Host Scot Bertram sits down with Hyperion Knight, concert pianist and distinguished fellow at Hillsdale College, and discusses the newest Hillsdale College online course: "The History of Classical Music: Chopin through Gershwin." Also, we count down the most popular episodes of 2025.

Host Scot Bertram sits down with Hyperion Knight, concert pianist and distinguished fellow at Hillsdale College, and discusses the newest Hillsdale College online course: "<a href="https://online.hillsdale.edu/courses/promo/classical-music-2" data-outlook-id="589e9e10-96aa-436b-81d5-351065b02f81" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" data-ogsc="">The History of Classical Music: Chopin through Gershwin</a>." Also, we count down the most popular episodes of 2025.

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 '25

Guests: Bradley Thayer and Jeremiah Regan

Host Scot Bertram talks with Bradley Thayer, American Freedom Alliance fellow and founding member of the Committee on the Present Danger: China, about the struggle against global communism and his new book, America's 100 Years' War: How to Win Against Communism. And Jeremiah Regan, executive director of online learning at Hillsdale College, discusses Hillsdale’s new online course, “Revolutionary America: From Subjects to Citizens.”

Guests: Bradley Thayer and Jeremiah Regan
Host Scot Bertram talks with Bradley Thayer, American Freedom Alliance fellow and founding member of the Committee on the Present Danger: China, about the struggle against global communism and his new book,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Americas-100-Years-War-Communism/dp/1648212808?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.qWltJb_BIqHORuQXIbiDOPwAw63Sk2BafOtJT9goP5c7qzwHEl1yA-VaeGxsTQoIiYXEMVy8hYXXRiI1iTqdaiVk90Ylc6MHcZWxR8fXSFZdqfwqfKSVLiGJEG777KzAMDBrtR6A1XhvTL2mgbNcrMiRx13K-hpr2NBuqJdG9b-sNnpJa8lc6ufJBnKLbEhglbQx0HSIHij6VcNocISdMBi9jAds5f_TeKMSDcpArZI.SeOENBzhNzNGX68-Cv1weBU3bI6zpCxGwZGA51yc6ZY&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;qid=1789414346&amp;refinements=p_27%3ABradley+A.+Thayer&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-outlook-id="1e37aa40-c7c4-4ce9-9768-dcdefd103f31" data-linkindex="0" data-ogsc="">America's 100 Years' War: How to Win Against Communism</a>. And Jeremiah Regan, executive director of online learning at Hillsdale College, discusses Hillsdale&rsquo;s&nbsp;new online course,&nbsp;&ldquo;<a href="https://online.hillsdale.edu/courses/promo/rev-am" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-outlook-id="4a946fdb-5d95-4ae9-bd42-6b7c853ab0c5" data-linkindex="1" data-ogsc="">Revolutionary America: From Subjects to Citizens</a>.&rdquo;

America's 100 Years' War With Communism

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/0c7e618e-d306-498b-89ea-af55014957fe/clips/7a982232-e4a1-41c2-bb04-b4c501413794/transcript

Guest: Victor Davis Hanson

Host Scot Bertram talks with Victor Davis Hanson, senior fellow in military history at the Hoover Institution and Distinguished Fellow in History at Hillsdale College, about the unlikely return of Donald Trump to the White House, as well as his new book, The Counterrevolution: The Fall and Rise of Donald Trump and the MAGA Movement.

Guest: Victor Davis Hanson
Host Scot Bertram talks with Victor Davis Hanson, senior fellow in military history at the Hoover Institution and Distinguished Fellow in History at Hillsdale College, about the unlikely return of Donald Trump to the White House, as well as his new book,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Counterrevolution-Fall-Donald-Trump-Movement-ebook/dp/B0GF1K43WM?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_w=tZxg3&amp;content-id=amzn1.sym.47218010-ccda-4098-a91e-bc39e6d446f4&amp;pf_rd_p=47218010-ccda-4098-a91e-bc39e6d446f4&amp;pf_rd_r=140-0915762-0821461&amp;pd_rd_wg=dpLXQ&amp;pd_rd_r=31790e7d-7daf-47dc-8e2f-0b93629116f7" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-outlook-id="50f3563e-dae7-4a2c-a9a9-a67c7affd511" data-linkindex="0" data-ogsc="">The Counterrevolution: The Fall and Rise of Donald Trump and the MAGA Movement</a>.

Victor Davis Hanson on The Fall and Rise of Donald Trump

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/0c7e618e-d306-498b-89ea-af55014957fe/clips/97490d3b-4933-425e-90e8-b4be00f63215/transcript

Guests: Matthew Spalding and J. A. Jackson

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 the ideological capture of the National Museum of American History and his recent essay, “Make American History National Again.” And J. A. Jackson, professor of English and Edrie Seward Kennedy Chair in English at Hillsdale College, discusses the art of literary analysis and his new co-authored book, Elements of Analysis.

Guests: Matthew Spalding and J. A. Jackson
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 the ideological capture of the National Museum of American History and his recent essay,&nbsp;&ldquo;<a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/6006544-revisiting-american-founding-narrative/" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-outlook-id="1e37aa40-c7c4-4ce9-9768-dcdefd103f31" data-linkindex="0" data-ogsc="">Make American History National Again</a>.&rdquo;&nbsp;And J. A. Jackson, professor of English and Edrie Seward Kennedy Chair in English at Hillsdale College, discusses the art of literary analysis and his new co-authored book,&nbsp;<a href="https://shop.hillsdale.edu/products/the-elements-of-analysis-j-a-jackson-dutton-kearney" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-outlook-id="5eaa247e-2b95-4c02-a10d-38ba8eaa3d9f" data-linkindex="1" data-ogsc="">Elements of Analysis</a>.

Make American History National Again

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/0c7e618e-d306-498b-89ea-af55014957fe/clips/64bd3f72-ad10-4259-9444-b4b900eb995b/transcript

The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour End-of-Year Extravaganza '25

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