TOPICS: Consequential national political conventions, the failure of Common Core, and Johann Sebastian Bach.

Host Scot Bertram talks with Hillsdale associate professor of politics Adam Carrington about the most notable and consequential political conventions in our nation's history. Ted Rebarber, CEO and founder of AccountabilityWorks, discusses a report he authored and the data that show the failure of Common Core. And Derek Stauff, assistant professor of music at Hillsdale, takes us inside the life and music of Johann Sebastian Bach.

TOPICS: Consequential national political conventions, the failure of Common Core, and Johann Sebastian Bach. Host Scot Bertram talks with Hillsdale associate professor of politics Adam Carrington about the most notable and consequential political conventions in our nation's history. Ted Rebarber, CEO and founder of AccountabilityWorks, discusses a report he authored and the data that show the failure of Common Core. And Derek Stauff, assistant professor of music at Hillsdale, takes us inside the life and music of Johann Sebastian Bach.

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Adam Carrington, Ted Rebarber, & Derek Stauff

Guests: Kenneth Calvert & Timothy McDonnell

Host Scot Bertram talks with Kenneth Calvert, professor of ancient history at Hillsdale College, about the biblical significance of Christmas. And Timothy McDonnell, associate professor of music at Hillsdale College, gives a survey of the history of the Christmas carol "Good Christian Men Rejoice."

Guests: Kenneth Calvert &amp; Timothy McDonnell
Host Scot Bertram talks with Kenneth Calvert, professor of ancient history at Hillsdale College, about the biblical significance of Christmas. And Timothy McDonnell, associate professor of music at Hillsdale College, gives a survey of the history of the Christmas carol "Good Christian Men Rejoice."

The Meaning of Christmas

Guests: Kenneth Calvert & Chloe Carmichael

Host Scot Bertram talks with Kenneth Calvert, professor of ancient history at Hillsdale College, about the historical origins of Christmas. And Chloe Carmichael, clinical psychologist and USA Today best-selling author, discusses how free speech makes people healthier and happier and her new book Can I Say That? Why Free Speech Matters and How to Use It Fearlessly.

Guests: Kenneth Calvert &amp; Chloe Carmichael
Host Scot Bertram talks with Kenneth Calvert, professor of ancient history at Hillsdale College, about the historical origins of Christmas. And Chloe Carmichael, clinical psychologist and USA Today best-selling author, discusses how free speech makes people healthier and happier and her new book&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Can-Say-That-Matters-Fearlessly/dp/151078490X?crid=166QIZZQTY60B&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.995VBdQCkilutA-gOCY_FSvZBcouBrMtNMiQbAIbKQfGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.C76UKBgvEHn1D9b6xWwvRvaD6myRTxO9ksoEx6xj6K8&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=carmichael+can+i+say+that&amp;qid=1743424788&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=carmichael+can+i+say+that%2Cstripbooks%2C105&amp;sr=1-1&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=ivba-20&amp;linkId=d70a784201ad5aff3e5e7638b8b6b095&amp;language=en_US">Can I Say That? Why Free Speech Matters and How to Use It Fearlessly</a>.

Why We Celebrate Christmas

Guests: Mathew Spalding

Host Scot Bertram talks with Matthew Spalding, vice president of Washington Operations and dean of the Van Andel Graduate School of Government at Hillsdale College in Washington, D.C, about his new book, The Making of the American Mind: The Story of our Declaration of Independence, and the intellectual tradition that inspired the writing of the Declaration of Independence.

Guests: Mathew Spalding
Host Scot Bertram talks with Matthew Spalding, vice president of Washington Operations and dean of the Van Andel Graduate School of Government at Hillsdale College in Washington, D.C, about his new book,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Making-American-Mind-Declaration-Independence/dp/1641774878" data-outlook-id="0168d558-0f48-4b41-a1d2-9e4a32d6ed1c" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" data-ogsc="">The Making of the American Mind: The Story of our Declaration of Independence</a>,&nbsp;and the intellectual tradition that inspired the writing of the Declaration of Independence.

Adam Carrington, Ted Rebarber, & Derek Stauff

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