1050 Bascom
Editors and Hosts: Honor Durham, Allison Keeley, and Nama Pandey, and Ian Wilder Producer: Amy Gangl
Episodes
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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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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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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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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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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September 23, 2025 • 61 mins
The First Amendment with Professor Howard Schweber by 1050 Bascom
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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April 15, 2025 • 25 mins
In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we are excited to welcome back Professor Tana Johnson from the La Follette School of Public Affairs and Political Science. Professor Johnson’s research and teaching interests span international institutions, environmental and economic policy, and the interaction of governments, businesses, and civil society. We asked her about some of the main topics she covers in her International Environmental Pol...
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April 8, 2025 • 39 mins
In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were excited to interview PS alum, Josh Shapiro. Josh graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 2018 and earned a Master’s degree from the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy in 2021. Josh has built an impressive career in legislative affairs, progressing from campaign management and political internships to senior-level policy advising in the U.S. House of Representatives....
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March 31, 2025 • 48 mins
In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we welcome back Miranda Garcia-Dove and Abby Grabowski, co-Presidents of BridgeMadison, to talk about the role of AI in Education and Society. Miranda and Abby are joined by fellow students Elliott Bliss, Lexi Golding and Marissa Reude. They covered a lot of ground in their discussion of how AI is impacting education, the workforce, the environment and society more generally. It was a lively and ...
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March 17, 2025 • 56 mins
In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were delighted to welcome Mark Copelovitch. Professor of Political Science and Public Affairs, to talk about the Trump Administrations flurry of executive orders and job cuts across multiple government agencies and organizations in his first several weeks in office. A lot has happened in the political and economic world in a short amount of time, and we couldn’t think of anyone better to talk to ...
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March 9, 2025 • 31 mins
In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were thrilled to interview Tom Beaumont, Senior National Political Correspondent for the Washington desk of The Associated Press. Tom earned a BA in Political Science from UW-Madison in 1989 as well as a MA from the J-School in 1993. In his career, Tom has covered six presidential campaigns, including the past four as a national correspondent for the AP. We had a wide ranging and fun conversati...
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March 3, 2025 • 22 mins
In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were excited to talk to Dominic Zappia, the ASM Chair. Dom is a senior at UW-Madison and has been the ASM Chair since the start of this school year. We discussed ASM's structure and powers and why students' participation in ASM's Spring 2025 elections is crucial for effective shared governance. We enjoyed our conversation with Dominic and hope you do too! Listen here.
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February 24, 2025 • 22 mins
In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were delighted to talk to Garrett Jones, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science. Garrett is currently teaching our department’s The American Constitution: Powers and Structures of Government course. We talked to Garret about the development of the US constitutional framework historically and with respect to the challenges of constitutionalism in contemporary U.S. politics and gov...
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