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Electric Cars: Inconvenient Facts, Part 2
Electric Cars: Inconvenient Facts, Part 2

VIDEO DESCRIPTIONDo you think every car should be electric? In this video (and Part 1), John shares some inconvenient facts that might change your mind.AVAILABLE RESOURCES Printable PDFAVAILABLE...

Insights & Interactions Town Hall – April 19, 2023
Insights & Interactions Town Hall – April 19, 2023

VIDEO DESCRIPTIONThe on-demand version of our Stossel Town Hall for Educators: The Exciting Intersection of Neuroscience and Education, featuring John Stossel and Oakland University professor Barbara Oakley.

Both Sides: Electric Cars
Both Sides: Electric Cars

ARE ELECTRIC CARS REALLY MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY?ELECTRIC CARS: INCONVENIENT FACTS, PART 1AVAILABLE RESOURCES

Electric Cars: Inconvenient Facts, Part 1
Electric Cars: Inconvenient Facts, Part 1

VIDEO DESCRIPTIONShould all cars go electric? Some politicians and activists think so, but John thinks they're guilty of magical thinking.AVAILABLE RESOURCES Printable PDF AVAILABLE...

Both Sides: Recycling
Both Sides: Recycling

WHY IS RECYCLING SO IMPORTANT?MOST PLASTIC SIMPLY CANNOT BE RECYCLEDAVAILABLE RESOURCES

The Truth about GMOs
The Truth about GMOs

VIDEO DESCRIPTION“Natural” food activists say: Stop eating genetically-modified foods! But GMO foods are safe. They don’t, as claimed, “cause cancer.” Over the last couple decades, cancer is...

Privacy
Privacy

SITC’s “Privacy” module is a comprehensive resource for teachers to educate their students about privacy in the age of big tech. Your students will gain a greater understanding of how people's personal information can be collected and shared without their knowledge....

American Optimist
American Optimist

VIDEO DESCRIPTIONDon't let the bad news get you down -- there's LOTS of good news that media mostly ignore. Amazing innovations like technology that lets a monkey play computer games using only...

Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Innovation and Entrepreneurship

SITC’s “Innovation and Entrepreneurship” module is an ideal teaching resource for educators looking to introduce their students to the effect of government regulation in entrepreneurship and innovation. Students will gain insight into what entrepreneurship entails,...

The Nuclear Option
The Nuclear Option

VIDEO DESCRIPTION"Climate change is the existential threat!" warns Bernie Sanders and others. But if he really believed that, he should support nuclear -- the only technology that has a track...

Roundabouts vs Traffic Lights
Roundabouts vs Traffic Lights

VIDEO DESCRIPTIONHate it when you’re the only car stopped at a light? Roundabouts are a solution to that, and more.AVAILABLE RESOURCES Printable PDF AVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to Login or Register...

Privacy: Who Needs It?
Privacy: Who Needs It?

VIDEO DESCRIPTIONEdward Snowden tries to convince me to worry more about privacy. “They’re trying to shape your behavior!” he warns. I rudely say: “Americans by and large don’t care, and I...

Thank You, Fossil Fuels
Thank You, Fossil Fuels

VIDEO DESCRIPTIONToday’s Black Lives Matter protests often include the claim that fossil fuel use is racist, because climate change will hurt the poor and minorities most. But minorities and...

Government Fueled Fires
Government Fueled Fires

VIDEO DESCRIPTIONThe massive, deadly wildfires in America’s West are caused by climate change,” smirks California governor Gavin Newsom. In reality, bad forest management and excessive...

The New Censors
The New Censors

VIDEO DESCRIPTIONOn my Facebook page recently, I was alarmed to see a warning pop up: “this information could mislead people.” Facebook then also said it won’t show my video to most...

SpaceX Does What Government Won’t
SpaceX Does What Government Won’t

VIDEO DESCRIPTIONOn August 2nd, two American astronauts return to Earth. Their launch was the first from the US in 10 years. It wasn’t NASA that sent them into space. It was Elon Musk‘s SpaceX...

My Brother’s Life-Saving Discovery
My Brother’s Life-Saving Discovery

VIDEO DESCRIPTIONCumbersome FDA regulations delay new drugs. It generally takes at least 10 YEARS to bring a new drug to market. The pandemic got regulators to say they’ll speed things up — but...

Coronavirus Overreach
Coronavirus Overreach

VIDEO DESCRIPTIONGovernments pass ever more restrictive rules in the name of saving us. How many of these rules are helpful?AVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to Login or Register to Access These...

The Red Tape Pandemic
The Red Tape Pandemic

VIDEO DESCRIPTIONRegulations have delayed test kits, “telehealth”, and hospital innovation, making the coronavirus pandemic worse. They set America back months in responding.AVAILABLE RESOURCES...

Are We Doomed?
Are We Doomed?

VIDEO DESCRIPTIONWe’re told that when it comes to climate change, the debate is over. But is it? Should it be? Has the case been closed, or could we use some healthy debate?AVAILABLE RESOURCES...

Save Lives, Sell Organs
Save Lives, Sell Organs

VIDEO DESCRIPTIONAllowing organ sales would save lives, but critics say it would hurt the poor.AVAILABLE RESOURCES Printable PDF AVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to Login or Register to Access These...

Green New Deal: Fact Versus Fiction
Green New Deal: Fact Versus Fiction

VIDEO DESCRIPTIONRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal proposes to save the planet.AVAILABLE RESOURCES Printable PDF AVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to Login or Register to Access These...

Paris Climate Agreement
Paris Climate Agreement

VIDEO DESCRIPTIONIs Donald Trump right to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement?AVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to Login or Register to Access These Additional Resources[RM_Form...

Read All About It!
Read All About It!

VIDEO DESCRIPTIONMost people think the concepts of free speech and freedom of the press started in America. But another country actually codified freedom of the press in its constitution before...

Google and Facebook Cross “The Creepy Line”
Google and Facebook Cross “The Creepy Line”

VIDEO DESCRIPTIONGoogle and Facebook cross “The Creepy Line.” Creepy or helpful?AVAILABLE RESOURCES Printable PDF AVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to Login or Register to Access These Additional...

Both Sides: Lab-Grown Meat
Both Sides: Lab-Grown Meat

ANTHONY BOURDAIN’S BIG PROBLEM WITH ARTIFICIAL MEATLAB-GROWN MEAT IS COMING TO YOUR SUPERMARKETAVAILABLE RESOURCES

War on Electric Scooters
War on Electric Scooters

VIDEO DESCRIPTIONYou may have seen electric scooters in your city. John Stossel wonders if this is the next revolution in urban travel. But what about safety?AVAILABLE RESOURCES Printable PDF...

Junk Science Locks Up Innocent People
Junk Science Locks Up Innocent People

VIDEO DESCRIPTIONWe learn from CSI, Law & Order, and NCIS that forensic science is infallible, leading to the conviction of people who might otherwise have gotten away with their crimes. But DNA...

Lab-Grown Meat is Coming to Your Supermarket
Lab-Grown Meat is Coming to Your Supermarket

VIDEO DESCRIPTIONWould you eat food grown in a lab? What if there were a way to oppose the killing of animals and still eat meat? If it doesn’t come from an animal, is it still meat? This video...

Plastic Straw Myths
Plastic Straw Myths

VIDEO DESCRIPTIONHave you used a plastic straw lately? Did you feel guilty? Celebrities and activists hope so! They want us all to stop sucking.AVAILABLE RESOURCESClick to Login or Register to...