{"podcast":{"title":"Hillsdale College Podcast Network Superfeed","slug":"hillsdale-college-podcast-network-superfeed-6092662","podcast_index_feed_id":6092662,"rss_url":"https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/0c7e618e-d306-498b-89ea-af55014957fe/e917b144-9f7d-40c4-a719-af5c0186b659/d07439d3-1acd-439f-9a9d-afb9015effb4/podcast.rss","website_url":"http://podcast.hillsdale.edu","image_url":"https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/0c7e618e-d306-498b-89ea-af55014957fe/e917b144-9f7d-40c4-a719-af5c0186b659/d07439d3-1acd-439f-9a9d-afb9015effb4/image.jpg?t=1677792080&size=Large","author":"Hillsdale College","episode_count":1814,"summary":"Subscribe to receive every episode of every podcast on the Hillsdale College Podcast Network delivered directly to your device.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T12:22:38.855523+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hillsdale-college-podcast-network-superfeed-6092662"},"episode":{"title":"When Race Trumps Merit","slug":"when-race-trumps-merit","published_at":"2026-05-22T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hillsdale-college-podcast-network-superfeed-6092662/when-race-trumps-merit","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hillsdale-college-podcast-network-superfeed-6092662","url":"https://omny.fm/shows/the-radio-free-hillsdale-hour/when-race-trumps-merit","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/0c7e618e-d306-498b-89ea-af55014957fe/c846b5d6-dbda-4db3-80c3-af5700e2f321/cc986559-0ea9-4b64-ac0a-b450011f92cb/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=d07439d3-1acd-439f-9a9d-afb9015effb4","summary":"Guests: Heather Mac Donald and Richard Samuelson Host Scot Bertram talks with Heather Mac Donald, the Thomas W. Smith fellow at the Manhattan Institute and contributing editor at  City Journal , about efforts by the Trump administration to curb DEI programs and her book  When Race Trumps Merit: How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty, and Threatens Lives . And Richard Samuelson, associate professor of government at Hillsdale College’s Washington, D.C. campus, continues a series celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States. This week, Thomas Paine’s  Common Sense  and Abigail Adams’ admonition to “remember the ladies.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.","meta_description":"Guests: Heather Mac Donald and Richard Samuelson Host Scot Bertram talks with Heather Mac Donald, the Thomas W. Smith fellow at the Manhattan Institute an…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3274,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hillsdale-college-podcast-network-superfeed-6092662/episodes/when-race-trumps-merit/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hillsdale-college-podcast-network-superfeed-6092662/when-race-trumps-merit.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}