowboy socialism Nov 16, 2017

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The American West may fly the flag of individualism, but it was built on a bedrock of Big Government.

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Ep. 73: Why Puerto Rico never had a path to statehood Nov 09, 2017

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Even as other territories became states, the U.S. kept Puerto Rico's legal status vague.

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Ep. 72: The strange, circuitous history of Daylight Saving Time Nov 02, 2017

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How war, the golf industry, and Big Candy got (most of) us an extra hour of sleep this weekend.

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Ep. 71: Why cheap horror flicks are Hollywood gold Oct 26, 2017

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From Night of the Living Dead to Paranormal Activity, low-budget horror movies continue to def Hollywood's box-office expectations.

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Ep. 70: The lessons of the Russian revolution, 100 years later Oct 19, 2017

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Is Marxism just a turn-crank formula for purges and dictatorship or was something else to blame?

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