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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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How’s that for a war on Christmas?
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Hear something odd in his syntax, you do.
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How previous reforms led to the system we have today.
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The history and mystery of Asherah.
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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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The American West may fly the flag of individualism, but it was built on a bedrock of Big Government.
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Even as other territories became states, the U.S. kept Puerto Rico's legal status vague.
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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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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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1Is Marxism just a turn-crank formula for purges and dictatorship or was something else to blame?
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How the end of Matt LeBlanc's Episodes closes the door on the Friends era of gossip, fame, and meta-spinoffs.
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A lifelong member of the NRA, Reagan might be the most consequential president for gun control legislation in the past century
Storms 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.
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In 1971, a group of activists stole thousands of incriminating documents that proved the bureau was spying on Americans. The burglars got away scot-free.
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How a legislative fluke turned into a political weapon.
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When elected officials break the rules, this congressional tool puts them in check
Saving 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.
Those daily pills aren't doing you any favors. In fact, they might be doing you some harm.
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On 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.
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Amazon, 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.
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was't ross and russ played by David Schwimmer @1:59?