{"podcast":{"title":"John Stossel on Odysee","slug":"john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553","podcast_index_feed_id":5955553,"rss_url":"https://odysee.com/$/rss/@johnstossel:7","website_url":"https://odysee.com/@johnstossel:7","image_url":"https://thumbnails.lbry.com/UCjo1uN-aM3rmBV46xj7l2KA","author":"John Stossel","episode_count":50,"summary":"After 40+ years of reporting, I now understand the importance of limited government and personal freedom. ------------------------------------------ Libertarian journalist John Stossel is a zealous advocate of free markets, a syndicated columnist and Fox News contributor. Prior to joining Fox, John co-anchored ABC’s primetime newsmagazine show, 20/20. Stossel’s economic programs have been adapted into teaching kits by a non-profit organization, \"Stossel in the Classroom.\" High school teachers in American public schools now use the videos to help educate their students on economics and economic freedom. They are seen by more than 12 million students every year. Stossel has received 19 Emmy Awards and has been honored five times for excellence in consumer reporting by the National Press Club. Other honors include the George Polk Award for Outstanding Local Reporting and the George Foster Peabody Award.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-07T16:19:05.682403+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553"},"episode":{"title":"UPDATE: Why Colleges Are Bringing the SAT Back (and Why Woke Schools Banned It)","slug":"update-why-colleges-are-bringing-the-sat-back-and-why-woke-schools-banned-it","published_at":"2026-08-18T11:30:37+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553/update-why-colleges-are-bringing-the-sat-back-and-why-woke-schools-banned-it","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553","url":"https://odysee.com/update-why-colleges-are-bringing-the-sat:c16c8be267811d73c4e203a93077a7a11575f9fc","audio_url":"https://odysee.com/$/rss/media/update-why-colleges-are-bringing-the-sat/c16c8be267811d73c4e203a93077a7a11575f9fc/ba2f45.mp4","summary":"Did you know the SAT is racist? Years ago, claims of racism led MOST colleges to stop requiring the test. Now, 5 years later, the SAT is making a comeback. _ _ _ _ _ _ To make sure you receive weekly videos from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe-form _ _ _ _ _ _ Activists said ditching the test "would allow more students to be accepted into a wider range of colleges." Sounds nice. But in reality: “It’s about making these campuses look right, using them to make your college catalog look more colorful,” says Jason Riley of The Wall Street Journal. “It’s not about learning.” Mismatching students and schools only hurt minority kids. "They're being set up to fail," says Riley. "It's not working!" It wasn't, and now schools finally acknowledge that. Columbia admits test scores were a "useful indicator." No kidding. Every Ivy League has brought back testing, and other schools are following suit. Full update in my video above. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5U2438YCbg","meta_description":"Did you know the SAT is racist? Years ago, claims of racism led MOST colleges to stop requiring the test. Now, 5 years later, the SAT is making a comeback…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":374,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553/episodes/update-why-colleges-are-bringing-the-sat-back-and-why-woke-schools-banned-it/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-stossel-on-odysee-5955553/update-why-colleges-are-bringing-the-sat-back-and-why-woke-schools-banned-it.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}