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Hillsdale College K-12 Classical Education Podcast: Liberal Arts and Natural Sciences
Michael Berndt, assistant director of curriculum for Hillsdale College’s K-12 Education Office, joins host Scot Bertram to discuss the classical approach to teaching the natural sciences, how science is imperative for a well-rounded classical education, and how parents can inspire their children to study the sciences. Continue reading
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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
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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
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Steve Gruber Show: 02/12/24
I filled in on The Steve Gruber Show on Monday, 02/12/24: Continue reading
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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
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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
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The Steve Gruber Show: 02/09/24
I filled in on The Steve Gruber Show on Friday, 02/09/24: Continue reading
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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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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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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
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