Guests: Joseph Postell, Lawrence Perelman, & Michael Tripepi Host Scot Bertram talks with Joseph Postell, associate professor of politics at Hillsdale College, about the origins of the bureaucratic state as laid out in his book Bureaucracy in America: The Administrative State’s Challenge to Constitutional Government . Lawrence Perelman, founder & CEO of Semantix Creative Group, shares the lessons he learned as a close friend of National Review founder William F. Buckley Jr. a...
Mar 14, 2025•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Khalil Habib, Kevin M. Shipp, & Brent Cline Host Scot Bertram talks with Khalil Habib, associate professor of politics and Allison and Dorothy Rouse Chair in Politics at Hillsdale College, about how examples of statesmanship in the Roman Republic can teach us about good government. Kevin M. Shipp, former CIA officer and anti-terrorism expert, lays out the history of the CIA and gives an overview of his new book Twilight of the Shadow Government: How Tra...
Mar 07, 2025•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Richard M. Langworth, Catherine Austin Fitts, & Tori Hope Petersen Host Scot Bertram plays a previous interview with the late Richard Langworth, writer, historian, and senior fellow at the Hillsdale Churchill Project , about common misconceptions and myths about Winston Churchill. Catherine Austin Fitts, president of Solari, Inc., warns of the potential consequences of efforts by central banks to impose the use of digital currencies. And Tori Hope Petersen, author, speaker, and Hills...
Feb 28, 2025•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Mollie Hemingway & Mark P. Mills Host Scot Bertram talks with Mollie Hemingway, senior journalism fellow at Hillsdale College and editor-in-chief at The Federalist , about the first month of President Donald Trump's second term in office. And Mark P. Mills, senior fellow at the Texas Public Policy Foundation and director of the National Center on Energy Analytics, talks about the economics and future of electric vehicles. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Feb 21, 2025•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Wilfred McClay & Tyler O'Neil Host Scot Bertram talks with Wilfred McClay, Victor Davis Hanson chair in classical history and western civilization at Hillsdale College, about the distinction between speech and free expression as detailed in his recent essay in The New Criterion . And Tyler O'Neil, a Hillsdale graduate and managing editor at The Daily Signal , reveals the link between left-wing dark money groups and American bureaucracy and discusses his new book The Woketopus: ...
Feb 14, 2025•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: John J. Miller & Daniel Dreisbach Host Scot Bertram talks with John J. Miller, director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College, about the decrease in local news sources and whether “news deserts” are a real thing. And Daniel Dreisbach, professor of Justice, Law, & Criminology at American University, outlines how the Christian faith informed the political principles of the American Founding. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Feb 07, 2025•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Jeremiah Regan, Victoria Coates, & Eric Hutchinson Host Scot Bertram talks with Jeremiah Regan, executive director of online learning at Hillsdale College, about Hillsdale’s upcoming “ Totalitarian Novels ” online course. Victoria Coates, vice president of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation , outlines the benefits of the American-Israeli relationship and discusse...
Jan 31, 2025•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Andrew F. Puzder & Patricia Bart Host Scot Bertram talks with Andrew F. Puzder, former executive officer of CKE Restaurants, distinguished visiting fellow at The Heritage Foundation , and Senior Fellow at America First Policy Institute , about how asset management firms use their unprecedented levels of stock ownership in major US companies to force their own "ESG" agenda on the corporate sector. They also discuss Puzder's new book A Tyranny for the Good of its Victims: The Ugly Trut...
Jan 24, 2025•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Larry Arnn, Conn Carroll, & Brent Cline Host Scot Bertram talks with Larry P. Arnn, president of Hillsdale College, who gives three reasons you might want to study Winston Churchill. Conn Carroll, commentary editor at Washington Examiner , outlines the social ramifications of eroding traditional marriage and gives an overview of his new book Sex and the Citizen: How the Assault on Marriage Is Destroying Democracy . And Brent Cline, associate professor of English, starts a short serie...
Jan 17, 2025•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Paul T. Hosmer & William Elliott Hazelgrove Host Scot Bertram talks with Paul T. Hosmer, chairman and associate professor of physics at Hillsdale College, about the various advances in physics in 2024. And William Elliott Hazelgrove, a national best-selling author, gives an account of Orson Welles' famous War of the Worlds broadcast and discusses his new book Dead Air: The Night That Orson Welles Terrified America . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jan 10, 2025•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Scot Bertram sits down with Bill Gray, vice president for institutional advancement, and discusses why the Hillsdale College Podcast Network exists, what the plans are for the future, and how you can help support podcasts and audio at Hillsdale College in 2025. Also, we count down the most popular episodes of 2024. To learn more about Hillsdale's commitment to defend and uphold the principles and practices of liberty and to preserve free government for future generations, and to find out ho...
Dec 27, 2024•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Adam Lovinger, Timothy McDonnell, & Patricia Bart Host Scot Bertram talks with Adam Lovinger, vice president for strategic affairs at the Gold Institute for International Strategy , about how the deep state worked to diminish the influence of the United States around the world and takes us inside his new book The Insider Threat: How the Deep State Undermines America from Within . Timothy McDonnell, associate professor of Music at Hillsdale College, continues a discussion ...
Dec 20, 2024•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Kevin Roberts & Timothy McDonnell Host Scot Bertram talks with Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation, about the future of the American republic and his new book Dawn's Early Light: Taking Back Washington to Save America . And Timothy McDonnell, associate professor of Music at Hillsdale College, begins a series on the history of some of the most popular Christmas carols . This week: the complicated story of “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel . ” See...
Dec 13, 2024•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Matthew Mehan & Sean McMeekin Host Scot Bertram talks with Matthew Mehan, associate dean and assistant professor of government at Hillsdale’s Washington, D.C. campus, about how the ancients viewed virtuous leadership. And Sean McMeekin, the Francis Flournoy Professor of European History and Culture at Bard College, explains the violence inherent in communism and discusses his latest book, To Overthrow the World: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism . See omnystudio.com/listener fo...
Dec 06, 2024•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Scot Bertram talks with Bill Gray, vice president for institutional advancement at Hillsdale College, about the culture of thanks at Hillsdale, the College’s national impact, and how to include Hillsdale in your Giving Tuesday plans. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 27, 2024•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Victor Davis Hanson & Steven Gow Calabresi 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, who provides analysis and insight into the results of our recent Presidential election. And Steven Gow Calabresi, Henry R. Barber Professor of Law at Northwestern University and co-chairman of the Federalist Society, reviews the illustrious career of Edwin Meese and the...
Nov 22, 2024•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Stephen Smith, George Gilder, & Patricia R. Bart Host Scot Bertram talks with Stephen Smith, dean of humanities and professor of English at Hillsdale College, about the new Hillsdale College online course on John Milton's Paradise Lost . George Gilder, prolific author and co-founder of the Discovery Institute, describes the enriching relationship between Israel and the United States and discusses his new book The Israel Test: How Israel's Genius Enriches and Challenges the World . An...
Nov 15, 2024•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Kathleen O'Toole, Ken Khachigian, & Clay Travis Host Scot Bertram talks with Kathleen O'Toole, assistant provost for K-12 Education, about why classical education can reverse the damage done to learning achievement during the pandemic. Ken Khachigian, director emeritus of the Richard Nixon Foundation board of directors and chief speechwriter and senior political advisor for President Ronald Reagan, gives a behind-the-scenes look at the Nixon and Reagan White Houses as detailed in his...
Nov 08, 2024•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Mark Moyar, Larry O'Connor, & Kevin Gerstle Host Scot Bertram talks with Mark Moyar, the William P. Harris Chair of Military History at Hillsdale College, about his recent essay on the left-wing capture of higher education. Larry O’Connor, host of O ’Connor and Company on WMAL-FM in Washington, D.C., recounts his move from the world of professional theater to talk radio and provides a survey of the effect of new media on the 2024 election. And Kevin Gerstle, associate professor of ma...
Nov 01, 2024•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Michael Waltz & Patricia R. Bart Host Scot Bertram talks with Michael Waltz, congressman for Florida's sixth district and the first Green Beret elected to Congress, about how the mindset he honed in military service can help anyone conquer everyday challenges, and his new book Hard Truths: Think and Lead Like a Green Beret . And Patricia R. Bart, associate professor of English at Hillsdale College, continues an in-depth series on the history of the English language. See omnystudio.co...
Oct 25, 2024•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Wilfred McClay & John Steele Gordon Host Scot Bertram talks with Wilfred McClay, Victor Davis Hanson chair in Classical History and Western Civilization at Hillsdale College, about the importance of civic education in higher education and summarizes a report on the subject he wrote for the American Enterprise Institute . And John Steele Gordon, author, historian, and nephew of Oscar Hammerstein, gives a survey of how the duo of Rodgers and Hammerstein influenced the golden age of the...
Oct 18, 2024•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Richard Samuelson & James S. Burling Host Scot Bertram talks with Richard Samuelson, associate professor of government at Hillsdale College's Washington, D.C., campus, about the 250th anniversary of the First Continental Congress. And James S. Burling, vice president for Legal Affairs at Pacific Legal Foundation, explains how various government interventions created America's worsening housing crisis as laid out in his new book Nowhere to Live: The Hidden Story of America's Housing C...
Oct 11, 2024•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Gary Wolfram, Hans von Spakovsky, & Patricia R. Bart Host Scot Bertram talks with Gary Wolfram, William Simon professor of economics and public policy, director of economics, and professor of political economy at Hillsdale College, about the consequences of Kamala Harris’s proposed price controls. Hans von Spakovsky, manager at the Election Law Reform Initiative and senior legal fellow at the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation , discusses...
Oct 04, 2024•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Mollie Hemingway & Miranda Devine Host Scot Bertram talks with Mollie Hemingway, senior journalism fellow at Hillsdale College and editor-in-chief at The Federalist , about a recent report that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is rethinking his involvement in politics. We also discuss the media’s role thus far in the 2024 presidential campaign. And Miranda Devine, columnist at the New York Post and a contributor at Fox News, lays out the network of government organizations that help protect ...
Sep 27, 2024•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Paul Moreno, Michael Walsh, & Elizabeth Edwards Spalding Host Scot Bertram talks with Paul Moreno, the William and Berniece Grewcock Chair in Constitutional History, professor of history, and dean of social sciences at Hillsdale College, about Kamala Harris’s proposed reforms to the U.S. Supreme Court. Michael Walsh, journalist and screenwriter, discusses the dangers of the evolving media landscape and his new book Against the Corporate Media: Forty-two Ways the Press Hates You . And...
Sep 20, 2024•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Gary Wolfram, Joel Pollak, & Dutton Kearney Host Scot Bertram talks with Gary Wolfram, the William Simon Professor of Economics and Public Policy, director of economics, and professor of political economy at Hillsdale College, about Kamala Harris’s proposed tax on unrealized capital gains. Joel Pollak, senior editor-at-large at Breitbart News , lays out his vision for a potential Trump presidency and discusses his new book The Agenda: What Trump Should Do in His First 100 Days . And ...
Sep 13, 2024•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Victor Davis Hanson & Tevi Troy 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 efforts by Kamala Harris' campaign to keep her record out of public conversation and what he considers to be the keys to the presidential campaign. And presidential historian Tevi Troy discusses the historical relationship between American presidents and powerful CEOs as catalogu...
Sep 06, 2024•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Charles N. Steele, Todd Bensman, & Michael Francisco Host Scot Bertram talks with Charles N. Steele, associate professor of economics and Herman A. and Suzanne S. Dettwiler Chair in Economics at Hillsdale College, about his work as chair of Hillsdale’s new Center for Commerce & Freedom . Todd Bensman, fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies and author of Overrun: How Joe Biden Unleashed the Greatest Border Crisis in U.S. History , gives a field report from his recent visit t...
Aug 30, 2024•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Ivan Pongracic & Anne R. Keane Host Scot Bertram talks with Ivan Pongracic, professor of economics and William E. Hibbs/Ludwig von Mises Chair of Economics at Hillsdale College, about growing up in communist Yugoslavia and his role in Hillsdale’s new online documentary course Marxism, Socialism, and Communism . And Anne R. Keene takes us inside her recent book, The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II , and discusses th...
Aug 23, 2024•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Joseph Postell, Trent England, & Kevin Gerstle Host Scot Bertram talks with Joseph Postell, associate professor of politics at Hillsdale College, about the history of America’s most memorable and consequential political conventions. Trent England, founder and executive director of Save Our States, discusses the flawed marriage of the movements to implement a national popular vote and ranked-choice voting. And Kevin Gerstle, associate professor of mathematics at Hillsdale College, des...
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