The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour

Scot Bertram

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: 380

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Contact Information

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
:

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...

Appreciating Homer's Odyssey

July 17, 2026

Guests: Benedict Whalen and Carson Holloway Host Scot Bertram talks with Benedict Whalen, chairman and associate professor of English at Hillsdale College, to preview his brand-new online course, “The Odyssey.” And Carson Holloway, department chair and professor of political society at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and a Washington fellow at the Claremont Institute Center for the American Way of Life, discusses the shortcomings of American libel law and his new boo...

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