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5-Minute Videos are the flagship viral product that put PragerU on the map. They take the best ideas from the best minds and distill them into five focused minutes. Listen to hundreds of 5-Minute Videos to get reliable, truthful information about politics, economics, history, and America. These educational, entertaining videos, which are Judeo-Christian at their core and promote the values of liberty, economic freedom, and limited government, have been changing the hearts and minds of millions of young people for over a decade.
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Jan 11, 2019 • 4min
Did FDR End the Great Depression?
Did FDR help end the Great Depression? Did his New Deal improve an otherwise hopeless economy? Lee Ohanian, Professor of Economics at UCLA and consultant to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 11, 2019 • 4min
Gender Identity: Why All the Confusion?
Are male and female one and the same? Or are there real male-female differences rooted in biology? Ashley McGuire, author of "Sex Scandal: The Drive to Abolish Male and Female," explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 11, 2019 • 4min
The Secret to Success
Is there a "secret" to success? Yes, but it's not a secret. Michele Tafoya, Sideline Reporter for NBC Sunday Night Football, shares the secret...that you already knew. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 11, 2019 • 5min
Does Israel Discriminate Against Arabs?
Does Israel discriminate against Arabs? Is it today's version of apartheid South Africa? Olga Meshoe, herself a South African whose family experienced apartheid, settles the question once and for all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 11, 2019 • 5min
Are Some Cultures Better than Others?
Are some cultures better than others? Or are all cultures and their values equal? Bestselling author Dinesh D'Souza, who was born in India and moved to America, explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 11, 2019 • 4min
Why Self-Esteem Is Self-Defeating
Is having high self-esteem key to happiness? That's what children are told. But is it true? Or can that advice be doing more harm than good. Author and columnist Matt Walsh explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 11, 2019 • 5min
If You Live in Freedom, Thank the British Empire
Was the British Empire a good or bad thing for the world? To put it another way, is freedom a good or bad thing for the world? Historian and author H.W. Crocker III explains why we may want to rethink the British Empire's bad rap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 11, 2019 • 4min
Why Is Health Insurance so Complicated?
Why is health insurance so complicated, while car insurance and life insurance are so simple? Can health insurance be more like, well, insurance? Lanhee Chen, fellow at the Hoover Institution, explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 11, 2019 • 4min
If You Hate Poverty, You Should Love Capitalism
Did you know that since 1970, the percentage of humanity living in extreme poverty has fallen 80 percent? How did that happen? Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute, explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 11, 2019 • 5min
How's Socialism Doing in Venezuela?
Venezuela is falling apart. Its economy? Ruined. Its people? Hungry. Its government? Corrupt. What happened? In a word, socialism. Debbie D'Souza, a native Venezuelan and political activist, explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
