# Appreciating Homer's Iliad

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Podcast: [Hillsdale College Podcast Network Superfeed](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hillsdale-college-podcast-network-superfeed-6092662)
Published: 2026-08-21T04:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://omny.fm/shows/the-radio-free-hillsdale-hour/appreciating-homers-iliad
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## Resource

Guests: Stephen Smith and Sam Lair Host Scot Bertram talks with Stephen Smith, dean of humanities and Professor of English at Hillsdale College, to preview his brand-new online course, “ The Iliad .” And Sam Lair, former director of The Center for American Education at the Idaho Freedom Foundation, discusses his Hillsdale College Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship dissertation on the political thought and statesmanship of James Monroe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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