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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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Why Is Health Insurance so Complicated?
Jan 11, 2019Tap to summarizeWhy 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
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Government Can't Fix Healthcare
Jan 11, 2019Tap to summarizeWhy is the government so bad at healthcare? Why did Obamacare make it more expensive than it already was? Is there a solution? Former Member of Congress Bob McEwen explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Were The Founders Religious?
Jan 10, 2019Tap to summarizeWhat did the Founding Fathers believe about religion? Were they Christians, or just deists? Did they believe in secularism, or did they want Americans to be religious? Joshua Charles, New York Times bestselling author and researcher at the Museum of the Bible, explains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Is Climate Change Our Biggest Problem?
Jan 7, 2019Tap to summarizeIs 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
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Game of Loans
Jan 7, 2019Tap to summarizeWhy 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
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Do Not Commit Adultery
Jan 5, 2019Tap to summarizeWhy do the Ten Commandments single out adultery as particularly harmful? Because adultery can destroy the foundational unit of a society -- the family. If exposed, adultery leads to a sense of betrayal. If hidden, it forces the offending spouse to lie. Children are often the unintended victims. This may be one of the most difficult Biblical laws to follow, but it's also one of the most important. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Promise of Free Enterprise
Jan 5, 2019Tap to summarizeBuilt into the foundation of free enterprise is a promise. It's a promise that no other economic system offers. This promise has a great deal to do with your sense of well-being, that is, your happiness. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton understood this. So does renowned social scientist, Arthur Brooks. In five minutes, he explains how happiness and free enterprise are marvelously entwined. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Forgiveness
Jan 5, 2019Tap to summarizeWe have all had times in our relationships when we hurt a loved one, or a loved one hurt us. That's part of life. But not all of us know how to forgive, even when the other party has offered a sincere apology. In this Prager University course, UCLA psychiatrist Dr. Stephen Marmer shares the three types of forgiveness--exoneration, forbearance, and release--and explains why anyone who wants to mend meaningful relationships must first understand forgiveness. Internalizing Dr. Marmer's teaching can be an important first step, for many people, to keeping and fixing their most valued relationships. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Lower Taxes, Higher Revenue
Jan 5, 2019Tap to summarizeShould Taxes Be Higher? It's the million dollar question! Up? Down? No change? Where in the world should taxes go? In election years, the question of tax rates fills the airwaves. In non-election years, the question of tax rates, again, fills the airwaves. So what's the answer? George Mason University Professor of Economics Tim Groseclose explains his research on the topic. Basically, there's a certain point at which higher tax rates actually reduce the amount of revenue the government collects. What's that point? When are tax rates too high? Learn a valuable lesson in economics, and public policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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