The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour: The Spirit of America’s Founders

About this episode

Scot Bertram interviews historians Arthur Herman and Bradley C.S. Watson about the influence of America's Founders and Herman's new book.

Guests: Arthur Herman and Bradley C.S. Watson Host Scot Bertram talks with Arthur Herman, New York Times bestselling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist, about the impact of the Founders throughout American history and his new book, Founder’s Fire: From 1776 to the Age of Trump. And Bradley C.S. Watson, associate professor of government at Hillsdale’s Van Andel Graduate […]

People in this episode

Host: Scot Bertram

Guests: Arthur Herman, Bradley C.S. Watson

Topics covered

• American history
• Founding Fathers
• political impact
• historical analysis
• Trump era

Keywords

• Founding Fathers
• American history
• Arthur Herman
• Bradley C.S. Watson
• politics
• Trump
• historian

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Founder’s Fire: From 1776 to the Age of Trump

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