Guests: Korey Maas, Larry Correia, & John Grant Host Scot Bertram talks with Korey Maas, Associate Professor of History at Hillsdale College, about the long history of religious liberty. Author Larry Correia joins us to discuss his latest book, In Defense of the Second Amendment . And John Grant, Associate Professor and Chairman of Politics at Hillsdale, returns for another installment in his series of the life and work of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...
Jan 27, 2023•50 min
Guests: Timothy Dolch, Joel Salatin, and Khalil Habib Host Scot Bertram talks with Timothy Dolch, Associate Professor of Physics at Hillsdale College, about last year's discovery by the Hubble Telescope of the most distant star ever seen. Joel Salatin, co-owner of Polyface Farm in Swoope, Virginia, joins the show to discuss local food as potential parallel agriculture. And Khalil Habib, Allison and Dorothy Rouse Professor in Politics at Hillsdale, teaches us about the writings and philosophy of ...
Jan 20, 2023•43 min
Guests: Adam Carrington, Mark Hemingway, James Brandon, and Anna Bassols '24 Host Scot Bertram talks with Adam Carrington, Associate Professor of Politics at Hillsdale College, about his recent essay on the Supreme Court's recent embrace of self-government . Mark Hemingway, senior writer at RealClearInvestigations, joins the show to discuss his piece on the rising number of federal bureaucrats now granted the authority to carry guns and make arrests. James Brandon, Chairman and Professor of Thea...
Jan 13, 2023•52 min
Guests: Mark Moyar, Sally Pipes, Ken Calvert, and Daniel Himebaugh '04 Host Scot Bertram talks with Mark Moyar, William P. Harris Chair in Military History at Hillsdale College, about his new book Triumph Regained: The Vietnam War , 1965-1968, the second of his planned three-part series on the War. Sally Pipes, President, CEO, and Thomas W. Smith Fellow in Health Care Policy at the Pacific Research Institute , discusses what to expect in 2023 from the health care sector. Ken Calvert, Professor o...
Jan 06, 2023•54 min
Holiday Greetings from The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour , counting down the most-listened-to episodes of 2022, and a very special preview announcement regarding 2023. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 30, 2022•11 min
Guests: Brad Birzer, Michael Foley, Christopher Hamilton, & Gad Saad Host Scot Bertram talks with Brad Birzer, Professor of History and Russell Amos Kirk Chair in American Studies at Hillsdale College, about Yellowstone National Park at 150 . Michael P. Foley, author of Why We Kiss Under the Mistletoe: Christmas Traditions Explained , joins the show to reveal some lesser-known facts about the holiday. Christopher Hamilton, Professor of Chemistry at Hillsdale, tells us all we need to know abo...
Dec 16, 2022•51 min
Guests: Robert Norton, William Inboden, & Brent Cline Host Scot Bertram talks with Robert Norton, Vice President and General Counsel of Hillsdale College and a former top-level legal executive of automakers, about questions that persist regarding the adoption of electric vehicles. William Inboden tells us about his deep look into President Ronald Reagan's foreign policy record in The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink . And Brent Cline, Associate Professor of...
Dec 09, 2022•45 min
Guests: Victor Davis Hanson, Roger Kimball, & Patrick Whalen Host Scot Bertram talks with Victor Davis Hanson , the Wayne and Marcia Buske Distinguished Fellow in History at Hillsdale College and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, about lessons learned from the recent midterm election. Roger Kimball, editor and publisher of The New Criterion and publisher of Encounter Books, discusses a new book he edited, Where Next: Western Civilization at the Crossroads . And Patrick Whalen, assista...
Dec 02, 2022•52 min
Guests: Wilfred McClay, Nate Hochman, & Dan Coupland Host Scot Bertram talks with Wilfred McClay, Victor Davis Hanson Chair in Classical History and Western Civilization at Hillsdale College, about a recent essay on identity, patriotism, and education. Nate Hochman details his work chronicling the parents’ revolt inside the education sector. And Dan Coupland, Dean of Masters in Classical Education and Professor of Education at Hillsdale, takes us inside his new book, TRIED AND TRUE: A PRIMER ON ...
Nov 18, 2022•50 min
Guests: Edward Gutiérrez, John Daniel Davidson, & James Brandon Host Scot Bertram talks with Edward Gutiérrez, Director, Center for Military History and Grand Strategy and Assistant Professor of History at Hillsdale College, about what we can learn from looking back at past conflicts. John Daniel Davidson, senior editor at The Federalist, questions Elon Musk's commitment to free speech at Twitter. And James Brandon, Chairman and Professor of Theatre at Hillsdale, returns to discuss American thea...
Nov 11, 2022•45 min
Guests: Timothy Dolch, Michael Walsh, John Grant, & Amy Bartol '94 Host Scot Bertram talks with Timothy Dolch, Associate Professor of Physics at Hillsdale College, regarding recent hints from Russia about leaving the International Space Station and what that means for the future of space. Michael Walsh joins us to discuss a new book he edited, AGAINST THE GREAT RESET: EIGHTEEN THESE CONTRA THE NEW WORLD ORDER, with contributions from a number of eminent writers and journalists from around the wo...
Nov 04, 2022•48 min
Guests: Richard Samuelson, Justin Hart, & Elizabeth Spalding Host Scot Bertram talks with Richard Samuelson, Associate Professor of Government in Hillsdale College’s Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship, chats about his recent essay in the Claremont Review of Books, "The Great Unwokening". Justin Hart debunks myths surrounding the COVID pandemic in his book GONE VIRAL: HOW COVID DROVE THE WORLD INSANE. And Hillsdale grad Elizabeth Spalding '88 tells us about the curation and opening of the...
Oct 28, 2022•52 min
Guests: Bradley C. S. Watson, Dennis Prager, & Brent Cline Host Scot Bertram talks with Bradley C. S. Watson, Associate Professor of Government in the Van Andel Graduate School of Government at Hillsdale in D.C., about his recent experience at Saint Vincent College and the moral collapse of higher education. Dennis Prager, national talk show host and founder of Prager U, discusses his new book THE RATIONAL BIBLE: DEUTERONOMY. And Brent Cline, Associate Professor of English at Hillsdale, begins a...
Oct 21, 2022•51 min
Guests: David Azerrad, Christopher Caldwell, & David Whalen Host Scot Bertram talks with David Azerrad, Assistant Professor and Research Fellow at Hillsdale College’s Van Andel Graduate School of Government in Washington, D.C., about Hillsdale's new online course, "The Real American Founding: A Conversation". Christopher Caldwell, contributing editor at The Claremont Review of Books, stops by the studio as he visits Hillsdale's campus to deliver a lecture on "Russia and American Foreign Policy T...
Oct 14, 2022•49 min
Guests: Scott Atlas, Ilya Shapiro, & Jared White Host Scot Bertram talks with Scott Atlas, Robert Wesson Senior Fellow in health care policy at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University and a fellow at Hillsdale College's Academy for Science and Freedom, about the Academy's recently released "Statement on the Ethical Principles of Public Health". Ilya Shapiro, senior fellow and director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute, explains his recent essay in the Washington Examiner...
Oct 07, 2022•50 min
Guests: Paul Moreno, Alexandra DeSanctis, & Kelly Scott Franklin Host Scot Bertram talks with Paul Moreno, Chair in Constitutional History and Professor of History at Hillsdale College, about his new book HOW THE COURT BECAME SUPREME: THE ORIGINS OF AMERICAN JURISTOCRACY. Alexandra DeSanctis, fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and co-author of the recent book TEARING US APART, provides an overview of the pro-life movement in the aftermath of the Dobbs opinion. And Kelly Scott Franklin...
Sep 30, 2022•45 min
Guests: Mollie Hemingway, James Brandon, & Richard Baris Host Scot Bertram talks with Mollie Hemingway, Senior Journalism Fellow at Hillsdale College and Editor-In-Chief of The Federalist, about Election integrity in the wake of her recent book RIGGED and media malpractice. James Brandon, Chairman and Professor of Theatre at Hillsdale, begins a short series on the history of American theatre. And we hear excerpts from a recent Hillsdale lecture given by Richard Baris, Director of Big Data Poll, ...
Sep 23, 2022•50 min
Guests: Matthew Spalding, Trent England, & Christopher Busch Host Scot Bertram talks with Matthew Spalding, Vice President of Washington Operations and Dean of the Van Andel Graduate School of Government at Hillsdale in D.C., about the enduring themes of George Washington's Farewell Address on the 226th anniversary of its publication. Trent England, executive director of "Save Our States," updates us on the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, an effort to eliminate the Electoral College. A...
Sep 16, 2022•49 min
Guests: Paul Hosmer, Marc Morano, & Elizabeth Fredericks Host Scot Bertram talks with Paul Hosmer, Chairman and Associate Professor of Physics at Hillsdale College, about teaching physics through the Founding Fathers. Marc Morano, publisher of ClimateDepot.com, joins us to discuss his new book THE GREAT RESET: GLOBAL ELITES AND THE PERMANENT LOCKDOWN. And Elizabeth Fredericks, Assistant Professor of English at Hillsdale, returns for a final installment in her series on modern Irish poetry. See o...
Sep 09, 2022•47 min
This week's guests: Timothy Dolch, Titus Techera, & Larry P. Arnn Host Scot Bertram talks with Timothy Dolch, Associate Professor of Physics at Hillsdale College, about the incredible images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. Titus Techera, executive director of the American Cinema Foundation, reminds us of the forgotten anniversary of the release of DIRTY HARRY and what themes still resonate today. And Larry P. Arnn, President of Hillsdale College, talks with us about Aristotle and edu...
Sep 02, 2022•48 min
This week's guests: Art Laffer, Mike Gonzalez, & Gary Wolfram Host Scot Bertram talks with famed economist Art Laffer about supply-side economics, incentives, and his new online course for Hillsdale College. Mike Gonzalez, senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, tells us why it's time to stop taxpayer money from flowing to PBS and NPR. And with President Biden's announcement this week on executive action regarding "student loan forgiveness," we listen back to a recent interview on the topic wi...
Aug 26, 2022•45 min
This week's guests: Mark Kalthoff, Barry Strauss, Brian Wesbury With classes starting once again for K-12 and college students, host Scot Bertram talks with Mark Kalthoff, Professor & Chairman of History and Dean of Faculty at Hillsdale College, on the value of learning and the purpose of a liberal education. Historian Barry Strauss discusses his recent book THE WAR THAT MADE THE ROMAN EMPIRE: ANTONY, CLEOPATRA, AND OCTAVIAN AT ACTIUM. And we hear excerpts from a recent Hillsdale lecture deliver...
Aug 19, 2022•49 min
This week's guests: John J. Miller, John Agresto, & Samuel Russell Host Scot Bertram talks with John J. Miller, director of the Herbert H. Dow II Program in American Journalism at Hillsdale College, about the enduring relevance of George Orwell. John Agresto, long-time college professor and retired president of St. John's College, joins the show to discuss his new book THE DEATH OF LEARNING: HOW AMERICAN EDUCATION HAS FAILED OUR STUDENTS AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT. And Samuel Russell, a 2008 gradua...
Aug 12, 2022•52 min
TOPICS: Prudence in the post-Dobbs environment, Critical Race Theory and the progressive war on truth, & the Irish poets Katharine Tynan & Eavan Boland Host Scot Bertram talks with Matthew Spalding, Vice President of Washington Operations and Dean of the Van Andel Graduate School of Government for Hillsdale College, about the post-Dobbs environment and the need for prudence in deliberations and legislating. Jonathan Butcher, Will Skillman Fellow in Education at the Heritage Foundation, previews ...
Aug 05, 2022•48 min
TOPICS: LAND OF HOPE for young readers, a guide to pandemics, and the intersection of faith and science Host Scot Bertram talks with Wilfred McClay, Victor Davis Hanson Chair in Classical History and Western Civilization at Hillsdale College, about the new, two-part Young Readers' Edition of LAND OF HOPE. Steven Mosher, an internationally recognized authority on China, joins us to preview his new book THE POLITICALLY INCORRECT GUIDE TO PANDEMICS. And Matthew Young, Chairman and Associate Profess...
Jul 29, 2022•48 min
TOPICS: Benjamin Franklin as statesman, Kurt Schlichter's new book, & Willa Cather's frontier themes Host Scot Bertram talks with Kevin Slack, Associate Professor of Politics at Hillsdale College, to conclude a three-part series on Benjamin Franklin, focusing this time on Franklin as statesman. Kurt Schlichter of Townhall joins us to discuss his new book WE'LL BE BACK: THE FALL AND RISE OF AMERICA. And Christopher Busch, Professor of English at Hillsdale, continues his discussion of American wri...
Jul 22, 2022•48 min
TOPICS: Examining the Kennedy ruling from SCOTUS, THE RISE OF THE NEW PURITANS, the founding of Rome, & excerpts from Hillsdale's 2022 commencement address Host Scot Bertram talks with Adam Carrington, Associate Professor of Politics and William and Patricia LaMothe Chair in the U.S. Constitution, to analyze the Kennedy opinion recently handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court. Noah Rothman, Associate Editor of Commentary, tells us about his new book THE RISE OF THE NEW PURITANS: FIGHTING BACK AGAI...
Jul 15, 2022•54 min
TOPICS: Student loan debt forgiveness plans, abortion's many harms & more on the life of the Renaissance scholar Erasmus Host Scot Bertram talks with Gary Wolfram, William Simon Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Hillsdale College, about recent proposals to eliminate some or all current student loan debt. Alexandra DeSanctis, a staff writer for National Review and a visiting fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, discusses her new book TEARING US APART: HOW ABORTION HARMS EVERYT...
Jul 08, 2022•47 min
TOPICS: An analysis of the Dobbs opinion and Clarence Thomas in his own words In this special Supreme Court-themed episode of the program, host Scot Bertram talks with Adam Carrington, Associate Professor of Politics and William and Patricia LaMothe Chair in the U.S. Constitution, to analyze the Dobbs opinion on abortion recently handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court. Then Michael Pack joins the show to discuss his new book CREATED EQUAL: CLARENCE THOMAS IN HIS OWN WORDS. See omnystudio.com/list...
Jul 01, 2022•42 min
TOPICS: Election integrity in the U.S., elements of film noir, and the wisdom of John Senior Host Scot Bertram talks with Mollie Hemingway, Senior Journalism Fellow at Hillsdale College and Editor-in-chief at The Federalist, about her recent book RIGGED, soon out in paperback. Eddie Muller, host of "Noir Alley" on Turner Classic Movies, tells us about the elements of film noir. And David Whalen, Associate Vice President for Curriculum and Professor of English at Hillsdale, discusses the wisdom a...
Jun 24, 2022•51 min
