The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour

Religious Liberty: The First Freedom

Guests: Kelly Shackelford & Kelly Scott Franklin Host Scot Bertram talks with Kelly Shackelford, president and CEO of First Liberty Institute [https://firstliberty.org/team/kelly-shackelford/], about the current state of religious liberty in the United States and his work on President Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission. And Kelly Scott Franklin, associate professor of English at Hillsdale College, returns for a new series on the poems of Emily Dickinson. This week, he focuses on "Death sets a Thing significant."  See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Citizenship Starts in the Classroom

Guests: Kathleen O'Toole & Mardi M. Billman Host Scot Bertram talks with Kathleen O'Toole, associate vice president for K-12 Education at Hillsdale College, about the importance of education in forming citizens and her essay "Citizenship Starts in the Classroom [https://americanmind.org/salvo/citizenship-starts-in-the-classroom/]." And Mardi Billman, associate professor of chemistry at Hillsdale College, returns for another series on drama in scientific discovery. This week, she begins to discuss the discovery of fire.  See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Journalism “The Chicago Way”

Guests: John Kass & Matthew Mehan Host Scot Bertram talks with John Kass, an independent Chicago-based columnist [https://johnkassnews.com/] and host of The Chicago Way [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-chicago-way/id1081158077] podcast, about his legendary journalism career in Chicago and what the city’s mistakes can teach the rest of the country. 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 importance of children in American political life and his report "The Higher Purpose of Children in American Society [https://www.heritage.org/marriage-and-family/report/the-higher-purpose-children-american-society]." See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Mary Katharine Ham and the New World of Media

Guests: Mary Katharine Ham & Benjamin Beier Host Scot Bertram talks with Mary Katharine Ham, host of the Getting Hammered [Host%20Scot%20Bertram%20talks%20with%20Mary%20Katharine%20Ham,%20host%20of%20the%20Getting%20Hammered%20and%20Normally%20podcasts%20and%20writer%20at%20Fox%20News%20and%20OutKick,%20about%20her%20career%20in%20journalism%20and%20the%20changing%20landscape%20of%20media%20in%20America.%20And%20Benjamin%20Beier,%20chairman%20and%20associate%20professor%20of%20education%20at%20Hillsdale%20College,%20previews%20the%20new%20Hillsdale%20online%20course,%20Classical%20Logic%20and%20Rhetoric.] and Normally [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/normally/id1769997814] podcasts and writer at Fox News [https://www.foxnews.com/] and OutKick [https://www.outkick.com/], about her career in journalism and the changing landscape of media in America. And Benjamin Beier, chairman and associate professor of education at Hillsdale College, previews the new Hillsdale online course, Classical Logic and Rhetoric [https://online.hillsdale.edu/courses/promo/logic]. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Preparing for the Midterms with Mollie Hemingway

Guests: Mollie Hemingway & Christina J. Lambert Host Scot Bertram talks with Mollie Hemingway, Senior Journalism Fellow at Hillsdale College and editor-in-chief at The Federalist, about the political issues that will affect the results of the upcoming midterm elections and her upcoming book Alito: The Justice Who Reshaped the Supreme Court and Restored the Constitution [https://www.amazon.com/Alito-Justice-Reshaped-Restored-Constitution/dp/1541607139]. 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 The Waste Land. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.