The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour

Guest: James S. Spiegel Host Scot Bertram talks with James S. Spiegel, director for the Center for Faith & Life at Geneva College, about the objectivity of beauty, how beauty and wonder inform science and history, and his new book, A Thing of Beauty: How Everything Is Art and Art Is Everything. To learn more about Hillsdale College, visit www.hillsdale.edu.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: John Petrakis Host Scot Bertram talks with John Petrakis, assistant professor of politics at Hillsdale College, about the history of euthanasia in the west, how countries who legalize euthanasia often start a slippery slope, and his recent essay, “What’s Behind the Rise of Euthanasia in the West?” To learn more about Hillsdale College, visit www.hillsdale.edu.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Kevin Slack Host Scot Bertram talks with Kevin Slack, associate professor of politics at Hillsdale College, about the tradition of American folktales, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” and the brand-new online course, “American Folktales: The Literature, Lore, and Legends of America.” To learn more about Hillsdale College, visit www.hillsdale.edu.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Victoria Coates Host Scot Bertram talks with Victoria Coates, vice president of The Heritage Foundation’s Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, about the Trump administration’s National Security Strategy, the future of energy production in the Middle East, and the untapped potential of Africa. To learn more about Hillsdale College, visit www.hillsdale.edu.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Miles Smith IV Host Scot Bertram talks with Miles Smith IV, associate professor of history at Hillsdale College, about the lost American idea of the Christian soldier, the questions raised by faith and warfare, and his new book, Valiant & Pious: The Idea of the Christian Soldier in America, 1776–1918. To learn more about Hillsdale College, visit www.hillsdale.edu.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.