Texas Redistricting Like the Holocaust? Students Thrive Without Phones, Howard's End?

3 Martini Lunch

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🗓️ 6 August 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Hillsdale College Radio General Manager and Radio Free Hillsdale Hour host Scot Bertram fills in for Jim on Thursday’s edition of the 3 Martini Lunch. Join Scot and Greg as they dissect the left’s increasingly outlandish arguments over Texas congressional redistricting, highlight new research showing students benefit from phone-free classrooms, and react to reports that Howard Stern may soon retire.

First, they sit in disbelief as a Texas Democrat, who is currently on the lam in Illinois, compares the congressional redistricting fight to the Holocaust. They also chide CNN's Jake Tapper for saying Republicans abuse redistricting far more than Democrats and explain why Republicans feel confident creating new districts heavily populated with Hispanic voters who voted for Democrats until fairly recently.

Next, they dig into a new study showing that students do better in school when they don't have their phones in class with them. The research also finds that students support the phone restrictions once they experience them and enjoy more real-life interaction with their peers.

Finally, they discuss reports that Howard Stern may soon end his lucrative partnership with Sirius/XM. They review Stern's evolution from supposedly fearless shock jock to a pathetic, pandering leftist. Scot also explains why he believes Stern is overrated in the area where most people give him the highest compliments.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the three martini lunch.
0:04.9	Grab a stool next to Greg Carumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review.
0:10.5	Three martini's coming up.
0:12.5	Very glad you're with us for the Wednesday edition of the three martini lunch.
0:16.9	As you probably know, Jim Garrity is away.
0:19.2	And here in his place today is Scott Bertram, General Manager, WRFH, Radio Free Hillsdale, 101.7 FM on the campus of Hillsdale College.
0:28.0	His trophy case makes Nick Sabins, John Woodens, the poultry compared to the awards that those students have brought in under Scott's tutelage.
0:36.8	She also directs the Hillsdale College Podcast Network in the Radio Free Hillsdale Hour. Scott, great to have you with us again. Greg, thanks for the kind words about my trophy case. Of course, of course. They're all true. Let's dive right in here. We have good. We have, I think, actually, a second, the last two I think are pretty good.
0:55.2	We're going to be talking about what seems to be the end of the road for Howard Stern.
0:59.9	We're also going to be taking a look at the impact of students not having cell phones in the classroom.
1:05.7	But we're going to start with a multifaceted look at the ongoing fight over redistricting in the state of Texas.
1:12.6	We talked about this on Monday and how the Democrats fled to the most ironic state possible in Illinois.
1:18.6	In fact, J.B. Pritzker was on with Colbert last night. And of course, as we know from Stephen Colbert, that was a very even-handed, fair interview with plenty of tough questions. No, of course, it was just a tongue bath all the way through. But we're not even talking about J.B. Pritzker. We're talking about a couple of different elements here. First of all, Don Lemon. We just talked about Jim Acosta being a CNN cast off. Well, so is Don Lemon, of course, but just like Acosta, Don Lemon has a podcast,
1:45.1	and he is, of course, helping the Texas Democrats get their message out in any way that they
1:49.6	can. And yesterday, he had on State Representative Jolanda Jones. And of course, she's hunkering down
1:55.7	in Illinois with pretty much all the other Democrats. But it's her comparison here.
2:01.3	What she likens this fight to that really has our eyebrows raised.
2:06.7	And we better have the courage to stand up.
2:08.7	Otherwise, we will fall for anything.
2:10.7	And in this country, we will be defeated, deported.
2:14.2	I mean, we will lose all of our rights.
2:16.7	And if you think it can't happen, it can. And I will
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