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Political Beats: XTC [Part 2]
Scot and Jeff discuss the second part of XTC’s career (1984-2000) with Andrew Gretes. Introducing the Band: Your hosts Scot Bertram (@ScotBertram) and Jeff Blehar (@EsotericCD) with guest Andrew Gretes. Andrew is a fiction writer teaching creative rhetoric at Georgetown and George Washington University. You can find his work at andrewgretes.com. Andrew’s Music Pick: XTC, Pt. 2… Continue reading
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Wasn’t That Special: SNL UK Season One (2026)
Live From London! The promising SNL UK Season One ran just eight episodes, roughly analogous to a U.S. writers’ strike-shortened SNL season, and each episode clocked in at around 58 minutes — about one sketch shorter than its American counterpart. The format is unmistakably SNL: cold opens, a guest host, a musical act, Weekend Update,… Continue reading
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Wasn’t That Special: Season 51 (2025-26)
Weathering the Half-Century Hangover The defining image of Saturday Night Live Season 51 is James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump, standing at yet another press conference podium. Johnson played Trump in roughly 14 of the season’s 20 episodes, almost always anchoring the cold open in the same format. The frustration isn’t with the impression itself… Continue reading
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The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour: Building Practical Solutions to Homelessness
Guests: Mary L. G. Theroux and Mardi Billman Host Scot Bertram talks with Mary L. G. Theroux, chairman and chief executive officer at the Independent Institute, about working toward practical solutions to the homelessness crisis and her book, Beyond Homeless: Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes, Transformative Solutions. And Mardi Billman, associate professor of chemistry at Hillsdale College,… Continue reading
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Three Martini Lunch: Massive Minnesota Fraud Bust & DNC Chaos
Hillsdale College Radio General Manager and Radio Free Hillsdale Hour host Scot Bertram fills in for Jim Geraghty on Friday’s 3 Martini Lunch. Join Scot and Greg as they analyze the Justice Department announcing major fraud indictments in Minnesota. the Democrats’ laughable autopsy on the 2024 election, prominent Democrats sniping at each other in Illinois, and a big… Continue reading
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Three Martini Lunch: LA Mayor Karen Bass Wants to ‘Explore’ Non-Citizen Voting
Hillsdale College Radio General Manager and Radio Free Hillsdale Hour host Scot Bertram fills in for Jim Geraghty on Thursday’s 3 Martini Lunch. Join Scot and Greg as they dig into a dose of economic sanity for AOC from Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass wanting to “explore” non-citizen voting, the end of Stephen Colbert’s awful… Continue reading
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Day Break with Steve & Ivey Gruber, 05/22/26
I filled in on Day Break with Steve & Ivey Gruber on 05/22/26: Continue reading
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When Race Trumps Merit
Guests: Heather Mac Donald and Richard Samuelson Host Scot Bertram talks with Heather Mac Donald, the Thomas W. Smith fellow at the Manhattan Institute and contributing editor at City Journal, about efforts by the Trump administration to curb DEI programs and her book When Race Trumps Merit: How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty, and… Continue reading
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Day Break with Steve & Ivey Gruber, 05/21/26
I filled in on Day Break with Steve & Ivey Gruber on 05/21/26: Continue reading
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The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour: The American Book of Fables
Guests: Matthew Mehan and Randy Barnett Host Scot Bertram talks with Matthew Mehan, associate dean and associate professor at the Van Andel Graduate School of Government at Hillsdale College in Washington, D.C., about the pedagogical power of fables and his new book, The American Book of Fables. And Randy Barnett, professor of constitutional law at… Continue reading
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