The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour

Guests: Charlie Kirk, Christina Lamb Chakalova, & Ellen Condict

Host Scot Bertram plays excerpts from a speech by Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA and syndicated radio host, about the Trump administration's efforts to curtail the bureaucratic state. Christina Lamb Chakalova, assistant professor of Art at Hillsdale College, gives an overview of the history and character of American art. And Ellen Condict, English teach...

Guests: Miles Smith IV & Justin Shubow

Host Scot Bertram talks with Miles Smith, assistant professor of History at Hillsdale College, about a recent essay he wrote on the historical role of the press in American politics. And Justin Shubow, president of the National Civic Art Society, lays out the roots of modern architecture and explains the importance of classical art and architecture in public spaces.

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Guests: Kevin Portteus, Titus Techera, & Stephen Goniprow

Host Scot Bertram talks with Kevin Portteus, professor of Politics and director of American Studies at Hillsdale College, about a recent article he wrote on the history and political theory of American immigration policy. Titus Techera, executive director at the American Cinema Foundation, explains how Hollywood lost touch with the American people. And Stephen Goniprow, ...

Guests: Charles N. Steele, Will Thibeau, & Derek Stauff

Host Scot Bertram talks with Charles N. Steele, director of the Center for Commerce and Freedom and Herman A. and Suzanne S. Dettwiler Chair in Economics at Hillsdale College, about Understanding Capitalism, the latest online course from Hillsdale College. Will Thibeau, director of the American Military Project at the Claremont Institute Center for the Ameri...

Guests: Joseph Postell, Lawrence Perelman, & Michael Tripepi

Host Scot Bertram talks with Joseph Postell, associate professor of politics at Hillsdale College, about the origins of the bureaucratic state as laid out in his book Bureaucracy in America: The Administrative State’s Challenge to Constitutional Government. Lawrence Perelman, founder & CEO of Semantix Creative Group, shares the lessons he learned as a c...

Guests: Khalil Habib, Kevin M. Shipp, & Brent Cline

Host Scot Bertram talks with Khalil Habib, associate professor of politics and Allison and Dorothy Rouse Chair in Politics at Hillsdale College, about how examples of statesmanship in the Roman Republic can teach us about good government. Kevin M. Shipp, former CIA officer and anti-terrorism expert, lays out the history of the CIA and gives an overview...

Guests: Richard M. Langworth, Catherine Austin Fitts, & Tori Hope Petersen

Host Scot Bertram plays a previous interview with the late Richard Langworth, writer, historian, and senior fellow at the Hillsdale Churchill Project, about common misconceptions and myths about Winston Churchill. Catherine Austin Fitts, president of Solari, Inc., warns of the potential consequences of efforts by central banks to impose the use of digita...

Guests: Mollie Hemingway & Mark P. Mills

Host Scot Bertram talks with Mollie Hemingway, senior journalism fellow at Hillsdale College and editor-in-chief at The Federalist, about the first month of President Donald Trump's second term in office. And Mark P. Mills, senior fellow at the Texas Public Policy Foundation and director of the National Center on Energy Analytics, talks about the economics and future of electric veh...

Guests: Wilfred McClay & Tyler O'Neil

Host Scot Bertram talks with Wilfred McClay, Victor Davis Hanson chair in classical history and western civilization at Hillsdale College, about the distinction between speech and free expression as detailed in his recent essay in The New Criterion. And Tyler O'Neil, a Hillsdale graduate and managing editor at The Daily Signal, reveals the link between left-wing dark money groups and A...

Guests: John J. Miller & Daniel Dreisbach

Host Scot Bertram talks with John J. Miller, director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College, about the decrease in local news sources and whether “news deserts” are a real thing. And Daniel Dreisbach, professor of Justice, Law, & Criminology at American University, outlines how the Christian faith informed the political principles of the American Founding.

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Guests: Jeremiah Regan, Victoria Coates, & Eric Hutchinson

Host Scot Bertram talks with Jeremiah Regan, executive director of online learning at Hillsdale College, about Hillsdale’s upcoming “Totalitarian Novels” online course. Victoria Coates, vice president of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation, outlines t...

Guests: Andrew F. Puzder & Patricia Bart

Host Scot Bertram talks with Andrew F. Puzder, former executive officer of CKE Restaurants, distinguished visiting fellow at The Heritage Foundation, and Senior Fellow at America First Policy Institute, about how asset management firms use their unprecedented levels of stock ownership in major US companies to force their own "ESG" agenda on the corporate sector. They also discuss Puzder'...

Guests: Larry Arnn, Conn Carroll, & Brent Cline

Host Scot Bertram talks with Larry P. Arnn, president of Hillsdale College, who gives three reasons you might want to study Winston Churchill. Conn Carroll, commentary editor at Washington Examiner, outlines the social ramifications of eroding traditional marriage and gives an overview of his new book Sex and the Citizen: How the Assault on Marriage Is Destroying Democracy. And Br...

Guests: Paul T. Hosmer & William Elliott Hazelgrove

Host Scot Bertram talks with Paul T. Hosmer, chairman and associate professor of physics at Hillsdale College, about the various advances in physics in 2024. And William Elliott Hazelgrove, a national best-selling author, gives an account of Orson Welles' famous War of the Worlds broadcast and discusses his new book Dead Air: The Night That Orson Welles Terrified America.

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Host Scot Bertram sits down with Bill Gray, vice president for institutional advancement, and discusses why the Hillsdale College Podcast Network exists, what the plans are for the future, and how you can help support podcasts and audio at Hillsdale College in 2025. Also, we count down the most popular episodes of 2024.

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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 pro...

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 ...

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 Ris...