The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour

Guests: Adam Carrington, David Bernhardt, & Matthew Young Host Scot Bertram talks with Adam Carrington, Associate Professor of Politics at Hillsdale College, about a recent essay shining a spotlight on our forgotten founding document, the Northwest Ordinance. David Bernhardt, former United States Secretary of the Interior, takes us inside the highest levels of government with his new book You Report to Me: Accountability for the Failing Administrative State. And Matthew Young, Dean of Natural Sciences and Professor of Chemistry at Hillsdale, returns for another preview of his recent online course as we discuss the periodic table.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guests: Richard Samuelson, Daniel McCarthy, & Daniel Tacke Host Scot Bertram talks with Richard Samuelson,  Associate Professor of Government at Hillsdale College’s Washington, D.C., campus, analyzes the trend of high schools who have declined to tell students when they are honored as National Merit Scholars. Daniel McCarthy, editor of Modern Age, reveals what he believes conservatives need to win the culture wars. And Daniel Tacke, Chairman and Associate Professor of Music at Hillsdale College, tells us about the art and process of composing music. Richard Samuelson at 1:02Daniel McCarthy at 13:50Daniel Tacke at 26:22See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guests: Paul Moreno, Connor Boyack, & Joey Barretta Host Scot Bertram talks with Paul Moreno, William and Berniece Grewcock Chair in Constitutional History, Professor of History, & Dean of Social Sciences at Hillsdale College, about a recent lecture for Hillsdale freshmen on the American heritage of freedom in the liberal arts. Connor Boyack, founder and president of Libertas Institute and the author of the Tuttle Twins children’s series of books, takes us inside his new release, co-authored by Corey DeAngelis, Mediocrity: 40 Ways Government Schools are Failing Today's Students. And Joey Barretta, recent graduate of Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship at Hillsdale College, talks about his dissertation, "Frederick Douglass on the Necessary Conditions of Freedom." Paul Moreno at 1:02Connor Boyack at 12:00Joey Barretta at 35:00See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guests: Victor Davis Hanson, Thomas Spoehr, & Dwight Lindley 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, and discusses his recent essay, "10 Steps to Save America." Thomas Spoehr, Director of the Center for National Defense at the Heritage Foundation, tells us why American fitness has national security implications. And Dwight Lindley, Associate Professor of English at Hillsdale, begins a series on the writings and life of Charles Dickens. Victor Davis Hanson at 00:41Thomas Spoehr at 22:05Dwight Lindley at 34:35  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guests: John J. Miller, Troy Senik, & Mardi Billman Host Scot Bertram talks with John J. Miller, Director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College, about various plans to force tech companies to pay for online news. Troy Senik, a former Presidential speechwriter, takes us inside his recent book A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland. And Mardi Billman, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Hillsdale, returns for an installment in her "Drama in Scientific Discovery" series to tell us about the atom. John J. Miller at 00:55Troy Senik at 11:45Mardi Billman at 32:45See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guests: Tom Treloar, Lance Morrow, & John Grant Host Scot Bertram talks with Tom Treloar, Chairman and Professor of Mathematics at Hillsdale College, about his extensive research into models for ranking sports teams. American essayist Lance Morrow tells us about his recent book The Noise of Typewriters: Remembering Journalism. And John Grant, Associate Professor and Chairman of Politics at Hillsdale, returns to wrap up his series on Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, this time focusing on his writings, including In the First Circle and The Gulag Archipelago. Thomas Treloar at 00:55Lance Morrow at 18:55John Grant at 31:38See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guests: Matthew Young, Dominic Green, & Garrett West '15 Host Scot Bertram talks with Matthew Young, Dean of Natural Sciences and Professor of Chemistry at Hillsdale College, about the new Hillsdale online course, "The Great Principles of Chemistry." Writer and historian Dominic Green chats about religion, journalism, and his recent book, The Religious Revolution: The Birth of Modern Spirituality, 1848-1898. And Hillsdale graduate Garrett West '15 tells us what it's like to serve as a clerk at the U.S. Supreme Court.  Matthew Young at 00:50 Dominic Green at 13:55 Garrett West at 33:10See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guests: Kevin Slack, Karol Markowicz, & Brent Cline  Host Scot Bertram talks with Kevin Slack, Associate Professor of Politics at Hillsdale College, about his new book War on the American Republic: How Liberalism Became Despotism. New York Post columnist Karol Markowicz takes us inside her recent book, co-authored with Bethany Mandel, Stolen Youth: How Radicals Are Erasing Innocence and Indoctrinating a Generation. And Brent Cline, Associate Professor of English at Hillsdale, returns to continue his series on author Cormac McCarthy, looking this time at Cities of the Plain. Kevin Slack at 00:50Karol Markowicz at 20:33Brent Cline at 35:05See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guests: Miles Smith IV, James Rosen, & Paul Hosmer Host Scot Bertram talks with Miles Smith IV, Assistant Professor of History at Hillsdale College, about his recent essay at RealClearHistory, "Civil War Changed U.S. in Untold Ways". James Rosen, Chief White House Correspondent at Newsmax, takes us through some of the fascinating stories in his new book, Scalia: Rise to Greatness, 1936-1986. And Paul Hosmer, Chairman and Associate Professor of Physics at Hillsdale, tells us about the place of physics in a liberal arts education. Miles Smith IV at 00:00James Rosen at 15:15Paul Hosmer at 38:58 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guests: Bradley C. S. Watson, Kimberly Ells, & Anthony Swinehart Host Scot Bertram talks with Bradley C. S. Watson, Associate Professor of Government at the Van Andel Graduate School of Government at Hillsdale in D.C., about his recent essay in the Claremont Review of Books that analyzes Justice Clarence Thomas’s bold concurring opinion in the Dobbs case. Kimberly Ells takes us inside her recent book The Invincible Family: Why the Global Campaign to Crush Motherhood and Fatherhood Can't Win. And Anthony Swinehart, Professor of Biology at Hillsdale and Curator of the D. M. Fisk Museum of Natural History, tells us about two recent donations to the College and how students are benefitting.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.