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Scot Bertram

Scot Bertram

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  • December 19, 2025

    The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour: The Meaning of Christmas

    Guests: Kenneth Calvert & Timothy McDonnell Host Scot Bertram talks with Kenneth Calvert, professor of ancient history at Hillsdale College, about the biblical significance of Christmas. And Timothy McDonnell, associate professor of music at Hillsdale College, gives a survey of the history of the Christmas carol “Good Christian Men Rejoice.” Continue reading

    Hillsdale Podcasts
  • December 12, 2025

    The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour: Why We Celebrate Christmas

    Guests: Kenneth Calvert & Chloe Carmichael Host Scot Bertram talks with Kenneth Calvert, professor of ancient history at Hillsdale College, about the historical origins of Christmas. And Chloe Carmichael, clinical psychologist and USA Today best-selling author, discusses how free speech makes people healthier and happier and her new book Can I Say That? Why Free Speech Continue reading

    Hillsdale Podcasts
  • December 11, 2025

    Political Beats: Van Halen

    Scot and Jeff discuss Van Halen with Sean Trende. Introducing the Band:Your hosts Scot Bertram (@ScotBertram) and Jeff Blehar (@EsotericCD) with guest Sean Trende. Sean is senior elections analyst at Real Clear Politics and visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. His new podcast with co-host (and fellow Political Beats guest) Jay Cost, is Stubborn Things. Find him on X at Continue reading

    Political Beats
    classic rock, music, reviews, rock, van-halen
  • December 8, 2025

    Future of Freedom: Should Congestion Pricing Be the Future of City Travel?

    On this episode of Future of Freedom, host Scot Bertram is joined by two guests with different viewpoints about New York City’s congestion pricing program. First on the show is Nicole Gelinas, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal. Later, we hear from Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Director of the Continue reading

    Future of Freedom
  • December 8, 2025

    The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour: The Making of the American Mind

    Guests: Mathew Spalding Host Scot Bertram talks with Matthew Spalding, vice president of Washington Operations and dean of the Van Andel Graduate School of Government at Hillsdale College in Washington, D.C, about his new book, The Making of the American Mind: The Story of our Declaration of Independence, and the intellectual tradition that inspired the writing of Continue reading

    Hillsdale Podcasts
  • November 29, 2025

    Steve Gruber Show, 11/26/25

    I filled in on The Steve Gruber Show on 11/26/25: Continue reading

    Fill-In
  • November 26, 2025

    Future of Freedom: Should the U.S. Rethink the H-1B Visa Program?

    On this episode of Future of Freedom, host Scot Bertram is joined by two guests with different viewpoints about the country’s H-1B visa program. First on the show is Simon Hankinson, Senior Research Fellow in the Border Security and Immigration Center at the Heritage Foundation. Later, we hear from Brent Orrell, senior fellow at the Continue reading

    Future of Freedom
  • November 21, 2025

    The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour: Scott Jennings Explains the Common Sense of Donald Trump

    Guests: Scott Jennings & Ava Downs Host Scot Bertram talks with Scott Jennings, senior political commentator at CNN, about his new book, A Revolution of Common Sense: How Donald Trump Stormed Washington and Fought for Western Civilization, and the character of President Trump’s first year back in office. And Ava Downs, a junior at Hillsdale College and Continue reading

    Hillsdale Podcasts
  • November 21, 2025

    Hillsdale College K-12 Classical Education Podcast: How to Teach a Short Story

    Benedict Whalen, associate professor of English at Hillsdale College, joins host Scot Bertram to discuss why short stories are worth studying, how to prepare your class to learn from a short story, and why reading short stories out loud can help your students better understand them. Learn more: https://k12.hillsdale.edu/ Continue reading

    Hillsdale Podcasts
  • November 14, 2025

    The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour: The Iranian Airstrikes and America First Foreign Policy

    Guests: Mark Moyar, Jason M. Gehrke, & Tom Conner  Host Scot Bertram talks with Mark Moyar, the William P. Harris Chair in Military History at Hillsdale College, about his recent essay on the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. Jason Gehrke, assistant professor of history at Hillsdale College, discusses his recent essay on the nature of Continue reading

    Hillsdale Podcasts
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About Me

Broadcaster, podcaster, educator.

General Manager, WRFH Radio and Lecturer in Journalism at Hillsdale College.

Host, The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour & the Hillsdale College K-12 Classical Education Podcast.

Co-Host, Political Beats and Wasn’t That Special: 50 Years of Saturday Night Live.

Host, Future of Freedom

Fill-In Host, The Steve Gruber Show and Three Martini Lunch

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  • The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour: The Making of the American Mind


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