Radio Free Acton

October 31, 2018

Radio Free Acton: The story of Arthur Vandenberg; Russell Kirk’s horror fiction

On this episode of Radio Free Acton, Gleaves Whitney, Director of Grand Valley State University’s Howenstein Center for Presidential Studies, talks with Hank Meijer, Co-Chairman and CEO of US supermarket chain Meijer, about the story of Arthur Vandenberg (1884-1951), a US senator from Michigan who became one of the founders of modern US foreign policy. Continue Reading...

October 17, 2018

Radio Free Acton: Was Jesus a socialist? The importance of poetry

On this episode of Radio Free Acton, Dan Hugger, Research Associate at Acton, speaks with Larry Reed, President of the Foundation for Economic Education, about the question that seems to be cropping up everywhere nowadays: Was Jesus a socialist? Continue Reading...

October 10, 2018

Radio Free Acton: The debasement of human rights; Econ quiz on USMCA

On this episode of Radio Free Acton, John Couretas, Director of Communications at Acton, speaks with Aaron Rhodes, a human rights activist based out of Hamburg, Germany, about Aaron’s new book “The Debasement of Human Rights.” Continue Reading...

October 04, 2018

Radio Free Acton: Virtue in education; Discussing the literary greats

On this Episode of Radio Free Acton, Dan Churchwell, Director of Program Outreach at Acton, speaks with Nathan Hitchcock, education entrepreneur, about the role of character development and virtue in education, and what the future of education might look like. Continue Reading...

September 26, 2018

Radio Free Acton: The connection of faith and work; the legacy of Walker Percy

On this episode of Radio Free Acton, Associate Director of Program Outreach at Acton, Dan Churchwell, and Missy Wallace, executive director of the Nashville Institute for Faith and Work, discuss how Missy became interested in the connection between faith and work, and why it is an important topic in business. Continue Reading...

September 19, 2018

Radio Free Acton: Inside the studio of a violin maker; Upstream on the film ‘Andrei Rublev’

On this episode of Radio Free Acton, award winning news anchor Anne Marie Schieber visits the studio of Matthew Noykos, a violin maker in Grand Rapids, MI, to learn more about his craft and discuss how he finds purpose and fulfillment in his everyday work. Continue Reading...

September 12, 2018

Radio Free Acton: The good news about poverty; Upstream on ‘Operation Finale’

On this episode of Radio Free Acton, Caroline Roberts, producer and host of Radio Free Acton, speaks with Joseph Connors, Assistant Professor of Economics at Florida Southern College, about the global decline in poverty and how we can continue to reduce it. Continue Reading...

September 05, 2018

Radio Free Acton: ‘Work in the age of robots’; Has classical music been forgotten?

On this episode of Radio Free Acton, John Couretas, Executive Producer of Radio Free Acton, interviews Mark Mills, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, on his new book “Work in the Age of Robots,” about what our jobs and the future of AI might look like. Continue Reading...

August 29, 2018

Radio Free Acton: Entrepreneurship in Guatemala; Upstream on the future of the arts

On this episode of Radio Free Acton, host Caroline Roberts speaks with Jonathan Porta, co-founder of e-commerce platform UTZ Market in Guatemala, on his experiences in developing his business and on entrepreneurship in Guatemala. Continue Reading...