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.

This is your host, Scott Bertram. Welcome to the Radio Free Hillsdale Hour, part of the Hillsdale College Podcast Network.

This week on the program, a tribute and remembrance to Charlie Kirk, founder and president

of Turning Point USA and friend to Hillsdale College.

Today we'll hear a message from Hillsdale College President Larry Arne as the college mourns the

loss of Charlie Kirk.

We'll also hear portions of an interview Charlie Kirk gave to a Hillsdale College student

at CPAC 2020 outside of Washington, D.C., some five years ago as a 26-year-old.

We'll hear reaction from students and faculty here on Hillsdale College's campus,

and we'll also hear full remarks from Charlie Kirk's lecture on behalf of Hillsdale College

in February of 2025 as part of a national leadership seminar in Arizona,

titled Hitting the Ground Running, the Trump Transition and Early Priorities.

All of that coming up in this episode of the Radio Free Hillsdale Hour.

First, we hear from Hillsdale College President Larry Arne and his message as the college mourns the loss of Charlie Kirk.

I want to express the condolences of my wife and me and of all of Hillsdale College to the family, Erica, and the children of Charlie Kirk. I want to express the condolences of my wife and me and of all of Hillsdale College

to the family, Erica, and the children of Charlie Kirk. Charlie was a friend of mine. The way he

became a friend tells something not so much about what he achieved, which is famous, but how he

achieved it, how he deserved to achieve it. I met Charlie when he was 19.

He was already becoming famous.

So I asked him what he did, and he said he did Turning Point.

I said, what is that?

And he said he's going to improve the culture on college campuses.

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