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Political Beats: Yes [Part 1]
Scot and Jeff discuss the first part of the band Yes’s career (1969-1973) with Brad Birzer. Introducing the Band:Your hosts Scot Bertram (@ScotBertram) and Jeff Blehar (@EsotericCD) are with guest Brad Birzer. Brad is the Russell Amos Kirk Chair in American Studies and Professor of History at Hillsdale College. He is also the co-founder of… Continue reading
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Wasn’t That Special: Season Twenty Four (1998-99)
There are celebrity cameos on Saturday Night Live, and then there is the cameo that occurred on the show on May 8 of 1999, which may have been the most surprising of all. When a dark-haired woman appeared in the middle of a sketch about Bill Clinton’s activities after he left the White House, the audience… Continue reading
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Hillsdale College K-12 Classical Education Podcast: Bringing Classical Education to Rural Nevada
Lisa Becker, Hillsdale alumna and founding board member at Nevada Classical Academy Elko, joins host Scot Bertram to discuss her time as a Hillsdale student, her decision to help start a public charter school in northeast Nevada, and some of the challenges she’s faced in founding a new school. Continue reading
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The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour: Christianity and the American Republic
Guests: Miles Smith IV & Batya Ungar-Sargon Host Scot Bertram talks with Miles Smith IV, assistant professor of history at Hillsdale College, about the relationship between church and state in the early American Republic and his new book Religion & Republic: Christian America From the Founding to the Civil War. And Batya Ungar-Sargon, opinions editor… Continue reading
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Future of Freedom: What Should Be the Future of Conservatism?
On this episode of Future of Freedom, host Scot Bertram is joined by two guests with different viewpoints on the future of conservatism. First on the show is John Hood, president of the John William Pope Foundation and one of the organizers of the Freedom Conservative Statement. Later, we hear from Andrew T. Walker, Associate… Continue reading
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3 Martini Lunch: Florida School Choice Soars, Gaza Pier Collapse, Buttigieg’s EV Bluster
Hillsdale College Radio General Manager and Radio Free Hillsdale Hour Host Scot Bertram is in for Jim. Join Scot and Greg as they discuss Florida’s rising enrollment numbers in public school alternatives, the disastrous situation on the Gaza pier, and Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg’s lackluster explanation for the mere seven EV charging stations that took… Continue reading
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Hillsdale College K-12 Classical Education Podcast: What it Takes to be a School Leader
Jordan Blackstone, school leader fellow at Hillsdale Academy, joins host Scot Bertram to discuss her decision to dedicate her life to education, how she discovered the Hillsdale College K-12 Education fellowship, and what lessons she’s learned over the course of the program. Continue reading
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The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour: Mark Moyar Exposes Our Corrupt Bureaucracy
Guests: Mark Moyar & Jason Peters Host Scot Bertram talks with Mark Moyar, the William P. Harris Chair of Military History at Hillsdale College, who provides an insider’s view of the federal bureaucracy’s corruption and its failures to protect employees from retaliation, as detailed in his new book, Masters of Corruption: How the Federal Bureaucracy Sabotaged… Continue reading
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Wasn’t That Special: Season Twenty-Three (1997-98)
A Presidential Shot of Adrenaline and Will Ferrell is Unleashed Saturday Night Live has always been dependent in some ways on the cultural and political events surrounding the show, but never was that more true than in Season 23. Midway through the season, the show roared to life with news that President Bill Clinton had engaged… Continue reading
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The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour: Corey DeAngelis Wants to Fund Students, Not Systems
Guests: Kathleen O’Toole, Corey A. DeAngelis & Kelly Scott Franklin Host Scot Bertram talks with Kathleen O’Toole, Assistant Provost for K-12 Education at Hillsdale College, about the difficulties classical schools face in finding locations for their schools and her article “The Hidden Barrier to School Choice.” Corey DeAngelis, senior fellow at The American Federation for… Continue reading
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