Wolftrax
A podcast devoted to the amazing faculty in the College of Arts & Sciences at Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota. In each interview your host, Professor Kenneth Blanchard, interviews his colleagues on all things interesting and entertaining.
Podcasting since 2022 • 22 episodes
Wolftrax
Latest Episodes
Election Postmortem 2024
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 th...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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For the love of math
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.
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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Two Political Scientists and an Historian walk into a Presidential Election
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...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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Sredni Vashtar by Saki (H. H. Munro)
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...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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Environmental Stewardship and Social Advocacy
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 varia...
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