{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"WRFH/Radio Free Hillsdale 101.7 FM","title":"Brad Birzer: Why Western Higher Education Deserves To Fail — And How To Save It","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/5bf4d109\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1558,"description":"Bradley J. Birzer is the Russell Amos Kirk chair in American studies and a professor of history at Hillsdale College. He is the author of 13 books, including his most recent, The Declaration of Independence: A Radical Experiment in Liberty. Birzer recently wrote an essay for The Daily Wire titled, \"Why Western Higher Education Deserves To Fail — And How To Save It.\" He joins Sophia Bryant on WRFH to discuss. From 09/23/26.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/CZyD-wr_CtIE9DPllLea0oqXShCj3ObEMIa1OFcsV48/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMzOTg5LzE2NjI3/NTY4MzEtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}