The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour

Guest: Kevin Slack

Host Scot Bertram talks with Kevin Slack, associate professor of politics at Hillsdale College, about the tradition of American folktales, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” and the brand-new online course, “American Folktales: The Literature, Lore, and Legends of America.”

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Guest: Victoria Coates

Host Scot Bertram talks with Victoria Coates, vice president of The Heritage Foundation’s Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, about the Trump administration’s National Security Strategy, the future of energy production in the Middle East, and the untapped potential of Africa.

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Guest: Miles Smith IV

Host Scot Bertram talks with Miles Smith IV, associate professor of history at Hillsdale College, about the lost American idea of the Christian soldier, the questions raised by faith and warfare, and his new book, Valiant & Pious: The Idea of the Christian Soldier in America, 1776–1918.

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Guest: Roger Kimball

Host Scot Bertram talks with Roger Kimball, editor and publisher of The New Criterion and president and publisher of Encounter Books, about finding joy as a conservative, the history of conservative thought, and his recent essay, "Standing Athwart Despair: The Case for Cheerful Conservatism."

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Guest: Matthew Mehan

Host Scot Bertram talks with Matthew Mehan, associate dean and associate professor at the Van Andel Graduate School of Government at Hillsdale College in Washington, D.C., about building character in K-12 education, the growing movement to reform education, and his contribution to the upcoming book of essays, The Phoenix Principles: Toward a Rebirth of American Education.

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Guest: Delano Squires

Host Scot Bertram talks with Delano Squires, director of the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Human Flourishing at The Heritage Foundation, about the history of the black family in America, the damages caused to the black family by feminism and the welfare state, and his new book The Vanishing Black Family: How Welfare and Feminism Made Marriage Optional and Children Vulnerable.

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Guest: Glenn Ellmers

Host Scot Bertram talks with Glenn Ellmers, Salvatori research fellow at Claremont Institute, about the ongoing creed-versus-culture debate on the Right, the scholarship of Harry Jaffa, and his recent essay, “Harry Jaffa, America 250, and the Creed-Culture Debate.”

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Guest: D.G. Hart

Host Scot Bertram talks with D.G. Hart, professor of history at Hillsdale College, about the history of Philadelphia’s Independence Hall, America’s tradition of preserving historical locations, and his new book, Independence Hall: The History of an American Icon.

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Guest: Patrick Timmis

Host Scot Bertram talks with Patrick Timmis, assistant professor of English at Hillsdale College, about the life and accomplishments of English poet Edmund Spenser and his poem "The Faerie Queene." 

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Guest: Robert Livingston

Host Scot Bertram talks with Robert Livingston, former U.S. representative from Louisiana, about efforts by the Biden White House to punish political enemies through lawfare, his own experience as a target of the judicial system, and his new book: The Rainbow Chaser: The Man Who Gambled for Success and Broke Even.

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