In this episode I talk with Assistant Professor of Sociology Pamela G. Monaghan-Geernaert and Associate Professor of Communications Liz Sills about Native American political humor. Professors Monaghan-Geernaert and Sills have an article published in the volume Political Humor Worldwide: The Cultural Context of Political Comedy, Satire, and Parody, (ed. Ofer Feldman, Springer 2024). The title of their article is "The Power of Funny: Indigenous High Art as Quiescence and Rebellion". Here is an excerpt from the article.

"In 2006 Apsáalooke artist Wendy Red Star released a print entitled The Last Thanks. Reminiscent of da Vinci’s The Last Supper, the piece features Red Star (in a traditional elk tooth dress) seated amid plastic skeletons wearing stereotypical Native headdresses at a table littered with unhealthy, prepackaged food... The Last Thanks uses funny imagery to address this history with a message of looking toward the future with resilience while realistically confronting the horrors of the past.

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

In this episode I interview newly minted PhD Lucas Wiscons and Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at NSU. In this episode find out what real encounters between the police and civilians are like. I also learn that there are such things as "ethnomethodology (the sociology of everyday life/commonsense knowledge) and conversation analysis (talk in interaction as the locus of social organization)". If you are interested in how the police and the people they encounter view the interaction later, this is the show for you.

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

Intrepid professor of government Jon Schaff and I discuss President Trump's amazing week. Topics include DOGE, whether the Chief Executive will regain control over the executive branch, the state of the southern border, and the President's recent (not) State of the Union speech.

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

In this episode, Professor Jon Schaff, Steven Usitalo, and myself discuss politics beyond our national borders. President Trump is attempting to end wars in Southern Europe and the Middle East. Will he be successful and if so, what will the peace look like? Will aggression have turned a profit for Putin and Hamas? How serious and how effective will President Trump's tariff strategy be? And finally, some movie suggestions from out intrepid trio.

This is the audio version of Spotlight@northern. The video version airs on NSUtv, on both Midco and NVC. You can also view it on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@northernstateuniversitytel9984.

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

The gang of three (Professors Schaff, Usitalo, and myself) reconvene to discuss the accuracy of our predictions. Hint: I got it right! We consider how big a victory it was for Donald Trump, what the polls got right and wrong, and the what the campaigns did right and wrong.

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

My guest today is Associate Professor of Math Ricardo Rojas. We discuss our mutual love of mathematics and the role of new technologies in teaching math at the college level.

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

This episode presents a conversation between Professor of Government Jon Schaff, Professor of History Steven Usitalo, and myself. The three of us discuss the upcoming Presidential Election, including predictions.

You can also watch a video version of the conversation on Spotlight@Northern, which airs on Midco channel 588. This episode premieres tonight (Oct 31st) at 7 pm and will air again at 2am and noon. Spotlight was created by Professor Schaff and myself. Past expisodes can be viewed on YouTube.

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

Season 5 of Wolftrax got off to a late start this year. For Halloween, I have recorded my own reading of a short story by H. H. Munro, who wrote under the pen name Saki. His stories mostly poke light hearted fun at the English upper middle class in the decades before World War I. This story, however, is very spooky. It is, in my humble opinion, one of the most perfect horror stories I have ever read. I will probably add some commentary later, but for now, enjoy Sredni Vashtar.

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