The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast

The Great American Story: Beginnings

25 Mar 2026

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the legacy of Christopher Columbus before introducing Wilfr...

The Great American Story: Introduction

18 Mar 2026

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan introduce the course "The Great American Story: A Land of Hope". Am...

Constitution 101: The Progressive Rejection of the Founding

04 Mar 2026

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the progressive view of government before introducing Ronal...

Constitution 101: Secession and Civil War

25 Feb 2026

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss executive authority and secession before introducing Kevin ...

Constitution 101: Slavery and the Roots of the Secession Crisis

18 Feb 2026

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss whether or not the American Founding supported slavery befo...

Constitution 101: Property, Morality, and Religion

11 Feb 2026

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss whether or not the government should legislate morality bef...

Constitution 101: Consent of the Governed and the Separation of Powers

04 Feb 2026

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the difference between democracy and republicanism before i...

Constitution 101: Majority Tyranny and the Necessity of the Union

28 Jan 2026

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss how The Federalist influenced the Constitutional Convention...

Constitution 101: Natural Rights and the American Revolution

21 Jan 2026

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss how the concept of natural rights informed the American Fou...

Constitution 101: The Theory of the Declaration and the Constitution

14 Jan 2026

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan introduce the course "Constitution 101". The United States Constitu...

C.S. Lewis on Christianity: Heaven and Hell

07 Jan 2026

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss C.S. Lewis' explanation of hell before introducing Michael ...

C.S. Lewis on Christianity: Suffering and Death

17 Dec 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the film Shadowlands before introducing Michael Ward. ...

C.S. Lewis on Christianity: Prayer and the Bible

17 Dec 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss C.S. Lewis' understanding of prayer before introducing Mich...

C.S. Lewis on Christianity: Enjoyment and Contemplation

10 Dec 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the multifaceted nature of C.S. Lewis' worldview before int...

C.S. Lewis on Christianity: Conversion and New Life

03 Dec 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss how we often reach our lowest point before understanding ou...

C.S. Lewis on Christianity: Good and Evil

26 Nov 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan introduce the course "C.S. Lewis on Christianity". C.S. Lewis&rsquo...

American Paintings: Battle Scenes

19 Nov 2025

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Visit hillsdale.edu/course to view the paintings referenced in this lecture. On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah...

American Paintings: Everyday Americans

12 Nov 2025

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Visit hillsdale.edu/course to view the paintings referenced in this lecture. On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah...

American Paintings: Landscapes and Cityscapes

05 Nov 2025

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Visit hillsdale.edu/course to view the paintings referenced in this lecture. On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah...

American Paintings: American Heroes

29 Oct 2025

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Visit hillsdale.edu/course to view the paintings referenced in this lecture. On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah...

American Foreign Policy: The Liberal International Order

22 Oct 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the long-term ramifications of the fall of the Soviet Union...

American Foreign Policy: Retrench or Expand?

15 Oct 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the long-term ramifications of the fall of the Soviet Union...

American Foreign Policy: The Nuclear Threat

08 Oct 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the ever-present threat of nuclear annihilation before intr...

American Foreign Policy: The Containment of Communism

01 Oct 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the unique threat of international communism before introdu...

American Foreign Policy: Victory of Liberal Internationalism

24 Sep 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the legacy of World War Two before introducing Michael Anto...

American Foreign Policy: The Interventionist Debate

17 Sep 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss American foreign policy in the wake of World War One before...

American Foreign Policy: Progressive Imperialism

10 Sep 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the birth of American empire before introducing Michael Ant...

American Foreign Policy: Wars of the Early Republic

03 Sep 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the early foreign policy decisions of the American republic...

American Foreign Policy: The Founding

27 Aug 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan introduce the course "American Foreign Policy." We often treat fore...

The Federalist: The Courts and the Bill of Rights

20 Aug 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the role that the judiciary plays in our republic before in...

The Federalist: The President

13 Aug 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the nature of executive power before introducing Dr. Ronald...

The Federalist: The Senate

06 Aug 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the role that the Senate used to play in our republic befor...

The Federalist: Why the Articles of Confederation Failed

30 Jul 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the role that the House of Representative plays in our repu...

The Federalist: The House of Representatives

23 Jul 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the role that the House of Representative plays in our repu...

The Federalist: Human Nature in The Federalist

16 Jul 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss Publius' understanding of human nature before introducing D...

The Federalist: The Problem of Majority Faction

09 Jul 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the inevitability of factions before introducing Dr. Ronald...

The Federalist: The Extended Republic

02 Jul 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the Federalist's arguments against the Anti-Federalists bef...

The Federalist: The Anti-Federalists

25 Jun 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the arguments of the Anti-Federalists before introducing Dr...

The Federalist: Publius and The Federalist

18 Jun 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan introduce the course "The Federalist." In a republic, every citizen...

Understanding Capitalism: Prosperity, Morality, and Freedom

11 Jun 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the spiritual elements of capitalism before introducing Dr....

Understanding Capitalism: Technology and Resources

04 Jun 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss how capitalism develops life-saving technology before intro...

Understanding Capitalism: Trade and Comparative Advantage

28 May 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss maintaining a balanced approach to free trade before introd...

Understanding Capitalism: Economies of Scale and Scope

21 May 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the difficulties of running a small business before introdu...

Understanding Capitalism: Production and the Division of Labor

14 May 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the division of labor before introducing Dr. Charles N. Ste...

Understanding Capitalism: Profit, Loss, and the Economic Structure of Society

07 May 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the power of economic indicators before introducing Dr. Cha...

Understanding Capitalism: Human Nature and the Cost of Choice

30 Apr 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan introduce the course "Understanding Capitalism." Capitalism rewards...

Totalitarian Novels: Science and Bureaucracy in That Hideous Strength

23 Apr 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss how easy it is for nefarious forces to influence the "educa...

Totalitarian Novels: That Hideous Strength and Faith

16 Apr 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss C.S. Lewis' unique approach to the totalitarian novel befor...

Totalitarian Novels: Loyalty and Confession in Darkness at Noon

09 Apr 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the nature of loyalty before introducing Hillsdale College ...

Totalitarian Novels: Darkness at Noon and Regret

02 Apr 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss discuss what distinguishes Arthur Koestler's Darkness at No...

Totalitarian Novels: Drugs and Genetics in Brave New World

26 Mar 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss how important struggle is in forming a human person before ...

Totalitarian Novels: Brave New World and Pleasure

19 Mar 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the power of pleasure to control a population before introd...

Totalitarian Novels: History and Language in 1984

12 Mar 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss how totalitarian states destroy the human spirit before int...

Totalitarian Novels: 1984 and Pain

05 Mar 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan introduce the course "Totalitarian Novels." Totalitarian novels dep...

Marxism, Socialism, and Communism: Cultural Marxism

26 Feb 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss Communism's transformation into a popular political positio...

Marxism, Socialism, and Communism: Yugoslavia and China

19 Feb 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the strange and deadly history of Communism outside of the ...

Marxism, Socialism, and Communism: Solzhenitsyn, Mises, and Hayek

12 Feb 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the deeply personal and precinct writings of Aleksandr Solz...

Marxism, Socialism, and Communism: Stalin

05 Feb 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the unique evil of Joseph Stalin. In “Marxism, Social...

Marxism, Socialism, and Communism: Lenin

29 Jan 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the forces that lead to the rise of the Soviet Union before...

Marxism, Socialism, and Communism: Marx

22 Jan 2025

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan introduce the course "Marxism, Socialism, and Communism." In &ldquo...

Communism's Bloody History: An Interview with Sean McMeekin

08 Jan 2025

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In this special episode of the Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah Regan sits down with Dr. Sean McMeekin, the Francis Flourn...

The Bible as Literature: An Interview with Justin Jackson

01 Jan 2025

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In this special episode of the Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah Regan sits down with Dr. Justin Jackson, chairman and professor...

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: The End of It

25 Dec 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the beauty of a Christmas well spent before introducing Dr....

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: Christmas Future

18 Dec 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the biblical themes in A Christmas Carol before introducing...

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: Christmas Present

11 Dec 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the power of Bob Cratchit's selflessness before introducing...

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: Christmas Past

04 Dec 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the terrifying and comical nature of the Ghosts of Christma...

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: Marley’s Ghost

27 Nov 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the depth of Scrooge's miserly ways before introducing Dr. ...

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: Introduction

20 Nov 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan introduce the course "Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol." By takin...

American Citizenship and Its Decline: The Global Elite

13 Nov 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss how much the COVID Pandemic changed their understanding of ...

American Citizenship and Its Decline: The Erosion of the Constitution

06 Nov 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the erosion of the constitutional consensus before introduc...

American Citizenship and Its Decline: The Unelected Deep State

30 Oct 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the rapid growth of the federal government introducing Vict...

American Citizenship and Its Decline: The Rise of Tribal Politics

23 Oct 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the source of tribal politics before introducing Dr.Victor ...

American Citizenship and Its Decline: Illegal Immigration and the Loss of National Sovereignty

16 Oct 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss Juan's journey to citizenship before introducing Victor Dav...

American Citizenship and Its Decline: The Disappearing Middle Class

09 Oct 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the economic roots of the decline of citizenship before int...

American Citizenship and Its Decline: The History of Citizenship in the West

02 Oct 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the shifting definition of citizenship before introducing V...

American Citizenship and Its Decline: Introduction

25 Sep 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan introduce the course "American Citizenship and Its Decline." Citize...

The History of Classical Music: Beethoven and Schubert

18 Sep 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan (and a very special guest) discuss the groundbreaking work of Ludwi...

The History of Classical Music: Haydn and Mozart

11 Sep 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan (and a very special guest) discuss Haydn's The Creation before intr...

The History of Classical Music: The Baroque Era

04 Sep 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan (and a very special guest) discuss the genius of Johann Sebastian B...

The History of Classical Music: The Development of Music

30 Aug 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan (and a very special guest) introduce the course "The History of Cla...

The American Left: Confronting the Modern Left

21 Aug 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss how to resist the efforts of the modern Left before introdu...

The American Left: Identity Politics and the Great Awokening

14 Aug 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the marrying of corporate and radical interests before intr...

The American Left: Rise of the Neoliberal Consensus

07 Aug 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the the thought of political theorist John Rawls before int...

The American Left: Radicals March Through the Institutions

31 Jul 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the systemic attempts by radicals to capture American insti...

The American Left: The Sexual Revolution

24 Jul 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the pervasive nature of the sexual revolution before introd...

The American Left: The Feminist Movement

17 Jul 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the far-reaching ramifications of the feminist movement bef...

The American Left: The Student New Left

10 Jul 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the thought of Herbert Marcuse Hillsdale before introducing...

The American Left: Civil Rights and Black Power

03 Jul 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the long-term ramifications of the civil rights movement be...

The American Left: Origins of the Radical Left

26 Jun 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the New Left's criticisms of American culture before introd...

The American Left: Liberalism’s Rejection of Progressivism

19 Jun 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the differences between Progressiveness and Liberalism befo...

The American Left: Introduction

12 Jun 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan introduce the course "The American Left: From Liberalism to Despoti...

The David Story: Shepherd of Israel

05 Jun 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the lessons we can learn from David's twilight years before...

The David Story: Consequences of David’s Sins

29 May 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the fallout of David's adulterous relationship with Bathshe...

The David Story: The Rise and Fall of King David

22 May 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the nature of David's adulterous relationship with Bathsheb...

The David Story: The Tragedy of Saul

15 May 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the unique relationship between the personal and the politi...

The David Story: Saul’s Rivalry with David

08 May 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan refute the common view of David as a scrawny teen before introducin...

The David Story: Samuel Anoints Saul

01 May 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the nature of kingship before introducing a lecture by Just...

The David Story: Hannah’s Faith and Eli’s Failure

24 Apr 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan discuss the basic theological precepts of 1 and 2 Samuel before int...

The David Story: Introduction

17 Apr 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Jeremiah and Juan introduce the course "The David Story: Shepherd, Father, King." Fir...

The Exodus Story: Moses and the Glory of God

10 Apr 2024

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On this episode of The Hillsdale College Online Courses Podcast, Kyle and Juan introduce the show's new host Jeremiah Regan.The three then discuss the...