# America 250 Independence Day Special Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/hillsdale-college-podcast-network-superfeed-6092662/america-250-independence-day-special Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/hillsdale-college-podcast-network-superfeed-6092662/america-250-independence-day-special.md Podcast: [Hillsdale College Podcast Network Superfeed](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hillsdale-college-podcast-network-superfeed-6092662) Published: 2026-07-03T04:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://omny.fm/shows/the-radio-free-hillsdale-hour/america-250-independence-day-special Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/0c7e618e-d306-498b-89ea-af55014957fe/c846b5d6-dbda-4db3-80c3-af5700e2f321/ae92b307-a900-4652-8c32-b478014c8e41/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=d07439d3-1acd-439f-9a9d-afb9015effb4 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hillsdale-college-podcast-network-superfeed-6092662/episodes/america-250-independence-day-special Duration seconds: 2664 ## Resource Guests: Khalil Habib and Wilfred McClay Host Scot Bertram talks with Khalil Habib, associate professor of politics and Allison and Dorothy Rouse Professor in Politics at Hillsdale College, about the American Founding and his recent essay, “ The Importance of the Fourth of July, According to the Adams Family .” And Wilfred McClay, Victor Davis Hanson Chair in Classical History and Western Civilization at Hillsdale College, discusses the importance of measured patriotism and his recent article, “ Memory and America’s Birthday .” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hillsdale-college-podcast-network-superfeed-6092662/episodes/america-250-independence-day-special/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/hillsdale-college-podcast-network-superfeed-6092662/america-250-independence-day-special.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.