{"podcast":{"title":"The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour","slug":"the-radio-free-hillsdale-hour-1160693","podcast_index_feed_id":1160693,"rss_url":"https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/0c7e618e-d306-498b-89ea-af55014957fe/c846b5d6-dbda-4db3-80c3-af5700e2f321/26b8df01-5a52-4102-bb8e-af5700e2f33d/podcast.rss","website_url":"https://lp.hillsdale.edu/radio-free-hillsdale-hour/","image_url":"https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/0c7e618e-d306-498b-89ea-af55014957fe/c846b5d6-dbda-4db3-80c3-af5700e2f321/26b8df01-5a52-4102-bb8e-af5700e2f33d/image.jpg?t=1669695056&size=Large","author":"Hillsdale College","episode_count":379,"summary":"The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour is a one-hour, weekly radio show/podcast advancing the efforts of Hillsdale College in radiating its knowledge and teaching to the world outside of campus. Listeners will hear the arguments and debates that make up the liberal arts education and will experience the learning and teaching that happens on campus. Hosted by Scot Bertram.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T12:20:45.527730+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-radio-free-hillsdale-hour-1160693"},"episode":{"title":"Suicidal Empathy and the West","slug":"suicidal-empathy-and-the-west","published_at":"2026-07-10T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-radio-free-hillsdale-hour-1160693/suicidal-empathy-and-the-west","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-radio-free-hillsdale-hour-1160693","url":"https://omny.fm/shows/the-radio-free-hillsdale-hour/suicidal-empathy-and-the-west","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/0c7e618e-d306-498b-89ea-af55014957fe/c846b5d6-dbda-4db3-80c3-af5700e2f321/498a557a-972d-4b22-9a18-b47f011101d1/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=26b8df01-5a52-4102-bb8e-af5700e2f33d","summary":"Guests: Gad Saad and Stephen Smith Host Scot Bertram talks with Gad Saad, professor, evolutionary behavioral scientist, and host of  The Saad Truth  podcast, about the potential dangers of altruism and his new book,  Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind . And Stephen Smith, dean of humanities and Temple Family Chair in English Literature at Hillsdale College, discusses the life and teachings of St. Thomas More and his new book,  The Last Riddle: Advice on Living and Dying Well from the Imprisoned Saint Thomas More . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.","meta_description":"Guests: Gad Saad and Stephen Smith Host Scot Bertram talks with Gad Saad, professor, evolutionary behavioral scientist, and host of The Saad Truth &…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2944,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-radio-free-hillsdale-hour-1160693/episodes/suicidal-empathy-and-the-west/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-radio-free-hillsdale-hour-1160693/suicidal-empathy-and-the-west.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}