The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour

Scot Bertram

Publicly listed emails

radiohour@hillsdale.edu

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Booking Overview

This weekly interview and educational show focuses on liberal-arts teaching, American political thought, history, literature, and public affairs, typically featuring established scholars, authors, public intellectuals, and former senior officials. Credible pitches include university professors with substantive research or new books, constitutional and political scholars, historians, authors, and former government leaders; booking difficulty is high because guests generally have significant credentials, published work, or senior professional experience.

Metrics

Episodes: 381

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

radiohour@hillsdale.edu

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Host

Scot Bertram - Host presenting Hillsdale College’s liberal-arts teaching, scholarship, and debates to a broader audience through the weekly radio show and podcast.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
University professors, established authors, public intellectuals, recognized subject-matter experts, and former senior government officials with substantial expertise or a new book relevant to liberal-arts, political, historical, or cultural themes.
Required Achievements:  
Published books, University professorships or senior academic appointments, Senior government service, Recognized research or public commentary, Established media or podcast platforms

Recent Guest Discussions

Donald P. Hodel - Leadership In The Reagan Administration And His Biography, Called To Serve.

Carson Holloway - American Libel Law, The First Amendment, And His Book, No Liberty To Libel.

Gad Saad - Altruism, Empathy, And His Book, Suicidal Empathy.

Recent Topics

Liberal Arts, History, Politics, Literature, Education

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour
:

Launching a Second Scientific Revolution

August 07, 2026

Guests: Jay Bhattacharya and Mark Edward Lender Host Scot Bertram plays excerpts from a lecture by Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health of the United States, titled "Restoring Gold Standard Science." And Mark Edward Lender, author and historian, discusses the keys to victory in the American Revolution and his book War Without Mercy: Liberty or Death in the American Revolution.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Exposing China's Murderous Organ Harvesting Industry

July 31, 2026

Guests: Jan Jekielek and Kelly Scott Franklin Host Scot Bertram talks with Jan Jekielek, senior editor at The Epoch Times and host of American Thought Leaders, about China's state-sanctioned harvesting of organs from living donors and his new book Killed to Order: China's Organ Harvesting Industry and the True Nature of America's Biggest Adversary. And Kelly Scott Franklin, associate professor of English at Hillsdale College, continues a series on the poems of Emily Dickinson. This week, he f...

Life in the Reagan Administration

July 24, 2026

Guests: Donald P. Hodel and Stephanie Lauback Host Scot Bertram talks with Donald P. Hodel, former secretary of energy and former secretary of the interior in the Reagan administration, about the leadership lessons he learned working for President Reagan, as well as his new biography, Called to Serve: My Path to President Reagan's Cabinet and Beyond. And Stephanie Lauback, associate professor of physics at Hillsdale College, discusses her research into nanotechnology and magnetism.See om...

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