A Rebel Without Applause: The Bill Kalmenson Podcast
Hosted by Bill Kalmenson · Bill Kalmenson
4.9from 50 ratings
- 132
- Episodes
- 7
- Transcribed
- 50
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
About A Rebel Without Applause: The Bill Kalmenson Podcast
Minor Musings on Everything and Nothing
- Publisher
- Bill Kalmenson
- Category
- comedy · history
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 11 Oct 2019
- Latest episode
- 10 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
7 of 132 episodes have a transcript.
10 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Finding the Lost Founder with Jesses Wegman
2 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
A Light or Blight Unto the Nations with Omer Bartov
8 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Reconstruction Revisited with Mara Gay
Inside a recent episode
Finding the Lost Founder with Jesses Wegman
Published 10 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] He doesn't expect to have a high-flying political life or legal life, but that's what happens because although his parents want him to go into the ministry, they're religious, he rejects that. And as soon as he starts his own schooling, he realizes he's quite an intellect. He ends up on scholarship at St. Andrew's University in Scotland, which is down the road from his farm in Southern Scotland. St. Andrews happens to be one of the great universities of the world at that time. And Wilson is getting an education from the thinkers in what we call the Scottish Enlightenment. So this is a period of just an explosion of political and philosophical and moral and economic thought that really transforms Western societies forever. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on A Rebel Without Applause: The Bill Kalmenson Podcast
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- Jesse Wegman
- Omer Bartov
- Mara Gay
- Steve Brusatte
- Andrew Knoll
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 49 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 1 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 43 / 100
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- Quality
- 56
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 77
Contact A Rebel Without Applause: The Bill Kalmenson Podcast
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- Does not typically book guests
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Questions about A Rebel Without Applause: The Bill Kalmenson Podcast
Who hosts A Rebel Without Applause: The Bill Kalmenson Podcast?
Bill Kalmenson host the show. Published by Bill Kalmenson.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes monthly, based on its RSS feed.
Does A Rebel Without Applause: The Bill Kalmenson Podcast take guests?
The show does not typically feature guests, based on episode analyses.
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