Radio Free Acton

October 11, 2017

Radio Free Acton: Ben DeGrow on school choice; Econ Quiz on tax reform; Upstream on Ray Bradbury

On this episode of Radio Free Acton, Caroline Roberts talks with Ben DeGrow, Director of Education Policy at The Mackinac Center for Public Policy, about school choice, previewing his panel presentation at Acton’s upcoming Education & Freedom conference. Continue Reading...

October 04, 2017

Radio Free Acton: Tom Lindsay on the future of higher education in America; Upstream on The Devil and Father Amorth

On this week’s episode of Radio Free Acton, Paul Bonicelli, director of programs and education at the Acton Institute talks about Acton’s upcoming Education & Freedom conference and the future of education in America with Tom Lindsay, director of the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Higher Education. Continue Reading...

September 27, 2017

Radio Free Acton: Paul Kengor on Reagan and Pope John Paul II; Upstream on It and Mother!

On this episode of Radio Free Acton, Caroline Roberts talks with Paul Kengor, professor of political science at Grove City College about his new book on the extraordinary relationship between President Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II. Continue Reading...

September 20, 2017

Radio Free Acton: Mollie Ziegler Hemingway on fake news; Upstream on Fleet Foxes and R.E.M.

In this newest edition of Radio Free Acton, Mollie Ziegler Hemingway, senior editor at The Federalist, talks with Sarah Stanley, managing editor at the Acton Institute. Mollie explains how distrust for news in the media has grown and how integrity in journalism can be reclaimed. Continue Reading...

September 13, 2017

Radio Free Acton: Joe Carter on Antifa and the Alt Right; Upstream on artist Renée Radell

In this new episode of Radio Free Acton, producer Caroline Roberts talks with Joe Carter, senior editor for Acton and Adjunct Professor of Journalism at Patrick Henry College, about Antifa, the Alt Right, and how Christians should respond to the messages of both groups. Continue Reading...

August 16, 2017

Radio Free Acton: Jacqueline Isaacs on Christianity and libertarianism; Upstream on War for the Planet of the Apes

This week on Radio Free Acton we talk with Jacqueline Issacs, co-author of the recently released book Called to Freedom: Why You Can Be Christian and Libertarian, about her upcoming Acton on Tap lecture and to talk a little about why you can be a libertarian Christian; Acton senior research fellow Jordan Ballor conducts that interview. Continue Reading...

July 26, 2017

Radio Free Acton: Jim McGann on the world of think tanks; Upstream on Spiderman: Homecoming

This week on Radio Free Acton, we talk with Jim McGann (senior lecturer of International Studies at the Lauder Institute, director of the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program and senior fellow, Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania) about the world of think tanks – what they are, what they do well, and where they can improve their effectiveness. Continue Reading...

July 19, 2017

Radio Free Acton: Chris Armstrong on medieval wisdom; Upstream on Monterey Pop at 50

On today’s Radio Free Acton we share an interview from Acton University with Chris Armstrong, Wheaton College Professor and author of the new book book Medieval Wisdom for Modern Christians: Finding Authentic Faith in a Forgotten Age with C.S. Continue Reading...

July 05, 2017

Radio Free Acton: Dylan Pahman on the foundations of the free society; Upstream on horror flicks

This week, we talk with Acton Research Fellow and Managing Editor of the Journal of Markets and Morality Dylan Pahman on his new book, Foundations of a Free and Virtuous Society. Continue Reading...

June 21, 2017

Radio Free Acton: Bringing midwestern culture back to the spotlight; Upstream on Roger Waters

On this edition of Radio Free Acton, we talk with John Lauck—founding president of the Midwestern History Association, the associate editor and book review editor of the Middle West Review, and an adjunct professor of history and political science at the University of South Dakota—about his new book on the American Midwest, “From Warm Center to Ragged Edge.” Continue Reading...

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