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This week, Alessia and Ava explore Bacon's Rebellion, the first man-made object to hit the moon, and the release of the two iconic TV shows.

Is it possible to have enough love to be content? Can a Christian be content with God's love, being that God is infinite, or will he always crave more of God? And what relationship does God's love for us have with our love for others? John Donne wrestles with all these questions and more in "Since She Whom I Lov'd Hath Paid Her Last Debt." Tune in for Erika Kyba's reading of this complex poem.

Football: Hillsdale vs. Wayne State, 09/12/26
Ted Fehringer and Joe Vankat on the call for WRFH

Nate and Storm chat with Ewan McNamara about volunteer hours, taters, and the glizzy slam-off.

Physiologically, we need to slow down and focus.

Stealthy Poison

Caleb and Daniel give an update on the previous week's Charger sports news and interview basketball player John Morris.

This week on Collegian Week in Review, Alessia Sandala talks with Gemma Flores about a local judge and the city's first mayoral debate. Then, Francesca Cella talks with Alessia about a bridge renovation and Megan Li asks Francesca about the latest with Ethan's Donuts and baseball.

Join Olivia Henson and Siobhan Weed as they rank their top 5s of random categories. This week, the girls are ranking the top 5 things they thought would be problems as kids that ended up being non-issues. They also talk about problems that flipped the script, surviving a pandemic, and bully earthquakes.

Michigan State Sen. Joe Bellino, who represents the state's 16th Senate District, joins Ariel McDowell of WRFH for a conversation. From 09/10/26.

Thomas Jefferson preferred newspapers to government; Aristotle believed a good citizen was measured by the extent to which they were informed. A free society needs a free press because citizens cannot govern themselves without access to accurate information. But because journalism has enormous influence over what citizens know, journalists must use that influence to serve truth and encourage independent judgment, rather than framing their own as fact. Join Andrew Schofield in the pilot of "First Principles & Last Things," where he pitches a standard for ethical journalism. 

Join Lilly Faye as she interviews Julie Adams, an award-winning soprano. Hear about the differences in opera performances in Europe and in the United States, and Adams’s story as a professional opera singer.  

Welcome to Factual Selection, a high stakes game of trivia where you have to correctly answer a string of increasingly difficult trivia questions. Guess a question right and you move on; guess a question wrong and you are out! Do you have what it takes to make it to the end?

WRFH's Sophia Mandt interviews Gregory Lyakhov, a freshman at Hillsdale College and one of the youngest nationally syndicated columnists in the United States.  Lyakhov has written for publications including Townhall, The Wall Street Journal, Reason Magazine, and The Washington Times, and has appeared on national media platforms, including Fox News, Newsmax, and The Epoch Times. His work has been cited by the White House, and he has collaborated with various media figures including Roger Stone.

Last one, best one! Join Lily, Ky Nam, and Ashlyn for the last time as they reflect over their college years and discuss some takeaways.
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A big welcome to...CHARIS LINTON (yep, a sister)! Learn about life after graduation, and some tips and tricks on how to adjust and get plugged into the "real world".

This week on “Under the Radar,” hear about President Trump's latest efforts to reinvigorate Michigan's manufacturing, a Supreme Court case about enforcing mail-in voting laws, a deal to secure most-favored nation pricing for more prescription drugs, 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 mainstream media. While they’re covering the President’s latest tweets, here you can hear about the new legislation, executive orders, and Supreme Court decisions that affect you. Welcome, to “Under the Radar.”

9/11 survivor & Fire Department of New York Veteran Tim Brown joins Nicole Sighiartau on WRFH to tell his story of surviving the attacks of Seprembe 11, 2001. In September 2001, Brown was a firefighter detailed to NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s Office of Emergency Management who responded to the scene shortly after the first plane hit. He lost dozens of his friends that day and has made it his mission to assure that our nation never forgets.

Join Ava and Alessia as they dive into the history of secret WWII missions, the creation of Piggly Wiggly, and more.

Can you know others without knowing yourself? This is the question which David Whyte interrogates in "Start Close In," as he examines what it means to cross over into the unknown territory of The Other. Join Erika Kyba to delve into sound advice...with a poetic twist. 

Football: Hillsdale vs. McKendree, 09/05/26
Ted Fehringer and Frank Fehringer on the call for WRFH

Nate and Storm chat with Charlie Taylor about the nine-fingered life, the Hawaiian Pidgin Bible, and a caged cougar.

Join Olivia Henson and Siobhan Weed as they rank their top 5s of random categories. This week, the girls are ranking the top 5 most unrealistic modes of transportation. They also talk about fake transportation, pocket unicycles, and shin dent city.

This week in Collegian Week in Review, host Francesca Cella talks with Ellie Fromm about Hillsdale’s commencement speaker. Then, Francesca and Megan Li speak with Sophia Bryant about a new memorial and track and field. Alessia Sandala then chats with Megan about the pickleball club.

Hillsdale College sophomore Ethan Savka joins Sophia Mandt on WRFH to discuss his new publication, Emergency Diocket. Emergency Docket allows young legal conservatives to share forward-facing perspectives on today’s legal news, court decisions, and the constitutional issues of tomorrow.

Nate and Storm chat with Joe "White Chocolate" Vankat about collecting injuries, being an unc, and llama Lamborghini.

We tend to think of beauty in terms of purity and proportion, but Hopkins upends those conventional ideas in "Pied Beauty." Instead, he proposes that God "fathers-forth" his beauty in the irregular and variable. Join Erika Kyba for her reading of why Hopkins celebrates sublimity in the strange.

In today's episode of The Poetry Fix, tune in for further musings from George Herbert on the Eucharist, Christ's sacrifice, and man's orientation towards his Creator. Join Erika Kyba as she analyzes the themes of Herbert's "The Banquet" and reads it aloud.

Today, Francesca Mangravite explore the magical tale of Wizard of Oz and its lasting impact on culture. 

Today, Francesca Mangravite chats about the Italian film Bicycle Thieves and how it left an enduring impact on film making and culture.  

Today, Francesca Mangravite uncovers the mystifying film North by Northwest and its lasting impact on culture. 

Today, Francesca Mangravite takes a bite into this pilot episode, where we explore the shark thriller film Jaws and its impact on culture.  

“Do you want to know?” That’s the question that undergirds George Herbert’s “The Agony.” Join Erika Kyba to encounter this poem, in which George Herbert explores the metaphysics of sin and love.

Victoria Churchill, U.S. Political Reporter for the Daily Mail, recently covered Michigan's primary election and President Trump’s statements about Democrat U.S. Senate nominee Abdul Al-Sayed. The general election matchup against Republican Mike Rogers is shaping up to be a referendum on the future of the country. Victoria joins WRFH to break down this massive political earthquake and argue this Senate race has completely altered the midterm landscape.

Do you seek beauty, or do you fear it? In "Kubla Khan," Coleridge places most of humanity on the second side of that equation; tune in to hear Erika Kyba's analysis and find out why.

Have you ever enjoyed a time in your life (or lived through a period of history) marked by prosperity, abundance, and opulence—yet felt a certain unease, especially when reminded of chaotic forces that could upset the bliss you find yourself in? Samuel Taylor Coleridge might have something to say about that. Tune in for Erika Kyba's analysis of Coleridge's psychedelic, fairy-tale-poem: Kubla Khan.

Hillsdale graduate Moira Gleason joins WRFH to discuss receiving of one the 2026 Joseph Rago Memorial Fellowships for Excellence in Journalism.

As Rago Fellows, Gleason will work with the Opinion section of The Wall Street Journal through a nine-month internship beginning this fall. The Fellowship is named in honor of Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial writer Joseph Rago, who was a rising star at The Wall Street Journal and a key member of its Editorial Board before he passed away at the age of 34 in 2017.

Americans have never had more ways to connect, yet we’ve never been more divided, lonely, and silent. Civil discourse—once the lifeblood of democracy—has been replaced by a fear of losing friends and family, being ridiculed on social media, getting swatted by anonymous callers, and losing your job, all because of the words you spoke.

Make America Talk Again is Brilyn Hollyhand’s roadmap to a better future. Hollyhand is a familiar face on national news networks, including Fox News, CNN, ABC News, NewsNation, and Newsmax, and he regularly provides a unique perspective on current events t...

How do you imagine God in relation to yourself? Is He a distant entity, to be admired from without? Or does He make His way into your inner soul, becoming a part of you? Tune in to hear George Herbert's answer to this question in "The Holy Communion," read and analyzed by Erika Kyba.

Perhaps you've encountered YouTube videos appearing on your feed to tell you to get off YouTube. In today’s episode of The Poetry Fix, join Erika Kyba to encounter the poetic version of this phenomenon in Wordsworth's "The Tables Turned." Wordsworth seems to exhort the student to do away with his books, seeking nature instead...but is this all that our poet has to say?