The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour is a one-hour, weekly radio show/podcast advancing the efforts of Hillsdale College in radiating its knowledge and teaching to the...
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 about the history of some of the most popular Christmas carols. This week: the strange history of "Good King Wenceslas.” 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.com/listener for privacy information.
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Kevin Roberts: Shifting Power Back to the People
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 omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Sean McMeekin Traces the Evolution of Communism
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 for privacy information.
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Giving Thanks at Hillsdale College
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.
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Victor Davis Hanson: How Trump Won
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 birth of the originalist movement, as laid out in his new book The Meese Revolution: The Making of a Constitutional Moment. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour is a one-hour, weekly radio show/podcast advancing the efforts of Hillsdale College in radiating its knowledge and teaching to the world outside of campus. Listeners will hear the arguments and debates that make up the liberal arts education and will experience the learning and teaching that happens on campus. Hosted by Scot Bertram.