Schooling kids at PragerU

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🗓️ 4 August 2025

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PragerU’s AI slop is the Trump administration’s new favorite educational resource for a revisionist history. This episode was produced by Gabrielle Berbey, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Denise Guerra and Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast. Education Secretary Linda McMahon, who spoke at the White House launch of the PragerU "Road to Liberty" videos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	In 1961, President Kennedy's FCC chairman Newton Minow gave a speech deriding commercial TV programming.
0:12.7	I can assure you that what you will observe is a vast wasteland.
0:17.0	He wanted to do something about it.
0:18.9	Is there one person in this room who claims that broadcasting can't do better?
0:22.6	So Congress created something called the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
0:26.6	He might not have realized when you were interacting with the CPB, but it happened all the time.
0:31.6	When you were tickled by Elmo...
0:33.6	Happy International Joke Day.
0:35.6	When someone moved you on the drive home.
0:37.9	This is fresh air.
0:39.0	I'm Terry Gross.
0:40.1	CPP is the reason you're hearing my voice right now.
0:42.6	But due to big, beautiful cuts,
0:45.0	the organization announced on Friday that it would be shutting down next year.
0:50.2	What's taken its place?
0:51.8	If you ask this White House, they might say something like Prager You.
0:55.7	What is Prager You on Today Explained?
0:59.7	Support for today's show comes from BetterHelp.
1:02.5	What is it? What is it?
1:04.4	It's therapy.
1:05.5	It's therapy, you guys.
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