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Radio Free Acton: Discussing the Trump-Putin summit with Mihail Neamtu; Upstream on how to read
Radio Free Acton: Discussing the Trump-Putin summit with Mihail Neamtu; Upstream on how to read
Dec 17, 2025 1:42 AM

On this episode of Radio Free Acton, host Caroline Roberts speaks with Mihail Neamtu, Romanian conservative author, on the Trump-Putin summit, Russia’s economy, and what Trump should have prioritized at his meeting with Putin. Then, on the Upstream segment, Bruce Edward Walker talks to Peter Meilaender, Professor of political science at Houghton College, on literary criticism and how to best read a book.

Check out these additional resources on this week’s podcast topics:

Read “The Trump-Putin summit: A missed opportunity for liberty” by Mihail Neamtu

Read “5 Facts about Russian President Vladimir Putin” by Joe Carter

Register here to attend the ing lecture series event on ‘Abraham Lincoln’s Moral Constitution’

Read “Literature, Empathy and American Prosperity” byAnn Marie Jakubowski

Read “The Morality of Narrative Imagination” by Jordan Ballor

Do you have questions for the Radio Free Acton team that you would like answered in future podcast segments? We want to hear from you! Leave a message at 888-705-4180 or email [email protected]. Lastly, if you like what you heard on today’s episode, don’t forget to give us a rating on iTunes.

(Featured image used under Creative Commons license (CC BY 4.0). Credit: kremlin.ru/Wikimedia Commons.)

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