TOPICS: Benjamin Franklin as statesman, Kurt Schlichter's new book, & Willa Cather's frontier themes

Host Scot Bertram talks with Kevin Slack, Associate Professor of Politics at Hillsdale College, to conclude a three-part series on Benjamin Franklin, focusing this time on Franklin as statesman. Kurt Schlichter of Townhall joins us to discuss his new book WE'LL BE BACK: THE FALL AND RISE OF AMERICA. And Christopher Busch, Professor of English at Hillsdale, continues his discussion of American writer Willa Cather, speaking of the frontier themes in her work.

TOPICS: Benjamin Franklin as statesman, Kurt Schlichter's new book, & Willa Cather's frontier themes Host Scot Bertram talks with Kevin Slack, Associate Professor of Politics at Hillsdale College, to conclude a three-part series on Benjamin Franklin, focusing this time on Franklin as statesman. Kurt Schlichter of Townhall joins us to discuss his new book WE'LL BE BACK: THE FALL AND RISE OF AMERICA. And Christopher Busch, Professor of English at Hillsdale, continues his discussion of American writer Willa Cather, speaking of the frontier themes in her work.

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Kevin Slack, Kurt Schlichter, & Christopher Busch

Guests: John J. Miller, John A. Burtka IV, & Andrew Russell

Host Scot Bertram talks with John J. Miller, director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College and author of Reading Around, about proposals around the country to institute taxpayer-funded "news voucher" systems to support local news reporting. John Burtka, president and chief executive officer of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, describes the lost art of training statesmen and discusses his new edited collection of historical essays on statesmanship, Gateway to Statesmanship: Selections from Xenophon to Churchill. And Andrew Russell, associate professor of biology at Hillsdale College, continues a conversation on biofilms and his work on the applications of the compound zingerone.

Guests: John J. Miller, John A. Burtka IV, &amp; Andrew Russell
Host Scot Bertram talks with John J. Miller, director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College and author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Reading-Around-Journalism-Authors-Artists/dp/1981189653" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" data-ogsc="">Reading Around</a>, about proposals around the country to institute taxpayer-funded "news voucher" systems to support local news reporting. John Burtka, president and chief executive officer of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, describes the lost art of training statesmen and discusses his new edited collection of historical essays on statesmanship, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gateway-Statesmanship-Selections-Xenophon-Churchill-ebook/dp/B0CLKZMPKY" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" data-ogsc="">Gateway to Statesmanship: Selections from Xenophon to Churchill</a>. And Andrew Russell, associate professor of biology at Hillsdale College, continues a conversation on biofilms and his work on the applications of the compound zingerone.

John Burtka Wants to Train Statesmen

Guests: Timothy Dolch, Todd Starnes, & Dwight Lindley

Host Scot Bertram talks with Timothy Dolch, associate professor of physics at Hillsdale College, regarding what we should know about the upcoming total solar eclipse and how to access the DLITE radio probe built by Hillsdale students. Todd Starnes, columnist and national radio host, lays out the efforts to undermine the United States and discusses his new book, Twilight's Last Gleaming: Can America Be Saved? And Dwight Lindley, associate professor of English at Hillsdale College, finishes a series on the life and works of Charles Dickens with A Tale of Two Cities.

Guests: Timothy Dolch, Todd Starnes, &amp; Dwight Lindley
Host Scot Bertram talks with Timothy Dolch, associate professor of physics at Hillsdale College, regarding what we should know about the upcoming total solar eclipse and how to access the <a href="https://olivia-r-young.github.io/" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" data-ogsc="">DLITE radio probe</a> built by Hillsdale students. Todd Starnes, columnist and national radio host, lays out the efforts to undermine the United States and discusses his new book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Twilights-Last-Gleaming-America-Saved/dp/1637584784" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" data-ogsc="">Twilight's Last Gleaming: Can America Be Saved?</a> And Dwight Lindley, associate professor of English at Hillsdale College, finishes a series on the life and works of Charles Dickens with A Tale of Two Cities.

Previewing the Total Solar Eclipse

Guests: Karol Markowicz & Richard Samuelson

Host Scot Bertram talks with Karol Markowicz, columnist at the New York Post and host of The Karol Markowicz Show, about her recent visit to Israel and the what’s changed since the release of Stolen Youth: How Radicals Are Erasing Innocence and Indoctrinating a Generation, a book she co-authored. And Richard Samuelson, associate professor of Government at Hillsdale College's Washington, D.C. Campus, leads us through the life and accomplishments of America's sixth President, John Quincy Adams.

Guests: Karol Markowicz &amp; Richard Samuelson
Host Scot Bertram talks with Karol Markowicz, columnist at the New York Post and host of <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-karol-markowicz-show/id1709905477" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" data-ogsc="">The Karol Markowicz Show</a>, about her recent visit to Israel and the what’s changed since the release of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Stolen-Youth-Progressives-Replacing-Radicalism/dp/1956007083" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" data-ogsc="">Stolen Youth: How Radicals Are Erasing Innocence and Indoctrinating a Generation</a>, a book she co-authored. And Richard Samuelson, associate professor of Government at Hillsdale College's Washington, D.C. Campus, leads us through the life and accomplishments of America's sixth President, John Quincy Adams.

Kevin Slack, Kurt Schlichter, & Christopher Busch

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