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