The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour

08/11/2024

This week's The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour is now available! We're joined by Kathleen O'Toole, assistant provost for K-12 Education at Hillsdale College, to talk about how classical education can reverse the damage done to learning loss 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 new book 'Behind Closed Doors: In the Room with Reagan & Nixon.' And we play excerpts from a recent lecture from Clay Travis, co-host of The Clay & Buck Show and founder of OutKick, titled "Wokeness in Sports," delivered at a Hillsdale College event in Bellevue, Washington.

Podcast Episode · The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour · 11/08/2024 · 48m

01/11/2024

The new The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour is now available! We're joined by 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 mathematics at Hillsdale College, describes the relationship between mathematics and cryptography.

Podcast Episode · The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour · 11/01/2024 · 49m

25/10/2024

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Podcast Episode · The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour · 10/25/2024 · 46m

25/10/2024

The new The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour is now available! We're joined by Rep. Mike 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.

Podcast Episode · The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour · 10/25/2024 · 46m

18/10/2024

The new is now available! We're joined by Hillsdale College's Wilfred McClay, Victor Davis Hanson chair in Classical History and Western Civilization, 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 American musical.

Podcast Episode · The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour · 10/18/2024 · 44m

11/10/2024

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 ...

11/10/2024

The new The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour is now available! We're joined by Richard Samuelson Hillsdale In DC to discuss 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 Crisis.'

Podcast Episode · The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour · 10/11/2024 · 45m

04/10/2024

The new The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour is now available! We're joined by Gary Wolfram, William Simon professor of economics and public policy, director of economics, and professor of political economy at Hillsdale College, to talk 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 a report he authored accusing the Biden Administration of unlawful interference in state election administration. And Patricia R. Bart, associate professor of English at Hillsdale College, begins an in-depth series on the history of the English language.

Podcast Episode · The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour · 10/04/2024 · 48m

27/09/2024

The new The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour is now available! We're joined by Mollie Hemingway, senior journalism fellow at Hillsdale College and editor-in-chief at The Federalist, to talk 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 the reputation of the Biden family as described in her new book 'The Big Guy: How a President and His Son Sold Out America.'

Guests: Mollie Hemingway & Miranda Devine Host Scot Bertram talks with Mollie Hemingway, senior journalism fellow at Hillsdale College and editor-in-chief at T

23/09/2024

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. ...

20/09/2024

The new The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour is now available! We're joined by 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 Elizabeth Edwards Spalding, ’88, chairman of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and founding director of the Victims of Communism Museum, tells us about her work and accepting Hillsdale College’s 2024 Elizebeth Smith Friedman Freedom Award.

Guests: Paul Moreno, Michael Walsh, & Elizabeth Edwards Spalding Host Scot Bertram talks with Paul Moreno, the William and Berniece Grewcock Chair in Constitu

13/09/2024

This week's The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour is now available! We talk 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, 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 Dutton Kearney, associate professor of English at Hillsdale College, concludes a series on James Joyce and the Modernist literary movement, finishing with a meditation on 'Ulysses' and 'Finnegans Wake.'

Guests: Gary Wolfram, Joel Pollak, & Dutton Kearney Host Scot Bertram talks with Gary Wolfram, the William Simon Professor of Economics and Public Policy, dire

06/09/2024

This week's The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour features Victor Davis Hanson - Townhall.com Columnist latest thoughts on the Harris campaign and his keys to the election. And presidential historian Tevi Troy discusses the historical relationship between American presidents and powerful CEOs as catalogued in his new book 'The Power and the Money: The Epic Clashes Between Commanders in Chief and Titans of Industry.'

Guests: Victor Davis Hanson & Tevi Troy Scot Bertram talks with Victor Davis Hanson, the Wayne and Marcia Buske Distinguished Fellow in History at Hillsdale Co

03/09/2024

Guests: Charles N. Steele, Todd Bensman, & MichaelFrancisco 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. To...

30/08/2024

The new The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour is now available! We're joined by Charles N. Steele, associate professor of economics and Herman A. and Suzanne S. Dettwiler Chair in Economics at Hillsdale College, to talk 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 to the high-traffic Darién Gap. And Michael Francisco, ’04, partner at First and Fourteenth, discusses his time as a clerk on the United States Supreme Court and how Hillsdale helped him succeed in law.

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. To...

23/08/2024

The new The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour is now available! We're joined by Hillsdale College's Ivan Pongracic, professor of economics and William E. Hibbs/Ludwig von Mises Chair of Economics at Hillsdale College, to talk 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 the art of biography.

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 Econo

16/08/2024

The new The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour is now available! We're joined by Hillsdale College's Joseph Postell to talk 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, describes the history and evolution of cryptography.

‎Show The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour, Ep America’s Most Consequential Political Conventions - Aug 15, 2024

12/08/2024

Guests: Victor Davis Hanson 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 the stakes of the 2024 presidential election and the new material in the re-release of his...