Guests: Scott Jennings & Ava Downs

Host Scot Bertram talks with Scott Jennings, senior political commentator at CNN, about his new book, A Revolution of Common Sense: How Donald Trump Stormed Washington and Fought for Western Civilization, and the character of President Trump's first year back in office. And Ava Downs, a junior at Hillsdale College and a 2025 junior Olympic champion in international trap shooting, discusses how she trains to compete at a global level and how her Hillsdale experience has helped her.

Guests: Scott Jennings &amp; Ava Downs
Host Scot Bertram talks with Scott Jennings, senior political commentator at CNN, about his new book,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Revolution-Common-Sense-Washington-Civilization/dp/0063472171" data-outlook-id="960334ab-96a2-4cc7-9cfa-f9f5f23f2380" data-linkindex="0" data-ogsc="" data-auth="NotApplicable">A Revolution of Common Sense: How Donald Trump Stormed Washington and Fought for Western Civilization</a>,&nbsp;and the character of President Trump's first year back in office. And Ava Downs, a junior at Hillsdale College and a 2025 junior Olympic champion in international trap shooting, discusses how she trains to compete at a global level and how her Hillsdale experience has helped her.

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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Scott Jennings Explains the Common Sense of Donald Trump

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.

The Making of the American Mind

Guests: Mark Moyar, Jason M. Gehrke, & Tom Conner 

Host Scot Bertram talks with Mark Moyar, the William P. Harris Chair in Military History at Hillsdale College, about his recent essay on the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. Jason Gehrke, assistant professor of history at Hillsdale College, discusses his recent essay on the nature of America First foreign policy. And Tom Conner, professor emeritus of history at Hillsdale College, gives a survey of the history of the Luxembourg American Cemetery.

Guests: Mark Moyar, Jason M. Gehrke, &amp; Tom Conner&nbsp;
Host Scot Bertram talks with Mark Moyar, the William P. Harris Chair in Military History at Hillsdale College, about&nbsp;<a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/3393640/remembering-fall-of-saigon-vietnam-war/" data-outlook-id="2acbf757-52ca-4f52-9707-936929f837d4" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" data-ogsc="">his recent essay</a>&nbsp;on the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. Jason Gehrke, assistant professor of history at Hillsdale College, discusses&nbsp;<a href="https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2025/07/02/america_first_the_iran_strike_and_current_us_strategy_1120091.html" data-outlook-id="48677c30-28c7-4ced-b79a-0bf855cc47b2" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" data-ogsc="">his recent essay</a>&nbsp;on the nature of America First foreign policy. And Tom Conner, professor emeritus of history at Hillsdale College, gives a survey of the history of the Luxembourg American Cemetery.

The Iranian Airstrikes and America First Foreign Policy

Guests: Susan Crabtree & Jeremiah Regan

Host Scot Bertram talks with Susan Crabtree, senior White House and national political correspondent for RealClearPolitics, about her recent book Fool’s Gold: The Radicals, Con Artists, and Traitors Who Killed the California Dream and Now Threaten Us All. And Jeremiah Regan, Executive Director of Online Learning at Hillsdale College, previews the new online course documentary, Colonial America.

 

 

Guests: Susan Crabtree &amp; Jeremiah Regan
Host Scot Bertram talks with Susan Crabtree, senior White House and national political correspondent for RealClearPolitics, about her recent book <a href="https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/susan-crabtree/fools-gold/9781546008033/">Fool&rsquo;s Gold: The Radicals, Con Artists, and Traitors Who Killed the California Dream and Now Threaten Us All</a>. And Jeremiah Regan, Executive Director of Online Learning at Hillsdale College, previews the new online course documentary, <a href="http://hillsdale.edu/newcourse">Colonial America</a>.
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