Berkeley Talks
202 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 22 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsA Berkeley News podcast that features lectures and conversations at UC Berkeley
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Scholars on using fantasy to reimagine Blackness
July 29, 2022 14:32 - 1 hour - 125 MBA panel of scholars discusses UC Berkeley professor Darieck Scott's new book Keeping It Unreal: Black Queer Fantasy and Superhero Comics, which explores how fantasies of Black power and triumph in superhero comics and other genres create challenges to — and respite from — white supremacy and anti-Blackness. Listen to the discussion and read a transcript on Berkeley News. Graphic courtesy of the Othering and Belonging Institute. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
America wants gun control. Why doesn't it have it? (revisiting)
July 15, 2022 14:56 - 1 hour - 119 MB"If having a gun really made you safer, then America would be one of the safest countries in the world. It’s not," said Gary Younge, a professor of sociology at Manchester University and former editor-at-large at the Guardian, in a lecture at UC Berkeley on March 4, 2020. "Yet while Americans consistently favor more gun control," Younge continued, "gun laws have generally become more lax. That is partly due to the material resources of the gun lobby. But it is also about the central role of...
ACLU leader on how voter suppression works
July 01, 2022 21:44 - 59 minutes - 82 MBAbdi Soltani, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California, discussed on Feb. 18, 2022, key moments for voting rights and elections throughout U.S. history, current threats to voting that are unfolding across the country and work the ACLU is doing in California. Listen to the episode and read a transcript on Berkeley News. Follow Berkeley Talks and review us on Apple Podcasts. Music by Blue Dot Sessions. AP photo by Morry Gash. Hosted on Acast....
'Mother Jones' editor on how the super-rich really live
June 17, 2022 20:52 - 1 hour - 88 MBIn Berkeley Talks episode 144, Mother Jones senior editor Michael Mechanic joins Berkeley Journalism professor David Barstow to discuss his new book, Jackpot: How the Super-Rich Really Live — and How Their Wealth Harms Us All. This conversation was streamed live on May 4, 2022. Listen to the episode and read a transcript on Berkeley News. Follow Berkeley Talks and review us on Apple Podcasts. Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Climate displacement and remaking the built environment
June 03, 2022 23:27 - 1 hour - 119 MBIn Berkeley Talks episode 143, a panel of UC Berkeley experts discuss climate displacement — what it means to abandon places, the power dynamics between the Global South and the Global North, challenges for both the sending and receiving regions, and what needs to happen to address this fast-growing problem. Panelists include faculty members from Berkeley's new cluster in climate equity and environmental justice: Maya Carrasquillo, civil and environmental engineering Daniel Aldana Cohen, ...
Timnit Gebru on how change happens through collective action
May 31, 2022 16:21 - 19 minutes - 26.8 MBIn a special episode, Timnit Gebru, founder and executive director of the Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute and one of the most prominent researchers working in the field of ethics in artificial intelligence, gives the keynote address to the UC Berkeley School of Information graduating class on May 16. In the speech, Gebru touches on collective action, interconnectedness and the loneliness that may accompany standing on “the right side of history.” Listen to the episode...
Scholars on Roman Vishniac's photos of Jewish life before the Holocaust
May 20, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 132 MBIn Berkeley Talks episode 141, a panel of scholars discuss the work of Roman Vishniac, a renowned Russian American photographer who took thousands of photos over seven decades and across three continents. Although Vishniac’s genres were diverse, he’s best known for images that he took of Jewish life in Central and Eastern Europe before the Holocaust. “These photographs are distinguished by their epiphenomena, the life circumstances of their subjects and the narratives that have surrounded t...
An update on Public Service Loan Forgiveness
May 06, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 82.5 MBIn episode 140 of Berkeley Talks, a panel of student loan experts discuss the Public Service Loan Forgiveness waiver, the recently extended COVID payment pause and student debt cancellation. Panelists of this April 2022 talk included: Kat Welbeck, Student Borrower Protection Center Suzanne Martindale, California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation Kyra Taylor, National Consumer Law Center Moderated by Amanda Prasuhn, Berkeley Law Financial Aid Office Listen to the episode...
Damilola Ogunbiyi on driving an equitable energy transition
April 22, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 115 MBIn episode 139 of Berkeley Talks, Damilola Ogunbiyi, CEO and Special Representative of the U.N. Secretary General for Sustainable Energy for All, gives the UC Berkeley Energy and Resources Group's 28th Annual Lecture on Energy and Environment. In the March 31, 2022 talk, Ogunbiyi discusses how to drive a just, inclusive and equitable transition to affordable and sustainable energy for all, and how the Russia-Ukraine war is affecting energy markets around the world. Listen to the episode and...
Sociologist Harry Edwards on sport in society
April 08, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBIn Berkeley Talks episode 138, Harry Edwards, a renowned sports activist and UC Berkeley professor emeritus of sociology, discusses the intersections of race and sport, athletes' struggle for definitional authority and the power of sport to change society. "You can change society by changing people's perceptions and understandings of the games they play," said Edwards in March at a campus event sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues and Cal Athletics. "I'm saying whethe...
A Poetry for the People conversation
March 25, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 114 MBThe Department of African American Studies at UC Berkeley’s 2021-22 Critical Conversations speaker series is a celebration of the life and legacy of June Jordan, an award-winning poet, activist and longtime professor in the department. At Berkeley, Jordan founded the Poetry for the People program, where writers of all levels wrote and showcased their own poems, and taught poetry to other university students, high school students and community members. In this episode of Berkeley Talks, two...
Mapping the brain to understand health, aging and disease
March 11, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 93.6 MBUC Berkeley psychology professor Jack Gallant discusses functional brain mapping for understanding health, aging and disease. The lecture, given on Jan. 20, was part of a series celebrating the 100th anniversary of Berkeley Psychology. Listen to the episode and read a transcript on Berkeley News. Follow Berkeley Talks and review us on Apple Podcasts. (Image by Milad Fakurian via Unsplash) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
UC Berkeley experts on the invasion of Ukraine
February 28, 2022 22:23 - 1 hour - 83.1 MBIn episode 135 of Berkeley Talks, UC Berkeley political scientist George Breslauer and economics professor Yuriy Gorodnichenko discuss Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine — what his motivations are and how they compare to Hitler's and Stalin's, if the invasion was avoidable and what should be done about it. Listen to the episode and read a transcript on Berkeley News. If you haven't already, follow Berkeley Talks and review us on Apple Podcasts! Hosted on Acast. See a...
The performance of labor
February 25, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 125 MBBlack feminist artists and cultural workers communally explore the questions of how the forms and methods of opera, surrealism, free jazz, poetry and dance help us communicate the concerns of radical Black feminisms. This Feb. 11 conversation was organized by the Black Studies Collaboratory, a collaborative initiative to address racial inequality through bold and unique humanities-based research projects, in partnership with Cal Performances. Listen to the episode and read a transcript on B...
How archaeology is used in comics
February 11, 2022 13:00 - 52 minutes - 71.5 MBPaulina Przystupa, a Ph.D. student at the University of New Mexico, discusses how archaeology inspires comic books and proposes ways archeologists can help build connections with the comic book community. Listen to the episode and read a transcript on Berkeley News. If you haven't already, follow Berkeley Talks and review us on Apple Podcasts! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Flaming mammoths and Neanderthals in spaceships
February 11, 2022 13:00 - 52 minutes - 71.5 MBPaulina Przystupa, a Ph.D. student at the University of New Mexico, discusses how archaeology inspires comic books and proposes ways archeologists can help build connections with the comic book community. Listen to the episode and read a transcript on Berkeley News. If you haven't already, follow Berkeley Talks and review us on Apple Podcasts! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The EU in crisis
January 28, 2022 13:00 - 54 minutes - 74.8 MBThe co-editors of The Palgrave Handbook of EU Crises discuss their research that explores the European Union's institutional and policy responses to crises across policy domains and institutions, including the Euro crisis, Brexit, the Ukraine crisis, the refugee crisis and the global health crisis caused by COVID-19. "The EU has been surprisingly able to cope with crises of different kinds through adaptations, through reforms and through further integration," said Jarle Trondal, professor o...
Elizabeth Kolbert asks: 'Can we change nature — this time, to save it?'
January 14, 2022 14:31 - 1 hour - 85.8 MBPulitzer Prize-winning science writer Elizabeth Kolbert in conversation with David Ackerly, dean of UC Berkeley's Rausser College of Natural Resources, and Geeta Anand, dean of Berkeley Journalism, as part of the 2021 Horace Albright Lecture in Conservation. Elizabeth Kolbert is the author of The Sixth Extinction, for which she won a Pulitzer Prize in 2015, and Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change. For her work at The New Yorker, where she’s a staff writer, she ha...
Science writer Elizabeth Kolbert: 'Don't despair. But get moving.'
January 14, 2022 14:31 - 1 hour - 85.8 MBPulitzer Prize-winning science writer Elizabeth Kolbert in conversation with David Ackerly, dean of UC Berkeley's Rausser College of Natural Resources, and Geeta Anand, dean of Berkeley Journalism, as part of the 2021 Horace Albright Lecture in Conservation. Elizabeth Kolbert is the author of The Sixth Extinction, for which she won a Pulitzer Prize in 2015, and Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change. For her work at The New Yorker, where she’s a staff writer, she ha...
'Can we change nature — this time, to save it?'
January 14, 2022 14:31 - 1 hour - 85.8 MBPulitzer Prize-winning science writer Elizabeth Kolbert in conversation with David Ackerly, dean of UC Berkeley's Rausser College of Natural Resources, and Geeta Anand, dean of Berkeley Journalism, as part of the 2021 Horace Albright Lecture in Conservation. Elizabeth Kolbert is the author of The Sixth Extinction, for which she won a Pulitzer Prize in 2015, and Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change. For her work at The New Yorker, where she’s a staff writer, she ha...
Eva Paterson on transforming the nation's consciousness on race
December 17, 2021 13:00 - 42 minutes - 57.8 MBIn episode 130 of Berkeley Talks, Eva Paterson, president and co-founder of the Equal Justice Society, talks in 2017 with Savala Nolan (then Savala Trepczynski), director of Berkeley Law's Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice, about when Paterson first realized the need for social justice, litigating implicit bias and why she loves — and hates — America. This conversation first appeared on Nolan's 2017 summer podcast series, Be the Change. Berkeley Talks is going on winter break. ...
Why do leaves change color in the fall?
December 03, 2021 13:00 - 58 minutes - 80.6 MBLewis Feldman, UC Berkeley professor of plant biology and executive director of the UC Botanical Garden, explores why some leaves appear to change color in the fall season — exhibiting reds, oranges and yellows — and the environmental influences that affect the brilliance of these colors. He also explains the evolutionary benefits of a tree losing its leaves. Listen to the episode and read a transcript on Berkeley News. (UC Berkeley photo by Keegan Houser) If you haven't already, please ...
Scholars reflect on new book, 'Atmospheres of Violence'
November 19, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 129 MBA panel of artists, organizers and academics discuss UC Berkeley professor Eric Stanley's 2021 book that interrogates why, in a time when we're told LGBT rights are advancing in the U.S., anti-trans violence continues to rise. Panelists include: Angela Y. Davis, professor emerita, UC Santa Cruz Dean Spade, professor, Seattle University School of Law Eric A. Stanley, associate professor, UC Berkeley Jules Gill-Peterson, associate professor, Johns Hopkins University LaVelle Ridley, Ph.D....
How technology is transforming religion
November 05, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 122 MBA panel of scholars explore how technology is changing how and when we practice religion, as well as our notions of religious community, religious doctrine and what it means to be religious. Panelists at the Nov 2. event included: Steven Barrie-Anthony, research associate at the Berkeley Center for the Study of Religion Kelsy Burke Associate professor of sociology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Erika Gault, assistant professor of Africana Studies from the University of Arizona H...
Finding hope for biodiversity conservation
October 22, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 82.9 MBIn episode 126 of Berkeley Talks, evolutionary biologist Erica Bree Rosenblum, a professor in UC Berkeley's Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, tells a story about when she held a little frog — the last known member of its species — in her hand as it died. "I am a scientist who studies extinction," says Rosenblum. "I am a scientist who thinks about biodiversity and interconnectedness every single day ... but the difference between thinking about it and feeling a life s...
Bree Rosenblum on finding hope for biodiversity conservation
October 22, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 82.9 MBIn episode 126 of Berkeley Talks, evolutionary biologist Erica Bree Rosenblum, a professor in UC Berkeley's Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, tells a story about when she held a little frog — the last known member of its species — in her hand as it died. "I am a scientist who studies extinction," says Rosenblum. "I am a scientist who thinks about biodiversity and interconnectedness every single day ... but the difference between thinking about it and feeling a life s...
Berkeley experts on how to fight disinformation
October 08, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 126 MBA panel of leading Berkeley experts describe the harms of disinformation and potential solutions to its spread, from measures to strengthen old-school local news media to government regulation of tech titans like Facebook and Twitter. But there’s a critical obstacle: Efforts to directly block disinformation could challenge core American values, such as free speech and freedom of the press. Scholars in the panel: Geeta Anand, dean of Berkeley Journalism; Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of Berkeley Law...
Scholars discuss 'New Time: Art and Feminisms in the 21st Century'
September 24, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 123 MBJudith Butler, a professor in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Program of Critical Theory at UC Berkeley, and Mel Y. Chen, an associate professor in Berkeley's Department of Gender and Women’s Studies and director of the Center for the Study of Sexual Culture, joined in conversation about Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive's expansive exhibition, New Time: Art and Feminisms in the 21st Century. "There's never been anything mild about feminisms, in the plural," said ...
Should we strive for unity? Or something else?
September 10, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 86.7 MBIn his inaugural address, President Biden called for Americans to unite more than any other U.S. president. But UC Berkeley experts say unity is unrealistic — at least, right now — and offer other ways to create a more just society. "Where we are today is a result of decades upon decades of systemic and structural race, class and gender-based injustice," said Sandra Bass, associate dean of students and director of the Public Service Center, during an April 9, 2021, panel discussion sponsored ...
Emiliana Simon-Thomas on where happiness comes from
August 27, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 117 MBEmiliana Simon-Thomas, science director of UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center, discusses happiness — what it means, where it comes from and how we can enhance it in each of our lives — during a Science at Cal lecture on July 28, 2021. Listen to the episode and read the transcript on Berkeley News. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
'Indigenous United' student podcast hosts on being Native at Berkeley
August 13, 2021 20:39 - 57 minutes - 79.4 MBIn episode 121 of Berkeley Talks, graduate students Sierra Edd (Diné) and Ataya Cesspooch talk about their experiences at UC Berkeley as Native American students and reflect on the history and future of the Hearst Museum and Berkeley’s relationships with Indigenous communities. Edd and Cesspooch are co-hosts of Indigenous United, a podcast from Native American Student Development at Berkeley that explores Indigenous issues through interviews with Native artists, scholars and activists. Listen...
Roger McNamee on his quest to stop Facebook
July 30, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 82.3 MBLongtime venture capitalist Roger McNamee discusses how he, an early Facebook investor and former adviser to Mark Zuckerberg, came to realize the damage caused by the social media giant and others like it, and how he's committed to try to stop them. Listen to the episode and read the transcript on Berkeley News. (Photo by Alessio Jacona via Flickr) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Poet Shane McCrae reads 'The Mind of Hell' and other new works
July 16, 2021 16:57 - 42 minutes - 57.9 MBIn episode 119 of Berkeley Talks, Shane McCrae, a poet born in Portland, Oregon, who was kidnapped by his maternal grandparents at age 3, reads new works about his experience as a child growing up with his captors. The April 1 reading was part of the UC Berkeley Library’s monthly event, Lunch Poems. Listen to the episode and read the transcript on Berkeley News. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Linda Rugg on Native American repatriation at UC Berkeley
July 02, 2021 22:15 - 1 hour - 83.6 MBBerkeley's associate vice chancellor for research discusses the measures being taken to repatriate Native American ancestral remains and sacred artifacts held by the campus. Listen to the episode and read the transcript on Berkeley News. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Rucker Johnson on why school integration works (revisiting)
June 18, 2021 17:01 - 28 minutes - 39.6 MBToday, we're sharing an episode from 2019: Brown v. Board of Education was hailed as a landmark decision for civil rights. But decades later, many consider school integration a failure. UC Berkeley professor Rucker Johnson's 2019 book, Children of the Dream: Why School Integration Works, shows the exact opposite is true. The book looks at decades of studies to show that students of all races who attended integrated schools fared better than those who did not. In this January 2019 interview ...
Labor lawyer reviews the American Rescue Plan Act
June 04, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 89 MBIn this episode of Berkeley Talks, Bay Area labor lawyer Bill Sokol discusses the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, signed into law by President Biden on March 11, 2021. "What I want to talk about," began Sokol, "is what I think is an incredibly spectacular piece of legislation, perhaps the largest, deepest, broadest piece of social legislation since the New Deal. And certainly, since the LBJ Great Society more than half a century ago." During his May 12 talk, sponsored by UC Berkele...
Journalists on reporting in China and U.S.-China relations
May 21, 2021 20:48 - 1 hour - 82.9 MBIn this episode of Berkeley Talks, Berkeley Journalism Dean Geeta Anand and New York Times reporter and UC Berkeley alumnus Edward Wong discuss international reporting on China and the interplay among journalism, public opinion and government policy. Listen to the episode and read a transcript on Berkeley News. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Wally Adeyemo to Berkeley graduates: You are prepared to shape the world
May 19, 2021 20:55 - 16 minutes - 23.2 MBIn this episode of Berkeley Talks, Adewale "Wally" Adeyemo, the deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury and UC Berkeley alumnus, delivers the keynote address at Berkeley's commencement on Saturday, May 15. "The Berkeley community is made up of people that show up in all the places where decisions and history tend to be made," said Adeyemo. "In fact, when I received the e-mail with the subject line “Cal Graduation speaker, ” I assumed it was a polite request for me to forward...
Filmmaker Steve McQueen to Berkeley students: 'Take a chance'
May 08, 2021 00:43 - 1 hour - 135 MBIn this episode of Berkeley Talks, British filmmaker and video artist Steven McQueen, best known for his Academy Award-winning film 12 Years a Slave, talks about his first experience at Tate Modern in London as an 8-year-old, how he's never pursued a project for the money and why he thinks experiencing art in the world — and not on a small screen in your hand — is so important. This March 30 talk was part of UC Berkeley's Arts + Design Thursdays, a lecture series on time-based media art tha...
State lawmakers on the future of California
April 23, 2021 19:58 - 54 minutes - 75.1 MBCalifornia state legislators share their visions of California and the policies needed to achieve that future. The panel discussion, sponsored by UC Berkeley's Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, includes senators Anna Caballero and Nancy Skinner and assemblymembers David Chiu and James Ramos. Listen to the episode and read a transcript on Berkeley News. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Franklin Zimring on the tragedy of U.S. police killings
April 09, 2021 19:04 - 41 minutes - 57.6 MBIn this episode of Berkeley Talks, Berkeley Law professor Franklin Zimring, author of the 2017 book When Police Kill, discusses why police kill far more citizens in the United States than in other developed countries. "About 1,000 times a year in the United States, civilians are shot and killed by local police, and the authorities say that such killings were either necessary or at least justified," began Zimring. "... That's three killings a day, every day. And that's too many violent death...
Bess Williamson on the history of disability and design
March 26, 2021 16:13 - 55 minutes - 75.9 MBIn this episode of Berkeley Talks, Bess Williamson, associate professor of art history theory and criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and author of Accessible America, explores the history of design and its response to disability rights, from the end of World War II to the present day. Listen to the episode and read a transcript on Berkeley News. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Novelist Alice Walker: 'Dance when you feel like dancing'
March 12, 2021 16:55 - 1 hour - 89.4 MB"I think that part of why we are lost is that we've forgotten we have to study where we've come from and what we're doing," said novelist Alice Walker at a UC Berkeley event last month. "And I just can't stress enough how much I want our people — all people, but, you know, our people — to really get a grip on how you have to understand where you've been in order to know where you are or where you're going." Walker, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1983 for her novel, The Color Purple, was in con...
'Social Dilemma' star on fighting the disinformation machine
February 26, 2021 16:28 - 1 hour - 98.2 MBIn this episode of Berkeley Talks, Tristan Harris, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, former Google design ethicist and star of the 2020 Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma, discusses how fake news spreads faster than factual news — a result of citizens sharing emotionally resonant misinformation or disinformation, often weaponized for profit and propaganda purposes, while tech algorithms amplify the viral spread. Listen to the episode and read a transcript on Berkeley News....
Charles Henry on the case for reparations
February 12, 2021 16:55 - 1 hour - 83 MBIn this episode of Berkeley Talks, Charles Henry, professor emeritus of African American studies at UC Berkeley and author of Long Overdue: The Politics of Racial Reparations, discusses why reparations are gaining mainstream support, why he believes they are a solution and what could enable Black Americans to feel "acknowledged, redressed and with closure." This talk, given in October of 2020, is part of "America's Unfinished Work," a series by Berkeley's Osher Lifelong Learning Center (OLL...
Will the post-pandemic era be the next 'roaring '20s'?
January 29, 2021 16:55 - 16 minutes - 22.3 MBIn this episode of Berkeley Talks, Martha Olney, a teaching professor of economics at UC Berkeley, discusses the economic forecast — how the post-pandemic U.S. economy might compare to that of the so-called roaring 1920s. "When I studied the 1920s, I was really focused on consumer spending, particularly household spending for durable goods — cars, appliances, furniture, jewelry — and the role of installment credit in making a boom in consumer durables possible," Olney said on UCLA's Forecas...
Late filmmaker Marlon Riggs on making ‘Tongues Untied’
January 15, 2021 16:55 - 33 minutes - 45.5 MBIn this episode of Berkeley Talks, late filmmaker Marlon Riggs, a former Berkeley Journalism professor and alumnus, discusses his 1989 documentary, Tongues Untied, during a screening of his groundbreaking film at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) in 1990. In Tongues Untied, an experimental and deeply personal film, Riggs combines documentary footage with poetry, dance, music and performance with his own on-camera revelations to explore Black gay love and sexuality in...
Revisiting: Comedian Maz Jobrani on noticing the good in his life
January 01, 2021 19:23 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBIn this Berkeley Talks episode, we revisit an interview that we first shared in 2019: Growing up in an immigrant family, comedian Maz Jobrani knew his parents wanted him to be a lawyer or doctor, maybe an engineer. When he became a comedian, he says, the whole community was sad for the family. "They were like, 'Did you hear about Jobrani's son? Yeah, it's a shame. He's almost a drug dealer." In February 2019, Jobrani was a guest on the Science of Happiness, a podcast from the Greater Good ...
Poet Aria Aber reads from her 2019 book 'Hard Damage'
December 19, 2020 16:55 - 36 minutes - 49.7 MBIn this episode of Berkeley Talks, Aria Aber, a poet born to Afghan refugees and raised in Germany, who now lives in Oakland, California, reads from her first book of poems, Hard Damage, published in 2019. The early November reading was part of the UC Berkeley Library’s monthly event, Lunch Poems. Listen to the episode and read a transcript on Berkeley News. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
U.S. elections 2020 and implications for the Americas
December 04, 2020 16:55 - 1 hour - 111 MBIn this episode of Berkeley Talks, experts discuss the forces that shaped the outcome of the U.S. elections in November and the implications of the elections for the U.S. and the countries of Latin America. "Hispanics are the new swing voters," said Maria Escheveste, a senior scholar at the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) and president and CEO of the Opportunity Institute, who joined Paul Pierson, a professor of political science at Berkeley, and Colombian investigative journalist ...