Guests: Richard Samuelson, Daniel McCarthy, & Daniel Tacke Host Scot Bertram talks with Richard Samuelson, Associate Professor of Government at Hillsdale College’s Washington, D.C., campus, analyzes the trend of high schools who have declined to tell students when they are honored as National Merit Scholars. Daniel McCarthy, editor of Modern Age , reveals what he believes conservatives need to win the culture wars. And Daniel Tacke, Chairman and Associate Professor of Music at Hillsdale Coll...
May 05, 2023•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Paul Moreno, Connor Boyack, & Joey Barretta Host Scot Bertram talks with Paul Moreno, William and Berniece Grewcock Chair in Constitutional History, Professor of History, & Dean of Social Sciences at Hillsdale College, about a recent lecture for Hillsdale freshmen on the American heritage of freedom in the liberal arts . Connor Boyack, founder and president of Libertas Institute and the author of the Tuttle Twins children’s series of books, takes us inside his new release, co-aut...
Apr 28, 2023•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Victor Davis Hanson, Thomas Spoehr, & Dwight Lindley 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, " 10 Steps to Save America ." Thomas Spoehr, Director of the Center for National Defense at the Heritage Foundation , tells us why American fitness has national security implications . And Dwight Lindley, Associate Professor of...
Apr 21, 2023•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: John J. Miller, Troy Senik, & Mardi Billman Host Scot Bertram talks with John J. Miller, Director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College, about various plans to force tech companies to pay for online news. Troy Senik, a former Presidential speechwriter, takes us inside his recent book A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland . And Mardi Billman, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Hillsdale, returns for an installment in her "Drama i...
Apr 14, 2023•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Tom Treloar, Lance Morrow, & John Grant Host Scot Bertram talks with Tom Treloar, Chairman and Professor of Mathematics at Hillsdale College, about his extensive research into models for ranking sports teams. American essayist Lance Morrow tells us about his recent book The Noise of Typewriters: Remembering Journalism . And John Grant, Associate Professor and Chairman of Politics at Hillsdale, returns to wrap up his series on Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, this time focusing on his writings...
Apr 07, 2023•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Matthew Young, Dominic Green, & Garrett West '15 Host Scot Bertram talks with Matthew Young, Dean of Natural Sciences and Professor of Chemistry at Hillsdale College, about the new Hillsdale online course, " The Great Principles of Chemistry ." Writer and historian Dominic Green chats about religion, journalism, and his recent book, The Religious Revolution: The Birth of Modern Spirituality, 1848-1898 . And Hillsdale graduate Garrett West '15 tells us what it's like to serve as a cle...
Mar 31, 2023•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Kevin Slack, Karol Markowicz, & Brent Cline Host Scot Bertram talks with Kevin Slack, Associate Professor of Politics at Hillsdale College, about his new book War on the American Republic: How Liberalism Became Despotism . New York Post columnist Karol Markowicz takes us inside her recent book, co-authored with Bethany Mandel, Stolen Youth: How Radicals Are Erasing Innocence and Indoctrinating a Generation . And Brent Cline, Associate Professor of English at Hillsdale, returns to con...
Mar 23, 2023•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Miles Smith IV, James Rosen, & Paul Hosmer Host Scot Bertram talks with Miles Smith IV, Assistant Professor of History at Hillsdale College, about his recent essay at RealClearHistory, " Civil War Changed U.S. in Untold Ways" . James Rosen, Chief White House Correspondent at Newsmax, takes us through some of the fascinating stories in his new book, Scalia: Rise to Greatness, 1936-1986 . And Paul Hosmer, Chairman and Associate Professor of Physics at Hillsdale, tells us about the plac...
Mar 17, 2023•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Bradley C. S. Watson, Kimberly Ells, & Anthony Swinehart Host Scot Bertram talks with Bradley C. S. Watson, Associate Professor of Government at the Van Andel Graduate School of Government at Hillsdale in D.C., about his recent essay in the Claremont Review of Books that analyzes Justice Clarence Thomas’s bold concurring opinion in the Dobbs case. Kimberly Ells takes us inside her recent book The Invincible Family: Why the Global Campaign to Crush Motherhood and Fatherhood Can't Win ...
Mar 10, 2023•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Adam Carrington, Kevin Gutzman, & Kelly Scott Franklin Host Scot Bertram talks with Adam Carrington, Associate Professor of Politics at Hillsdale College, to explain the consequences of the Democrats' new primary calendar for 2024. Historian Kevin Gutzman takes us inside his latest book, The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe . And Kelly Scott Franklin, Associate Professor of English at Hillsdale, returns for another edition of "Great Moments ...
Mar 03, 2023•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Paul Moreno, Steve Krakauer, & Lauren Scott '24 Host Scot Bertram talks with Paul Moreno, William and Berniece Grewcock Chair in Constitutional History and Professor of History at Hillsdale College, about the Marbury v. Madison case, decided 220 years ago this week. Media critic and former CNN executive Steve Krakauer takes us inside his new book, Uncovered: How the Media Got Cozy with Power, Abandoned Its Principles, and Lost the People . And Hillsdale student Lauren Scott '24 tells...
Feb 24, 2023•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: John J. Miller, Spencer Klavan, & Mardi Billman Host Scot Bertram talks with John J. Miller, Director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College, about the idea of media literacy requirements for K-12 students. Spencer Klavan, associate editor at the Claremont Institute, takes us inside his new book, How to Save the West:Ancient Wisdom for 5 Modern Crises . And Mardi Billman, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Hillsdale, joins us to discuss the death of alchemy. See omnystud...
Feb 17, 2023•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Mollie Hemingway, Brent Cline, Scott Stewart Host Scot Bertram talks with Mollie Hemingway, Senior Journalism Follow at Hillsdale College and Editor-in-Chief at The Federalist , about a recent House committee report on election integrity and weighs in on a recent op-ed on the state of journalism. Brent Cline, Associate Professor of English at Hillsdale, returns to continue his series on author Cormac McCarthy, looking this time at The Crossing . And we hear excerpts from a lecture by Sco...
Feb 10, 2023•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Guests: Kevin Slack, Joel Kotkin, & Timothy McDonnell Host Scot Bertram talks with Kevin Slack, Associate Professor of Politics at Hillsdale College, to preview his brand-new online course, " The American Left: From Liberalism to Despotism ". Joel Kotkin, a fellow in urban studies at Chapman University, takes us inside his latest book, The Coming of Neo - Feudalism: A Warning to the Global Middle Class . And Timothy McDonnell, Director of Sacred Music at Hillsdale, tells us what sacred music...
Feb 03, 2023•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
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