Do I have any advice about a class action suit with the three-toed sloths of the world?

I'm Angela Duckworth.

I'm Stephen Dubner.

And you're listening to no stupid questions.

Today on the show, is sloth really a sin or is it a virtue?

People feel like they're at war, but they're not at war with some other enemy outside

of themselves.

They're at war with the self who doesn't want to get off the couch.

Angela!

Stephen!

Are you feeling fairly sinful today or at least receptive to speaking of sin?

I'm feeling pretty virtuous today, Stephen, but you know...

Oh, that makes one of us.

Okay.

All right, so listeners may remember that a few episodes ago, we previewed essentially

our desire to do a series on the seven deadly sins.

We should say, the seven deadly sins.

I mean, this is a phrase that most of us know, and it comes from the Catholic Church,

and the list has been adapted over the years.

Some sins were added to the list.

Some sins fell off the list.

Sometimes sins were combined.

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