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Feb 22, 2021 • 5min
What Are Your Kids Learning in School?
Has the leftist indoctrination so prevalent in college reached down into our elementary and high schools, too? If so, what can concerned parents do about it? Jill Simonian, Director of Outreach for PragerU Resources for Educators and Parents, has answers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 15, 2021 • 5min
A Father’s Questions for Black Lives Matter
Dan Collins is the proud father of thirteen children. Eight are white and five, adopted, are black. He’s inclined to support the Black Lives Matter movement but would like some questions answered before he commits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 8, 2021 • 6min
Capitalism Wins
More and more, it seems people find it difficult to defend capitalism—even those who benefit from it most. But former US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley takes a refreshingly different view: she thinks we should double down on it. Here’s why. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 1, 2021 • 6min
Why Are Utilities So Expensive?
The cost of producing electricity has dropped significantly in the last decade. So why haven’t we seen those price drops reflected in our electricity bills? Charles McConnell, former Assistant Secretary of Energy in the Obama Administration, answers this riddle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 25, 2021 • 5min
No Past, No Future
Can we judge the past by the standards of the present? Many seem intent on proving not only that we can, but that we must. Social critic Douglas Murray doesn’t agree, and he explains why in this thought-provoking video. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 18, 2021 • 6min
There Is No Apolitical Classroom
Do you know what’s going on in your kid’s school? The three R’s – reading, writing, and arithmetic – have taken a back seat to a fourth R. Max Eden, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, explains what that fourth R is, and why it’s so destructive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 11, 2021 • 6min
What I Can Teach You About Racism
Renowned political science professor Carol Swain started out life with every possible disadvantage. She ended up teaching at two of the most prestigious universities in the country. How did she do it? She shares her story and her wisdom in this inspiring video. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 4, 2021 • 5min
Be Brave
Free speech and intellectual freedom are the civil rights issues of our time. Are you ready to defend them? That’s the question that former US Ambassador Nikki Haley poses in this challenging video. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 29, 2020 • 6min
What Is Big Green?
You hear lots of dire predictions these days -- the planet is burning, the seas are rising, and so on. But what is the real purpose of all this doom and gloom? Is it to protect the environment? Or is there a different motive? Rogan O’Handley, aka DC Draino, gets to the bottom of these questions in this important video. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 14, 2020 • 5min
Price Transparency: How to Fix Healthcare
How can a simple blood test cost $30 at one lab and $300 at another across the street? The answer to this question could save billions, as well as make healthcare more accessible and affordable for everyone. Will Bruhn, co-founder of Restoring Medicine, explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
