Radio Free Acton

August 22, 2018

Radio Free Acton: What is Natural Law? Upstream on Netflix’s ‘Anon’

This episode of Radio Free Acton features a discussion between Drew McGinnis, Editorial Director and Research Fellow at Acton, and Eric Hutchinson, Associate Professor of Classics at Hillsdale College and translator of a book recently released in Acton’s bookshop: On the Law of Nature. Continue Reading...

August 15, 2018

Radio Free Acton: Econ Quiz on pensions and public debt; Upstream on Frida Kahlo and Stalinism

On this episode of Radio Free Acton, host Caroline Roberts speaks with Dave Hebert, Professor of Economics at Aquinas College for another Econ Quiz segment on the topic of pensions and state debt. Continue Reading...

August 08, 2018

Radio Free Acton: Luke Burgis tackles myths about entrepreneurship; Upstream on government funded art

On this episode of Radio Free Acton, Victoria Antram, summer intern at Acton, speaks with Luke Burgis, a businessman who was named a top 25 under 25 entrepreneur by Business Week, about the myths and misconceptions about entrepreneurship. Continue Reading...

August 01, 2018

Radio Free Acton: Interview with a Venezuelan dissident; Jared Meyer on the sharing economy

In this episode of Radio Free Acton, Noah Gould, summer intern at Acton, interviews Javier Avila, a Venezuelan dissident who speaks of both the bleak and hopeful future he sees for the resistance against tyrannical government in Venezuela. Continue Reading...

July 25, 2018

Radio Free Acton: Discussing the Trump-Putin summit with Mihail Neamtu; Upstream on how to read

On this episode of Radio Free Acton, host Caroline Roberts speaks with Mihail Neamtu, Romanian conservative author, on the Trump-Putin summit, Russia’s economy, and what Trump should have prioritized at his meeting with Putin. Continue Reading...

July 18, 2018

Radio Free Acton: Discussing the reconstruction era; Upstream on ‘First Reformed’

On this episode of Radio Free Acton, John Wilsey, affiliate scholar of theology and history at Acton, speaks with Allen Guelzo, professor of the Civil War Era at Gettysburg college, about reconstruction in the South after the Civil War. Continue Reading...

July 11, 2018

Radio Free Acton: Discussing the importance of free elections; Upstream on ‘Incredibles 2’

This episode of Radio Free Acton starts with another Transatlantic Intelligence segment, hosted by Senior Editor at Acton, Rev. Ben Johnson. Rev. Ben talks with Juan Pina, Secretary General of the Foundation for the Advancement of Liberty in Madrid, Spain on the Foundation’s World Electoral Freedom Index which ranks the nations of the world on the freedom of their electoral processes. Continue Reading...

June 27, 2018

Radio Free Acton redux: Why Abraham Kuyper matters

On this episode of Radio Free Acton, we revisit a segment aired 2 years ago. Marc Vander Maas, Audio/Visual Manager at Acton, talks to Jordan Ballor, Senior Research Fellow and Director of Publishing at Acton, about why the Dutch theologian and statesman Abraham Kuyper remains relevant to this day. Continue Reading...

June 20, 2018

Radio Free Acton: RFA Reports on Christians in the civic arena; Discussion on the Trump-Kim summit

On this episode of Radio Free Acton, we are pleased to bring you the third edition of RFA Reports. Guest Anne Marie Schieber, an award-winning reporter and former anchor with WOOD TV Grand Rapids, speaks with Rafael Cruz, father of former presidential candidate Ted Cruz, on the involvement of Christians in the civic arena and the separation of church and state. Continue Reading...