In her new book, Let’s Build Extraordinary Youth Together, educator and youth advocate Dr. Kim Metcalfe issues a compelling challenge to parents, teachers, and policymakers alike: It’s time to stop pushing ideology and start raising empowered, resilient young people. She joins Emma Wiermann on WRFH to discuss.…

“Far East, Close Up” provides Westerners a front-row seat to the customs, cultures and everyday life in East Asia. Created and hosted by Emma Wiermann. EP 3 "Rice": Why rice is such an integral part of the East Asian diet.על ידי Student Content

“A Bit of Fit” brings you bit-sized bits of health and fitness tips to implement in everyday life. Created and hosted by Emma Wiermann. EP 3 "The Sweet Poison": How sugar is so harmful to your health.על ידי Student Content

Lindsay Lights, chair of the Big Tree Hunt, joins Emma Wiermann to discuss the event. This summer, Michiganders are invited to join the adventure of searching for the biggest trees in the state! ReLeaf Michigan’s Big Tree Hunt is a free, family-friendly contest that encourages getting outdoors and appreciating the incredibly large trees around us e…

“A Bit of Fit” brings you bit-sized bits of health and fitness tips to implement in everyday life. Created and hosted by Emma Wiermann. Ep 2 “Weightlifting and Bone Density”: Today’s episode talks about how weightlifting boosts bone density.על ידי Student Content

“Far East, Close Up” provides Westerners a front-row seat to the customs, cultures, and everyday life in East Asia. Created and hosted by Emma Wiermann. Ep 2 “Nǐ hǎo”: How to say “Hello!” in Mandarin Chinese.על ידי Student Content

“His Works Through Her Eyes” is a show that brings biblical events to life through the inner thoughts of a young woman as she witnesses them firsthand. Each episode takes artistic liberty to retell a particular biblical story based on a passage of scripture, in addition to historical research. Created and narrated by Emma Wiermann. Ep 2 “Welcome to…

Today, Erika Kyba reads W. B. Yeats's "Down by the Salley Gardens," a wistful meditation on lost love and innocence.על ידי Student Content

Today, Erika Kyba reads John Donne's "The Good-Morrow," which meditates on the unity of lovers, as well as the virtues needed for romantic love to endure.על ידי Student Content

EP 1 “The Vessel”: A retelling of the beginning of the story of Noah’s Ark through the eyes of Adataneses, wife of Japeth and daughter-in-law of Noah. Based on Genesis 6-7. His Works Through Her Eyes is a show that brings biblical events to life through the inner thoughts of a young woman as she witnesses them firsthand. Each episode takes artistic…

A Bit of Fit brings you bit-sized bits of health and fitness tips to implement in everyday life. Created and hosted by Emma Wiermann. EP 1 “Sitting”: The health risks of sitting for long periods.על ידי Student Content

Far East, Close Up provides Westerners a front-row seat to the customs, cultures and everyday life in East Asia. Created and hosted by Emma Wiermann. In this episode, Emma gives us the history of these finicky eating utensils.על ידי Student Content

Today, Erika Kyba reads John Milton's "At a Solemn Music," which extols the sanctifying power of song.על ידי Student Content

Join Nicole Sighiartau as she discusses some of her wildest experiences in the great outdoors! This week she is joined by her Dad, Julius Sighiartau, to share their story of hiking the Grand Canyon and tips for staying safe while exploring the desert.על ידי Student Content

Today, Erika Kyba reads Salvador Espriu's "An Inner Happiness is Absolutely of my World," a self-reflective meditation on poetry as a door to the soul of the poet.על ידי Student Content

Today, Erika Kyba reads John Donne's Holy Sonnet XII, which offers a frame for looking at nature with new eyes.על ידי Student Content

Today, Erika Kyba reads the conclusion of Percy Shelley's Ode to the West Wind. We see the poet recognize his mortality and surrender himself and his work to the autumnal spirit. However, he hopes that the wind's destruction will ultimately bring renewal.על ידי Student Content

Today, Erika Kyba reads an excerpt from Percy Shelley's Ode to the West Wind, which celebrates the destructive spirit of the West Wind as a harbinger of renewal.על ידי Student Content

Join Nicole Sighiartau as she discusses some of her wildest experiences in the great outdoors! This week she shares some of her favorite stories of hiking and traveling with her Dad.על ידי Student Content

Join Nicole Sighiartau as she discusses some of her wildest experiences in the great outdoors! This week she shares her top tips for getting into a new outdoor hobby this summer.על ידי Student Content

Join Nicole Sighiartau as she discusses some of her wildest experiences in the great outdoors! This week she shares her journey up each of the 14ers she hiked the summer that she was 14.על ידי Student Content

Jayden Jelso is an aspiring author, screenwriter, and filmmaker. He started writing his debut novel, Talon, when he was only sixteen and published it at eighteen. His forthcoming novel, Magistrate, is scheduled for release soon. He posts about his current work in progress on his Instagram feed @authorjaydenjelso. He joins WRFH for a conversation. F…

Cloud seeding could be the water solution the West desperately needs. So why are some states trying to ban it? Isaiah Menning, External Affairs Manager at the American Conservation Coalition and Young Voices Contributor, makes a case for investing in cloud seeding innovation. With Utah leading the charge and China rapidly scaling its own weather mo…

Gary D. Schmidt is the bestselling author of The Labors of Hercules Beal; Just Like That; National Book Award finalist Okay for Now; Pay Attention, Carter Jones; Orbiting Jupiter; the Newbery Honor and Printz Honor Book Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy; and the Newbery Honor Book The Wednesday Wars. He lives in rural Michigan. He joins Emily S…

WRFH host Alexandra Comus talks with Micah Miller about his CSP thesis, "Until They Are Oned to Him: The Metaphysics of Marriage in the Sophiology of Sergei Bulgakov." From 05/2025.על ידי Student Content

More than 160 years ago, Abraham Lincoln succumbed to the assassin’s bullet. In Religion & Liberty, Michael Lucchese writers an essay reflecting on that dark hour and on Lincoln’s greatness as a public theologian. More than perhaps anyone else, the Railsplitter articulated a theology of both American liberty and American anguish. The enduring insig…

WRFH host Megan Pidcock talks to Alex Rosado about his recent article for Reason Magazine titled, “Mississippi is Ditching its Income Tax. Other States Should Follow.” He breaks down what Mississippi’s latest legislation may mean for the state, and why other states should follow in its footsteps. Alex Rosado is professional programs assistant at th…

Graduating senior Ezra Blackwell joins Peter Ansrews on WRFH to discuss his experience at Hillsdale and the music department at the College. From 05/06/25.על ידי Student Content

WRFH host Megan Pidcock talks to Hillsdale College senior Emily Griffith about her recent entry into the first annual Hillsdale playwrighting competition. She discusses the meaning behind her play, “I’m Not a Mourning Person,” how writing the script impacted her, and how she grew from her experience in the Hillsdale theatre department.…

Major General William M. Matz, Jr is a highly decorated combat veteran of the United States Army with a distinguished military career spanning four decades. His book, My Toughest Battle: A Soldier's Lifelong Struggle with Polio, is the inspiring life story of a young boy stricken with polio who, through sheer grit, the drive to achieve, and love of…

WRFH's Sophia Mandt interviews Senior Classics major Maya Toman's CSP thesis, titled "The Anti-Confessions: Til We Have Faces as a Response to Augustine." From 05/06/25.על ידי Student Content

My fourth science fiction novel, Warsafe, releases today! Here's a sneak peek into the publishing process on today's episode of Grammar Minute.על ידי Student Content

This is (officially) the last episode of Grammar Minute recorded for WRFH Radio Free Hillsdale, 101.7 FM. While we're at it, learn how to write "thank you" when used as an adjective.על ידי Student Content

Steven Witkoff, dubbed Trump's "Envoy to Everything" by the New York Times, has emerged as one of the Trump administration's most prominent figures. Malia discusses who he is and what he's doing in this week's episode of National Security Matters.על ידי Student Content

The secret fallacy destroying modern dialogue.על ידי Student Content

A common tip for speed reading is suppressing your internal narrator. Learn why this might work for you on today's episode of Grammar Minute!על ידי Student Content

Go outside and look up with today's special episode of Astro Minute.על ידי Student Content

This week on “Under the Radar,” hear about an executive order defunding public media, a bill that commits to moving America from 5G to 6G internet, a Supreme Court case about which immigrants will receive temporary protected status, and more. I’m your host, Luke Miller, and on this show we’ll cover the news you didn’t catch this week from the mains…

Emma and Sophia discuss whether or not universities can become neutral and if Trump's finding cuts will achieve their intended purpose.על ידי Student Content

Ever since its Oct. 7 attack, Hamas has been cast in opposing lights by media: terrorist and freedom fighter. Join Malia for a broad overview of Hamas by reviewing its founding charter and the 2017 revision.על ידי Student Content

This week we discuss Garrett Goolsby and Jillian Parks through the eyes of social media and a Google Search, respectively. Tune in to the final episode of our undergraduate years as we look back on the insights and lessons that we gleaned from producing 80 episodes of the show.על ידי Student Content

Today, Erika Kyba reads John Donne's Holy Sonnet IX, in which the poet wrestles with the themes of sin, guilt, and forgiveness.על ידי Student Content

Join Nicole Sighiartau as she discusses some of her wildest experiences in the great outdoors! This week she shares the story behind running her first marathon!על ידי Student Content

Malia discusses the merits of a prospective Ukraine-Russia permanent peace deal in light of the recent partial ceasefire and Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy's history of negotiating with Russia.על ידי Student Content

The final episode of The State of the World breaks down top headlines in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Western Hemisphere. Key topics include the selection of Spanish blackouts, South China Sea tensions, strikes on the Houthi terrorists, and Western Hemisphere elections.על ידי Student Content

WRFH's Alexandra Comus talks with Sofie Kellar about her thesis for the Collegiate Scholars Program, "The Huldra and Kitsune as Phenomenological Fox Tricksters Across the East and West." From 05/03/05על ידי Student Content

Baseball: Hillsdale vs. Ashland (Game Two), 05/03/25 Eleanor Whitaker and Gabe Themar on the call for WRFHעל ידי Student Content

From mental illness to homelessness, "assisted dying" is no longer limited to the terminally ill. Is America ready to follow that path? Kyle Patrick Moran, a political analyst and Young Voices contributor, warns that America is edging toward a dangerous shift in how it values life, and must learn from Canada's rapid unraveling of safeguards. He joi…

Dr. Douglas Johnson, Associate Professor of Management at Hillsdale College, joins Nicole Sighiartau on WRFH to discuss Hillsdale's Hutchison Center for Commerce and Freedom. The object of the Center is to advance the study of the crucial role of commerce in human flourishing. Any study of commerce that does not consider freedom a prerequisite to i…

Samantha Mendell is an author and editor at Mendell Studios. Learn more about common writing mistakes, incorporating faith into writing, and more in today's special episode of Grammar Minute!על ידי Student Content