{"podcast":{"title":"5-Minute Videos | PragerU","slug":"5-minute-videos-prageru-214964","podcast_index_feed_id":214964,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/PRAGERU3989592970","website_url":"https://www.prageru.com/series/5-minute-videos","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/c49b2eee-0186-11ef-b00c-33ffc9f29ec0/image/8532ecbd80a5371c308d6e08630f8987.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"PragerU","episode_count":680,"summary":"5-Minute Videos are the flagship viral product that put PragerU on the map. They take the best ideas from the best minds and distill them into five focused minutes. Listen to hundreds of 5-Minute Videos to get reliable, truthful information about politics, economics, history, and America. These educational, entertaining videos, which are Judeo-Christian at their core and promote the values of liberty, economic freedom, and limited government, have been changing the hearts and minds of millions of young people for over a decade.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/5-minute-videos-prageru-214964"},"episode":{"title":"Did Affirmative Action Work? | Jason Riley","slug":"did-affirmative-action-work-jason-riley","published_at":"2026-01-19T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/5-minute-videos-prageru-214964/did-affirmative-action-work-jason-riley","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/5-minute-videos-prageru-214964","url":"https://www.prageru.com/videos/did-affirmative-action-work","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PRAGERU4231705817.mp3?updated=1768842864","summary":"Before Affirmative Action, black Americans were closing education gaps, increasing incomes, and joining the middle class at record speed. But since the introduction of Affirmative Action, that progress has significantly slowed. How can we account for this? Jason Riley, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, explains Affirmative Action’s troubling legacy. Get all our content ad-free on PragerU.com or download the PragerU app: https://l.prageru.com/45GvWlu Follow PragerU on social media: YouTube Instagram X/Twitter Facebook Rumble Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Before Affirmative Action, black Americans were closing education gaps, increasing incomes, and joining the middle class at record speed. But since the in…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":395,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/5-minute-videos-prageru-214964/episodes/did-affirmative-action-work-jason-riley/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/5-minute-videos-prageru-214964/did-affirmative-action-work-jason-riley.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}