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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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 Ep. 6: This woman ran for president before women could even vote | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:07:00

Victoria Woodhull notched several historic firsts before running for the country's highest political office

 Ep. 5: 'I know, right?': The anatomy of a wonderfully nonsensical phrase | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:09

And why we insist on saying things that make no literal sense

 Ep. 4: Nobody reads party platforms. They're still really important. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:06:31

Parties still play a vital role in organizing political life and enabling people to understand the choices they have in a representative democracy

 Ep. 3: How The Star-Spangled Banner went from battle poem to sporting-event mainstay | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:06:49

Trapped on a boat during the War of 1812, lawyer Francis Scott Key was inspired to write a poem...

 Ep. 2: Where did the word 'dude' come from? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:20

Or El Duderino, if you're not into the whole brevity thing

 Ep. 1: How Donald Trump hypnotized America | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:06:37

It's easy, actually: Be funny. Be confident. Be a bully. Repeat, repeat, repeat. Close with the emotion. Win.

 Welcome to Seven-Minute Explainers! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:02:02

Introducing a new podcast from The Week!

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