Host Scot Bertram sits down with Bill Gray, vice president for institutional advancement, and discusses why the Hillsdale College Podcast Network exists, what the plans are for the future, and how you can help support podcasts and audio at Hillsdale College in 2025. Also, we count down the most popular episodes of 2024.

To learn more about Hillsdale's commitment to defend and uphold the principles and practices of liberty and to preserve free government for future generations, and to find out how you can get a Hillsdale College Christ Chapel Ornament, please visit hillsdale.edu/yearend.

Host Scot Bertram sits down with Bill Gray, vice president for institutional advancement, and discusses why the Hillsdale College Podcast Network exists, what the plans are for the future, and how you can help support podcasts and audio at Hillsdale College in 2025. Also, we count down the most popular episodes of 2024.
To learn more about Hillsdale's commitment to defend and uphold the principles and practices of liberty and to preserve free government for future generations, and to find out how you can get a Hillsdale College Christ Chapel Ornament, please visit <a href="https://www.hillsdale.edu/yearend">hillsdale.edu/yearend</a>.

The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour is a one-hour, weekly radio show/podcast advancing the efforts of Hillsdale College in radiating its knowledge and teaching to the world outside of campus. Listeners will hear the arguments and debates that make up the liberal arts education and will experience the learning and teaching that happens on campus. Hosted by Scot Bertram.

The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour is a one-hour, weekly radio show/podcast advancing the efforts of Hillsdale College in radiating its knowledge and teaching to the world outside of campus. Listeners will hear the arguments and debates that make up the liberal arts education and will experience the learning and teaching that happens on campus. Hosted by Scot Bertram.

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The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour End-of-Year Extravaganza '24

Guests: Adam Lovinger, Timothy McDonnell, & Patricia Bart

Host Scot Bertram talks with Adam Lovinger, vice president for strategic affairs at the Gold Institute for International Strategy, about how the deep state worked to diminish the influence of the United States around the world and takes us inside his new book The Insider Threat: How the Deep State Undermines America from Within. Timothy McDonnell, associate professor of Music at Hillsdale College, continues a discussion about the history of some of the most popular Christmas carols. This week: the strange history of "Good King Wenceslas.” And Patricia R. Bart, associate professor of English at Hillsdale College, continues an in-depth series on the history of the English language.

Guests: Adam Lovinger, Timothy McDonnell, &amp; Patricia Bart
Host Scot Bertram talks with Adam Lovinger, vice president for strategic affairs at the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.goldiis.org/" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" data-ogsc="">Gold Institute for International Strategy</a>, about how the deep state worked to diminish the influence of the United States around the world and takes us inside his new book&nbsp;<a href="https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/the-insider-threat/" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" data-ogsc="">The Insider Threat: How the Deep State Undermines America from Within</a>. Timothy McDonnell, associate professor of Music at Hillsdale College, continues a discussion about the history of some of the most popular Christmas carols.&nbsp;This week:&nbsp;the strange history of "Good King Wenceslas.&rdquo; And Patricia R. Bart, associate professor of English at Hillsdale College, continues an in-depth series on the history of the English language.

Adam Lovinger: The Evolution of the Deep State

Guests: Kevin Roberts & Timothy McDonnell

Host Scot Bertram talks with Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation, about the future of the American republic and his new book Dawn's Early Light: Taking Back Washington to Save America. And Timothy McDonnell, associate professor of Music at Hillsdale College, begins a series on the history of some of the most popular Christmas carols. This week: the complicated story of “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.”

Guests: Kevin Roberts &amp; Timothy McDonnell
Host Scot Bertram talks with Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation, about the future of the American republic and his new book&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dawns-Early-Light-Burning-Washington/dp/0063353504" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" data-ogsc="">Dawn's Early Light: Taking Back Washington to Save America</a>. And Timothy McDonnell, associate professor of Music at Hillsdale College, begins a series on the history of some of the most popular Christmas carols. This week:&nbsp;the complicated story of&nbsp;&ldquo;O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.&rdquo;

Kevin Roberts: Shifting Power Back to the People

Guests: Matthew Mehan & Sean McMeekin

Host Scot Bertram talks with Matthew Mehan, associate dean and assistant professor of government at Hillsdale’s Washington, D.C. campus, about how the ancients viewed virtuous leadership. And Sean McMeekin, the Francis Flournoy Professor of European History and Culture at Bard College, explains the violence inherent in communism and discusses his latest book, To Overthrow the World: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism.

Guests: Matthew Mehan &amp; Sean McMeekin
Host Scot Bertram talks with Matthew Mehan, associate dean and assistant professor of government at Hillsdale’s Washington, D.C. campus, about how the ancients viewed virtuous leadership. And Sean McMeekin, the Francis Flournoy Professor of European History and Culture at Bard College, explains the violence inherent in communism and discusses his latest book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Overthrow-World-Rise-Fall-Communism/dp/1541601963" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" data-ogsc="">To Overthrow the World: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism</a>.

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