The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour Hillsdale College

TOPICS: Election integrity & media meddling, AMERICA'S NEW DESTINY IN SPACE, and the politics of faith during the Cold War

Host Scot Bertram talks with Mollie Hemingway, Senior Journalism Follow at Hillsdale College, about election integrity and media meddling. Glenn Harlan Reynolds discusses his latest book AMERICA'S NEW DESTINY IN SPACE. And Hillsdale history professor Daryl Hart walks us through his research into the politics of faith during the Cold War.

TOPICS: Woke capitalism, LINCOLN AND THE AMERICAN FOUNDING, & Peter Pan

Host Scot Bertram talks with David Azerrad, Assistant Professor and Research Fellow at Hillsdale College’s Van Andel Graduate School of Government in Washington, D.C., about the concept of "woke capitalism" and why it's become so prevalent. Lucas Morel, Professor of Politics and Head of the Politics Department at Washington and Lee University, discuss his recent book, LINCOLN AND THE AMERICAN FOUNDING. And Dedra Birzer, Lecturer of History and Rhetoric at Hillsdale College takes a deep dive into the world of Peter Pan.

TOPICS: Election analysis, contemplating a bookless future, and taking a virtual tour of Luxembourg American Cemetery

Host Scot Bertram talks with Matthew Spalding, Vice President of Washington Operations and Dean of the Van Andel Graduate School of Government, to get insight about what we should learn from the known results of last week's election. Mark Bauerlein, English professor at Emory University and senior editor of First Things, discusses a recent essay entitled, "Our Bookless Future". And on this Veterans Day week, retired Hillsdale professor of history, Tom Conner, takes us on a virtual tour of Luxembourg American Cemetery

TOPICS: The fall of the Berlin Wall, writing from America's backroads, The Reformation & Martin Luther, and Churchill myths.

Host Scot Bertram talks with Fred Yaniga, Chairman and Associate Professor of German at Hillsdale College, about being in Germany for the fall of the Berlin Wall 31 years ago this week. Salena Zito, national political reporter for the Washington Examiner, talks about writing from America's backroads. Hillsdale Associate Professor of History Korey Maas tells us about The Reformation & Martin Luther. And Richard Langworth, Senior Fellow with the Hillsdale College Churchill Project, joins us to bust some Churchill myths.

TOPICS: Plans to restructure the Supreme Court, a biography of President Donald J. Trump, and a history of October surprises.

Host Scot Bertram talks with Matthew Spalding, Vice President of Washington Operations and Dean of the Van Andel Graduate School of Government, about his essay at RealClearPolicy, "Joe Biden’s Not-So-Secret Plan to Restructure the Supreme Court". Conrad Black joins us to discuss his recent biography, DONALD J. TRUMP: A PRESIDENT LIKE NO OTHER. And John J. Miller, Director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College, runs down the history of October surprises.

TOPICS: American institutions & the 2020 Election, classical education, and the Fisk Museum of Natural History at Hillsdale College

Host Scot Bertram talks with Victor Davis Hanson, author, historian, and Distinguished Fellow in History at Hillsdale College, about how ideology is destroying American institutions and checks in on the 2020 election. Hillsdale assistant professor of education, Ben Beier, attempts to define and explain what a classical education entails. And Anthony Swinehart, Professor of Biology and Curator of the D. M. Fisk Museum of Natural History, tells us all about the museum right here on Hillsdale's campus.