1050 Bascom

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were delighted to talk to Professor Genevieve Bates, a new faculty member in the Political Science Department at UW-Madison. Previously, Prof. Bates was an Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia, and a postdoctoral fellow with the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University. Next fall, she will be teaching a new cl...

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were delighted to welcome back Howard Schweber, Professor Emeritus of the UW-Political Science Department. As many of our listeners know, Prof. Schweber - who holds a JD from the University of Washington as well as a doctorate in Political Science from Cornell University – taught popular classes in political theory, American politics and constitutional law at UW-...

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were delighted to talk to Prof. Cramer about her teaching and research focusing on reimagining democracy. As always, we learned so much and had a lot of fun talking to Prof. Cramer. We hope you will too.

On this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were delighted to talk to Jim Gingras, a Ph. D. student in the Department of Political Science. A retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and military diplomat, Jim is particularly interested in Civil-Military Relations and methods that may improve U.S. and international security policy. In his time in the Air Force, Jim commanded a squadron and installation in Turk...

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we had the pleasure of speaking with Luke Fuszard. Luke is a former Alderman who represented Middleton, WI. He was also a lecturer in our State Politics course at UW-Madison. Fuszard’s work centers around state and local government and in this episode, we talked federalism, redistricting, elections, and policy. We thoroughly enjoyed our conversation with Luke, and h...

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were delighted to be joined by David Canon, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science. As most of our listeners know, Prof. Canon’s work engages a wide range of American politics including institutions, elections, campaigns and race. We asked Prof. Canon for his take on the state of election 2024 after New Hampshire and what it means for the short...

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were excited for the opportunity to talk with Badger Alum Bryan Blom as part of our Career Conversations series. Bryan, graduated from UW-Madison with a major in Political Science. He is currently a Senior Vice President at Porterfield, Fettig & Sears, LLC, a government relations firm based in Washington DC. Prior to his work in government relations, Bryan worked...

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were grateful for another opportunity to talk to Mikhail Troitskiy, Professor of Practice at UW-Madison. Our discussion focused on questions of Russian identity and Russian foreign policy over the last several decades. We also discussed the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine. We learned so much from our conversation with Prof. Troitskiy and hope you will too.

In this special episode of 1050 Bascom, we present our recording of an expert panel on the conflict in Israel-Palestine that was held on Nov. 29 and was hosted by the Department of Political Science and the Middle East Studies Program. The panel featured Professors Steven Brooke, Marwa Shalaby, and Nadav Shelef as speakers and was moderated by Professor Jon Pevehouse.

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we are joined by Jessie Munson, a Ph. D. student in the Department of Political Science, to discuss the U.S. Congress. We asked Jessie about the power struggles that have made headline news around the world over the last several months as well as some of the key issues that Congress faces as the 2024 presidential primary season gets underway. Jessie studies American...

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we are joined by Professor Allison Prasch to discuss the third Republican Presidential Primary Debate. The debate was held in Miami, Florida on Wednesday, November 8th. Dr. Prasch is an Associate Professor in the Communications Department where she studies and teaches on rhetoric, politics, and culture. We had a lot of fun talking to Dr. Prasch and learned so much....

On this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were excited to talk to Josh Brown about social identity theory and political polarization. Josh is social psychologist and Postdoctoral Research Associate in the School of Human Ecology. He is interested in understanding groups processes and intergroup relations in applied settings like politics. In particular, he studies what motivates people to identify with g...

On this episode of 1050 Bascom, we welcome UW-Madison Dean of Students Christina Olstad and UW Police Department Chief Kristen Roman to discuss campus safety resources following a recent high-profile event near campus that put some students on edge. We also take a look at protest guidelines for students, specifically how to protest safely and what UW officials do to support students who choose to...

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we wanted to bring back Jon Pevehouse, Professor and Chair of the Political Science department, to talk about the war that has erupted in the Middle East. An unprecedented surprise attack in southern Israel by Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist militant group that controls the Gaza Strip, has led to an increasingly deadly conflict with no resolution in sight. Hamas lau...

On this episode of 1050 Bascom, we are excited to have the opportunity to speak with Annie Jones, professor of organizational development and a Tribal Nations specialist with UW-Madison’s Division of Extension. Prof. Jones, an enrolled member of the Menominee Nation, is also an affiliate faculty with the departments of American Indian Studies and Community and Environmental Sociology. She was name...

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we are joined by Professor Mike Wagner to discuss the second Republican Presidential Primary Debate that was held on Wednesday, September 27th at the Reagan National Library in Simi Valley, California. Mike Wagner is a professor at the UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication. His research focuses on democracy and political communications. As always, w...

On this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were happy in late May to welcome back Erin Barbato, Director of the Immigrant Justice Clinic at the University of Wisconsin Law School. As the Trump Administration’s Title 42 immigration policy came to an end, we invited Erin to tell us about what Title 42 was, why it ended in spring, and what this transition might mean for U.S. immigration policy. As always we...

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we welcome back Professor Jon Pevehouse, Chair of the Political Science department, to the podcast to talk about his summer trip to Israel, this upcoming academic year, and President Biden’s attempt to broker a Saudi-Israel Deal before the start of the 2024 presidential election cycle. As always we had so much fun talking to Prof. Pevehouse and learned so much. We h...

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we are excited for the opportunity to talk with Tatiana Cruz, as part of our Career Conversations series. Tatiana is currently an Instructor at the Center for Law, Society & Justice and a Graduate Student at the La Follette School of Public Affairs. Tatiana is also working as a PhD student in Law at the University of Brasília and holds a Masters in Procedural Law at...

On this episode of 1050 Bascom, we are happy to welcome back Kathleen Culver, Professor in the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism & Mass Communication as well as the Director of the Center for Journalism Ethics. Prof. Culver’s current work explores journalism’s relationship with the public and free expression controversies on college campuses. We asked Prof. Culver about her inte...

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we are joined by Professor Barry Burden to discuss the first Republican Presidential Primary Debate that was held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Wednesday, August 23rd. Barry Burden is a professor of Political Science, and he also serves as the Director of the Elections Research Center here at UW-Madison. As always, we appreciated Prof. Burden's insights and thoroughly...

On this episode of 1050 Bascom, we are happy to welcome back Yoshiko Herrera, a professor of Political Science at UW-Madison. Professor Herrera’s work specializes in Russian politics and US-Russian relations. In this episode, we asked Prof. Herrera about the Wagner Group’s ‘March on Moscow’ and the Russian response. Professor Herrera provided her insights into how this unprecedented situation migh...

On this episode of 1050 Bascom, we welcome Edible Insect Ambassador Joseph Yoon to the podcast for the first time. Founder of Brooklyn Bugs, Joseph is a world leader in entomophagy (eating insects) and insect agriculture. He attended COP27 as Chef Advocate for the United Nations’ International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and has appeared in articles by the New York Times, the Washing...

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we welcome back Prof. Howard Schweber to talk about his teaching and research career at UW-Madison. This episode marks the end of the Professor’s final semester at UW-Madison, as he prepares to retire after a decades-long career as a teacher and prolific researcher. We spoke with Professor Schweber about some of his favorite memories at UW and what’s next for him as...

On this episode of 1050 Bascom, we are honored to welcome Sam Cornale to the podcast. Sam is a Madison native and a graduate of La Follette High School and UW-Madison with a major in Political Science. He now works in DC, but continues to give back to his Badger roots by teaching a class for the UW ‘Wisconsin in Washington’ program. A veteran of the Obama campaign and administration, Sam is curren...