Refining Rhetoric with Robert Bortins

Robert Bortins

Refining Rhetoric with CEO Robert Bortins. A podcast where faith, business, politics, and classical education meet. Join us as we use the Classical tools of rhetoric to seek truth in every arena of life.

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Refining Rhetoric with Robert Bortins

Episodes (227)

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Refining Rhetoric with Robert Bortins

Apr 1, 2026
54¼ minutes
53 MB

What if government education isn't just failing — but is fundamentally, morally wrong? On this episode of Refining Rhetoric, host Robert Bortins sits down with Dr. Bradley Thompson, political philosopher at Clemson University and executive director of the Snow Institute for the Study of Capitalism, to make the abolitionist case for education freedom. From the moral foundations of laissez-faire capitalism to the great books Lyceum program producing the next generation of principled Americans, this conversation will challenge everything you thought you knew about school choice, government schools, and what the Declaration of Independence actually says about the role of government. Dr...

Refining Rhetoric with Robert Bortins

Friday Night Lights Is Killing Education Freedom with Dr. Bradley Thompson

Robert Bortins

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