# The Making of the American Mind

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Podcast: [The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-radio-free-hillsdale-hour-1160693)
Published: 2025-12-05T05:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Guests: Mathew Spalding Host Scot Bertram talks with Matthew Spalding, vice president of Washington Operations and dean of the Van Andel Graduate School of Government at Hillsdale College in Washington, D.C., about his new book, The Making of the American Mind: The Story of our Declaration of Independence ,  and the intellectual tradition that inspired the writing of the Declaration of Independence. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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