Episodes

  • Environmental Stewardship and Social Advocacy
    Apr 19 2024

    To commemorate Earth Day, some undergraduate students at Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota highlight their semester-long research on various environmental issues. This interdisciplinary project emerges from a thematic variation of the second course in the college composition sequence, titled ENGL 201: Environmental Stewardship and Social Advocacy, designed by Dr. Kristen Brown.

    The host and creator of Wolftrax is Professor of Government Kenneth Blanchard.

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Presidential Rerun
    Feb 15 2024

    NSU Professors of Government Jon Schaff and yours truly discuss the current state of the 2024 Presidential race. How is this year like 1888? What's happening with the Black and Hispanic vote? Why did the Democrats stick with Biden? Why is Trump as strong as he is?

    The host and creator of Wolftrax is Professor of Government Kenneth Blanchard.

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    1 hr
  • The Jewish Question
    Feb 1 2024

    Professors Art Marmorstein, Steven Usitalo, and your host Ken Blanchard, discuss the Gaza war. We cover everything from the birth of Abraham to anti-Semitism at Harvard.

    The host and creator of Wolftrax is Professor of Government Kenneth Blanchard.

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • One Year Out
    Nov 15 2023

    NSU Professor Jon Schaff and I discuss U.S. politics one year ahead of the next presidential election.

    The host and creator of Wolftrax is Professor of Government Kenneth Blanchard.

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    52 mins
  • A werewolf & a vampire walk into a bar...
    Oct 15 2023

    Historian and professor Dave Grettler and I discuss all things furry and fanged in this second annual Halloween episode. We cover some scholarly angles on these ancient monsters and roll the bones on the best vampire and werewolf movies for the holiday.

    The host and creator of Wolftrax is Professor of Government Kenneth Blanchard.

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    54 mins
  • On a roll with Henry J. Kaiser
    Oct 2 2023

    Professor Dias tells me about someone who knew how to get things done: Henry J. Kaiser, captain of industry.

    The host and creator of Wolftrax is Professor of Government Kenneth Blanchard.

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    53 mins
  • A cup of science & a cup of stories
    May 1 2023

    In this episode I interview Professor of English Elizabeth Haller and Professor of Biochemistry John Mitchell about this course in science and literature. We consider the removal of a birthmark at a terrible price, suffer through an alien invasion, and smuggle a primitive microscope into Medieval Britain. If you like good stories with a cup of real science stirred into the broth, you will like this one.

    The host and creator of Wolftrax is Professor of Government Kenneth Blanchard.

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    53 mins
  • Dr. Grettler asks Dr. Blanchard about the biology of politics
    Apr 15 2023

    In this episode Dr. Blanchard sits in the hot chair and Dr. Grettler in the power chair. He interviews me on my field of research, biopolitical science. We talks about Chimpanzees and Bonobos, the difference between men and women, and why Charles Darwin confirms the natural law theory in the Declaration of Independence.

    The host and creator of Wolftrax is Professor of Government Kenneth Blanchard.

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    44 mins