Guests: Matthew Spalding, Timothy P. Carney, & D.G. Hart 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 a recent article he wrote on how the United States should educate its citizens . Timothy P. Carney, senior political columnist at the Washington Examiner , discusses the demographic dangers of America’s dropping birthrates and his upcoming book Family Unfriendly: How ...
Dec 01, 2023•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Scot Bertram talks with Bill Gray, chief marketing officer and vice president for marketing, about the culture of thanks at Hillsdale College, the impact Hillsdale has had on his own life, and how to include Hillsdale in your Giving Tuesday plans. To learn more about Hillsdale's commitment to our country's founding principles, read George Washington and Thomas Jefferson's Thanksgiving proclamations, and watch a special address from Hillsdale College President Larry P. Arnn, visit our Thanks...
Nov 24, 2023•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Matthew Mehan & Miranda Devine Host Scot Bertram talks with Matthew Mehan, associate dean and assistant professor of government at Hillsdale College’s Washington, D.C. campus, about the battle over parental rights and his article “ More Schools Playing the Parental Role, But Not for the Good of Students .” Miranda Devine, columnist at the New York Post and Fox News contributor, dives into recent developments in the now-infamous “laptop from hell” and her book Laptop from Hell: Hunter...
Nov 17, 2023•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Patrick Whalen, Thomas Conner & Peter Jennings Host Scot Bertram talks with Patrick Whalen, operations assistant to the president at Hillsdale College, about the unique qualifications that veterans bring to teaching and his article " Veterans Make Good Teachers ." Thomas Conner, History professor emeritus at Hillsdale College, walks through the history of the American Battle Monuments Commission and his book War and Remembrance: The Story of the American Battle Monuments Commission ....
Nov 10, 2023•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Jon Fennell, Joe Kennedy, & Christopher Busch Host Scot Bertram talks with Jon Fennell, professor emeritus of education at Hillsdale College, about the reasoning for classical education and his article for Principia titled “ An Epistemological Rationale for Classical Education .” Joe Kennedy, author of Average Joe: The Joe Kennedy Story , describes the years of difficult litigation behind his victory for religious liberty in front of the Supreme Court. And Christopher Busch, professo...
Nov 03, 2023•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Adam Carrington, Sam Faddis & Mickey Mattox Host Scot Bertram talks with Adam Carrington, William and Patricia LaMothe Chair in the U.S. Constitution and associate politics professor at Hillsdale College, about the history of the 17th Amendment and his article " How the 17th Amendment Ruined Federalism ." Sam Faddis, author of Beyond Repair: The Decline And Fall Of The CIA , dives into the history of the CIA and how the once respectable organization has lost its way. And Mickey Matto...
Oct 27, 2023•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: John J. Miller, Megan Basham, & Stephen Naumann Host Scot Bertram talks with John J. Miller, director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College, about the growing movement among journalists to establish a "right to be forgotten." Megan Basham, author and reporter at The Daily Wire , discusses efforts by the Left to popularize liberal theological views in American churches as well as her upcoming book Bad Shepherds . And Stephen Naumann, associate professor of German at Hills...
Oct 20, 2023•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Paul A. Rahe, Andrew Biggio, & Courtney Meyet Host Scot Bertram talks with Paul A. Rahe, professor of history and Charles O. Lee and Louise K. Lee Chair in the Western Heritage at Hillsdale College, about his new book Sparta's Sicilian Proxy War: The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta . Andrew Biggio, former U.S. Marine Corps infantry sergeant, discusses the healing power of memory and shares World War II stories from his new book The Rifle 2: Back to the Battlefield . And Courtney M...
Oct 13, 2023•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Michael Tripepi, Owen Strachan, & Kelly Scott Franklin Host Scot Bertram talks with Michael Tripepi, assistant professor of physics at Hillsdale College, about the potential impact of changes in the rotational speed of the earth’s core. Owen Strachan, the provost and research professor of theology at Grace Bible Theological Seminary, lays out his view of biblical masculinity and previews his new book: The War on Men: Why Society Hates Them and Why We Need Them . And Kelly Scott Frank...
Oct 06, 2023•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Kyle Murnen, Myron Magnet, & Benedict Whalen Host Scot Bertram talks with Kyle Murnen, director of Online Learning at Hillsdale College, about the brand-new podcast from the Online Learning team: The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast . Myron Magnet, historian and author of Clarence Thomas and the Lost Constitution , explains the history and goals of the "Antiracist" movement in his new article " The Antiracist Racket ." And Benedict Whalen, associate professor of English at Hi...
Sep 29, 2023•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: David Whalen, Trent England, & Dwight Lindley Host Scot Bertram sits down with David Whalen, associate vice president for curriculum and professor of English at Hillsdale, to discuss the lack of character in our culture and his article “ Why is good character hard to come by? ” Trent England, founder and executive director of Save Our States, explains what ranked-choice voting is, who is behind it, and why it threatens the integrity of our elections in his new book The Case Against R...
Sep 22, 2023•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Mollie Hemingway, Todd Mack, & Stan W. Crosley Host Scot Bertram talks with Mollie Hemingway, Senior Journalism Fellow at Hillsdale College and editor-in-chief of The Federalist , to discuss recent developments in the Missouri v. Biden case regarding collusion against free speech and to analyze the change in rhetoric in the immigration debate. Todd Mack, chairman and associate professor of Spanish at Hillsdale College, finishes a two-part series on Miguel de Cervantes’ masterpiece Do...
Sep 15, 2023•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Victor Davis Hanson & Todd Mack 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, and discusses his recent essay, “ What the Left Did to Our Country .” Todd Mack, chairman and associate professor of Spanish at Hillsdale College, begins a two-part series on Miguel de Cervantes' masterpiece Don Quixote . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Sep 08, 2023•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Kathleen O'Toole & Carrie Gress Host Scot Bertram is joined by Kathleen O'Toole, Assistant Provost for K-12 Education at Hillsdale College, to discuss the rising national popularity of charter schools and to more clearly define American classical education. And Carrie Gress, fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and a scholar at the Institute for Human Ecology at The Catholic University of America, delves into the roots of Feminism and her new book The End of Woman: How Smash...
Sep 01, 2023•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Adam Carrington, Jerry Dunleavy, James Hasson, & Kelly Franklin Host Scot Bertram talks with Adam Carrington, associate professor of politics and William and Patricia LaMothe Chair in the U.S. Constitution at Hillsdale College, on the repercussions of Sackett v. EPA. Jerry Dunleavy and James Hasson discuss President Biden’s disastrous exit from Afghanistan and their book Kabul: The Untold Story of Biden’s Fiasco and the American Warriors Who Fought to the End . And Kelly Scott Frankl...
Aug 25, 2023•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Timothy Dolch, Gad Saad, & Mickey Mattox Host Scot Bertram talks with Timothy Dolch, associate professor of physics at Hillsdale College, about his work with the NANOGrav Physics Frontiers Center showing evidence for gravitational waves . Gad Saad, professor and evolutionary behavioral scientist, discusses the keys to happiness and his new book The Saad Truth about Happiness . And Mickey Mattox, Flack Family Foundation Chair and professor of theology at Hillsdale College, tells us ho...
Aug 18, 2023•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Michael Anton, Graham Hillard, & Christopher Busch Host Scot Bertram talks with Michael Anton, lecturer in politics and research fellow at Hillsdale College's Kirby Center in Washington, D.C., who gives a preview of his new free online course on American Foreign Policy . Graham Hillard, editor at the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, discusses an article he wrote on NPR's descent into a left-wing echo chamber . And Christopher Busch, professor of English at Hillsdale Colle...
Aug 11, 2023•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Adam Carrington, Glenn Ellmers, & Paulina Volosov Host Scot Bertram talks with Adam Carrington, Associate Professor of Politics and William and Patricia LaMothe Chair in the U.S. Constitution at Hillsdale College, on the repercussions of 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis. Glenn Ellmers, Salvatori Research Fellow in the American Founding at the Claremont Institute, discusses the roots of political unrest and his new book The Narrow Passage: Plato, Foucault, and the Possibility of Political P...
Aug 04, 2023•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Mollie Hemingway, Bishop Robert Barron, & Benedict Whalen Host Scot Bertram talks with Mollie Hemingway, Senior Journalism fellow at Hillsdale College and Editor in Chief at The Federalist, about an article she co-wrote on Unrigging Our Elections . We hear excerpts from Hillsdale College's 2023 commencement by Bishop Robert Barron, Founder of Word On Fire Catholic Ministries and Bishop of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, on the subject of living a good and holy life. And Benedict Wha...
Jul 28, 2023•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Adam Carrington, Kimberley Strassel, & Dwight Lindley Host Scot Bertram talks with Adam Carrington, Associate Professor of Politics and William and Patricia LaMothe Chair in the U.S. Constitution at Hillsdale College, about the impact of the Supreme Court's recent opinion regarding affirmative action on College campuses. Kimberley Strassel, Editorial Board member and Columnist at the Wall Street Journal, discusses the Biden Administration and her new book The Biden Malaise: How Ameri...
Jul 21, 2023•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Arthur Milikh & Matthew Mehan Host Scot Bertram talks with Matthew Mehan, Associate Dean & Assistant Professor of Government at Hillsdale's Van Andel Graduate School of Government, to discuss the current state of children's literature and his recent book The Handsome Little Cygnet . And Arthur Milikh, Executive Director of the Claremont Institute's Center for the American Way Of Life, outlines the arguments inside Up From Conservatism , a collection of essays that seek to reframe...
Jul 14, 2023•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Gary Wolfram, Heather Mac Donald, & Todd Mack Host Scot Bertram talks with Gary Wolfram, William Simon Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Hillsdale, to discuss his recent article, " Why It’s High Time the Federal Reserve Stopped Raising Interest Rates ." Heather Mac Donald, Thomas W. Smith Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, discusses her new book When Race Trumps Merit: How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty, and Threatens Lives . And Todd Mack, Dep...
Jul 07, 2023•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Miles Smith, Hadley Arkes, & Ingrid Jacques Host Scot Bertram talks with Miles Smith, Assistant Professor of History at Hillsdale College, about his recent Op-ed at Chicago Tribune, " Activism and niches are killing the history profession ." Hadley Arkes, Professor of Jurisprudence and American Institutions emeritus at Amherst College, discusses the natural law tradition and his new book Mere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution . And Ingrid Jacques, ...
Jun 30, 2023•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Gary Wolfram, Amul Thapar, & Timothy McDonnell Host Scot Bertram talks with Gary Wolfram, William Simon Professor of Economics and Public Policy and Director of Economics at Hillsdale College, about his recent essay at the Washington Examiner, " Cuts to discretionary spending won't solve America’s debt crisis ." Amul Thapar, a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, gives us insight on Justice Clarence Thomas in his new book, The People's Justice: Clarence ...
Jun 23, 2023•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Matthew Spalding, Peachy Keenan, & Bruno Cortes Host Scot Bertram talks with Matthew Spalding, Vice President of Washington Operations and Dean of the Van Andel Graduate School of Government at Hillsdale, about the dangers that the DEI agenda poses to academia . Peachy Keenan, senior contributor at The Federalist, discusses her new book Domestic Extremist: A Practical Guide to Winning the Culture War . And Bruno Cortes, a recent graduate of Hillsdale's Van Andel Graduate School of St...
Jun 16, 2023•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Daniel Coupland, Andrew Puzder, & Mardi Billman Host Scot Bertram talks with Daniel Coupland, Dean of Masters in Classical Education and Professor of Education at Hillsdale, about the war on phonics . Andrew Puzder, former Chief Executive of CKE Restaurants, lays out the failures of the Biden economy and how to fix it . And Mardi Billman, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Hillsdale, returns for an installment in her “Drama in Scientific Discovery” series to tell us about the birth ...
Jun 09, 2023•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: John J. Miller, Hans von Spakovsky, & Richard Samuelson Host Scot Bertram talks with John J. Miller, Director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College, about George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia and how it led to his future better-known works. Hans von Spakovsky, Manager of the Election Law Reform Initiative and Senior Legal Fellow at The Heritage Foundation, dives into a study refuting false claims against voter ID laws and provides details on new documented cases of voter ...
Jun 02, 2023•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Kenneth Calvert, Brandon Weichert, & Stephen Naumann Host Scot Bertram talks with Kenneth Calvert, Professor of History at Hillsdale College, about the College's new free online course on the history of Ancient Christianity. Brandon Weichert, Senior Editor at 19FortyFive.com, discusses China's plan to weaponize biotech in his new book Biohacked : China's Race To Control Life . And Stephen Naumann, Associate Professor of German at Hillsdale, gives an inside look at Hillsdale's study a...
May 26, 2023•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Patrick Whalen, Walter Nicgorski, & Brad Birzer Host Scot Bertram talks with Patrick Whalen, assistant to the president of Hillsdale College, about the College's new free course on the U.S. Constitution for American Law Enforcement Officers. Walter Nicgorski, professor emeritus of Political Philosophy and Great Books at Notre Dame, stops by the studio to discuss Cicero and Stoicism. And Brad Birzer, Professor of History and Russell Amos Kirk Chair in American Studies at Hillsdale, re...
May 19, 2023•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Adam Carrington, David Bernhardt, & Matthew Young Host Scot Bertram talks with Adam Carrington, Associate Professor of Politics at Hillsdale College, about a recent essay shining a spotlight on our forgotten founding document, the Northwest Ordinance. David Bernhardt, former United States Secretary of the Interior, takes us inside the highest levels of government with his new book You Report to Me: Accountability for the Failing Administrative State . And Matthew Young, Dean of Natur...
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