Defending the American Way of Life
The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour
Hillsdale College
4.8 • 650 Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Guests: Dr. Larry P. Arnn, Ryan P. Williams, & Nathan Herring
We hear excerpts from a speech delivered by Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn titled “Defending the American Way of Life.” Host Scot Bertram talks with Ryan P. Williams, president of The Claremont Institute and publisher of the Claremont Review of Books, about American scholar Angelo Codevilla and Williams’ new edited collection of tributes to Codevilla, Fighting Enemies Foreign and Domestic: The Legacy of Angelo Codevilla. And Nathan Herring, assistant professor of physics at Hillsdale College, discusses the life and accomplishments of physicist Sir Isaac Newton.
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| 0:00.0 | From the historic campus of Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan, where the good, the true, and the beautiful are taught, nurtured, and honored, this is the Radio Free Hillsdale Hour, bringing the activity and education of the college to listeners across the country. |
| 0:24.9 | Because this thing that has grown up that has consumed half our economy and driven us to near bankruptcy |
| 0:29.5 | and threatens to reduce us to despotism, we've got to the place now where it can't go on much more. |
| 0:35.4 | It's a house divided, and it must become one thing or the other. |
| 0:39.0 | And if it becomes the new thing that it's trying to become, it will be a contemptible and |
| 0:43.2 | miserable thing. This is your host, Scott Bertram. Welcome to the Radio Free Hillsdale Hour, |
| 0:49.3 | part of the Hillsdale College Podcast Network. That was Dr. Larry Arne, president of Hillsdale College. |
| 0:56.5 | We'll hear excerpts from a recent lecture he gave in February of this year. Also on today's show, |
| 1:02.2 | Ryan P. Williams talks about his book about Angelo Cotavilla, and Nathan Herring from Hillsdale's |
| 1:07.5 | physics department tells us all about Sir Isaac Newton. First, we hear excerpts from a |
| 1:12.6 | recent speech by Dr. Larry Arne, president of Hillsdale College. This lecture was delivered back in |
| 1:18.6 | February of this year in Phoenix, Arizona, as part of a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar, |
| 1:24.5 | the title, Defending the American Way of Life. |
| 1:28.2 | Dr. Arne begins by answering the question, what kind of people are we? |
| 1:33.1 | Are we a chosen people? |
| 1:34.7 | What kind of people are we? |
| 1:36.3 | What is our way of life? |
| 1:38.3 | Our way of life is produced by a principle and a story. |
| 1:43.7 | And the story has produced institutions and a human type, and both are |
| 1:50.0 | unique and wonderful. The principle is contained in the Declaration of Independence. It's a very |
| 1:56.0 | controversial as it is a very beautiful document. It's revolutionary, literally and figuratively. |
| 2:02.6 | It raised a reaction from the King of England. The King of England lived in the old world. |
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