In this episode of 1050 Bascom, we were grateful for the opportunity to talk to Joshua Dienstag, Professor of Political Science here at UW-Madison. Professor Diesnstag’s research focuses on the intersection of politics with time, history, memory and narrative with an emphasis on European political theory between the 17th and 19th centuries. He also writes about cinema, the American Founding, and the methods of political theory.

Prof. Dienstag teaches a seminar called Humans, Animals and Machines and will be teaching the PS 160 Introduction to Political Theory course this coming fall. We asked Prof. Dienstag about his teaching and research interests as well as his current book project tentatively titled The Human Boundary: Freedom, Citizenship & Democracy in a Post-Human Age. We enjoyed our conversation and learned so much. We hope you will too. Listen here.