The Week Unwrapped: Pride flags, Denmark and animal magic Why won’t the Pentagon fly the flag for gay pride? What led Denmark to deport Syrian refugees? And how do birds see through magicians’ tricks? by The Week team Olly Mann and The Week Unwrapped podcast panel Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. In this week’s episode, we discuss: Pride flags Pride flags will not be flown at the Pentagon after the military agency decided not to make an exception to a Trump administration policy that banned the flying of unofficial flags on US military facilities. The policy was originally regarded as a way to issue a de facto ban on displaying the Confederate flag, but it has now seen the pro-LGBT+ Biden administration “tie itself in knots”. Can the new president say he celebrates Pride month while banning the rainbow flag?