Seven-Minute Opinions
Seven-Minute Opinions
The Week
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.
Ep. 77: What the Star Wars 'who-shot-first' controversy tells us about modern-day fandom
We live in an age in which audiences simply reject a filmmaker's explanation of what happens in his movie
Dec 12, 2017
6 min
Ep. 76: A mourner's guide to surviving the holidays
Christmas isn't always merry. Here's how to deal with grief over the holidays.
Dec 5, 2017
6 min
Ep. 75: Can liberal podcasters dethrone Limbaugh & Co.?
Nov 28, 2017
6 min
Ep. 74: Thanksgiving is awesome!
A Frenchman's ode to this quintessential American holiday
Nov 21, 2017
4 min
Ep. 73: Has Generation X lost its chance to occupy the White House?
How the generation charmingly called "America's neglected middle child" could save Washington
Nov 14, 2017
6 min
Ep. 72: What America lost when it ended the draft
Nothing builds social cohesion like a call for shared sacrifice
Nov 7, 2017
7 min
Ep. 71: Why scary books are better than scary movies
The scariest place on Earth may be in your own head
Oct 31, 2017
6 min
Ep. 70: A definitive, absolutely correct, unquestionable ranking of the months of the year
October is the best month of the year. If you disagree, you are wrong.
Oct 24, 2017
7 min
Ep. 69: What the Constitution really says about guns
The Second Amendment isn't here to defend gun-right absolutists
Oct 17, 2017
6 min
Ep. 68: The wild card game is killing baseball
Baseball teams aren't even battling for wild card spots anymore. That's a problem.
Oct 10, 2017
3 min
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