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  • March 27, 2024

    Wasn’t That Special: Season Nineteen (1993-94)

    The Writers’ Room Struggles to Find Its Footing Dana Carvey left the show midway through last season, leaving a gaping hole in the cast. And with NBC needing to replace David Letterman, Conan O’Brien departed the writing staff, taking writer Robert Smigel with him. To take the football analogy even further: You know how, after… Continue reading

    Wasn’t That Special
  • March 22, 2024

    Steve Gruber Show: 03/22/24

    I filled in on The Steve Gruber Show on Friday, 03/22/24: Rep. Tim Walberg, Walberg Issues Statement on Devastating EV Rule Timothy P. Carney, Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be Michael Lucci, NEW MARIST POLL: Vast Majority of Americans Support Action to Counter China’s Threats Continue reading

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  • March 22, 2024

    The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour: Paul Tice Reveals What ESG is Really About

    Guests: Miles Smith, Paul Tice, & Jason Peters Host Scot Bertram talks with Miles Smith, assistant professor of history at Hillsdale College, about America’s steady loss of confidence and his article “Decline is a Choice.” Paul Tice, Wall Street veteran and cultural commentator, explains the long-term dangers of ESG investing and his new book The Race to Zero:… Continue reading

    Hillsdale Podcasts
  • March 19, 2024

    Political Beats: Boston

    Scot and Jeff discuss Boston with Tom Nichols. Introducing the Band:Your hosts Scot Bertram (@ScotBertram) and Jeff Blehar (@EsotericCD) are with guest Tom Nichols. Tom is a staff writer at The Atlantic and author ofThe Death of Expertise: The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters, with a new second edition out soon. Find him on X/Twitter… Continue reading

    Political Beats
  • March 19, 2024

    Hillsdale College K-12 Classical Education Podcast: Admissions and the Classical Student

    Matthew Sauer, associate director of Admissions at Hillsdale College, joins host Scot Bertram to discuss his experiences as a Hillsdale student, the unique challenges and benefits that students of classical schools face in the admissions process, and the effect of grade inflation on admission decisions. Continue reading

    Hillsdale Podcasts
  • March 19, 2024

    The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour: David Diener Explains How Technology Affects the Classroom

    Guests: David Diener & Jeffrey E. Paul Host Scot Bertram talks with David Diener assistant professor of education at Hillsdale College, about the proper role of technology inside the classroom and what benefits might be achieved with a low-tech approach. And Jeffrey E. Paul, research professor in the Social Philosophy Center of the John Chambers… Continue reading

    Hillsdale Podcasts
  • March 13, 2024

    Future of Freedom: Should a Federal Miles Traveled Tax Be Adopted?

    On this episode of Future of Freedom, host Scot Bertram is joined by two guests with different viewpoints regarding the implementation of a miles traveled tax to fund transportation infrastructure. First on the show is Robert Poole, director of transportation policy and Searle Freedom Trust Transportation Fellow at Reason Foundation. Later, we hear from David Ditch, a Senior Policy Analyst… Continue reading

    Future of Freedom
  • March 9, 2024

    Future of Freedom: Should the Federal Government Provide Paid Parental & Medical Leave?

    On this episode of Future of Freedom, host Scot Bertram is joined by two guests with different viewpoints regarding federal paid parental and medical leave. First on the show is Aparna Mathur, Senior Manager in Economics at Amazon, former resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, and a former senior fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Later, we… Continue reading

    Future of Freedom
  • March 8, 2024

    The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour: Victor Davis Hanson Warns of Cultural Collapse

    Guests: Victor Davis Hanson, Jay W. Richards, Jeremiah Regan Host Scot Bertram talks with Victor Davis Hanson, the Wayne and Marcia Buske Distinguished Fellow in History at Hillsdale College and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, about America’s recent decline and his article “A Culture in Collapse.” Jay W. Richards, director of the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Life, Religion,… Continue reading

    Hillsdale Podcasts
  • March 6, 2024

    The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour: Allen Guelzo on Lincoln’s Vision of Democracy

    Guests: Allen C. Guelzo, & Dutton B. Kearney Host Scot Bertram talks with Allen Guelzo, senior research scholar at the Council of the Humanities at Princeton University and one of America’s foremost experts on Abraham Lincoln, about his new book on Abraham Lincoln’s ideas and beliefs about democracy, titled Our Ancient Faith: Lincoln, Democracy, and the American Experiment. And Dutton Kearney,… Continue reading

    Hillsdale Podcasts
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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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