Topic: College Grants

During his YouTube interviews, President Obama explained that politics is simply how society organizes itself and makes decisions. He credited politicians, starting with Abraham Lincoln and the land-grant college system, for the existence of higher education. The hosts mock the "debriefing" comment made by Hank Green, jokingly suggesting he was subjected to MKUltra-style conditioning.

No Excuses University is a program that sends consultants into elementary schools to promote college attendance to third graders. The program uses PowerPoint presentations to associate college with luxury cars and manual labor with poverty. Critics describe the chanting and "code of conduct" as cult-like and manipulative.