Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager

Our children are being taught a distorted view of American history. This is especially true on the topic of slavery… Matt Walsh takes on protestors at the Univ. of Illinois. Only women can give birth is now a controversial statement on college campuses…  Young women are tilting to the left; young men are not.  Anything you want in your life that is good, including happiness, must be consciously pu...

Violent crime stats are on the rise, according to the FBI. But the FBI numbers don’t include NYC or Los Angeles, so it’s probably worse… Truth is not a left-wing value… Test results for Illinois schools are shockingly bad… Dennis talks to Congressman Dan Crenshaw. Dennis will be speaking at his Youth Summit this weekend.  Dennis continues with Illinois’s failing public education system. Why do par...

Mark Davis guest hosts for Dennis and raises the sanctity of life.  Herschel Walker, the Republican candidate for one of Georgia's Senate seats, appeared on Fox News and denied the allegations that he paid for his then-girlfriend's abortion. Walker pledged to sue over the report.  The story sparks a discussion with callers about the position a Christian should hold regarding abortion.  Even though...

A vote for the libertarian candidate is a vote for the Left. You might think you’re being “principled,” but you’re actually being destructive… Dennis talks to Elaine Parker, Chief Communications Officer for Jobs Creators Network.  A high school in Vermont bans its female players from their own locker room. But the naked transgender student is free to use it…  Starbucks announces that it's celebrat...

Dennis and Julie delve into revealing your conservatism in public. They discuss family vacations… the differences for parents and children.  It is crucial for parents to have time away from the kids.  Julie talks about her visit to Prager U. and Dennis has thoughts about his experience with The Young Turks.  How do you handle anger in arguments?  Leftism is narcissism.  Learn more about Lear Capit...

Dennis broadcasts his show from the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC. The occasion is the publication of his newest book in the Rational Bible series, Deuteronomy: God, Blessings, and Curses… Los Angeles area young people are reporting dangerous rates of depression. A lack of religious instruction is one of the reasons, but not one acknowledged by the study, of course.  One of the key laws of...

The U Cal campus has established “No Jew” zones. Will this spread to other colleges and universities? This is all coming from the Left. Yet, liberal Jews can’t connect the dots… Virgin Atlantic encourages their male flight attendants to wear skirts… Does anybody ever ask “what is good for society?”  On the eve of Yom Kippur, Dennis notes that a theme of the holy day is that you can change. You can...

The Cleveland Indians changed their name to the Cleveland Guardians this season. The team is playing well, but the name change is a bad joke. Who roots for the Guardians? And what was wrong with the Indians?... Dennis talks to Ryan Bangert, Senior Counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom and Dr. Andrew Fox, former chaplain for the Austin Fire Department. Dr. Fox was fired when he had the temerity to...

Dennis returns after being off for two days for the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. The theme of his sermon was the importance of honoring your father and mother… A conservative will soon be the head of the Italian government and the NY Times isn’t happy about it.  Is love at first sight reliable? Callers have stories.  A prominent pro-life activist was arrested by a SWAT team of FBI agents. What...

Carl Jackson guest hosts for Dennis… Carl makes the case why this upcoming election is so important. It’s a showdown between the individual and the collective. Every conservative has to get involved. No excuses accepted.  The inflation rate is over 8%. But on many daily items like bacon the rate is much higher. This is a financial train wreck for ordinary citizens… There’s nothing “lunch-box” abou...

Dennis and Julie delve into how real the show is…they both agree they must be the same person on and off the air.  It’s not the actions that matter… it’s the intentions.  God judges you is a more meaningful message than God loves you.  It is also preferred that you fear God rather than loving God, when you fear God… you fear less.  The Bible states that a person should fear their mother and father...

Bob Frantz guest hosts for Dennis… MAGA is a movement.  Being a MAGA republican does not mean worshipping Donald Trump.  MAGA is a platform that includes: a nation that is safe, an economy that is strong, a future that’s built on freedom, and a government that’s accountability.  Being a police officer is a heroic job, it takes a special person to step up and be the thin blue line.  Pfizer CEO test...

Allen Estrin, Dennis’s producer, guest hosts for the first hour… If EV’s are so great, why do governments have to subsidize them?... The pursuit of Green Energy keeps running into a big obstacle: no one wants to dig for the metals we need to build the solar panels, wind turbines and batteries… There is a growing populist movement in Europe. Sweden and Italy are two new examples.  On the eve of the...

Matt Walsh of The Daily Wire exposes another hospital that mutilates children under the guise of “gender-affirming care.” Is there a children hospital in a major city that doesn’t engage in this form mutilation?… Why is it important that there are only two sexes?  Dennis remembers how much freedom he had as a teen and how much freedom we have lost… The US has become a net exporter of bad ideas for...

California plans to ban diesel trucks by 2040. All vehicles — cars and trucks — will have to be electric… The Los Angeles school district thinks that criticism of junk food is racist… The same Los Angeles school district promotes a “queer” calendar. Each month has a LGBTQI+ theme.  The tabloids are having a field day with rock star Adam Levine’s marital travails. Men must learn to control their na...

According to a NYTimes poll, 70% of people oppose teaching kids about sexual orientation and gender identity. So, why is this happening? Because the Left controls education…  Antarctica is not melting away. It’s as icy as it ever was. All media stories to the contrary are fear-mongering.  New York City is sliding into serious debt as people flee the city. The NY Times blames the “pandemic,” but if...

Dennis & Julie September 19, 2022- 28 Uniform of Nonconformity Dennis and Julie delve into masculinity, and femininity.  Would you prefer a male or female boss?  Women need men.  Some people cannot lie... and cannot accept lies.  Do Leftists believe what they're saying... do they have principles… or do they just want change?  Disabled people, Christians, conservatives, and the unvaccinated are...

Queen Elizabeth’s funeral was this morning. It was full of pageantry and ritual. Human beings need these things. They bind us to our past… Sadly, Pope Francis is leftist. He is not bringing people to the Catholic Church; he’s chasing them away with his preoccupation with global warming and anti-capitalism.  Dennis attended a rodeo in Ft Worth, TX over the weekend. It’s a long way from Harvard Yard...

Mark Davis guest hosts for Dennis… Republican governors are sending illegal immigrants to Democratic strongholds: Chicago, Washington, DC, and now Martha’s Vineyard, sanctuary cities all. You’d think the Democratic mayors of these cities would be welcome these migrants, right? Wrong.  Not every Republican candidate is a paradigm of conservative principles, not every Republican candidate is a golde...

Can anybody name what Donald Trump did as president that qualifies him as a fascist? Did he do anything as fascistic as wiping out a trillion dollar of student loan debt with the stroke of a pen?... CA wants to be a sanctuary state for “gender-affirming care.”… Is Western Europe turning Right?... Dennis talks to Marc Morano, publisher of ClimateDepot.com (great place to get science-based news on c...

To have wisdom you need to ask what will happen if I do this or that? What are the consequences? How many politicians do that? Almost none if they’re Democrats… Dennis talks to Will Witt, editor-in-chief of the Florida Standard. His new PragerU video is “Who Cares about Illegal Immigration?”  Dennis talks to renown relationship expert, Alison Armstrong. The topic is emotions vs. feelings. What is...

Ukrainian forces have pushed the Russian Army out a good chunk of northeastern Ukraine. Will Putin now give up on his ambitions to annex the country. Not likely. More likely: the war will drag on. For his own survival, Putin can’t lose… He who has the energy wins. China is going all out for coal and laughing as the US and Western Europe commit energy suicide.  Another race hoax and once again the...

Dennis and Julie delve into public versus private conversation... the lack of civility while being confronted in public by the Left.  Julie recounts an encounter she had while on a first date in Venice, CA.  Julie's exchange reminds Dennis to recount a similar experience he had.  What's the best way to deal with unhinged haters?  Aphorisms... they aren't 100% and they aren't making better humans. ...

The state of Connecticut has removed mother and father from all official documents relating to childbirth… The vax does more harm than good to young people, according to a major new report.  The Young Turks resume their attack on Dennis. Of course, they distort almost everything he says. The subject is how nice people can participate in bad causes… Dennis talks to Rabbi Cary Kozberg, Temple Shalom...

Queen Elizabeth is dead at 96. She was a symbol of national unity in Great Britain and the personification of dignity and grace… Not suprisingly, those on the radical left are celebrating her death, some with vicious tweets.  Dennis builds on his theme from last week: people who can’t release their anger at their parents. This week Dennis asks: why is it so hard to forgive parents and move on?  Is...