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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 8, 2019 • 5min
Sticks and Stones
Is it true that sticks and stones can break your bones, but words can never hurt you? Yes, but only if you choose to not let words hurt you. Comedian Tom Shillue, host of Red Eye on Fox News Channel, explains how growing up in a politically incorrect, rough-and-tumble America was the only thing that could have prepared him for the real world, and still is the only thing that can prepare teenagers and college students alike. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 8, 2019 • 6min
How Do You Judge America? Left vs. Right #3
Is the United States an exceptional country that has played a uniquely good role in history? Or is it a typical country, perhaps even a uniquely bad one considering the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow? On this, the Left and Right do not agree. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 8, 2019 • 5min
How Do You Deal With Painful Truths? Left vs. Right #4
The Left and Right perceive the world differently. One side sees it as it exists, accepts fundamental truths and facts--even if they are painful--and then adopts a worldview. The other side adopts a vision, and then views the world through that prism. Which side sees the world as reality? And which as it imagines? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 8, 2019 • 6min
How Do We Make Society Better? Left vs. Right #5
How do you want to improve America? By focusing on improving and refining yourself? Or by transforming society? The answer to that question will reveal whether you're on the Left or the Right. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 8, 2019 • 5min
How Big Should Government Be? Left vs. Right #1
How big should the government be? And what is its proper role in the daily lives of Americans? The Left and Right have opposite answers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 8, 2019 • 6min
Does it Feel Good or Does it Do Good? Left vs. Right #2
When setting public policy, what's more important: intentions or results? Feeling good or doing good? When it comes to being guided by the heart or by the mind, the Left and Right are very different. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 8, 2019 • 6min
Israel: The World's Most Moral Army
Is the Israeli military a paragon of morality and wartime ethics? Or is it an oppressive force that targets innocent Palestinian civilians and commits war crimes as a matter of policy? Colonel Richard Kemp, who was the commander of British Forces in Afghanistan, was in Israel during its war against Hamas in 2014, and analyzes whether Israel's military is ethical, evil, or somewhere in between. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 7, 2019 • 6min
Is Climate Change Our Biggest Problem?
Is man-made climate change our biggest problem? Are the wildfires, droughts and hurricanes we see on the news an omen of even worse things to come? The United Nations and many political leaders think so and want to spend trillions of tax dollars to reverse the warming trend. Are they right? Will the enormous cost justify the gain? Economist Bjorn Lomborg, director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center, explains the key issues and reaches some sobering conclusions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 7, 2019 • 6min
Campaign Finance Reform Corrupts
What corrupts politics more: Millionaires and billionaires? Or the rules that intend to limit the influence of wealthy donors? George Will, author and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the Washington Post, explains who designed campaign finance reform and why Congress's solution to the problem may actually be the bigger problem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 7, 2019 • 5min
Game of Loans
Why does student debt keep going up and up even as it's harder and harder to find a good job with a college degree? And why does it seem that the more aid the government and colleges give, the less it helps? Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, shows how politicians and universities have saddled students with dangerous debt...and with little to show for it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
