This episode launches a new Blind Politics series: Eye on Ukraine. During the ongoing Russo-Ukraine war, Dr. Nolte analyzes global impact, domestic response, and conflict context. Stay tuned for more frequent episodes to keep you informed. 

In this episode, Dr. Nolte talks about how Russia's invasion of Ukraine has changed the game for global politics. He calls for a strong American response to isolate Russia, support Ukraine, and protect American hegemony. 

In this episode, Dr. Nolte explains why he thinks the brewing Parents' Revolt could have a greater impact than the 2010 Tea Party movement. The primary strength of the Parents' Revolt is its simple message: "get back in the classroom, get the masks off the kids, and stop teaching nonsense." Listen to this episode to hear how remote learning, masking in classrooms, critical race theory, and critical gender theory inspired this populist movement. 

In this episode, Dr. Nolte hops around the country, pointing to the most crucial senate, house, and governor’s races in the 2022 election season. He sets the stage for this election year by telling you about the key players to watch and goes on record with a few predictions.

At this moment of American history, some leaders on both sides of the political aisle claim that the state of our elections poses an "existential threat" to democracy. Dr. Nolte responds to these claims with the *shocking* assertion that American elections are fine. Listen to this episode to hear Dr. Nolte's hot takes about stolen elections, election reforms, and partisan politics. 

A year and a day after the events of January 6th, 2021, Dr. Nolte talks about what happened at the Capitol, the political mistakes and missed opportunities that followed, and the lingering mystery that still surrounds that day in American history. 

In this episode, Dr. Nolte recognizes outstanding events and individuals from 2021. Find out what Dr. Nolte identifies as the most significant, iconic, underreported, and over-reported events. Learn who takes the awards for noteworthy international actors and domestic actors from both political parties. Finally, hear Dr. Nolte go on record with a few predictions of what he expects to happen in 2022.

Dr. Nolte says it isn't too early to start thinking about the 2024 Presidential election. Of course, a lot can and will change in the next few years, but for now, here are 15 potential Republican candidates to keep an eye on and a few thoughts about the Democrats. 

In this episode, Dr. Nolte evaluates Dr. Robin DiAngelo's article "White Fragility" and considers the danger of fragility in a democracy. While some of Dr. DiAngelo's points may be useful as tools to explain discreet situations, the overall argument is fallacious, internally inconsistent, and paradigmatically false. However, the discussion of fragility is important, so Dr. Nolte discusses how unexamined assumptions make people fragile and pose a risk to democracy. 

In this episode, Dr. Nolte is joined by returning guest Mari Serebrov to discuss recent developments with COVID-19. What do we know about the Omicron variant? How do things look with FDA approval for new therapeutic treatments? And what direction are we headed in? For answers to all these questions, tune in to this episode!