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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 7, 2019 • 5min
Religious Tolerance: Made in America
Religious tolerance is a given in the West. But it's a historical aberration -- an ideological revolution created by the Puritans and pre-1776 Americans. What was it that led to the religious tolerance revolution? Was there something unique in Protestantism and Americanism? Or would tolerance have eventually arisen elsewhere, perhaps in Europe? Larry Schweikart, best-selling author and professor of history at the University of Dayton, explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 7, 2019 • 6min
What Makes America Different?
Is America really that great? Or is the United States just like any other nation? Outsiders tend to be the best judge of character, and Nick Adams, a best-selling Australian author and political commentator, gives an outsider's view of the USA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 7, 2019 • 6min
Should Government Bail Out Big Banks?
Should the government bail out big banks that may otherwise go bankrupt? Or should it let them go under, as it did with Lehman Brothers in 2008? Economist Nicole Gelinas, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute, has the answer, and it will have big implications for policymakers when they grapple with the next economic crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 7, 2019 • 5min
Why Do People Become Islamic Extremists?
What makes someone become an Islamic extremist? Is it poverty? Lack of education? A search for meaning? Haroon Ullah, a senior State Department advisor and a foreign policy professor at Georgetown University, shares what he discovered while living in Pakistan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 7, 2019 • 6min
Do Big Unions Buy Politicians?
Who poses the biggest threat to America's economy by striking deals with crooked politicians? Big Oil, Big Pharma, or Big Unions? Daniel DiSalvo, political science professor at the City College of New York, gives the answer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 7, 2019 • 6min
The Speech Every 2015 College Grad Needs to Hear
There were thousands of college commencement speeches around the country this year for the Class of 2015. But there was one missing -- one very truthful, funny and witty speech that graduates should've heard, but didn't. Well, here it is, spoken by George Will, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist at the Washington Post. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 7, 2019 • 5min
Should America be the World's Policeman?
Should America be the world's policeman? Does the world even need a policeman? Or would humanity be better off if America weren't the dominant military superpower? Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and foreign affairs expert Bret Stephens weighs in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 7, 2019 • 5min
The Popular Vote vs. the Electoral College
Right now, there's a well-organized, below-the-radar effort to render the Electoral College effectively useless. It's called the National Popular Vote, and it would turn our presidential elections into a majority-rule affair. Would this be good or bad? Author, lawyer, and Electoral College expert Tara Ross explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 7, 2019 • 5min
Do You Understand the Electoral College?
Do you understand what the Electoral College is? Or how it works? Or why America uses it to elect its presidents instead of just using a straight popular vote? Author, lawyer and Electoral College expert Tara Ross does, and she explains that to understand the Electoral College is to understand American democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 7, 2019 • 4min
Happiness Equation: U = I - R
Is there an equation that can accurately predict how happy you will be? There is. Can you control the inputs of that equation, and thus your own happiness? You can. How? Dennis Prager, author of the best-selling book, "Happiness is a Serious Problem", explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
