1050 Bascom

1050 Bascom

Editors and Hosts: Honor Durham, Allison Keeley, and Nama Pandey, and Ian Wilder Producer: Amy Gangl

Episodes

Foreign Policy and International Trade with Professor Jon Pevehouse

December 16, 2025 • 42 mins
In this week's episode, Evan is joined by professor Jon Pevehouse to discuss his background in international relations, and the relationship between domestic affairs, foreign policy, and international trade.
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Left, Right, and Center with Professor Jeffrey Church

December 9, 2025 • 41 mins
In this episode of 1050 Bascom, Evan sits down with Professor Jeffrey Church, a new faculty member at UW-Madison, to discuss his background in political theory and his upcoming course PS400: Left, Right, and Center.
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PS 401 - Threats to Democracy and PS 400 - Political Violence with Professor Andres Uribe

December 2, 2025 • 30 mins
In this episode of 1050 Bascom, Evan and Nama are joined by Professor Andres Uribe, a new faculty member in the department, to discuss his background in comparative politics, his ongoing class PS 401: Threads to Democracy, and his forthcoming class PS 400: Political Violence.
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Political Methodology with Professor Anton Strezhnev

November 25, 2025 • 46 mins
In this episode, Lauren and Heewone are joined by Professor Anton Strezhnev, a new faculty member in the Department of Political Science, to discuss his background at Harvard, NYU, and the University of Chicago, his work in the field of political methodology, his experience teaching PS-170 - Research Methods in Political Science, and more!
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The Philosophy of Law, Religion, and Politics with Dr. Daniel Mark

November 18, 2025 • 53 mins
In this episode, Evan is joined by Daniel Mark, a professor of Political Science at Villanova University, to discuss his work regarding the philosophy of law and the relationship between politics and religion.
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Contemporary International Relations Association with club Founder and President Tony Jing

November 11, 2025 • 27 mins
In this episode, Nama and Evan are joined by Tony Jing, the founder and president of the Contemporary International Relations Association at UW-Madison, a new student organization that encourages discussion on international relations from diverse perspectives, provides flexible research opportunities, and connects students with UW professors & professionals.
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Lessons from the White House with former Chief of Staff Denis McDonough

November 4, 2025 • 43 mins
In this episode, Nama, Lauren, Heewone, and Evan sit down with former Deputy National Security Advisor, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough to discuss how his experiences - from his upbringing, to his education, to his remarkable career - have shaped his outlook on life, and the lessons he's learned along the way.
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Ancient Ideas: East and West with Hamni Park

October 28, 2025 • 21 mins
In this episode, Lauren and Nama are joined by Hamni Park, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science, to discuss the course she's teaching this semester: PS 400 - Ancient Ideas: East and West.
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Campaign Finance and Electoral Politics with Professor Barry Burden

October 21, 2025 • 38 mins
In this episode, Heewone, Evan, and Nama are joined by Barry Burden, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Elections Research Center, to discuss his background in electoral politics, his various publications, and the ERC's event that took place on October 3rd - Election Matters 2025: Money, Politics, and the First Amendment.
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Russian Law and Lawyers and Democratic Decline (LADD) with Professor Kathryn Hendley

October 14, 2025 • 33 mins
In this episode, Evan is joined by Kathryn Hendley, the Roman Z. Livshits & Theodore W. Brazeau Professor of Law and Political Science, to discuss her roots in studying Russian law, and her work as the Director of Lawyers and Democratic Decline (LADD), a new research project at the UW-Madison School of Law, which explores how legal professionals navigate repression, uphold democratic norms, and negotiate their professional identity...
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Political Behavior with Professor Matt Pietryka

October 7, 2025 • 25 mins
This week, Nama and Lauren sit down with Matt Pietryka, one of the new faculty in the Department of Political Science, to discuss his research and teaching in Political Behavior, Political Psychology, Social Network Analysis, and R Programming
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Senior Theses, Grad School, and Disability Studies with Emmett Lockwood

September 30, 2025 • 50 mins
In this episode, Heewone, Evan, and Lauren are joined by Emmett Lockwood, a recent UW-Madison alum, to discuss his experience writing his senior thesis at Madison, how grad school has been, and his path to pursuing a master's degree in critical disability studies at York University in Toronto, Ontario.
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The First Amendment with Professor Howard Schweber

September 23, 2025 • 61 mins
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Careers in Public Policy with Ryan Ring

September 16, 2025 • 27 mins
In this episode, Nama and Evan are joined by Ryan Ring, a recent graduate of the La Follette School of Public Affairs, to talk about the upcoming State Capitol Eat and Greet event on September 26, where Ryan will be a panelist, as well as Ryan's career from Washington D.C., to MPA, to working on the Joint Finance Committee for the state of Wisconsin.
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Crime and Punishment w/ BridgeMadison

May 28, 2025 • 26 mins
In this episode of 1050 Bascom, Nama is joined by executive board members of BridgeMadison to discuss the event they hosted in April regarding crime and punishment.
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Clarence Thomas’s Radical Race Politics and the Supreme Court w/ Prof. Robin

May 19, 2025 • 25 mins
On this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were delighted to talk with Corey Robin, Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center. Prof. Robin is also a frequent contributor to The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, and other publications. Prof. Robin was on campus in April as part of the University’s Phi Beta Kappa Society’s Visiting Scholar Program. He presented a talk entitled, “...
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Amed Khan on Private-Aid Coordination in Conflict Zones

May 13, 2025 • 54 mins
On this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were honored and delighted to interview Amed Khan. Amed is the President of the Amed Khan Foundation and a UW–Madison alum who majored in International Relations and Political Science. His career defies any standard résumé: from working in the West Wing as a special assistant at the Peace Corps, to running rescue missions in Kabul, coordinating evacuations in Syria and Ukraine, and founding a re...
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University-State Relations with Crystal Potts

May 6, 2025 • 36 mins
In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were delighted to interview Crystal Potts, Senior Director of State Relations & Statewide Outreach, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Crystal is also a Badger alumni who majored in Political Science and Chinese. Crystal is the university’s key liaison to the governor’s office, state legislature, and state agencies, advocating for public higher education across Wisconsin. We thoroughly enjoyed tal...
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PS Pod: Leadership and Public Service with Lt. Col. Scott Gross

April 29, 2025 • 44 mins
On this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were excited to talk with Lieutenant Colonel Scott Gross, Commander of the Air Force ROTC at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Lt. Col. Gross brings nearly two decades of distinguished service in the United States Air Force, with experience spanning leadership, intelligence, foreign area expertise, and program management. His career has taken him across the world as he did strategic and operati...
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Global Health and Public Policy with Ambassador John E. Lange

April 22, 2025 • 51 mins
On this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were honored to welcome Ambassador John E. Lange, a distinguished diplomat, global health leader, and proud alumni of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Over his 28-year career in the U.S. Foreign Service, Ambassador Lange served in pivotal roles, including U.S. Ambassador to Botswana, Special Representative on Avian and Pandemic Influenza, and Deputy U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator at the launch ...
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