Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager

Dennis has been talking on the radio for forty years this month. He has learned many lessons. This month he will reflect on some of them… Dennis talks to Elyse McGowan a 15 year old Canadian who recently moved to Venice, FL. She found PragerU and became a conservative and member of PragerFORCE!  Dennis offers more of the many lessons he has learned from being a talk show host… Callers describe how...

Dennis was never a big Florida fan. After spending a week there, he is now. It’s much closer to the USA he knew and loved than his home state of California… Portland continues its downward spiral… Two black women attack another black woman, accusing her of being white and a Trump supporter. But black can’t be racist?  Dennis always assumed everyone wanted to be happy. But that turns out not to be...

The goal of parenting is to make an independent, responsible adult, not to shower your child with love or even to be loved by your children… Dennis talks to Steven Mosher, president of Population Research Institute and a leading authority on China. His new book is The Politically Incorrect Guide to Pandemics.  China warns the US that bad things will happen if Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan. Will the U...

New Zealand tried to hide from Covid. But Covid has found it. Mrs. Single Source of Truth looks foolish again… Medical schools have gone woke. New doctors now must learn about “intersectionality” and “privilege” like they learn about anatomy… The enemy of the Left is truth.  Are you required to be as faithful to the person with whom you are steadily dating as you would be to a spouse?  Kamala Harr...

A Maryland school district instructs its teachers to affirm their students “gender ideation.” If parents don’t approve, teachers are encouraged to lie to them. This is child abuse… Dennis’s fellow yeshiva students learned more about wisdom as 10-year-olds than Harvard grads do today.  Who do we want to join the military? It seems like we want everyone but aggressive young men. What kind of militar...

Dennis and Julie discuss God’s role in a world with suffering.  Both Dennis and Julie have family members on the spectrum… how do you reconcile God and Autism?  The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”  The system fails us all… it's how you react that matters.  If you think people in the United States are oppressed… travel abroad!  Most universities were founded based in religion and have be...

Dennis is in Miami for the week. Miami is known this time of year for its oppressive heat and humidity, but it’s very livable now. Why? The answer is energy supplied by fossil fuel.  Religious people are dismissed because they have “blind faith.” But there is no faith as blind as that of secular people. Their faith the world is going to burn up from carbon emissions in 10, 20 or 50 years has no re...

We suffer from a major wisdom deficit. Our “experts” do not consider the consequences of their actions… It's very hard to be happy if you give in to despair... Per usual, callers set the agenda.  Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us .

Are you good if you are simply a nice person? Or takes it more than that?... Elisjsha Dicken, the young man who killed the Indiana Mall murderer, is a true hero and good person… To the left you are a nothing. The state is to take care of all your needs and all your family’s needs. To the right, you are a something. You are responsible to take care of yourself and your family… Dennis talks to Dr. S...

Merriam-Webster changes the definition of female. Even dictionaries have gone woke.  Why do so many young women seem to be so depressed? Dennis has theories.  While coal production in India and China is surging by 700 million tons per year… is nuclear power poised for a comeback?  Biden declaring a ‘climate emergency’ will be pure politics at the expense of democracy.  San Diego parents are furiou...

If you want to be free, you must learn to control yourself. That is the lesson of Sinai. The lesson of the anti-Sinai forces is that your feelings are paramount… UPenn nominates a man to be NCAA female athlete of the year. The Ivy League is a moral cesspool… The White House is getting ready to declare a climate emergency. What is that?... Dennis talks to Michael Fumento, science writer. The topic...

Join Dennis and Julie as they discuss the fear of being alone, and the difficulty of finding a partner with your values.  Hook-up culture has killed traditional dating and allows boys to remain immature.  Being vulnerable is difficult but shows great strength of character.  Birthdays are a marker of maturity… exciting when one is young …and a reminder of futility as one ages.  Dining out equals fr...

Crime is out of control. Another smash and grab robbery. This time in Malibu. Retails stories are under siege… Three people were murdered at a mall in Indiana. The number would likely have been much higher, but for a good man with a gun… One of the oldest churches in Boston is now a leftist stronghold. It has a giant banner on the extolling just about every leftist “virtue” you can think of… The M...

Amala Ekpunobi guest hosts for Dennis… Amala, a podcaster for PragerU, tells her story: how she moved from a leftist activist to a PragerU influencer… The NY Times has just discovered that the President is too old for the job.  What are we doing to our kids? The idea that we are confusing young children about their sexual identity is almost beyond belief. What can we do stop it?… WBNA player Britt...

The World Health Organization has further revised its gender guidelines. There are no more men and women. We all live on an intersectional, gender spectrum… Dennis talks to Ari Fleischer, former White House Press Secretary, in the George W. Bush Administration. Now a Fox News contributor. His new book is Suppression, Deception, Snobbery, and Bias: Why the Press Gets So Much Wrong―And Just Doesn't...

Julie Hartman guest hosts for Dennis.  Julie tells the story of how Dennis helped her transition from a liberal to a conservative… Disrespect for the police has terrible consequences, not just for adults, but for children, too… Julie talks to Steve Forbes, editor and publisher of Forbes Magazine. He presents the timely new PragerU video, “What Is Inflation?” Julie compares to two leaders, Shinzo A...

Do you want to know what happens when third world countries follow “green” policies? Sri Lanka is the latest example. Food shortages, runaway inflation, and now civil unrest. Lockdowns have made things even worse…  Dennis talks to Taylor Silverman, female skateboarder who has stood up against the transgender takeover of her sport.  Is breast feeding the best option for every woman and every child?...

Join Dennis and Julie as they discuss finding Julie a suitable husband.  Is flirting still acceptable or just received as creepy?  The Left/Woke culture has done such damage to younger generations with respect to courtship, dating, and love.  They been taught to not trust religion or wisdom from the past …you do you… value yourself uber alles.  This generation has also been taught that nothing is...

Many people, sadly, only get meaning by destroying what is good. It also brings them excitement... New footage reveals that the bodega owner who killed a man who threatened his life tried to defuse the situation before the deadly fight. Why haven’t the charges against him been dismissed?  The worst thing you can say to a leftist is that there was wisdom in the past worth preserving. “Turning back...

The former PM of Japan, Shinzo Abe, was assassinated yesterday during a campaign speech. Murder is always terrible. Murder of political leaders is especially disrupting. Japan is in shock.  It may sound counterintuitive, but people don’t do things that will make them happy.  Per usual, callers set the agenda. Issues raised include: Jewish Law now saying that abortion is okay; I was cancelled as a...

The UN reports that 345 million people are on the edge of starvation. That’s up from 135 million before the lockdowns… National Teachers Union wants to substitute “birthing person” for mother. Do you really want to trust your kids to these people?  Do Millennials and Gen Z see life as meaningless? Work as useless? The American Dream a scam?  Dennis talks to Carol Roth, author of The War on Small B...

It’s not the Right that denies the past. It’s the Left that denies the past because the Left denies the greatness of America’s founding… The Administration is suing Arizona to prevent the state from requiring an ID to vote. You should never stop earning the love and loyalty of your spouse. Dennis talks to actress Gina Carano. Her new movie is Terror on the Prairie, only available at DailyWire.com…...

Join Dennis and Julie as they discuss what kids believe in.  If not God and country, what do younger generations believe in? There is no such thing as “your truth.”  The self-esteem movement has bred self-centeredness. Paranoia is a form of narcissism.  Julie was taken aback by the large number of Anti-Fourth of July posts. To which she replies: if the United States is so horrible… Why do you stil...

Another hideous massacre took place this weekend. This time in Highland Park, Illinois a prosperous suburb north of Chicago. The twenty-two-year-old killer is sick, twisted, warped soul. Early reports have described him as a “stoner.”…The Left has a very hard time celebrating Independence Day… The Administration that wishes to legalize marijuana is set on banning nicotine. There’s something very w...

Compare the USA to utopia and it’s not so great. Compare it to reality and it’s unique and impressive. Immigrants from different countries call in to wish America happy birthday in their native language… Dennis takes more calls and continues his explanation of what makes America exceptional. A Best of Prager Hour. Originally broadcast July 4, 2012. Thanks for listening to the Daily Dennis Prager P...