Blind Politics with Dr. A.J. Nolte

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Drawing on history, comparative politics and arguments based on political principles, Blind Politics seeks to examine current events and future trends both at home and abroad, and to answer the big questions behind the headlines. Along the way, we’ll strive to find common ground and practical solutions to complex, polarized and seemingly intractable political problems. Your host, Dr. A.J. Nolte is Assistant Professor at Regent University’s Robertson School of Government. Don’t forget to rate and subscribe on your favorite podcast provider!

Episode Date
A News Consumer's Guide to Finding Out What's Going On
Mar 20, 2023
The Russo-Ukrainian War: One Year Later
Mar 14, 2023
The Social and Political Implications of Revivals
Feb 28, 2023
2024 Presidential Match-ups I'd Love to See
Feb 21, 2023
Why 2024 Won't Be 2016
Feb 10, 2023
On Christian Nationalism
Jan 25, 2023
A Sporting Special in Which We Speak of the Speaker Spectacle
Jan 11, 2023
Conservatism Contra Celebrity, or How the Right Needs to Stop Worrying and Embrace Not Being Cool
Dec 12, 2022
The 2024 GOP Presidential Field Will Be Smaller than You Think
Dec 02, 2022
2024 GOP Presidential Candidate Comparisons
Nov 30, 2022
Top Five Things Both Conservatives and Progressives Can Be Thankful For
Nov 24, 2022
Here We Go Again
Nov 17, 2022
Midterm Election Update
Nov 16, 2022
Senate Power Rankings
Oct 25, 2022
Issue Brief - Russia Using Iranian Weapons?
Oct 19, 2022
Game Over Fauci
Sep 09, 2022
Borrowing Trouble
Sep 08, 2022
Is There a Blue Wave Coming? Not so Much.
Aug 19, 2022
The Importance of Religious Freedom
Aug 17, 2022
Dead Presidents
Aug 13, 2022
Alliance Grand U.S. Strategy
Aug 10, 2022
Dems Dangerous Double Game
Aug 08, 2022
The Fall of Boris Johnson
Aug 05, 2022
August Gubernatorial Race Rankings
Aug 03, 2022
August Senate Race Rankings
Aug 02, 2022
August 2nd & 4th Primary Preview
Jul 29, 2022
Israeli Election Update
Jul 28, 2022
July 2022 Presidential Power Rankings
Jul 27, 2022
Some Hard Truths About the January 6 Hearings
Jun 20, 2022
June Primaries Part 2, Recap (6/7/22) and Preview (6/14/22 & 6/21/22)
Jun 14, 2022
June 7th Primary Preview
Jun 07, 2022
SEC Primary Night Recap: 5/25/22
May 25, 2022
May 17 Recap: A Mixed Bag on a Wild Night: 5/23/22
May 23, 2022
Emerging Majorities, Great Replacements, and Other Demographic Fables: 5/18/22
May 18, 2022
Revisiting the Impact of a Potential Repeal of Roe v. Wade: 5/11/22
May 11, 2022
I, for One, Welcome Twitter’s New Quasi-Libertarian, Space-Obsessed, Eccentric-Genius Overlord: 5/10/22
May 10, 2022
Ohio and Indiana Primary Recap: The Buck-eye State is Still Feeling Trumpy: 5/4/22
May 04, 2022
May Primary Mega Preview: 5/3/22
May 03, 2022
Eye on Ukraine: A General Update: France, Moldova, and Donbas: 4/28/22
Apr 29, 2022
Eye on Ukraine: The Impending Battle for the Donbas Could Define the War: 4/19/22
Apr 19, 2022
2024 Presidential Power Rankings: April 2022 Update: 4/13/22
Apr 13, 2022
Eye on Ukraine: The Man Behind the Curtain: 4/11/22
Apr 11, 2022
What Can We Say About a Bill That Doesn't Say "Don't Say Gay": 4/8/22
Apr 08, 2022
Eye on Ukraine: Demystifying Viktor Orban: 4/6/22
Apr 06, 2022
Eye on Ukraine: America's Strategic Choices in the Russo-Ukrainian War: 4/4/22
Apr 04, 2022
Eye on Ukraine: Faith-based Aid in the Humanitarian Response to the Ukraine Crisis, ft. Arielle Del Turco: 3/31/22
Mar 31, 2022
Eye on Ukraine: Myths and Facts About Religiosity in Russia: 3/30/22
Mar 30, 2022
Eye on Ukraine: A Deep Dive into the Theology and Politics of Eastern Orthodoxy in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict, ft. Fr. Job Serebrov: 3/28/22
Mar 28, 2022
Eye on Ukraine: Pride Goeth: 3/22/22
Mar 22, 2022
Exploring the Counterfactuals of a Colin Powell Presidency: 10/22/21
Mar 22, 2022
2021 Virginia Election Preview with Julianne Condrey: 10/27/21
Mar 22, 2022
2021 Post-Election Review: 11/4/21
Mar 22, 2022
Why Donald Trump Might Not Run for President in 2024: 11/10/21
Mar 22, 2022
Eye on Ukraine: Understanding the Potential Global Food Crisis, ft. Richard Parker: 3/21/22
Mar 22, 2022
Eye on Ukraine: Memo to American Policy Makers
Mar 19, 2022
Eye on Ukraine: Exploring the Historical Narratives of Russian and Ukrainian Nationalism: 3/15/22
Mar 15, 2022
Eye on Ukraine: Evaluating Some Worst Case Scenarios: 3/14/21
Mar 14, 2022
Eye on Ukraine: The Geopolitics of Eastern Orthodoxy in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict, ft. Dan Harre: 3/11/22
Mar 11, 2022
Texas Primary Review, ft. Bunni Pounds: 3/10/22
Mar 10, 2022
Eye on Ukraine: the Impact of the Ukraine Conflict on the Middle East: 3/9/22
Mar 09, 2022
Eye on Ukraine: Introduction: 3/6/22
Mar 08, 2022
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Is a Pivot Point for U.S. Global Hegemony: 2/28/22
Feb 28, 2022
Why the Parents' Revolt Could Be Bigger Than the Tea Party: 2/14/22
Feb 14, 2022
The 2022 Election: A List of Key Races to Watch: 1/26/22
Jan 26, 2022
Vote Everyone Off the Island: 1/19/2022
Jan 19, 2022
One Year Later: What We Know, What We Don't, and What To Do About January 6th: 1/7/22
Jan 07, 2022
2021 End of Year Political Awards: 1/3/22
Jan 04, 2022
2024 Presidential Power Rankings: End of 2021 Edition: 12/20/21
Dec 20, 2021
An Anti-fragile Podcast: 12/15/21
Dec 16, 2021
Covid Pills, Omicron, and the Changing Face of Covid, ft. Mari Serebrov: 12/6/21
Dec 06, 2021
Post Pandemic is Coming: Are We Ready?: 11/22/21
Nov 22, 2021
Lebanon Crisis Roundtable: 10/14/21
Oct 14, 2021
Intersectionality and Abortion, ft. Professor Lynne Kohm: 10/5/21
Oct 05, 2021
Domestic Politics Update: 9/29/21
Sep 29, 2021
A Mandatory Podcast: 9/22/21
Sep 22, 2021
Okay, so Let's Talk about Roe v. Wade: 9/20/21
Sep 20, 2021
Can We and Should We Vaccinate the World: ft. Mari Serebrov: 9/10/21
Sep 10, 2021
Ending Wars Well: Afghanistan through the Lens of Jus Postbellum, ft. Eric Patterson: 9/3/21
Sep 03, 2021
A Deep Dive into the Delta Variant with Mari Serebrov: 9/1/21
Sep 01, 2021
A Pivotal Moment for the Future of America: 8/28/21
Aug 28, 2021
The Afghanistan Withdrawal is a Debacle of Biden's Own Choosing: 8/23/21
Aug 23, 2021
Why Bezos in Space is Probably a Good Thing: 8/13/2021
Aug 13, 2021
A Critical Look at the Critical Theory Debate: 8/6/2021
Aug 06, 2021
Can we actually have a reasonable conversation about COVID?: 7/31/21
Jul 31, 2021
Big Tech Backlash: 7/23/21
Jul 23, 2021
Virginia Primary Review ft. Juliane Condrey: 6/17/21
Jun 17, 2021
The One About Aliens
Jun 12, 2021
Netanyahu Out--What's Next?: 6/5/21
Jun 05, 2021
Stepping Behind the Curtain on the Violence in Israel: 5/19/21
May 20, 2021
Virginia GP Convention Review with Julianne Condrey: 5/12/2021
May 13, 2021
A Preview of the Virginia GOP Convention: 5/5/21
May 06, 2021
Covid Experts and America's Institutional Crisis: 4/28/21
May 06, 2021
What if America's Not About to Collapse? The Good News That Might Make Everyone Mad: 4/14/21
Apr 15, 2021
Remind Me Which Party is the Big Business Party Again: April 7, 2021
Apr 07, 2021
The Case for Solidarity with Professor Albert Thompson: 3/26/2021
Mar 26, 2021
Oh Fickle Fortune, or How Luck and Character Determine Political Destiny: 3/19/21
Mar 19, 2021
A History of Race, Racism, and White Supremacy ft. Prof. Albert Thompson: 3/16/2021
Mar 17, 2021
Evangelicals, Immigration, and the Way Ahead for the GOP: 3/10/2020
Mar 10, 2021
Reflections on Black History Month: 3/3/2021
Mar 03, 2021
Is it Time for the GOP to Like Ike Again? 2/24/2021
Feb 24, 2021
Politics in Virginia in 2021 with Julianne Condrey: 2/12/2021
Feb 12, 2021
Why Iran Has My Spidey-Sense Tingling: 2/3/2020
Feb 03, 2021
Trust the Science... Except When It's Politically Inconvenient: 1/20/21
Jan 20, 2021
Unpacking the Dangers of the Current Moment: 1/15/21
Jan 15, 2021
In the Aftermath of Insurrection: 1/13/21
Jan 13, 2021
Blind Politics Christmas Special, the Quest for the Historical Santa: 12/24/2020
Dec 24, 2020
The Union Forever? 12/16/2020
Dec 16, 2020
Predicting Year 1 of the Biden Administration: 12/9/2020
Dec 09, 2020
What the 2020 Election Might Tell Us About the Future of Politics: 12/4/2020
Dec 04, 2020
Dissecting Dems Down-Ballot Disaster: 12/2/2020
Dec 02, 2020
The Meaning and Importance of Gratitude in Politics: 11/25/2020
Nov 25, 2020
A Post-Mortum on the Trump Administration: 11/18/2020
Nov 18, 2020
Big Tech Challenges in the Next Congress: 11/13/2020
Nov 13, 2020
Election Takeaways and the Road Ahead: 11/11/2020
Nov 11, 2020
I Want Something Else: a Review of Third Parties in 2020. 10/28/2020
Oct 29, 2020
The Politics of Persuasion vs. the Politics of Self-Expression: 10/23/2020
Oct 23, 2020
Trump and Biden on Foreign Policy: 10/14/2020
Oct 14, 2020
The State of the Race After the VP Debate: 10/9/2020
Oct 09, 2020
Breaking Down Virginia Amendment 1 with Brian Cannon: 10/6/2020
Oct 06, 2020
Breaking Down the Amy Coney Barrett Nomination with Professor Brad Jacob: 10/2/2020
Oct 02, 2020
Debate Reaction: What on Earth Was That? 9/30/2020
Sep 30, 2020
How We Got to This Point with Supreme Court Nominations: 9/26/2020
Sep 26, 2020
Jewish-Christian Cooperation and the Future of the Conservative Movement: 9/24/2020
Sep 24, 2020
Tribalism, Polarization, and the Impossibility of Compromise: 9/18/2020
Sep 18, 2020
Counting COVID with Ryan Murnane: 9/16/2020
Sep 16, 2020
A Conversation on the American Political Tradition with Governor Bob McDonnell: 9/11/2020
Sep 11, 2020
A Post-Labor Day Look at the Election: 9/9/2020
Sep 09, 2020
Voegelinian Varieties, Gnostic Nonsense and the Political Virtues of Incarnation: 8/26/2020
Aug 26, 2020
In Which Doctor Nolte Goes Postal: 8/21/2020
Aug 21, 2020
Ask Me Anything #1: 8/19/20
Aug 19, 2020
Analyzing the Israel-UAE Peace Agreement: 8/14/2020
Aug 14, 2020
Kamala Harris Vice President Selection Reaction: 8/12/2020
Aug 12, 2020
The Electoral College is Not The Problem: 8/7/2020
Aug 07, 2020
The Big 5 0, A Rambling and Retrospective Review: 7/29/2020
Jul 29, 2020
George Washington is Still, and will Always Be, the Greatest President: 7/24/2020
Jul 24, 2020
How Should we Think about Experts: 7/22/2020
Jul 23, 2020
Assessing Recent Middle East Events through the Lens of Ideational Security: 7/15/2020
Jul 15, 2020
If the Lost Cause won, everyone would have lost: 7/10/2020
Jul 11, 2020
Could the Civil War have been prevented and would that have been a good thing?: 7/8/2020
Jul 08, 2020
Conventional Wisdom: 7/3/2020
Jul 03, 2020
A Zone of Peace Grand Strategy for the U.S.: 7/1/2020
Jul 01, 2020
How Conservatives Can Join the Conversation on Race, and Why They Should: 6/16/2020
Jun 16, 2020
Make Virtue Great Again: 6/12/2020
Jun 12, 2020
How Gratitude and Justice Have Made Us Talk Past One Another: 6/10/2020
Jun 10, 2020
If you think partisanship today is bad, wait until you hear about the 1790s: 5/27/2020
May 27, 2020
Meandering Media Meditations: 5/22/2020
May 22, 2020
China Strategy after Coronavirus with Professor Josh Hastey: 5/19/2020
May 19, 2020
We Need a Better Debate about Re-opening the Economy: 5/13/2020
May 13, 2020
A Discussion on International Elections with Special Guest Hank Jones: 5/1/2020
May 01, 2020
Religious Freedom, Coronavirus and the Need for Restraint: 4/28/2020
Apr 28, 2020
What Might the Post-Corona New Normal Look Like?: 4/22/2020
Apr 22, 2020
Is Islam Compatible With...?: 4/17/2020
Apr 17, 2020
Capitalism and Virtue: 4/7/2020
Apr 07, 2020
A Coronavirus World Tour: 4/3/2020
Apr 03, 2020
Democracy, Authoritarianism and Crisis Response, Analysis and Rant: 3/31/2020
Mar 31, 2020
Pizza, Path-dependence and the Politics of Institutional Change: 3/27/2020
Mar 27, 2020
Human Nature is at the Roots of Our Political Divide: 3/24/2020
Mar 24, 2020
A Way Too Early General Election Episode: 3/20/2020
Mar 20, 2020
What we know, and don't know, about Coronavirus: 3/17/2020
Mar 17, 2020
AIPAC and the U.S.-Israel Alliance: 3/10/2020
Mar 10, 2020
Night of the Living Joe Biden: 3/6/2020
Mar 06, 2020
Analyzing the Coronavirus Response with Admiral Larry Baucom: 2/3/2020
Mar 03, 2020
Examining the Idea of Christendom: 2/28/2020
Feb 28, 2020
News and Notes with the Woman Behind the Curtain: 2/25/2020
Feb 25, 2020
Pivot to China with Special Guest Josh Hastey, pt. 2: 2/21/2020
Feb 21, 2020
Pivot to China, with Special Guest Josh Hastey: 2/18/2020
Feb 18, 2020
New Hampshire Primary Results Live Reactions: 2/14/2020
Feb 14, 2020
Turkish Foreign Policy Under Erdogan: 2/11/2020
Feb 11, 2020
Breaking Down the Trump Peace Plan: 2/7/2020
Feb 07, 2020
Waiting for Iowa with Dr. Higgins, Dean Perry and Regent Students, live! 2/4/2020
Feb 04, 2020
An Analysis of Trump's March for Life Speech: 1/28/2020
Jan 28, 2020
We Need to Talk About Robots: 1/21/2020
Jan 21, 2020
Why Nationalism is a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Idea for Conservatives: 1/14/2020
Jan 15, 2020
Iran Fall Out: 1/10/2020
Jan 10, 2020
Ideas on a New Form of Presidential Debate: 1/7/2020
Jan 07, 2020
2019 in Review: 12/31/2019
Dec 31, 2019
Turmoil in the Middle East: Iraq, Lebanon, and Israel: 12/20/2019
Dec 20, 2019
Assessing Boris Johnson's 'Smashing' Election Win: 12/17/2019
Dec 17, 2019
Lessons on Impeachment from the Case of Andrew Johnson: 12/10/2019
Dec 11, 2019
Handicapping the Democratic Primary: 12/3/19
Dec 03, 2019
Zombies, Monsters, and the Politics of the End of the World: 11/21/19
Nov 21, 2019
Blind Politics Podcast Introduction: 11/6/2019
Nov 07, 2019