• Three Martini Lunch: 04/24/24

    Hillsdale College Radio General Manager and Radio Free Hillsdale Hour Host Scot Bertram is in for Jim. Today, Scot and Greg serve up at least one good martini, one that has the potential to be very good, and a really crazy one starring Stacey Abrams. First, they laugh as new Bloomberg poll numbers show President… Continue reading

  • Future of Freedom: How Should SNAP Be Reformed?

    On this episode of Future of Freedom, host Scot Bertram is joined by two guests with different viewpoints regarding possible reforms to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). First on the show is Vance Ginn, president of Ginn Economic Consulting and former chief economist at the White House Office of Management and Budget. Later, we hear from Angela Rachidi, senior fellow… Continue reading

  • Three Martini Lunch, 03/22/24

    Hillsdale College Radio General Manager and Radio Free Hillsdale Hour Host Scot Bertram is in for Jim. Today, Scot and Greg tackle virulent anti-Semitism on the campuses of many supposedly elite colleges, Dems’ wishful thinking on this summer’s convention running without major disruptions from protesters, and the impact RFK Jr. may have in Michigan. First,… Continue reading

  • Three Martini Lunch, 04/17/24

    Hillsdale College Radio General Manager and Radio Free Hillsdale Hour Host Scot Bertram is in for Jim. Today, Scot and Greg serve up three crazy martinis ranging from Capitol Hill to women’s sports to the high school classroom. First, they sigh as some House Republicans vow to move forward on trying to remove House Speaker… Continue reading

  • Wasn’t That Special: Season Twenty-One (1995-96)

    After the disastrous Season 20, there is no way Saturday Night Live could return to its former glory, is there? Is there? As it turns out, there was a way. The show’s regeneration was found in a group of former Groundlings, most notably an unknown Irvine, California-based comedian named John William Ferrell. In Season 21, Ferrell joined… Continue reading

  • Hillsdale College K-12 Classical Education Podcast: Practical Tips for Teaching Mathematics

    This is the second in a series of shows from presentations delivered at the Hoogland Center for Teacher Excellence seminar, “The Art of Teaching: Mathematics.” The Hoogland Center is an outreach of the Hillsdale College K-12 Education Office and offers seminars in classical academics and pedagogy for teachers of any background. Carrie O’Brien, classical pedagogy trainer for the Hillsdale K-12 Education Office, lays… Continue reading

  • The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour: Wilfred McClay Surveys the 1920s

    Guests: Wilfred McClay, Glenn Ellmers, & Dutton Kearney Host Scot Bertram talks with Wilfred McClay, the Victor Davis Hanson chair in Classical History and Western Civilization at Hillsdale College, about America’s rapid changes during the 1920s and his book Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story. Glenn Ellmers, Salvatori Research Fellow at the Claremont Institute,… Continue reading

  • Wasn’t That Special: Season Twenty (1994-95)

    Remember Saturday Night Live in the early 1990s? Chris Farley! Adam Sandler! David Spade! How could it miss? Well, Season 20 is how it could miss. Beset by competing personal agendas, terrible press, and a plagiarism scandal, the show was ripped apart in 1994 and 1995, with all the behind-the-scenes drama affecting what was on the screen.… Continue reading

  • The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour: John Burtka Wants to Train Statesmen

    Guests: John J. Miller, John A. Burtka IV, & Andrew Russell Host Scot Bertram talks with John J. Miller, director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College and author of Reading Around, about proposals around the country to institute taxpayer-funded “news voucher” systems to support local news reporting. John Burtka, president and chief executive officer… Continue reading

  • Steve Gruber Show: 04/08/24

    I filled in on The Steve Gruber Show on Friday, 03/22/24: Continue reading