A growing number of Americans are turning away from the establishment

education system amid lowered standards and the rise of politicized

curricula, but what are the viable alternatives to that system?

Some innovative educators are working to build just that.

In this episode we talk with one of these educators, Stephen Blackwood, the founding president of Ralston College, who's striving

for the revival and reinvention of the traditional university.

I'm Daly Wire Editor-in-Chief John Vickley.

It's Sunday, May 19th, and this is an extra edition of Morning Wire.

Joining us now to discuss the current crisis facing American academia and some of the

solutions to that crisis is Stephen Blackwood founding president of Ralston College Stephen

thank you so much for joining us.

Pager to be here thank you so much for joining us.

Pleasure to be here. Thank you.

So you're the founding president of Ralston College.

It's a liberal arts college located in the beautiful Savannah, Georgia, where my wife lived for

a while, actually. First, tell us a bit about your background. I know some

ancient texts play into your studies including Boethius. Well, you know, I'm just a simple

farm boy. Born in Alberta, Canada, grew up in beautiful Prince Edward Island on the

east coast on a little family farm. So really had a sort of experience of nature and

you know animals and you know all that sort of you know rural life involves

also grew up in a really big family I'm the oldest of 10 children and so I kind of

grew up immersed in this whole question of what a beautiful and wonderful and complicated and sometimes difficult thing

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