Seven-Minute Explainers
Summary: This weekly series is 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. New episodes: every Thursday.
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Podcasts:
HBO's documentary Bright Lights highlights the intimacy between the famous mother and daughter
Once they've relinquished the highest office in the land, many presidents enjoy rewarding second acts
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and other rich entrepreneurs are competing to open a new frontier of privately funded space travel.
It was first invented by deaf players
Google and Facebook are the new railroads. And the media is a powerless farmer trying to get his vegetables to town.
The Constitution mandates only the day and the oath of office. The rest is dictated entirely by tradition.
What the presidential election tells us about the geeks' ascension in politics, business, and culture.
Massive floods, prolonged heat waves, and destructive storms are becoming more common. Why? Here’s everything you need to know.
More than a few of us will crack open a bottle or two of champagne to help toast the New Year. Here's how to look knowledgeable rather than just tipsy
The first 'War on Christmas' was declared almost 400 years ago, courtesy of our Puritan forefathers
Nothing like James Earl Jones, that's for sure
Just because you have the right to recline doesn't mean it's always the right thing to do
Have you ever wondered what these holiday street retailers do about sleeping and bathroom breaks?
A delightfully dizzying and global etymology of this North American fowl.
Mavericks like President-elect Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are carrying on a long-standing American tradition