{"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":"When Race Trumps Merit","slug":"when-race-trumps-merit","published_at":"2026-05-22T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-radio-free-hillsdale-hour-1160693/when-race-trumps-merit","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-radio-free-hillsdale-hour-1160693","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=26b8df01-5a52-4102-bb8e-af5700e2f33d","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/the-radio-free-hillsdale-hour-1160693/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/the-radio-free-hillsdale-hour-1160693/when-race-trumps-merit.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}