Prager 20150817 – 02 Sustained Happiness
Aug 17, 2015
Prager H2: According to a new study, if you want to sustain happiness become religious… It was Hate America Weekend at the Washington Post…
Prager H2: According to a new study, if you want to sustain happiness become religious… It was Hate America Weekend at the Washington Post…
Prager H1: Dennis muses on a “heavenly” ninety minutes at a cigar store… IS has made rape and torture a part of its religion. The leader of IS used an American aid worker as a sex slave… Meanwhile, a young couple from Mississippi is arrested trying to get to Syria to fight for IS… Do we judge a religion by the fruit it produces? How else do we evaluate it?
Prager H3: Dennis talks to Col Ty Seidule, Chairman of the Department of History at West Point, He teaches the newest Prager University course, “Was the Civil War about Slavery?” It currently has over 6 million views on Facebook and YouTube… Dennis then opens up the phone lines. Issues raised include: should the GMO Golden Rice be banned; do other countries have TV commercials promoting charities.
Prager H2: Dennis opens up the lines. Issues raised include: is Dennis singing the Happiness Theme happiness-inducing; what should you say to your daughter who is about to be married re: her future happiness; how do you return to happiness after the death of a child.
Prager H1: As soon as your religious leader starts talking about climate change, you know he’s begun to embrace Left-wing values. Callers weigh in… John Kerry opens our new embassy in communist Cuba with words about Climate Change.
Prager H3: Dennis talks to Ronald Bailey, science writer for Reason Magazine. His new book is The End of Doom: Environmental Renewal in the Twenty-first Century.
Prager H2: Dennis talks to Dan Henninger, a columnist for the Wall Street Journal. Is Trump sucking the air out of the Republican race? Or is he breathing in phenomenal interest?… Dennis talks Tal Fortang, Princeton student. PragerU has helped him combat the Leftism he encounters every day on campus… Does the Left ever consider abortion in moral terms?
Prager H1: These are two words you can no longer say. If you come to this country legally or illegally, you’ll be referred to as simply an “immigrant” in the media, even if you brutally murder someone while you’re here. Callers weigh in on the immigration issue.
Prager H3: The comedian personified liberal smugness. The Left loved him because he caricatured conservatives… Dennis talks to Steve Robinson, CEO of Reimagine, an innovative on-line approach to supporting those who suffer from medical or physical trauma, including cancer. That includes the patient and the family.