Wolftrax

In this episode Professor of Communications Studies, Elizabeth Sills, comes on to discuss church clowns.  I hadn't heard of them either, but apparently they were once a pretty big thing.  Starting in the 1960's, clowns became part of the church service in many churches across the land.  For how this happened and what it might mean, tune in.  Professor Sills is also the interpreter of all...

I kick off season two of Wolftrax with Professor of English Peter Raimey.  We talk about his forthcoming translation of the great medieval poem, Beowulf .  We talk about the historical context in which the poem was written and that in which it is set.  Professor Raimey has done a masterful job of combining accuracy of detail with a text that is both readable in modern English and preserves the poe...

In Part 1, historian Steve Usitalo and I discuss Russia and the war in Ukraine.  Why did Putin invade?  Why have the Russians, so powerful on paper, done so badly against the Ukrainian army?  What objectives must Ukraine achieve to survive as a nation?  Is any resolution of the conflict on the horizon?   In Part 2,  ancient historian Art Marmorstein and I discuss the history of the early church. ...

In the first half of this episode I interview Professor of Government Jon Schaff about his fascinating book on Abraham Lincoln.  In the second half, Professor's Kristi Brownfield (sociology) and Elizabeth Haller (english) and I discuss our favorite movies for Halloween.   The creator of more recent Wolftrax episodes is Dr. Kristen Brown, assistant professor of English at Northern State Univer...