{"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":"Why Democracy Needs the Rich","slug":"why-democracy-needs-the-rich","published_at":"2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-radio-free-hillsdale-hour-1160693/why-democracy-needs-the-rich","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-radio-free-hillsdale-hour-1160693","url":"https://omny.fm/shows/the-radio-free-hillsdale-hour/why-democracy-needs-the-rich","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/0c7e618e-d306-498b-89ea-af55014957fe/c846b5d6-dbda-4db3-80c3-af5700e2f321/320fc6e6-d101-40c2-9806-b4030166edea/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=26b8df01-5a52-4102-bb8e-af5700e2f33d","summary":"Guests: John O. McGinnis, Maria Servold, & John Seiffertt Host Scot Bertram talks with John O. McGinnis, law professor at Northwestern University, about the important role that the wealthy play in our republic and his new book  Why Democracy Needs the Rich . Maria Servold, assistant director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College, discusses the tension between student press freedom and institutional support from a college or university and her recent essay “ The Complex World of Student Journalism .” And John Seiffertt, associate professor of computer science at Hillsdale College, explains the nature of Artificial Intelligence. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.","meta_description":"Guests: John O. McGinnis, Maria Servold, & John Seiffertt Host Scot Bertram talks with John O. McGinnis, law professor at Northwestern University, abo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3025,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-radio-free-hillsdale-hour-1160693/episodes/why-democracy-needs-the-rich/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/why-democracy-needs-the-rich.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}