Guests: Todd Starnes and Julio Suarez

Host Scot Bertram talks with Todd Starnes, conservative columnist, commentator, writer, and radio host, about the accomplishments of the Trump administration and his new book The Golden Age: How Trump Saved America. And Julio Suarez, chairman and associate professor of art, discusses the philosophy of teaching art at Hillsdale College.

Guests: Todd Starnes and Julio Suarez
Host Scot Bertram talks with Todd Starnes,&nbsp;conservative columnist, commentator, writer, and radio host, about the accomplishments of the Trump administration and his new book&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Golden-Age-Trump-America-Future/dp/163006341X">The Golden Age: How Trump Saved America</a>. And Julio Suarez, chairman and associate professor of art, discusses the philosophy of teaching art at Hillsdale College.

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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Recovering From the Biden Era

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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."

To learn more about Hillsdale College, visit www.hillsdale.edu.

Guest: Roger Kimball
Host Scot Bertram talks with Roger Kimball, editor and publisher of <a href="https://newcriterion.com/" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" data-ogsc="">The New Criterion</a> and president and publisher of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.encounterbooks.com/">Encounter Books</a>, about finding joy as a conservative, the history of conservative thought, and his recent essay, "<a href="https://amgreatness.com/2026/07/12/standing-athwart-despair-the-case-for-cheerful-conservatism/">Standing Athwart Despair: The Case for Cheerful Conservatism.</a>"
To learn more about Hillsdale College, visit&nbsp;<a href="https://www.hillsdale.edu/" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-outlook-id="d9d72c4c-62de-4fcc-8fbd-cd95133d4a54" data-linkindex="2" data-ogsc="">www.hillsdale.edu.</a>

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.

To learn more about Hillsdale College, visit www.hillsdale.edu.

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, <a href="https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/phoenix-principles/" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" data-ogsc="">The Phoenix Principles: Toward a Rebirth of American Education</a>.
To learn more about Hillsdale College, visit&nbsp;<a href="https://www.hillsdale.edu/" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-outlook-id="d9d72c4c-62de-4fcc-8fbd-cd95133d4a54" data-linkindex="2" data-ogsc="">www.hillsdale.edu.</a>

A Rebirth of American Education

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.

To learn more about Hillsdale College, visit www.hillsdale.edu.

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 <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/763688/the-vanishing-black-family-by-delano-squires/">The Vanishing Black Family: How Welfare and Feminism Made Marriage Optional and Children Vulnerable</a>.
To learn more about Hillsdale College, visit&nbsp;<a href="https://www.hillsdale.edu/" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-outlook-id="d9d72c4c-62de-4fcc-8fbd-cd95133d4a54" data-linkindex="2" data-ogsc="">www.hillsdale.edu.</a>

The Vanishing Black Family

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Recovering From the Biden Era

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