2025 was quite a year.
Conservative pundit Charlie Kirk was assassinated. Gen Z continued to define its worldview - beyond “the stare.” And the Super Bowl courted controversy when the NFL announced Bad Bunny would headline the halftime show.
These topics were big parts of the political conversation this year – and elements of our show. Today’s Wheelhouse, we examine some of 2025’s headline-makers.
GUESTS:
- Geoffrey Medeiros, president of College Democrats, University of Connecticut
- Ryan Rosario, president of College Democrats, University of Connecticut
- Rachel Janfaza, associate writer, CNN Politics
- Elena Moore, reporter, NPR’s Washington desk
- Christian Paz, senior politics reporter, Vox
- Rachel Iacovone, Puerto Rican communities reporter, CT Public
- Petra Rivera-Rideau, Associate Professor of American Studies, Wellesley College
- La Gata, Multimedia Artist and Historian
- Charles Venator Santiago, Associate professor in the departments of political science and El Instituto, University of Connecticut
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