1050 Bascom
Hosted by Evan Randle, Lauren Munda, Max O'Brien, and Eva Hecht Produced by Amy Gangl and Brian Hogan
Episodes
October 20, 2026 • 27 mins
In this episode, Eva, Max, Lauren, and Evan are joined by Nadav Shelef, Poli Sci Department Chair and Harvey M. Meyerhoff Professor of Modern Israel Studies to discuss developments in various middle eastern conflicts, and the upcoming Israeli elections.
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October 13, 2026 • 28 mins
In this episode, Lauren and Evan sit down with Rachel Janke, Program Supervisor in the Wisconsin Legislative Fiscal Bureau, to discuss her education in the La Follette School of Public Affairs and the role the Legislative Fiscal Bureau plays in helping the legislature set the state budget.
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October 6, 2026 • 44 mins
In this episode, Evan and Max are joined by Scott Mobley, teaching faculty in the Department of Political Science, to learn about his career in the US Navy, current events in the armed forces, and the department's new National Security Studies Certificate.
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September 29, 2026 • 44 mins
In this episode, Evan, Max, and Eva are joined by Rebecca Ploof, a new professor in the department who specializes in environmental politics, to discuss her background, her education, and her new class this semester: PS 369 - Environmental Political Thought.
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September 22, 2026 • 30 mins
In this episode, Lauren and Eva are joined by Ruth Conniff, Editor-in-Chief of the Wisconsin Examiner, to discuss her career as a journalist and to get some of her takes on the recent primary elections in Wisconsin, and how they set the stage for the upcoming general election in November.
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September 15, 2026 • 48 mins
In this episode, Max and Evan are joined Professor Emeritus Howard Schweber to discuss the recent gubernatorial primary election in Wisconsin.
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June 10, 2026 • 60 mins
In the season finale of 1050 Bascom, Evan sits down with our graduating hosts Heewone Lim and Nama Pandey to reflect on their time at UW and talk about their plans for the future.
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June 2, 2026 • 46 mins
In this episode of 1050 Bascom, Evan is joined by Professor Michelle Schwarze to learn about Scottish philosopher and political economist Adam Smith amidst the 250th anniversary of his book "The Wealth Of Nations," and to discuss how his work plays into modern political theory.
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May 26, 2026 • 48 mins
In this episode of 1050 Bascom, Evan sits down with Laura Miller - poli sci alumna, former mayor of Dallas, and this year's poli sci commencement speaker - to discuss her career as an investigative journalist, her transition to city politics, her environmental agenda as mayor of Dallas, and her volunteer work on the Ladder Project - a nonprofit program that works with individuals and families to help them out of poverty and into fi...
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May 19, 2026 • 48 mins
In this episode of 1050 Bascom, Evan is joined by Professor Daniel Kapust to discuss his upcoming class on the Declaration of Independence, the document itself, the political theory behind it, and more!
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May 12, 2026 • 45 mins
In this episode of 1050 Bascom, Evan sits down with Professor Emeritus Dave Weimer to take a look back on his incredible decades-long career, and discuss the challenges faced, the progress in his field, the memories made, and what the future might hold.
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May 5, 2026 • 29 mins
In this episode of 1050 Bascom, Nama and Evan sit down with Professor Benjamin Márquez to reflect on his time at UW-Madison as he prepares to retire at the end of the semester.
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April 28, 2026 • 50 mins
On this episode, Nama and Evan are joined by the newly appointed Provost John Zumbrunnen to learn about his path from professor of political science to one of the most important offices in university administration, what the role of Provost entails, his perspective on the position, and more!
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April 21, 2026 • 26 mins
On this episode of 1050 Bascom, Nama sits down with Anna Haensch, Research Associate Professor at the Data Science Institute at UW-Madison, to discuss her experience at the intersection between AI, Data Science, and Public Policy, her work at the Science Desk at NPR, the U.S. Senate, and the Digital Scholarship Hub at UW (where she is Associate Director), and more!
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April 14, 2026 • 44 mins
This week, Evan, Nama, and Lauren are joined by Terence Roehrig, a lecturer in the department, to discuss his background as a professor at the U.S. Naval War College, and his perspective on the political climate of East and Southeast Asia.
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April 8, 2026 • 34 mins
In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were thrilled to welcome Colleen Shogan, who served as the 11th Archivist of the United States. While in town give a talk in the Comm Arts department, she graciously took the time to sit down with Heewone, Nama, and Evan to talk about how she got into politics, her nonprofit work, her path to leading the U.S. Archives, and her work as an academic and author.
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March 24, 2026 • 54 mins
This week, Evan is joined by Landis Varughese, a senior at UW and Chair of the Associated Students of Madison, to talk about his path to leadership of such an important student organization, lessons he's learned along the way, challenges he's faced, what he's most proud of from his tenure as chair, and more!
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March 17, 2026 • 40 mins
In this week's episode, Evan is once again joined by Professor Emeritus Howard Schweber, this time to answer questions regarding the developing conflict in Iran, and to offer his opinion on potential causes, consequences, and outcomes.
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March 10, 2026 • 36 mins
In this episode, Evan and Nama are joined by Dr. Elizabeth Covington, Executive Director of the European Studies program at UW, to discuss her background, the European Union, the European economy, and more!
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March 3, 2026 • 39 mins
In this episode, Heewone and Evan are joined by Professor Jason Kido Lopez of the Department of Communication Arts to discuss the inherent political nature of sporting events, sports betting as a phenomenon, and more!
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