TOPICS: American self-government, THE VIKING HEART, the work of Gerard Manley Hopkins, & USA Shooting at the Olympics and Hillsdale

Host Scot Bertram talks with Will Morrisey, Professor Emeritus of Politics at Hillsdale College, about his recent essay on "Self-Government, the American Way". Historian Arthur Herman joins us to discuss his new book THE VIKING HEART: HOW SCANDINAVIANS CONQUERED THE WORLD. Dwight Lindley, Associate Professor of English at Hillsdale, returns for his occasional series on Victorian Poetry, focusing on the work of Gerard Manley Hopkins. And Jay Waldron, shotgun coach for USA Shooting, tells us about the team's success at the recent Olympics and the organization's partnership with Hillsdale College.

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