Real Talk with Marissa Streit | PragerU

Former Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction and CEO of the Teacher Freedom Alliance, Ryan Walters and PragerU CEO Marissa Streit expose how teachers unions, activist bureaucrats, and textbook publishers work TOGETHER behind the scenes to shape what happens in America’s classrooms. They discuss why school board transparency matters, how unions influence curriculum even in red states, how book publishers make money from political classrooms and why broad state standards are not enough to keep our students safe from the Education Industrial Complex.  

Find the Scholastic text Marissa references in the episode by clicking here: https://www.scholastic.com/momentsinfocus/icebox/icebox_lesson_activity.pdf

 

Chapters:

00:00 — Why parents should stop complaining in private and go public

02:53 — What schools do behind closed doors to avoid accountability

05:16 — Why Ryan Walters left office to fight teachers unions nationally

06:50 — Who really has more power in education: elected officials or unions?

08:20 — The truth about local teachers unions vs. the national machine

13:11 — The NEA agenda, activist curriculum, and how ideology reaches classrooms

17:40 — Why radical books and anti-American messaging are not accidents

20:11 — What state standards can and cannot do to protect children

22:25 — How activists train teachers to ignore standards and hide content from parents

24:24 — Toolkits, publishers, and the apparatus behind ideological education

26:08 — Why facts, primary sources, and classical education still matter

29:28 — Reading failure, whole language, and why schools ignore what works

33:25 — The system that burns out good teachers and rewards activists

37:41 — Why standards keep getting lowered while spending keeps rising

40:42 — What high expectations actually do for kids

43:24 — California teacher training, LGBTQ activism, and the “Prism” problem

46:21 — Student walkouts, politicized classrooms, and the radicalization of children

47:13 — Why America’s boys are becoming disaffected and extreme

52:01 — Ryan’s advice to parents trying to rescue lost young men

55:00 — Why boys need strong male role models before extremists fill the vacuum

58:06 — Why good men should become teachers—and how to fight back

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Dennis Prager and Marissa Streit discuss the importance of Passover in both the Jewish and Christian faiths. They also discuss why rituals and traditions are critical to collective memory and collective identity. Dennis draws parallels between the lessons found in the Jewish Haggadah and America’s moral crisis.

Get your copy of Dennis's book The Rational Passover Haggadah here: https://www.amazon.com/Rational-Passover-Haggadah-Dennis-Prager/dp/1684512581
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The current mayor of Panama City,  Mayer Mizrachi  spent six months in a Colombian jail ten years ago. He emerged fierce and now he’s working to bring economic freedom to his country.
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Robby Starbuck, activist and former Hollywood director, speaks with PragerU CEO Marissa Streit about his family’s escape from communist Cuba and why that history shapes his view of America today.

They discuss the rise of corporate activism, how DEI policies spread through corporate boardrooms, and why many companies are reversing course.

They also discuss the growing power of AI, the dangers of AI-driven misinformation, and why the country that wins the AI race could determine the future of global power.

 

Chapters:

00:00 – From Cuba to Hollywood: Robby Starbuck’s Story

02:40 – Walking Away: Why He Risked Everything

05:00 – The Lesson From Cuba: Courage Over Comfort

06:40 – Corporate America Goes Political: DEI & Power

13:45 – Inside the System: Government Pressure & Corporate Control

16:00 – The New Communism: Control Without Seizing Power

27:20 – AI Gone Wrong: The Google Defamation Case

33:00 – The Collapse of Truth: How AI Could Shape Elections

39:20 – The AI Race: Why China vs U.S. Changes Everything

46:50 – Cuba, Power, and the Future of America

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Jan Jekielek, Senior Editor at The Epoch Times and host of “American Thought Leaders,” joins PragerU CEO Marissa Streit to discuss the Chinese Communist Party’s global strategy, the weaknesses behind China’s economic power, and why President Trump’s foreign policy aims to contain the CCP before it expands further. They examine tariffs, rare earths, strategic pressure on Iran and Venezuela, and why Beijing responds only to real leverage. They also discuss unrestricted warfare, forced organ harvesting, and why understanding the communist mindset is essential if America hopes to avoid being outmaneuvered by China.

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Chapters

00:00 Why China’s economy is weaker than it looks

02:14 China’s export dependence and why Trump’s tariffs matter

05:40 Debt, local corruption, and the CCP’s economic model

08:42 China’s demographic collapse and youth unemployment

09:45 Did America help build the CCP’s power?

13:20 Xi Jinping’s purges and what they reveal about the regime

16:17 Iran, Venezuela, and the message Trump is sending Beijing

20:55 Belt and Road, Huawei, and how China builds leverage

25:17 Rare earths, recycling, and America’s path to independence

32:25 Military-civil fusion and why China weaponizes everything

33:30 Communism, unrestricted warfare, and the CCP mindset

37:05 Political correctness, naivete, and useful idiots

41:15 Organ harvesting and the brutality of the communist system

49:45 Why the media still underplays the China threat

54:42 What Trump’s meeting with Xi could look like

58:43 Jan’s book, Killed to Order, and why understanding the CCP matters

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