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Scot Bertram

Scot Bertram

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  • February 26, 2024

    Hillsdale College K-12 Classical Education Podcast: How to Teach a Poem

    This is the seventh in a series of shows from presentations delivered at the Hoogland Center for Teacher Excellence seminar on the art of teaching children’s literature. 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. Benedict Whalen, associate professor of English at Hillsdale… Continue reading

    Hillsdale Podcasts
  • February 12, 2024

    Wasn’t That Special: Season Sixteen (1990-91)

    Farley, Spade, Rock, Schneider, and Sandler: Here Come the Kids By the fall of 1990, the core cast of Saturday Night Live had spent four full seasons together, and clearly Executive Producer Lorne Michaels thought it was time for new blood. Gone were Nora Dunn and Jon Lovitz, while Dana Carvey, Kevin Nealon, Phil Hartman, Jan Hooks,… Continue reading

    Wasn’t That Special
  • February 12, 2024

    Steve Gruber Show: 02/12/24

    I filled in on The Steve Gruber Show on Monday, 02/12/24: Continue reading

    Fill-In
  • February 12, 2024

    Hillsdale College K-12 Classical Education Podcast: The Beauty of the Poetic Imagination

    This is the sixth in a series of shows from presentations delivered at the Hoogland Center for Teacher Excellence seminar on the art of teaching children’s literature. 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. David Whalen, associate vice… Continue reading

    Hillsdale Podcasts
  • February 9, 2024

    Future of Freedom: Should Contraceptive Access Be Expanded?

    On this episode of Future of Freedom, host Scot Bertram is joined by two guests with different viewpoints regarding the expansion of access to contraceptives in the U.S. First on the show is Courtney Joslin, Resident Fellow and Senior Manager of the Project for Women and Families at RStreet. Later, we hear from Michael New, Assistant Professor of Social Research… Continue reading

    Future of Freedom
  • February 9, 2024

    The Steve Gruber Show: 02/09/24

    I filled in on The Steve Gruber Show on Friday, 02/09/24: Continue reading

    Fill-In
  • February 9, 2024

    The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour: Khalil Habib Reflects On Tocqueville’s ‘Democracy in America’

    Guests: Khalil Habib, Tracy Lee Simmons, & Andrew Russell Host Scot Bertram talks with Khalil Habib, associate professor of politics at Hillsdale College, about Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America and which of his observations about America ring true today. Author and journalist Tracy Lee Simmons discusses the decline of culture and his book On Being Civilized: A Few Lines Amid the… Continue reading

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  • February 5, 2024

    Hillsdale College K-12 Classical Education Podcast: A Life in Classical Education

    Michael Berndt, assistant director of curriculum for Hillsdale College’s K-12 Education Office, joins host Scot Bertram to discuss growing up in classical education, how his upbringing prepared him to teach in a classroom, and the nature of man as described in the Western tradition. Continue reading

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  • February 3, 2024

    The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour: Amity Shlaes Asks, “What Would Coolidge Do?”

    Guests: Paul Moreno, Amity Shlaes, & D.G. Hart Host Scot Bertram talks with Paul Moreno, the William and Berniece Grewcock Chair in Constitutional History and professor of history at Hillsdale College, about the life and legacy of groundbreaking baseball player Jackie Robinson on the anniversary of his birth. Amity Shlaes, chair of the Coolidge Foundation and author of Coolidge, explains president Calvin… Continue reading

    Hillsdale Podcasts
  • January 31, 2024

    Wasn’t That Special: Season 15 (1989-1990)

    The Diceman Cometh There was only one question coming in to Season Fifteen of Saturday Night Live: Could the show maintain the high quality that made Season Fourteen the best year in the show’s history to date? The answer? Not quite. With the entire cast back this year, the show brought back favorite characters like Hans… Continue reading

    Wasn’t That Special
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About Me

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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