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: Ronald J. Pestritto & Daniel Darling

Host Scot Bertram talks with Ronald J. Pestritto, dean of the Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship and Charles and Lucia Shipley Chair in the American Constitution at Hillsdale College, about the rise of the administrative state and his recent provocation Government by the Unelected: How it Happened, and How It Might Be Tamed. And Daniel Darling, director of the Land Center for Cultural Engagement at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and fellow at the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, discusses the Christian obligation to patriotism and his new book In Defense of Christian Patriotism.

Guests: Ronald J. Pestritto &amp; Daniel Darling
Host Scot Bertram talks with Ronald J. Pestritto, dean of the Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship and Charles and Lucia Shipley Chair in the American Constitution at Hillsdale College, about the rise of the administrative state and his recent&nbsp;provocation&nbsp;<a href="https://dc.claremont.org/government-by-the-unelected-how-it-happened-and-how-it-might-be-tamed/" data-outlook-id="db4ce784-fab3-47b6-81a0-93d765487243" data-ogsc="" data-linkindex="0" data-auth="NotApplicable">Government by the Unelected: How it Happened, and How It Might Be Tamed</a>. And Daniel Darling, director of the Land Center for Cultural Engagement at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and fellow at the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, discusses the Christian obligation to patriotism and his new book&nbsp;<a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/in-defense-of-christian-patriotism-daniel-darling?variant=43711258460194" data-outlook-id="074f894d-0baa-4acc-9256-0eb35024b51e" data-ogsc="" data-linkindex="1" data-auth="NotApplicable">In Defense of Christian Patriotism</a>.

The Problems With Government by the Unelected

Guests: Shaun Rieley & Christina J. Lambert

Host Scot Bertram talks with Shaun Rieley, director of educational programs and teaching fellow at Hillsdale College in Washington, D.C., about his recent essay "Mob Violence Is Fatal to Republican Government". And Christina J. Lambert, assistant professor of English at Hillsdale College, continues a series on the life and work of poet and playwright T. S. Eliot. This week, she discusses Eliot's Four Quartets.

Guests: Shaun Rieley &amp; Christina J. Lambert
Host Scot Bertram talks with Shaun Rieley, director of educational programs and teaching fellow at Hillsdale College in Washington, D.C., about his recent essay <a href="https://americanmind.org/salvo/mob-violence-is-fatal-to-republican-government/">"Mob Violence Is Fatal to Republican Government"</a>. And Christina J. Lambert, assistant professor of English at Hillsdale College, continues a series on the life and work of poet and playwright T. S. Eliot. This week, she discusses Eliot's Four Quartets.

Mob Violence and Threats to Our Republic

Guests: James Rosen & Matthew Mehan

Host Scot Bertram talks with James Rosen, chief Washington correspondent at Newsmax, about the early years of Antonin Scalia's tenure on the Supreme Court as detailed in his new book Scalia: Supreme Court Years, 1986 to 2001. And Matthew Mehan, associate dean and associate professor at the Van Andel Graduate School of Government at Hillsdale College in Washington, D.C., discusses the unique character of the American imagination and his recent report "Restoring America’s Founding Imagination."

Guests: James Rosen &amp; Matthew Mehan
Host Scot Bertram talks with James Rosen, chief Washington correspondent at Newsmax, about the early years of Antonin Scalia's tenure on the Supreme Court as detailed in his new book&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Scalia-Supreme-Court-Years-1986/dp/1510786910">Scalia: Supreme Court Years, 1986 to 2001</a>. And Matthew Mehan, associate dean and associate professor at the Van Andel Graduate School of Government at Hillsdale College in Washington, D.C., discusses the unique character of the American imagination and his recent report "<a href="https://www.heritage.org/conservatism/report/restoring-americas-founding-imagination">Restoring America&rsquo;s Founding Imagination</a>."

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

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