Radio Free Hillsdale Hour

Weekly radio show bringing the knowledge and teaching of Hillsdale to the world

349 episodes

Episodes

Aug 21, 2026

Appreciating Homer’s Iliad

Host Scot Bertram talks with: Stephen Smith, dean of humanities and Professor of English at Hillsdale College, to preview his brand-new online course, “The Iliad.” And Sam Lair, former director of The Center for American Education at the Idaho Freedom Foundation, discusses his Hillsdale College Van

Aug 14, 2026

How the Left Captures Institutions

Host Scot Bertram talks with: Seth Barron, editorial board member at the New York Post, who explains how the Left is moving power away from the people and into the hands of an administrative class and discusses his new book Weaponized: The Left’s Capture and Destruction of America’s Sacred Instituti

Aug 7, 2026

Launching a Second Scientific Revolution

Host Scot Bertram plays excerpts from a lecture by Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health of the United States, titled “Restoring Gold Standard Science.” And Mark Edward Lender, author and historian, discusses the keys to victory in the American Revolution and his book War W

Jul 31, 2026

Exposing China’s Murderous Organ Harvesting Industry

Host Scot Bertram talks with: Jan Jekielek, senior editor at The Epoch Times and host of American Thought Leaders, about China’s state-sanctioned harvesting of organs from living donors and his new book Killed to Order: China’s Organ Harvesting Industry and the True Nature of America’s Biggest Adver

Jul 24, 2026

Life in the Reagan Administration

Guests: Donald P. Hodel and Stephanie Lauback Host Scot Bertram talks with: Donald P. Hodel, former secretary of energy and former secretary of the interior in the Reagan administration, about the leadership lessons he learned working for President Reagan, as well as his new biography, Called to Ser

Jul 17, 2026

Appreciating Homer’s Odyssey

Host Scot Bertram talks with: Benedict Whalen, chairman and associate professor of English at Hillsdale College, to preview his brand-new online course, “The Odyssey.” And Carson Holloway, department chair and professor of political society at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and a Washington fe

Jul 10, 2026

Suicidal Empathy and the West

Guests: Gad Saad and Stephen Smith Host Scot Bertram talks with Gad Saad, professor, evolutionary behavioral scientist, and host of The Saad Truth podcast, about the potential dangers of altruism and his new book, Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind. And Stephen Smith, dean of humanities and Temple F

Jul 3, 2026

America 250 Independence Day Special

Guests: Khalil Habib and Wilfred McClay Host Scot Bertram talks with: Khalil Habib, associate professor of politics and Allison and Dorothy Rouse professor in politics at Hillsdale College, about the American Founding and his recent essay “The Importance of the Fourth of July, According to the Adams

Jun 26, 2026

The Declaration of Independence: A Radical Experiment in Liberty

Guests: Brad Birzer Host Scot Bertram talks with: Brad Birzer, professor of history and Russell Amos Kirk Chair in American Studies at Hillsdale College, about the years leading up to 1776, the importance of the common law tradition to the American Founders, and his new book, The Declaration of Inde

Jun 19, 2026

Why America’s Elites Are So Out of Touch

Guests: Scott W. Rasmussen and Richard Samuelson Host Scot Bertram talks with: Scott W. Rasmussen, legendary pollster and political analyst, about the character of American elites and his new book, Out of Touch: The Elite One Percent and the Battle for America’s Soul. And Richard Samuelson, associa