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Mattie Grace Watson of WRFH interviews Hillsdale alumnus Brittany Baldwin. Baldwin is formerly a speechwriter for U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and President Donald Trump. She now owns her own consulting firm.

This week on Letter of the Law, host Megan Pidcock discusses an ordinance in Skamania, Washington in the United States that bans the hunting of Bigfoot.

You may skip class. You might skip class. Do those mean the same thing? Find out on today's episode of Grammar Minute!

This week we discuss Taylor Swift since the cancellation of her Lover Fest including all of the projects, lore, and conspiracy theories that have burgeoned and circulated in recent years. Tune in to hear Jillian exercise her extensive encyclopedia of Swiftie knowledge and Garrett go on four tangents to avoid the matters at hand.

WRFH's Chloe Noller interviews Baylor University professor Dr. Michael P. Foley on his new book, Dining with the Saints: The Sinner's Guide to a Righteous Feast.

After reports about potential insider trading by members of Congress, a bipartisan coalition is working to prevent members of Congress from directly owning or making stock trades, but instead put their investment assets in a blind trust during their tenure. Josh Barker explains more on this week's episode of The Policy Corner.

Legislation impacting gun rights, LGBT anti-discrimination, and abortion are all being discussed up in Lansing. Josh Barker of Radio Free Hillsdale discusses all of these issues with Rep. Fink. 

Join tour guide Abigail in Israel as we visit Capernaum, a city on the Sea of Galilee that was the base for Jesus’s adult ministry in the Galilee. We’ll stop at the reconstructed synagogue while also trying to locate the earlier synagogue Jesus would have taught at. Plus, we’ll visit Peter’s house.You also won’t want to miss the answer to an interesting question: why can’t we tell 1st-century synagogue remains apart from the remains of any other building?

On this episode, Nate Privitt gives a footnote on the chaotic and influential life of Russian thinker Ayn Rand. He summarizes her life in poverty in Russia under the Bolsheviks, her move to the U.S., and her political activism. He gives a brief survey on what made her ideas and literature so influential to the modern world.

WRFH's Abigail Snyder interviews Dr. Louis Newman, author of Thinking Critically in College: The Essential Handbook for Student Success, available March 7, 2023.Dr. Newman shares about his background, his inspiration for writing the book, and some of his thoughts on the value of education and best ways to learn.

This week Ty Ruddy and Evan Mick rank their top 10 edge rushers, as well as their top 5 quarterbacks in the 2023 NFL draft.  They also rank their top 15 quarterbacks going into the 2023 NFL season.

This week, Micah Hart talks about a new piece of legislation in Florida about political parties, East Palestine, Hunter Biden, and Rep. Santos.

This week, Micah Hart discusses what happened at Dachau (the first Nazi concentration camp).

Bella is on aux this week and brought "Follow My Girl" to the table. We chat about the atmospheric vibe of Amber Mary Bain's music and about her strange underground popularity."

Join Patrick and George as they dissect this week's unemployment news, discuss the consequences of higher interest rates, and differentiate between the Dow Jones, S&P 500, and Nasdaq composite.

Letter of the Law is a show which goes over weird and wacky laws that are still on the books today. On this week’s episode, host Megan Pidcock discusses an ordinance in Southington, Connecticut that bans silly string and smoke bombs from public property and events.

On this week's episode of the Collegian Week in Review, hosts Maddy Welsh and Lauren Scott first talk to Jillian Parks about student off-campus decisions the College recently made, Thomas McKenna about how a teen firefighter saved a driver from a creek and a bill about introducing wolves back into the Lower Peninsula, Christian Peck-Dimit discusses Chargers mens' basketball, and finally, Maddy talks to Lauren about the power outage that swept across Hillsdale County.

WRFH's Abigail Snyder interviews Laura Beltz, Director of Policy Reform at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), to discuss speech codes on college campuses. Laura addresses the history of these unconstitutional codes and significant court cases that have challenged them, and she also shares more about what FIRE is doing to protect the right to free speech on campuses.

Gavin is on aux this week and revisited “Sunflower” by Vampire Weekend and Steve Lacy. We chat about some of the recent problems at Lacy’s live shows and concert etiquette.