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Radio Free Acton: Tom Lindsay on the future of higher education in America; Upstream on The Devil and Father Amorth
Radio Free Acton: Tom Lindsay on the future of higher education in America; Upstream on The Devil and Father Amorth
Mar 28, 2026 12:40 PM

On this week’s episode of Radio Free Acton, Paul Bonicelli, director of programs and education at the Acton Institute talks about Acton’s ing Education & Freedom conference and the future of education in America with Tom Lindsay, director of the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Higher Education. Then, on the Upstream segment, Bruce Edward Walker talks with Sam Buntz, writer at The Federalist, about “The Devil and Father Amorth,” a new documentary by William Friedkin, director of the classic 1973 movie “The Exorcist.”

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

Register for Acton’s Education and Freedom conference

The Devil and Father Amorth film

Do you have questions for the Radio Free Actonteam that you would like answered in future podcast segments? Leave a message at 888-705-4180 or email [email protected]

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