In April 2020, Nolke uploaded the first episode of "Explaining the Pandemic to My Past Self" to YouTube, a comedy sketch depicting her time-traveling to talk to her past self before the COVID-19 pandemic where she vaguely discusses various social and political issues that have arisen in the future with her past self, such as the pandemic, the George Floyd protests, and the 2020 Beirut explosion. The first several videos in the series collectively had more than 25 million views by October 2020. By August 2021, she had uploaded six videos in the series. "Explaining the Pandemic to My Past Self" was nominated for a 2021 Webby Award in the Viral, General Video category. Nolke won 2021 Webby Awards in Best Individual Performance and two Audience Choice Awards for best viral video and best writing.