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Wasn’t That Special: Season 42 (2016-17)
Politics Shocks the Show Back to Life, Bayer and Moynihan Say Goodbye We have said it in prior seasons – sometimes, huge political and cultural shifts push Saturday Night Live to rise to the occasion. It happened with the Monica Lewinsky scandal in the late 1990s. It happened when Sarah Palin joined the Republican presidential ticket in… Continue reading
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The Steve Gruber Show, 02/21/25
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The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour: How DOGE is Reshaping the Administrative State
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… Continue reading
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Wasn’t That Special: SNL50 Preview/Recap
On Friday night, Wasn’t That Special co-host Scot Bertram joined WTMJ Radio host Sandy Maxx to preview the big SNL 50th Anniversary Special on NBC. Who might attend, what might happen, and what’s the special sauce the powers Lorne Michaels’ success? Here’s the audio. Then, on Monday night, Wasn’t That Special co-host Scot Bertram joined WTMJ Radio host Sandy… Continue reading
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The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour: The Dark Money Influence on the Federal Government
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… Continue reading
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Steve Gruber Show, 02/13/25
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Wasn’t That Special: Season 41 (2015-16)
SNL Dives Into Politics and a Future President Crashes the Party Since its inception, Saturday Night Live has been political. But rarely has the show delved into politics more deeply than in Season 41, when President Barack Obama had one foot out of the door, Hillary Clinton was taking a presumptive victory lap, and a group of… Continue reading
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Our American Stories: A Manifest Destiny Hit
The Story of Saturday Night Live On this episode of Our American Stories, Scot Bertram and Christian Schneider of the podcast Wasn’t That Special: 50 Years of SNL tell the story of how a reserved Canadian and a rag-tag group of unknown comedians from across the country created one of the longest-lasting and most important shows… Continue reading
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The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour: Christianity and the American Political Tradition
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… Continue reading
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