1050 Bascom

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 i...

On this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were excited to sit down with David Olson, a lecturer in the Department of Political Science, to discuss not only his spring course, The Supreme Court as a Political Institution, but also his broader work in civic education. We talked to David about the history and evolution of judicial decision-making and its connection to contemporary political issues. We also...

On this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were delighted to talk to Noah Stengl about his spring course, Native American Political Theory. We talked with Noah about some of the course themes and concepts and how they connect to broader issues of governance, sovereignty, freedom and land. We learned so much and thoroughly enjoyed our conversation. We hope you will too

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, Honor Durham, Allison Keeley, and Nama Paney revisit favorite clips from three podcasts we especially enjoyed hosting this semester. The first is a conversation with Kai Prins on commodity activism in polarized politics. The second revisits a conversation we had with Professor Allison Prasch on the different rhetorical styles used by Donald Trump and Kamala Harris d...

On this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were excited to talk to Soeren Henn, a new Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science. Prof. Henn’s research lies at the intersection of comparative politics, political economy and development economics. He studies the politics of development with a focus on fragile state settings, informal institutions, and conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa, particu...

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we had the pleasure to speak with Manu Meel, the CEO of BridgeUSA, and the leaders of BridgeMadison, Miranda Garcia-Dove and Abby Grabowski. BridgeMadison is a newly formed campus chapter dedicated to bridging political divides. In this episode, Manu, Abbby and Miranda discuss the campus climate following the 2024 election, and share their efforts to reduce polariza...

On this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were pleased to welcome back Erin Barbato, Director of the Immigrant Justice Clinic at the University of Wisconsin Law School to talk about what many political observers have described as a crisis at the border. In an interview recorded one week prior to the 2024 presidential election, we asked Prof. Barbato about why the immigration issue was front and center fo...

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were excited to talk with Terrence Roehrig, a Professor at the US Naval War College. Professor Roehrig will be teaching a new course for the political science department next spring entitled "Asia-Pacific Security and Foreign Relations". Prof. Roehrig has been a research fellow at the Kennedy School at Harvard University in the International Security Program and...

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were excited to welcome Professor David Parker, a lecturer in the Department of Political Science at UW-Madison to talk about contemporary British Politics. He received his doctorate here in 2004, and this is his first year back after teaching political science at Montana State University for sixteen years, including five years as Department Head. We asked Prof....

On this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were delighted to welcome Kai Prins who is a candidate studying Rhetoric, Politics, and Culture in the Department of Communication Arts and is minoring in Women’s and Gender Studies here at UW-Madison. Kai studies the influence of neoliberalism on the formation and performance of social identity across a range of case studies in digital and consumer culture, incl...

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were delighted to have the opportunity to once again talk with Prof. Allion Prasch, from the UW-Madison’s Department of Communication Arts. Prof. Allison’s teaching and research focus on politics, rhetoric and culture. Today, we wanted to ask Prof. Prasch about the very different rhetorical styles that former President Trump and Vice President Harris are playing...

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were grateful for the opportunity to talk to the new Chair of the Department of Political Science, Prof. Nadav Shelef. We asked Prof. Shelef about his responsibility as Chair, as well as some of his recent research on collective victimhood and conflict attitudes. We also asked him about the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. We enjoyed our conversation and hope...

In this episode, we welcome back Barry Burden, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Elections Research Center to talk the presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were delighted to talk with Paul Aylesworth, Associate Director for the MS degree in Real Estate at the Wisconsin School of Business. Before coming to campus Paul served as the Real Estate Director for the Women’s Community Revitalization Project, a nonprofit Philadelphia-based community development corporation. In his fourteen years in Philadelphia, Paul’s work...

On this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were happy to welcome back Nils Ringe, Professor of Political Science and the former Director of European Studies, to talk about the recent EU elections as well as the elections in Britain and France that took place earlier this summer. As always, we learned so much and enjoyed talking to Prof. Ringe. We hope you will too.

On this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were delighted to talk to Andrew McWard, Assistant Professor of Politics and Public Affairs at Denison University and an instructor here in our Political Science Department at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Prof. McWard specializes in international relations with an emphasis on international organizations. This summer, Prof. McWard is teaching our very popu...

In this special episode of 1050 Bascom, we share with you Prof. Cramer’s speech on hope in a polarized world. Prof. Cramer delivered these remarks at our 2024 Political Science Graduation Brunch. We so appreciated Prof. Cramer’s insights, and hope you will enjoy them as well.

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were excited to interview Marko Kljajic. Marko is a PhD student studying comparative politics and international relations here at UW-Madison. His research and teaching interests focus on the political psychology of polarization and reconciliation in the aftermath of civil conflict. In particular, he is interested in the role that collective victimhood beliefs hav...

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were thrilled to have the opportunity to interview Ambassador Karl Eikenberry. Ambassador Eikenberry is a Distinguished Fellow at the Stimson Center, a faculty member of Schwarzman College in Beijing, China and a Senior Advisor to the United States Institute for Peace. He is a former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan and a retired Lieutenant General of the U.S. Army...

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were delighted to welcome back Katie Harbath to the podcast. Katie graduated from the UW-Madison School of Journalism with a Political Science major as well in 2003. After graduating, Katie’s impressive career trajectory took her to high level politics and to Facebook where she served as the Public Policy Director for ten years. Katie is now Chief Global Affairs...

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we are joined by Sarah Lundquist Nuutinen. Sarah is a Badger alum and is currently serving as Foreign Service Officer. She majored in Political Science and International Studies at UW-Madison, and also earned a Masters of Science in International Relations and Development at Bristol University. We asked Sarah about her time at UW Madison, her advice for students loo...