The Politics of Shakespeare, Part One

Hillsdale Dialogues

Hillsdale College

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🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Khalil Habib, associate professor of politics at Hillsdale College, joins Hugh Hewitt on the Hillsdale Dialogues to start a new series on the politics of Shakespeare's historical plays.

Release date: 20 February 2026

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0:00.0	Every week, Hillsdale College President Larry Arne joins Hugh Hewitt to discuss great books,
0:11.1	great men, and great ideas. This is Hillsdale Dialogues, part of the Hillsdale College
0:18.1	Podcast Network. More episodes at podcast.orgast.hillsdale.edu or wherever you find your audio.
0:28.8	Morning, glory, and evening, Grace, America.
0:31.4	I'm Hugh Hewitt.
0:32.6	You hear that music in the background.
0:34.6	That means it's time for the Hillsdale dialogue.
0:37.1	Enough of tariffs,
0:38.2	enough of Iran. We turn to him big, important stuff. Dr. Ron is gone for a couple of weeks,
0:43.5	so we're taking a detour from Churchill's World War II memoirs into something almost as English
0:49.0	as Churchill. I guess we have to count Shakespeare as English as Churchill. I'm joined by Dr. Khalil Habib.
0:55.7	He's been a guest before he's back from Hillsdale.
0:59.0	He's got a very interesting background.
1:01.3	He went to the University of Maine.
1:02.4	I've got to figure what that's out.
1:04.1	He's got his doctrine in political theory, his master's in political theory, and he teaches Shakespeare
1:08.7	and political theory up at Hillsdale College,
1:11.6	all things, hillsdale at Hillsdale.edu.
1:14.5	Dr. Habib, welcome back, professor.
1:17.1	Why did you go to the University of Maine?
1:19.0	I live a quarter of the year in Maine.
1:21.1	I'm just curious.
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