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Seven-Minute Opinions

Summary: This weekly series is your audio guide to thought-provoking arguments on a variety of topics, from perspectives left, right, and center. These smart, concise podcasts pack big ideas into a short amount of time and promise to challenge, inspire, and get you thinking about a range of points of view that you may or may not agree with. New episodes: every Tuesday.

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 Ep. 35: Reading 1984 in the age of Trump | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:06:41

The definition of "power" in America today is best encapsulated by a sentence written 70 years ago

 Ep. 34: Why we should all be having sex with robots | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:06:13

I, for one, welcome these amorous androids

 Ep. 33: Why reality might stand a chance against Trump | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:47

Here's why the Trump White House can't just create an alternate universe in which everything he does is a success.

 Ep. 32: Sherlock's bizarrely self-aware problem with women | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:06:42

How the series keeps dutifully confessing it has a woman problem — without ever quite fixing it

 Ep. 31: Why it may be impossible to raise 'free range kids' | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:07:00

The decline of the American neighborhood has inhibited our ability to instill self-reliance in our children

 Ep. 30 The strange serenity of Barack Obama | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:07:00

He accepts the things he cannot change, and tries to change the things he believes he can

 Ep. 29: The scientific reason you should be watching Planet Earth | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:06:43

Get a little awe in your life

 Ep. 28: American Pravda: How Donald Trump could sovietize the media | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:07:00

This is how a free press dies

 Ep. 27: In defense of family dinner | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:04:24

Let's not give up on home-cooked meals; let's just ditch the many factors that make them a pain

 Ep. 26: How I learned to love maternity clothes | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:06:21

I will never wear pants with a waistline again

 Ep. 25: The case for pardoning Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:27

Snowden needs to be allowed to escape Russia, and Manning has suffered enough

 Ep. 24: America's parallel universes | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:06:55

How Donald Trump's feelings triumphed over the media's facts.

 Ep. 23: America's grim bargain on guns | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:45

Considering the costs we accept as the price for guns

 Ep. 22: Four annoying sounds you need to stop making | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:06:20

You need to stop making these noises, even if you don't realize it

 21: Why would a young person today be religious? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:06:19

One of religion's main appeals is its claim to a coherent account of the universe. But that might be too simplistic for our pluralistic age.

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