Political Science major - UW-Madison

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 financial independence.

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In one of many graduation week events that we can't stop thinking about, our commencement guest speaker, former Dallas mayor and UW poli sci alum Laura Miller, sat down with poli sci students and members of the GreenHouse Learning Community over lunch to discuss her career at the intersection of politics and environmentalism, and to offer valuable career advice.

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!

Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1PVsOHXmuJfRvE9Q2XOm5M?si=2bf21332bb0b41eb