1050 Bascom

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were grateful to have the opportunity to talk with Prof. Powell about power sharing in Congress in the context of the new Biden Administration. We asked Prof. Powell for her take on current efforts to pass Covid Relief legislation, the pending impeachment trial, and the deep partisan divisions in the Senate and the House that may make policymaking challenging in the coming months and years. As always, we learned so much from Prof. Powell and enjoyed our conversation.

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were grateful for the opportunity to interview Paul Kelleher, Professor of Bioethics and Philosophy at UW-Madison. Prof. Kelleher’s teaching and research explore ethical and philosophical dimensions of public policy, especially health policy and climate policy. Prof. Kelleher shared his insights on bioethics and Covid-19, and how public policy responses to the global pandemic have played out at the national, state and local level over the last year. He has served on two state-level allocation committees, as well as the UW Hospital ethics committee concerned with ICU triage. We learned so much from Prof. Kelleher and enjoyed our conversation.

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with the Graaskamp Center for Real Estate at the UW-Madison Business School to speak with Paige Glotzer, Professor of History, about housing segregation in U.S. cities from a historical perspective. Prof. Glotzer offered her insights into how suburban developers, including Baltimore’s Roland Park Company, ushered in modern housing segregation with the help of transnational financiers, real estate institutions, and public policymakers. She shared with us how the effects of their efforts continue to be felt today here in Madison and across the country. We learned so much from our conversation with Prof. Glotzer, and hope you will too.

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were grateful to have the opportunity to talk to Mary Davis Michaud, a UW Political Science alum and Faculty Associate at the La Follette School of Public Affairs. Mary joined the La Follette School last October after working for more than two decades in public health in roles at the local, state, and national levels. Most recently, Mary worked with the Center for Patient Partnerships at the University of Wisconsin Law School teaching courses in health policy and public health. We talked to Mary about her time at UW-Madison as an undergrad, her career path, and her new role at La Follette. We enjoyed our conversation with Mary and learned so much. We hope you will too. Listen here.

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, Prof. Canon shares his insights on the last several rocky and historic months in American politics. We talked with Prof. Canon about the aftermath of the presidential election, the Jan. 6 insurrection, impeachment, Twitter, and the new Biden Administration. As always, we learned so much from talking with Prof. Canon, and hope you will too.

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were delighted to have the opportunity to interview Prof. Allion Prasch, from the UW-Madison’s Department of Communication Arts. Prof. Allison’s teaching and research focus on politics, rhetoric and culture. Prof. Prasch’s book, The Global Rhetorical Presidency: Cold War Rhetoric on the World, is in its final stages and we asked her for her insights on the state of presidential rhetoric in American politics today in this historical context. Prof. Prasch also offered her take on what constitutes political rhetoric, and gives us her thoughts on President Trump’s use of Twitter as political speech

In this episode, we were grateful to have the opportunity to speak with Amy Bogost, a civil rights lawyer at Bogost Law, LLC. Amy is a UW-Madison Political Science and History grad. She received her law degree from Chicago Kent College of Law and has worked in civil law in Seattle, Washington and California before moving back to Madison. Amy has most recently focused her practice on Federal Title IX representation of victims of sensitive crimes. Through the Southwest Center for Law and Policy, Amy has provided training on implementation of Title IX within Tribal colleges and has taught at the National Tribal Trial College, co-sponsored and located at University of Wisconsin Law School. We enjoyed our conversation with Amy and learned so much. We hope you will too.

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were grateful to have the opportunity to speak with Prof. Adeline Lo who joined the UW-Madison Political Science Department last fall. Prof. Lo shared with us her academic pathway from a BA in Politics and Economics at Columbia University to an MA in Politics at NYU and a Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. Prof. Lo’s published work on refugees and how empathy and information impact public support has received international attention. Prof. Lo is currently working on several projects including one that seeks to improve statistical methods to study political violence, and another that examines public attitudes toward refugees in Covid-19. We enjoyed our conversation with Prof. Lo, and hope you will too.

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were grateful to have the opportunity to talk to Prof. Melanie Murchison, a Lecturer in the Center for Law, Society & Justice. Prof. Murchison walked us through the Trump Administration’s legal challenges to the 2020 presidential election and offered her take on the role the media has sought to play in protecting the perceived legitimacy of the American electoral system. She also shared her insights on Oregon becoming the first state to vote to decriminalize all drugs and the potential impact on the criminal justice system.

In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were grateful to have the opportunity to interview, Prof. Dennis Dresang, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science and the La Follette School of Public Affairs. In a long and distinguished career, Prof. Dresang, who served as Chair of the Political Science Department for two terms, has directed research and public service seminars at La Follette School for students interested in examining community health issues and youth violence. He also chaired two major gubernatorial task forces, and served on numerous tribal and local government commissions. He was research director for a policy initiative of Wisconsin's lieutenant governor to improve the status of women, and he was director of the Center for Wisconsin State, Local, and Tribal Governance. Professor Dresang is also the co-author of several books including Politics and Policy in American States and Communities, Public Personnel Management and Public Policy, Public Administration and most recently, Patrick J. Lucey: A Lasting Legacy. We asked Prof. Dresang about his time at UW-Madison both as a student and as a longstanding faculty member. Prof. Dresang shared with us his insights on polarization in Wisconsin politics and across the country and helped us put the most recent election cycle in a historical context.