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The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour
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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.
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Steve Krakauer Analyzes America's Broken News Industry
Feb 24, 2023Tap to summarizeGuests: 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 us about a student-produced documentary titled Hillsdale Student, American Hero: How Elizebeth Smith Friedman Beat the Mob & Won the War.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Larry Correia Defends the Second Amendment
Jan 27, 2023Tap to summarizeGuests: 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 information.
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Mark Moyar on Triumph Regained in the Vietnam War
Jan 6, 2023Tap to summarizeGuests: 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 of Ancient History at Hillsdale, takes us back to talk about Cicero, Cato and the defense of the Roman Republic. And Hillsdale grad Daniel Himebaugh '04 tells us about his experiences at the College and working as Leadership Counsel for the Republican Caucus of the Washington State Senate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Wilfred McClay, Steven Mosher, & Matthew Young
Jul 29, 2022Tap to summarizeTOPICS: LAND OF HOPE for young readers, a guide to pandemics, and the intersection of faith and scienceHost 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 Professor of Chemistry at Hillsdale College, guides us into the intersection of faith and science.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Paul Moreno, Mark Morano, Brad Birzer, & Devin Foley
Apr 2, 2021Tap to summarizeTOPICS: How baseball became big, why the Green New Deal is even worse than you think, Westward Expansion in America, & a Hillsdale alum shares his insightsHost Scot Bertram talks with Paul Moreno, a huge baseball fan who also serves as William and Berniece Grewcock Chair in Constitutional History, Professor of History, & Dean of Social Sciences at Hillsdale, about how baseball became big business in America. Author Marc Morano discusses his new book, "Green Fraud: Why the Green New Deal Is Even Worse Than You Think". Hillsdale history professor Brad Birzer explains Westward Expansion in America. And Hillsdale alum Devin Foley '01 tells us about his time at the College and what he now does at Charlemagne Institute.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Fred Yaniga, Salena Zito, Korey Maas, & Richard Langworth
Nov 6, 2020Tap to summarizeTOPICS: The fall of the Berlin Wall, writing from America's backroads, The Reformation & Martin Luther, and Churchill myths.Host Scot Bertram talks with Fred Yaniga, Chairman and Associate Professor of German at Hillsdale College, about being in Germany for the fall of the Berlin Wall 31 years ago this week. Salena Zito, national political reporter for the Washington Examiner, talks about writing from America's backroads. Hillsdale Associate Professor of History Korey Maas tells us about The Reformation & Martin Luther. And Richard Langworth, Senior Fellow with the Hillsdale College Churchill Project, joins us to bust some Churchill myths.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Victor Davis Hanson, Ben Beier, & Anthony Swinehart
Oct 23, 2020Tap to summarizeTOPICS: American institutions & the 2020 Election, classical education, and the Fisk Museum of Natural History at Hillsdale CollegeHost Scot Bertram talks with Victor Davis Hanson, author, historian, and Distinguished Fellow in History at Hillsdale College, about how ideology is destroying American institutions and checks in on the 2020 election. Hillsdale assistant professor of education, Ben Beier, attempts to define and explain what a classical education entails. And Anthony Swinehart, Professor of Biology and Curator of the D. M. Fisk Museum of Natural History, tells us all about the museum right here on Hillsdale's campus.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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