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Berkeley TalksBerkeley scholars unpack what's at stake for U.S. democracyEvery spring semester, UC Berkeley Assistant Professor Shereen Marisol Meraji teaches a class on race and journalism. In the course, she and her students explore how colonialism and the legacy of its systems — including forced displacement of Native tribes, slavery and Jim Crow — continue to affect us as a society, and how journalists can meaningfully report on race in America today.“It has led to persistent racial disparities in wealth, in education, housing, healthcare, in policing and incarceration,” said Meraji, who leads the audio program at Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. “I firmly believe that you can't meanin...
2025-08-091h 01
Exiting Our TwentiesBerkeley's StoryEpisode 5: Berkeley’s Story “It couldn’t have been a better one night stand experience – and I wish I could not regret it.”In Episode 5, our regular host Berkeley takes the “hot seat,” and her new friend Tori interviews her about a romantic night in Rome that left a lasting impact.Berkeley reads from her study abroad journal and reflects on her mixed emotions following this pivotal experience. Tori fills us in on life as a 25-year-old in Manhattan and shares a story from her 4-month backpacking trip. Together, these friends unpack the pres...
2025-06-141h 18
The Data Science Education PodcastWhat I Wish I Knew: Transfer Reflections on Entering Berkeley Data Science (feat. Avani Gireesha, Hannah Brown, Jake Pastoria)Access the full transcript for this episode“I never thought I would find that sense of community here, especially as a transfer, because I've heard so much about the stereotypes…I think a club really helped combat that” —Avani GireeshaIn our final episode of Season 9, we hear from three graduating UC Berkeley seniors, all of whom transferred from California community colleges into the Data Science major: Avani Gireesha, Hannah Brown, and Jake Pastoria. They reflect on their transitions from community college to Berkeley, discussing the clubs, research, and experiences they’ve gained in their two years...
2025-05-0227 min
Climate BreakHow Public Universities are Helping to Fight Climate Change, with Bruce RiordanThe Role of Public Universities in the Fight Against Climate ChangePublic universities like UC Berkeley have played a major role in developing climate solutions, from innovation in labs to policy initiatives. In order to create positive change in the climate space, science requires funding, which universities can provide. Further, universities, of course, educate, train, and interact firsthand with people who, in the future, will work in the climate space, putting them in an essential position in terms of climate education. How UC Berkeley is Making a DifferenceUC Berkeley specifically has made s...
2025-04-1501 min
The Buzz: The Berkeley High Jacket PodcastThe Buzz: The Downtown Berkeley Commercial CarrouselNoticing the constant turnover of stores in Downtown Berkeley, we investigated the issues that affect our downtown, and what is being done about them. We also looked into a cafe that just opened, where Peet's used to be-- Penelope's, and what the public's reaction has been like.This episode was produced by Zazie Duchene and reported by Elsa Dietz and Julia Brimmer.
2025-02-2212 min
Berkeley TalksUC Berkeley political scientist asks: Does democracy work?If someone asked you to describe democracy in one word, what would you say? An October 2024 survey by the Political Psychology of American Democracy Policy Project, led by UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy Dean David Wilson, asked people just that. Many respondents said, “freedom,” but a lot of others said, “broken.” In Berkeley Talks episode 220, Berkeley political scientist Henry Brady discusses how we got to a place of growing disillusionment with democracy, where so many mistrust the U.S. government and deride fellow voters’ ability to make informed decisions. In his Feb. 3 talk, part of...
2025-02-211h 03The Buzz: The Berkeley High Jacket PodcastThe Buzz: Religious Communities at Berkeley HighBerkeley High is home to a handful of religious clubs, and for this week's episode, we wanted to understand the role religious communities play in student's lives.
This episode was produced by Zazie Duchene and edited by Manushi Shah. Interviews were conducted by Julia Brimmer and Elsa Dietz.
2025-01-2409 min
The Data Science Education PodcastStudent-Led Innovation: Alumni Stories of Building Berkeley’s Data Science Program (feat. Alan Liang, Vinitra Swamy, Gunjan Baid)Access the full transcript for this episode“I would recommend double majoring with a different degree, because I think while data science by itself is a very, very useful and versatile degree, I think being able to apply it to a particular domain overall makes you a better statistician, or economist, or historian, right?”—Alan LiangIn the final episode of the season, we explore the pivotal role students played in shaping Berkeley’s undergraduate data science program. We sat down with three alumni — Alan Liang, Vinitra Swamy, and Gunjan Baid — who were instrumental...
2024-12-1335 min
Berkeley TalksLegal scholars on free speech challenges facing universities todayIn Berkeley Talks episode 209, renowned legal scholars Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of Berkeley Law, and Nadine Strossen, professor emerita of the New York School of Law and national president of the ACLU from 1991 to 2008, discuss free speech challenges facing universities today. They covered topics including hate speech, First Amendment rights, the Heckler’s Veto, institutional neutrality and what steps universities can take to avoid free speech controversies. The conversation, which took place on Sept. 11, was held in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement, in which thousands of students protested successfully for their right to fre...
2024-09-201h 41
Berkeley TalksWhat is understanding? Berkeley scholars discussIn Berkeley Talks episode 208, three UC Berkeley professors from a wide range of disciplines — psychology, biology and ethnic studies — broach a deep question: What is understanding?“When I think about it through the lens of being a psychologist, I really think about understanding as a demonstration of, say, knowledge that we have about the world,” begins Arianne Eason, an assistant professor of psychology, in this episode. “But that knowledge doesn't necessarily have to be through what we say. It doesn't necessarily have to be explicit. It's really about shaping the way that we engage with the world a...
2024-09-0654 min
Berkeley EngineeringESS 808: Study abroad as a Berkeley EngineerBerkeley Engineering students can study abroad! This week, ESS advisor Kendra Van Nyhuis and engineering student Simon Gonzalez share with us the amazing experience that awaits you studying abroad. You’ll learn when to start planning, some of the basic guidelines, and how students can fit a study abroad program into their degree timeline. Plus, Simon just returned from his semester abroad and shares what made his time in Rome such an amazing experience. For a transcript, please visit the episode page on the ESS podcast hub.
2024-07-2227 minESS 2024-25ESS 808: Study abroad as a Berkeley EngineerBerkeley Engineering students can study abroad! This week, ESS advisor Kendra Van Nyhuis and engineering student Simon Gonzalez share with us the amazing experience that awaits you studying abroad. You’ll learn when to start planning, some of the basic guidelines, and how students can fit a study abroad program into their degree timeline. Plus, Simon just returned from his semester abroad and shares what made his time in Rome such an amazing experience. For a transcript, please visit the episode page on the ESS podcast hub.
2024-07-2227 min
Berkeley EngineeringESS 807: Big Ideas @ BerkeleyYou’ve come to Berkeley Engineering, so you can gain the knowledge needed to tackle the world’s most complex problems. This week I’m excited to introduce the Big Ideas @ Berkeley contest. Guests Phillip Dennny, Big Ideas director, and last year’s grand prize winner, Ashmita Kumar, will tell us more about the program, which provides training, networks, recognition and funding to interdisciplinary teams of UC Berkeley students trying to solve real-world problems. Plus, aerospace engineering student Madeleine Bardy talks about some opportunities worth exploring outside the classroom. For a transcript, please visit the episode page on the ESS podcast
2024-07-1537 minESS 2024-25ESS 807: Big Ideas @ BerkeleyYou’ve come to Berkeley Engineering, so you can gain the knowledge needed to tackle the world’s most complex problems. This week I’m excited to introduce the Big Ideas @ Berkeley contest. Guests Phillip Dennny, Big Ideas director, and last year’s grand prize winner, Ashmita Kumar, will tell us more about the program, which provides training, networks, recognition and funding to interdisciplinary teams of UC Berkeley students trying to solve real-world problems. Plus, aerospace engineering student Madeleine Bardy talks about some opportunities worth exploring outside the classroom. For a transcript, please visit the episode page on the ESS podcast
2024-07-1537 min
Berkeley EngineeringESS 804: Connecting to Berkeley through mentorshipOur goal in Engineering Student Services is for each student to feel like they are successful and that they belong in Berkeley Engineering. This week we spoke with Marcia Breslin-Cantillana from ESS and current students Alisson Moreno, Zainab Alyosha, Simon Gonzalez, Cezar Carvajal to discuss how the Berkeley Mentorship Cohort gives students the opportunities to know that they belong and have a peer mentor to guide them during their academic journey. For a transcript, please visit the episode page on the ESS podcast hub.
2024-06-2431 minESS 2024-25ESS 804: Connecting to Berkeley through mentorshipOur goal in Engineering Student Services is for each student to feel like they are successful and that they belong in Berkeley Engineering. This week we spoke with Marcia Breslin-Cantillana from ESS and current students Alisson Moreno, Zainab Alyosha, Simon Gonzalez, Cezar Carvajal to discuss how the Berkeley Mentorship Cohort gives students the opportunities to know that they belong and have a peer mentor to guide them during their academic journey. For a transcript, please visit the episode page on the ESS podcast hub.
2024-06-2431 min
Berkeley TalksBerkeley commencement speeches celebrate resilience, braveryIn Berkeley Talks episode 197, we're sharing a selection of speeches from UC Berkeley's campuswide commencement ceremony on May 11. The first speech is by Chancellor Christ, followed by ASUC President Sydney Roberts and ending with keynote speaker Cynt Marshall, a Berkeley alum and CEO of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks."I believe the future of our democracy depends on our ability to engage in civil discourse across the divides and reject the forces of division and polarization," Christ began, as hundreds of graduates chanted in protest of the war in Gaza. "Given recent events and the scourge of COVID, I...
2024-05-1733 min
Berkeley Law Voices CarryTed Mermin on Berkeley Law’s Thriving Consumer Law OfferingsIn this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with Ted Mermin ’96, a Berkeley Law alum, a lecturer at the law school, and the executive director of our Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice, which since its 2018 founding has become a hub for faculty, students, and advocates focused on economic security and consumer protection — not just at Berkeley but around the country and even the world. Ted has built his career on public advocacy, particularly in the area of consumer protection, and is a well-known face in the halls of California’s Capitol. Ted teaches a variety of consume...
2024-05-1634 minBerkeley Law Voices CarryBerkeley Law’s New ESG University Executive Education CourseIn this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with Berkeley Center for Law and Business (BCLB) Executive Director Angeli Patel ’20, the lead instructor for ESG University, a new self-paced online program in Berkeley Law’s growing Executive Education offerings. This new certificate program and community is for individuals and organizations seeking to integrate proven ESG — which stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance — strategies and stakeholder theory considerations into business and investment practices.ESG University has two tracks: A 30-hour course for general practitioners and an 8-hour class for corporate board directors and C-suite executives. Click here to fin...
2024-03-2622 min
Berkeley Voices118: Take the first Black history tour at UC BerkeleyThe self-guided Black history tour at UC Berkeley begins at Memorial Stadium, where student Walter Gordon was a star of the football team more than 100 years ago. It then weaves through campus, making stops at 13 more locations, each highlighting an important person or landmark related to Black history.There's Ida Louise Jackson Graduate House, named in honor of the first African American woman to teach in Oakland public schools. Next is Barbara Christian Hall, named for the first Black woman to be granted tenure at Berkeley. Other stops include Wheeler Hall and Sproul Plaza, where Black visionaries...
2024-02-0109 min
Berkeley TalksFree speech on campus in times of great divisionIn Berkeley Talks episode 188, a panel of scholars discusses free speech on university campuses — where things stand today, what obligation campus leaders have to respond to conflicts involving speech and the need for students to feel safe when expressing their own views."Issues of free speech on campus have been there as long as there have been universities," began Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky at a UC Berkeley event on Jan. 10. "There's no doubt that since Oct. 7, universities across the country, including here at Berkeley, face enormously difficult issues with regard to freedom of speech.""Espe...
2024-01-121h 00The Buzz: The Berkeley High Jacket PodcastThe Buzz: Berkeley's Small Acts of KindnessIn speaking with Chris Kindness Award founder Alan Ross, and students and teachers at Berkeley High, we explore how our community can come together to spread positivity through small, daily acts of kindness
Learn more about the Chris Kindness Award by checking out the website.
Interviews were conducted by Miriam Reichenberg and Zazie Duchene, and the episode was edited by Julia Brimmer. Taylor Renaud narrated.
2023-12-0106 minThe Buzz: The Berkeley High Jacket PodcastThe Buzz: Jobs at Berkeley HighOn this week's episode, we explore what jobs and money management look like for students at Berkeley High. We got insight from personal finance teacher Crystal Rigley, and conducted several interviews with students around campus.
This episode was produced and edited by Zazie Duchene and additional interviews were conducted by Julia Brimmer and Taylor Reynaud.
2023-11-0404 min
Berkeley Voices114: Theater as power: New professor brings Caribbean performance practice to BerkeleyUC Berkeley's first social justice theater professor, Timmia Hearn DeRoy, talks about how Trinidad and Tobago’s Carnival practice, rooted in emancipation, drives her work today."Trinidadian Carnival, it’s social justice theater in practice. Every moment, it’s all about emancipation, the subverting of the powerful narrative through humor, through performance, through doublespeak. And it just taught me so much about the possibilities of the art form."Photo courtesy of Timmia Hearn DeRoy.Music by Blue Dot Sessions.Listen to the episode, read the transcript and see photos on Berkeley News...
2023-10-1722 min
Bearly PoliticalThe Moroccan Earthquake - An Interview With A Moroccan Berkeley StudentIn this episode, Leon interviews a fellow Berkeley student on the ongoing, devastating Moroccan earthquake situation. Together, they unpack the personal, economic, political, and local impacts of the tragic natural disaster.
2023-10-0416 min
Berkeley TalksWhat are Berkeley's Latinx Thriving Initiatives?In Berkeley Talks episode 180, Dania Matos and Fabrizio Mejia, vice chancellor and associate vice chancellor, respectively, for UC Berkeley’s Division of Equity and Inclusion, join Berkeley student Angelica Garcia to discuss the campus’s Latinx Thriving Initiatives (LTI) and how these efforts are supporting Berkeley’s goal of not only becoming a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), but also of transforming Berkeley into a Latinx Thriving Institution.“There's a practical standpoint of this that's about becoming a Hispanic Serving Institution,” begins Matos. “That's why you'll hear HSIs a lot, and it's important in that naming and framing. Dr. Gina Garci...
2023-09-2252 min
Berkeley EngineeringESS 716: Tips from Berkeley Engineering facultyThis week on The (Not So) Secret Guide to Being a Berkeley Engineer, we got to focus on one of the best resources students have at Berkeley - the faculty! Join us as Armando Fox (EECS) and Bethany Goldblum (Nuclear Engineering) give us tips for your first semester, how to use office hours (spoiler - use them often and not just before tests), how to be resilient as a student and more. For a transcript, please visit the episode page on the ESS podcast hub.
2023-08-2232 minESS 2023-24ESS 716: Tips from Berkeley Engineering facultyThis week on The (Not So) Secret Guide to Being a Berkeley Engineer, we got to focus on one of the best resources students have at Berkeley - the faculty! Join us as Armando Fox (EECS) and Bethany Goldblum (Nuclear Engineering) give us tips for your first semester, how to use office hours (spoiler - use them often and not just before tests), how to be resilient as a student and more. For a transcript, please visit the episode page on the ESS podcast hub.
2023-08-2232 min
Berkeley TalksOppenheimer's Berkeley yearsIn Berkeley Talks episode 177, a panel of scholars discusses theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and how his years at UC Berkeley shaped him, and how he shaped the university.Oppenheimer, the subject of Christopher Nolan’s summer 2023 film Oppenheimer, came to Berkeley in 1929 as an assistant professor and over the next dozen years established one of the greatest schools of theoretical physics. He went on to direct the Manhattan Project’s Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II, during which the first nuclear weapons were developed. He’s often referred to as “the father of the atomic bomb.”...
2023-08-171h 27
ESS 2023-24ESS 713: Belonging at Berkeley EngineeringThis week on The (Not So) Secret Guide to Being a Berkeley Engineer, if you have ever felt that you don't belong or it was a mistake that you ended up somewhere, you are not alone. Oscar Dubón, associate dean for students, College of Engineering, has meaningful insights on what it means to belong, how to find a your place and how to support others trying to do the same. For a transcript, please visit the episode page on the ESS podcast hub
2023-08-0820 minBerkeley EngineeringESS 713: Belonging at Berkeley EngineeringThis week on The (Not So) Secret Guide to Being a Berkeley Engineer, if you have ever felt that you don't belong or it was a mistake that you ended up somewhere, you are not alone. Oscar Dubón, associate dean for students, College of Engineering, has meaningful insights on what it means to belong, how to find a your place and how to support others trying to do the same. For a transcript, please visit the episode page on the ESS podcast hub
2023-08-0820 minThe Buzz: The Berkeley High Jacket PodcastThe Buzz: Destination, Berkeley HighStudents commute to school in all different ways. For today’s episode, we spoke with students about how getting to school can sometimes be frustrating or relaxing, eventful or mundane. Whatever the case, the destination is always the same– the crowded, diverse, spirited halls of Berkeley High.
This episode was produced and edited by Miriam Reichenberg. Interviews were conducted by Zazie Duchene.
2023-05-1903 min
Berkeley Voices107: 'Be the Change': Nazune Menka on creating the course, Decolonizing UC BerkeleyIn this episode of Be the Change, host Savala Nolan, director of Berkeley Law's Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice, interviews Nazune Menka.Menka is a lecturer at Berkeley Law and a supervising attorney for the campus’s Environmental Law Clinic. She is Denaakk’e from Alaska and Lumbee from North Carolina. In fall 2021, Menka designed and taught a new undergraduate legal studies course called Decolonizing UC Berkeley, and she taught Indigenous Peoples, Law and the United States at the law school in spring 2022.During their conversation, they talk about how to bring a deco...
2023-03-1545 min
Leaders of Web3 | Berkeley Blockchain XceleratorBuilding a Decentralized Ecosystem at UC BerkeleyBerkeley Blockchain Xcelerator is a non-dilutive program that incubates top entrepreneurs and scientists from around the world. There are 65 alumni teams which have secured over $400 MM in follow-on funding.
2022-06-0548 min
The Data Science Education PodcastThe 'Data 8 Story' - Bringing Data Science Education to UC Berkeley (feat. John DeNero)Access the full transcript for this episode “Engaging in Data Science at the undergraduate level [at UC Berkeley] first wasn’t any particular person’s idea…they concluded that: instead of first creating a graduate program and having things filter down to the undergraduate level years later, we would start with a first year course for undergraduates and build from there!”In this episode, John DeNero, the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies in Computing, Data Science, and Society and Associate Teaching Professor in the UC Berkeley EECS department, discusses his role in bringing Data Science Education...
2022-04-2225 min
Data Points: A Podcast by Berkeley EarthBehind the Stripes: Communicating climate science and using data to build resilience with Professor Ed Hawkins and Berkeley Earth's Dr. Robert RohdeThe world's first confirmation of global warming using actual temperature observations was published in 1938 when engineer Guy Callendar linked an observed 0.3°C warming to an increased atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide caused by the burning of fossil fuels. Fast forward nearly 90 years and 1.3°C, and climate scientists are still using crucial environmental data to communicate the significance of - and urgency around - carbon emissions and global warming. But now with significantly better data, data that modern illustrative styles and communication tools are dispensing to a mass audience — none more recognized than the ubiquitous climate stripes, a colorful progression from...
2022-04-2136 min
Berkeley TalksUC Berkeley experts on the invasion of UkraineIn 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 acast.com/privacy for more information.
2022-02-281h 00
Data Points: A Podcast by Berkeley EarthCOP26 Q&A with Berkeley Earth's Dr. Robert Rohde and Dr. Zeke HausfatherWhat does a world below 1.5°C actually look like?
Ahead of the beginning of the much-anticipated COP26 climate change conference, in this episode of the Data Points podcast Berkeley Earth Chief Scientist Dr. Robert Rohde, and Research Scientist Dr. Zeke Hausfather dive into your questions about COP26 and the climate science of a world below the Paris Agreement targets.
Topics covered include equitable emissions reductions and industrialized vs developing nations, methane and melting permafrost, climate models and warming forecasts, climate feedback loops, global emissions caps and climate dividends, climate disinformation, housing policy in the context of...
2021-10-2941 min
Berkeley TalksBerkeley experts on how to fight disinformationA 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; Hany Farid, associate dean and head of the School of Information; Susan D. Hyde, chair of the Department of Political Science; john powell, director of...
2021-10-081h 32
Berkeley Voices86: Disabled and empowered: How Mariana Soto Sanchez found self-advocacy at BerkeleyIn January 2015, 15-year-old Mariana Soto Sanchez woke up one Saturday morning at her home in Ontario, California, with weakness in her hand. Within minutes, the feeling had spread throughout her body. Her parents rushed her to the hospital. By the time they got there, she had total paralysis. Later that night, they found out she had a rare disorder called transverse myelitis. From that point on, Mariana had to adjust to an entirely new way of living. Six years later, Mariana has regained some mobility and will graduate from UC Berkeley this December with a degree in media studies a...
2021-10-0126 min
Berkeley Talks'Indigenous United' student podcast hosts on being Native at BerkeleyIn 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 to the episode and read the transcript on Berkeley News. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-08-1357 min
Data Points: A Podcast by Berkeley EarthBerkeley Earth answers your questions about the UN IPCC Working Group I ReportThis week marked the publication of the much anticipated IPCC Working Group I Report, a global, multi-year effort on the part of more than 200 scientists worldwide to describe the physical science underlying the current state of climate change and global warming.
In this episode of Data Points, Berkeley Earth Lead Scientist Dr. Robert Rohde and Research Scientist Dr. Zeke Hausfather answer your questions regarding the IPCC report. The conversation includes discussion of carbon cycle and carbon cycle feedback loops, emissions and various emissions scenarios, net-zero and net-zero commitments, as well as discussion of sea level rise and i...
2021-08-1324 min
Berkeley TalksLinda Rugg on Native American repatriation at UC BerkeleyBerkeley'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.
2021-07-031h 00
Berkeley TalksWally Adeyemo to Berkeley graduates: You are prepared to shape the worldIn 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 the speaking invitation to my boss, Janet Yellen — Secretary Yellen, the towering economic mind wh...
2021-05-1916 min
Berkeley Voices76: How the Asian American movement began at Berkeley, sparked creativity and unityIn the second part of a three-part series, playwright and UC Berkeley professor Philip Kan Gotanda discusses how he began to write music during the emerging Asian American movement, which began at Berkeley in the late 1960s. And how, after his music career didn’t take off as he’d hoped, he went to law school, where he wrote his first play. Now, he’s one of the most prolific playwrights of Asian American-themed work in the United States.Listen to the episode, read the transcript and see photos on UC Berkeley News: https://news.berkeley.edu/2021/05/14/podcas...
2021-05-1407 min
Berkeley TalksFilmmaker Steve McQueen to Berkeley students: 'Take a chance'In 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 that features leading media artists, curators and thinkers. The series was made possible with...
2021-05-081h 38
Berkeley Voices74: Berkeley MFA student Fred DeWitt: George Floyd never wanted to be in my artFred DeWitt is a Master of Fine Arts student and the first artist-in-residence in the Department of Art Practice at UC Berkeley. DeWitt, 61, shares in his own words what the Black Panthers meant to him as a young boy growing up in the Bay Area, how Barack Obama’s election as president inspired him to go back to school to study art, and the complicated nature of honoring the lives of people who never wanted to be remembered for their deaths. His MFA show will be at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) in June....
2021-04-2015 min
Place/Settings: BerkeleyPlace/Settings: Berkeley: 10 - "The Character Actor" by Sarah RuhlDirected by Les Waters
Read by Charles Shaw Robinson
From a perch beyond this life, an actor observes as a group of masked people finally return to the courtyard of Berkeley Rep — to the theatre, the place we made to gather, breathe together, and share the stories that remind us of our humanity.
2021-03-1614 minThe Buzz: The Berkeley High Jacket PodcastInside Berkeley High’s Reopening PlansThis episode of the Berkeley High Jacket Podcast looks into Berkeley Unified School District's plans for reopening safely in 2021.
2021-01-0513 min
Berkeley TalksBerkeley scholars on the legal legacy of Ruth Bader GinsburgFollowing the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Sept. 18, 2020, Berkeley Law professors — Amanda Tyler, Catherine Fisk, Orin Kerr, Bertrall Ross and Dean Erwin Chemerinsky — came together to discuss Ginsburg's legacy, what will be the likely effects of her no longer being in the Supreme Court and what is likely to happen in the nomination and confirmation process of a new justice."Her legacy as an advocate completely changed the face of American society," said Tyler, who clerked for Ginsburg in 1999. "As an advocate, she opened the eyes of the Supreme Court to the lived experiences of both...
2020-09-281h 07
The Berkeley Beacon News HourThe Berkeley Beacon News Hour: Kasteel Well, Guy Fieri, Primary RaceOn this episode of The Berkeley Beacon News Hour, our alumni host, Kyle Bray, filled in for Ryan Ribeiro and was joined by our new Deputy Column Editor, Katie Redefer who led the show with coronavirus coverage from the Kasteel Well. Later on in the show, Digital Managing Editor, Stephanie Purifoy gave an update on the Guy Fieri restaurant -takeover on the corner of Boylston and Tremont St. To tie it all together the trio broke down some of national politics in regards to the Primary races.
2020-03-1057 minThe Berkeley Beacon News HourThe Berkeley Beacon News Hour: SGA Constitution, Marlboro Professors, LacrosseHost Ryan Ribeiro is joined once again by SGA correspondent Andrew Brinker to talk about the report that the Student Government knowingly violated their constitution as well as discuss the cementing of power by Executive Treasurer Abigail Semple in her effort to not hire a staff below her. Then, reporter Max Carter joins the show to talk about what some of the current Marlboro College professors told him about the merger with Emerson, and why one professor has already committed elsewhere. To wrap up the show, Ribeiro is joined by sports editor Ethan McDowell and women's lacrosse captain Kelli Mark...
2020-02-2144 minThe Berkeley Beacon News HourThe Berkeley Beacon News Hour: SGA Treasurer discusses eligibilityHost Ryan Ribeiro and SGA reporter Andrew Brinker are joined by SGA Executive Treasurer Abigail Semple to talk about eligibility questions raised in the past week and how it affects the future of the proposed Financial Equity Board. Later on in the show, Stephanie Purifoy joins Ribeiro to talk about the Staff Union Valentine's Day event to recruit more members from the college (listen closely for the ironic venue name). Listen for all that and more on this edition of The Berkeley Beacon News Hour!
2020-02-1045 min
Berkeley TalksDenise Herd and Waldo Martin on Berkeley's '400 Years' initiativeIn this episode of Who Belongs?, a podcast by UC Berkeley's Othering and Belonging Institute, Berkeley professors Denise Herd and Waldo Martin discuss 400 Years of Resistance to Slavery and Injustice, a yearlong initiative that marks the 400th anniversary of the forced arrival of enslaved Africans in the English colonies."The commemoration of the 400th anniversary of slavery — it's part of a national initiative to recognize this long and really, really important time in our history," says Herd, a professor in the School of Public Health and associate director of the Othering and Belonging Institute who is leading th...
2020-02-0742 minThe Berkeley Beacon News HourBerkeley Beacon News Hour: SGA Impeachment, Marlboro Update, Trump Impeachment RallyOn this edition of The Berkeley Beacon News Hour, host Ryan Ribeiro provides an update on the Emerson/Marlboro College merger, reads through some top stories in this week's edition of the paper, catches up with Deputy News Express Editor Andrew Brinker on the possible impeachment of SGA treasurer Abigail Semple, and has on fellow Express Editor Tomas Gonzalez to discuss what he saw at the Trump impeachment rally in front of the State House.
2020-02-0640 minThe Berkeley Beacon News HourThe Berkeley Beacon News Hour on WECB 2/3: The Hand Off Episode, SGA Structural ChangesBerkeley Beacon editors went live on WECB with the latest episode of The Berkeley Beacon News Hour—an afternoon radio program dedicated to discussing both campus and city news with a splice of music in between.The show airs on WECB Mondays at 2 p.m. and Thursday at noon and is hosted by The Beacon's own Ryan Ribiero. On the Feb. 3 episode, Editor-in-Chief Chris Van Buskirk handed off the show to Ribeiro and the pair talked SGA with Senior Student Government Reporter Andrew Brinker.
2020-02-0442 minThe Berkeley Beacon News HourThe Berkeley Beacon News Hour on WECB 12/13: Semester wrap upBerkeley Beacon editors went live on WECB with the latest episode of The Berkeley Beacon News Hour—a morning radio program dedicated to discussing both campus and city news with a splice of music in between.The show airs on WECB at 8 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and is hosted by Visual Managing Editor Kyle Bray, Copy Managing Editor Abigail Hadfield, News Editor Stephanie Purifoy, and Editor-in-Chief Chris Van Buskirk.On the final episode of the semester, Living Arts Editor Grace Griffin joins the show to talk about her most recent love column and to...
2019-12-1437 minThe Berkeley Beacon News HourThe Berkeley Beacon News Hour on WECB 12/9: Health insurance anxiety, ECAPS increases staff, EDC restrictions, and Marlboro trustreeBerkeley Beacon editors went live on WECB with the latest episode of The Berkeley Beacon News Hour—a morning radio program dedicated to discussing both campus and city news with a splice of music in between.The show airs on WECB at 8 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and is hosted by Visual Managing Editor Kyle Bray, Copy Managing Editor Abigail Hadfield, News Editor Stephanie Purifoy, and Editor-in-Chief Chris Van Buskirk.On this episode, editors discussed the new anxiety over employee health insurance price increases, ECAPS increasing its staff due to increased demand, the difference in...
2019-12-0940 min
Berkeley TalksBerkeley scholars on the politics and law of impeachmentWith the 2020 general elections looming, the nominee for the Democratic Party undetermined and a defiant and volatile president at the helm, the impeachment inquiry is heating up. At stake in this topsy-turvy political theater are our democratic institutions, which may be forever altered.In this Nov. 5 talk for UC Berkeley's Social Science Matrix event, Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of Berkeley Law, and Robert Reich, a professor of public policy at UC Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy, discuss what the mechanisms are for removing or sanctioning a president of the United States, what are impeachable offenses and how...
2019-12-071h 20The Berkeley Beacon News HourThe Berkeley Beacon News Hour on WECB 12/6: SGA VP to run for Executive President, Nate Martin shines for BBall, "Woj Pod" live tapingBerkeley Beacon editors went live on WECB with the latest episode of The Berkeley Beacon News Hour—a morning radio program dedicated to discussing both campus and city news with a splice of music in between.The show airs on WECB at 8 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and is hosted by Visual Managing Editor Kyle Bray, Copy Managing Editor Abigail Hadfield, News Editor Stephanie Purifoy, and Editor-in-Chief Chris Van Buskirk.On this episode, Assistant Enterprise Editor Andrew Brinker and Deputy Sports Game Editor Andrew Lin join the show to discuss stories about Executive Vice Pr...
2019-12-0636 minThe Berkeley Beacon News HourThe Berkeley Beacon News Hour on WECB 12/4: Global Pathways film festival, new study abroad opportunities, and wellness checksBerkeley Beacon editors went live on WECB with the latest episode of The Berkeley Beacon News Hour—a morning radio program dedicated to discussing both campus and city news with a splice of music in between.The show airs on WECB at 8 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and is hosted by Visual Managing Editor Kyle Bray, Copy Managing Editor Abigail Hadfield, News Editor Stephanie Purifoy, and Editor-in-Chief Chris Van Buskirk.On the Dec. 4 show, editors discussed the new Global Pathways film festival, new study abroad opportunities in Sweden, Japan, Ecuador, and Montreal, and the ra...
2019-12-0440 minThe Berkeley Beacon News HourThe Berkeley Beacon News Hour on WECB 11/25: Massachusetts bans plastic bags and Marlboro merger updatesBerkeley Beacon editors went live on WECB with the latest episode of The Berkeley Beacon News Hour—a morning radio program dedicated to discussing both campus and city news with a splice of music in between.The show airs on WECB at 8 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and is hosted by Visual Managing Editor Kyle Bray, Copy Managing Editor Abigail Hadfield, News Editor Stephanie Purifoy, and Editor-in-Chief Chris Van Buskirk.On the Nov. 25 episode, Deputy Express Editor Tomas Gonzalez joins the show to talk about Massachusetts passing a bill to ban plastic bags and th...
2019-11-2536 min
Berkeley TalksBerkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky on defending DACAAn important case of the current U.S. Supreme Court term is about Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA — a program that some 700,000 undocumented people depend on for the right to work and protection from deportation — and whether or not it was properly ended by the Trump administration in 2017. The program has been kept in place since then by federal court injunctions. The Supreme Court heard argument in these cases on Nov. 12. Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and attorney Ethan Dettmer of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher's in San Francisco are key members of the litigation team that...
2019-11-2250 minThe Berkeley Beacon News HourThe Berkeley Beacon News Hour on WECB 11/22: VMA class to produce gun violence prevention videos, Pelton visits MarlboroBerkeley Beacon editors went live on WECB with the latest episode of The Berkeley Beacon News Hour—a morning radio program dedicated to discussing both campus and city news with a splice of music in between.The show airs on WECB at 8 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and is hosted by Visual Managing Editor Kyle Bray, Copy Managing Editor Abigail Hadfield, News Editor Stephanie Purifoy, and Editor-in-Chief Chris Van Buskirk.On the Nov. 22 episode, Deputy Express Editor Tomas Gonzalez and Deputy Lifestyle Editor Katie Redefer join the show to talk about a new class in...
2019-11-2231 minThe Berkeley Beacon News HourThe Berkeley Beacon News Hour on WECB 11/20: Marlboro update, plastic bag ban, and SGA town hallBerkeley Beacon editors went live on WECB with the latest episode of The Berkeley Beacon News Hour—a morning radio program dedicated to discussing both campus and city news with a splice of music in between.The show airs on WECB at 8 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and is hosted by Visual Managing Editor Kyle Bray, Copy Managing Editor Abigail Hadfield, News Editor Stephanie Purifoy, and Editor-in-Chief Chris Van Buskirk.On the Nov. 20 episode, editors discussed President M. Lee Pelton's visit to Marlboro College, a pending vote for a plastic bag ban in the st...
2019-11-2041 minThe Berkeley Beacon News HourThe Berkeley Beacon News Hour on WECB 11/18: New vape ban, ECPD diversity, and graduate student union banBerkeley Beacon editors went live on WECB with the latest episode of The Berkeley Beacon News Hour—a morning radio program dedicated to discussing both campus and city news with a splice of music in between.The show airs on WECB at 8 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and is hosted by Visual Managing Editor Kyle Bray, Copy Managing Editor Abigail Hadfield, News Editor Stephanie Purifoy, and Editor-in-Chief Chris Van Buskirk.On the Nov. 18 episode, stories discussed included a new vaping ban in Massachusetts, ECPD's efforts to increase gender diversity, a ban on graduate student un...
2019-11-1844 minThe Berkeley Beacon News HourThe Berkeley Beacon News Hour on WECB 11/15: Latest on the Marlboro College mergerBerkeley Beacon editors went live on WECB with the latest episode of The Berkeley Beacon News Hour—a morning radio program dedicated to discussing both campus and city news with a splice of music in between.The show airs on WECB at 8 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and is hosted by Visual Managing Editor Kyle Bray, Copy Managing Editor Abigail Hadfield, News Editor Stephanie Purifoy, and Editor-in-Chief Chris Van Buskirk.On the Nov. 15 episode, Assistant Express Editor Jacob Seitz and Assistant Enterprise Editor Andrew Brinker join the show to talk about the latest surrounding Em...
2019-11-1544 minThe Berkeley Beacon News HourThe Berkeley Beacon News Hour on WECB 11/13: Marlboro College mergerBerkeley Beacon editors went live on WECB with the latest episode of The Berkeley Beacon News Hour—a morning radio program dedicated to discussing both campus and city news with a splice of music in between.The show airs on WECB at 8 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and is hosted by Visual Managing Editor Kyle Bray, Copy Managing Editor Abigail Hadfield, News Editor Stephanie Purifoy, and Editor-in-Chief Chris Van Buskirk.In this episode, Kyle Bray and Stephanie Purifoy broke down the latest news on Emerson's merger with Marlboro College.
2019-11-1341 min
Berkeley TalksBerkeley Law's Ian Haney López on defeating racial fearmongeringPeople across the country, from presidential hopefuls and engaged voters to journalists and activists, are grappling with how to think and talk about racism in American politics.In this Oct. 11 talk, Berkeley Law professor Ian Haney López, one of the nation's leading thinkers on how racism has evolved in the U.S. since the civil rights era, discusses his new book, Merge Left: Fusing Race and Class, Winning Elections and Saving America, offering insight and hopeful new strategy for defeating the right's racial fearmongering and achieving bold progressive goals."... Republicans have been saying for 50 ye...
2019-11-081h 12The Berkeley Beacon News HourThe Berkeley Beacon News Hour on WECB 11/8: NEWMAC Playoff update and winter sports previewBerkeley Beacon editors went live on WECB Wednesday with the latest episode of The Berkeley Beacon News Hour—a morning radio program dedicated to discussing both campus and city news with a splice of music in between.The show airs on WECB at 8 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and is hosted by Visual Managing Editor Kyle Bray, Copy Managing Editor Abigail Hadfield, News Editor Stephanie Purifoy, and Editor-in-Chief Chris Van Buskirk.On this episode, sports editor Aaron Miller and deputy sports game editor Andrew Lin join the show to break down the NEWMAC Playoff ga...
2019-11-0840 minThe Berkeley Beacon News HourThe Berkeley Beacon News Hour on WECB 11/1: Beacon Photo TeamBerkeley Beacon editors went live on WECB Wednesday with the sixth episode of The Berkeley Beacon News Hour—a morning radio program dedicated to discussing both campus and city news with a splice of music in between.The show airs on WECB at 8 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and is hosted by Visual Managing Editor Kyle Bray, Copy Managing Editor Abigail Hadfield, News Editor Stephanie Purifoy, and Editor-in-Chief Chris Van Buskirk.In this episode, photo editor Jakob Menendez and assistant photo editor Lizzie Heintz join the show to talk about their time on The Be...
2019-11-0141 minThe Berkeley Beacon News HourThe Berkeley Beacon News Hour on WECB 10/30: Remembering lost community members and tracking NEWMAC playoff racesBerkeley Beacon editors went live on WECB Wednesday with the sixth episode of The Berkeley Beacon News Hour—a morning radio program dedicated to discussing both campus and city news with a splice of music in between. The show airs on WECB at 8 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and is hosted by Visual Managing Editor Kyle Bray, Copy Managing Editor Abigail Hadfield, News Editor Stephanie Purifoy, and Editor-in-Chief Chris Van Buskirk.The Oct. 30 show featured discussion about the fires in California, updates on the Dan Hollis investigation, a recap of the vigil for Moses Sh...
2019-10-3042 minThe Berkeley Beacon News HourThe Berkeley Beacon News Hour on WECB 10/28: Moses Shumow and ESAsBerkeley Beacon editors went live on WECB Wednesday with the sixth episode of The Berkeley Beacon News Hour—a morning radio program dedicated to discussing both campus and city news with a splice of music in between.The show airs on WECB at 8 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and is hosted by Visual Managing Editor Kyle Bray, Copy Managing Editor Abigail Hadfield, News Editor Stephanie Purifoy, and Editor-in-Chief Chris Van Buskirk.The Oct. 21 show featured stories about the death of journalism professor Moses Shumow and an explainer on how the emotional support an...
2019-10-2830 minThe Berkeley Beacon News HourThe Berkeley Beacon News Hour on WECB 10/25: GoFundMe update, Head Of The Charles Regatta, and Patriots columnBerkeley Beacon editors went live on WECB Wednesday with the sixth episode of The Berkeley Beacon News Hour—a morning radio program dedicated to discussing both campus and city news with a splice of music in between.The show airs on WECB at 8 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and is hosted by Visual Managing Editor Kyle Bray, Copy Managing Editor Abigail Hadfield, News Editor Stephanie Purifoy, and Editor-in-Chief Chris Van Buskirk.The Oct. 21 show featured guest appearances from Living Arts Editor Grace Griffin and Assistant Sports Features Editor Lara Hill. Stories covered in...
2019-10-2537 minThe Berkeley Beacon News HourThe Berkeley Beacon News Hour on WECB 10/21: SGA Elections and Global Gender Equality workshopBerkeley Beacon editors went live on WECB Wednesday with the sixth episode of The Berkeley Beacon News Hour—a morning radio program dedicated to discussing both campus and city news with a splice of music in between.The show airs on WECB at 8 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and is hosted by Visual Managing Editor Kyle Bray, Copy Managing Editor Abigail Hadfield, News Editor Stephanie Purifoy, and Editor-in-Chief Chris Van Buskirk.The Oct. 21 featured a discussion about the upcoming SGA fall special election and a breakdown on how SGA elections work as we...
2019-10-2131 minThe Berkeley Beacon News HourThe Berkeley Beacon News Hour on WECB 10/18: Mailroom overflow, PERIOD. rally, and Title IXBerkeley Beacon editors went live on WECB Wednesday with the sixth episode of The Berkeley Beacon News Hour—a morning radio program dedicated to discussing both campus and city news with a splice of music in between.The show airs on WECB at 8 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and is hosted by Visual Managing Editor Kyle Bray, Copy Managing Editor Abigail Hadfield, News Editor Stephanie Purifoy, and Editor-in-Chief Chris Van Buskirk.The Oct. 18 show featured guest appearances from the news and living arts sections, with deputy express editor Tomas Gonzalez and deputy li...
2019-10-1843 minThe Berkeley Beacon News HourThe Berkeley Beacon News Hour on WECB 10/11: Men's basketball championship rings, Quidditch, and fall sports updateBerkeley Beacon editors went live on WECB Wednesday with the sixth episode of The Berkeley Beacon News Hour—a morning radio program dedicated to discussing both campus and city news with a splice of music in between.The show airs on WECB at 8 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and is hosted by Visual Managing Editor Kyle Bray, Copy Managing Editor Abigail Hadfield, News Editor Stephanie Purifoy, and Editor-in-Chief Chris Van Buskirk. The Oct. 11 show featured guest appearances from the sports section, with sports editor Aaron Miller and assistant sports game editor Ethan McD...
2019-10-1840 minThe Berkeley Beacon News HourThe Berkeley Beacon News Hour on WECB 10/9: Hollis update, Garbanzo, and OHREBerkeley Beacon editors went live on WECB Wednesday with the sixth episode of The Berkeley Beacon News Hour—a morning radio program dedicated to discussing both campus and city news with a splice of music in between.The show airs on WECB at 8 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and is hosted by Visual Managing Editor Kyle Bray, Copy Managing Editor Abigail Hadfield, News Editor Stephanie Purifoy, and Editor-in-Chief Chris Van Buskirk. The Oct. 9 show covered an update to the Daniel Hollis homicide investigation, a new restaurant in the space formerly occupied by Griddlers, two ne...
2019-10-0954 minThe Berkeley Beacon News HourThe Berkeley Beacon News Hour on WECB 10/4: Daniel Hollis, GoFundMe for Smiley, Gaby DunnBerkeley Beacon editors went live on WECB Friday with the third episode of The Berkeley Beacon News Hour—a morning radio program dedicated to discussing both campus and city news with a splice of music in between.The show airs on WECB at 8 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and is hosted by Visual Managing Editor Kyle Bray, Copy Managing Editor Abigail Hadfield, News Editor Stephanie Purifoy, and Editor-in-Chief Chris Van Buskirk. The Oct. 4 show, which featured a guest appearance from Living Arts Editor Grace Griffin, covered updates on sophomore Daniel Hollis, a student fundraising to...
2019-10-0454 minThe Berkeley Beacon News HourThe Berkeley Beacon News Hour on WECB 10/2: Daniel Hollis, Hong Kong, Clery Report, WorkdayBerkeley Beacon editors went live on WECB Wednesday with the second episode of The Berkeley Beacon News Hour—a morning radio program dedicated to discussing both campus and city news with a splice of music in between.The show airs on WECB at 8 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and is hosted by Visual Managing Editor Kyle Bray, Copy Managing Editor Abigail Hadfield, News Editor Stephanie Purifoy, and Editor-in-Chief Chris Van Buskirk. The Oct. 2 show covered updates on sophomore Daniel Hollis, a student demonstration on campus related to the Hong Kong protests, a breakdown of th...
2019-10-0256 minThe Berkeley Beacon News HourThe Berkeley Beacon News Hour on WECB 9/30: RA Contracts, Fee Amendment, Boylston Street Construction UpdateThe Berkeley Beacon hosted the inaugural episode of The Berkeley Beacon News Hour Monday—a morning radio program dedicated to discussing both campus and city news with a splice of music in between. The show airs on WECB at 8 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and is hosted by Visual Managing Editor Kyle Bray, Copy Managing Editor Abigail Hadfield, News Editor Stephanie Purifoy, and Editor-in-Chief Chris Van Buskirk. The Berkeley Beacon News Hour marks an expanding effort by The Beacon to reach audiences on a variety of platforms. The Sept. 30 show covered a spar between re...
2019-09-3056 min
Berkeley TalksAdmissions director Femi Ogundele on what makes a Berkeley student“If you’re looking for an opportunity to make a real change in this society, you need to go and work at a public school,” said Associate Vice Chancellor and Director of Admissions, Femi Ogundele, on Wednesday, Aug. 30, at this fall semester's first Campus Conversations, a series where top Berkeley leaders discuss campus issues and take questions from staff, faculty and students.In an hour-long conversation, Ogundele, who started his post in January, talked about why he came to Berkeley, the power of strong messaging and targeted outreach and how the Chancellor's Diversity Initiative is an opportunity to "re...
2019-09-2052 min
The Berkeley RemixBerkeley Lightning - Let There Be Light - Season 4, Episode 2:This season of the Berkeley Remix we’re bringing to life stories about our home — UC Berkeley — from our collection of thousands of oral histories. Please join us for our fourth season, Let There Be Light: 150 Years at UC Berkeley, inspired by the University’s motto, Fiat Lux. Our three episodes this season explore issues of identity — where we’ve been, who we are now, the powerful impact Berkeley’s identity as a public institution has had on student and academic life, and the intertwined history of campus and community.
Episode 2: Berkeley Lightning is about the contributions of UC Berkeley Engineering to...
2019-07-2421 min
The Berkeley RemixSleeping With The Light On - Let There Be Light - Season 4, Episode 1This season of the Berkeley Remix we’re bringing to life stories about our home — UC Berkeley — from our collection of thousands of oral histories. Please join us for our fourth season, Let There Be Light: 150 Years at UC Berkeley, inspired by the University’s motto, Fiat Lux. Our three episodes this season explore issues of identity — where we’ve been, who we are now, the powerful impact Berkeley’s identity as a public institution has had on student and academic life, and the intertwined history of campus and community.
In Episode 1: Sleeping With The Light On, we’ve come to think of comm...
2019-07-2418 min
The Berkeley RemixBerkeley After Dark - Let There Be Light - Season 4, Episode 3This season of the Berkeley Remix we’re bringing to life stories about our home — UC Berkeley — from our collection of thousands of oral histories. Please join us for our fourth season, Let There Be Light: 150 Years at UC Berkeley, inspired by the University’s motto, Fiat Lux. Our three episodes this season explore issues of identity — where we’ve been, who we are now, the powerful impact Berkeley’s identity as a public institution has had on student and academic life, and the intertwined history of campus and community.
Episode 3: Berkeley After Dark is about the connection between the history of far...
2019-07-2415 min
Berkeley TalksBerkeley artist Mildred Howard on the impact of gentrification in the Bay AreaOn Wednesday, June 19, the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) celebrated Juneteenth — a national commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States — with a visit by Mildred Howard, a widely acclaimed artist and longtime Berkeley resident whose family has deep roots in the Bay Area’s African American community. Howard appeared at BAMPFA for a screening of the new documentary, Welcome to the Neighborhood, which highlights her own family’s history in South Berkeley and the neighborhood’s transformation over the past 50 years.Following the screening of the 30-minute film, Howard was joined in c...
2019-06-2427 min
Berkeley TalksJimmy López on composing 'Dreamers' oratorio inspired by Berkeley undocumented studentsComposer Jimmy López, who earned his Ph.D. in music from UC Berkeley in 2012, speaks about Dreamers, an oratorio he was commissioned by Cal Performances to write that is informed by interviews held with undocumented students at UC Berkeley. The piece was written in collaboration with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz, who created the libretto. Esa-Pekka Salonen, the music director designate of the San Francisco Symphony, conducted the world premiere performance of Dreamers in Zellerbach Hall on Sunday, March 17 at 3 p.m. with the Philharmonia Orchestra of London, soprano Ana María Martínez, and a chorus of nearly 8...
2019-03-201h 19
Berkeley TalksBerkeley Law Professor Catherine Fisk on reimagining labor lawBerkeley Law Professor Catherine Fisk, author of Writing for Hire: Unions, Hollywood, and Madison Avenue (2016), gave a lecture on Feb. 13, 2019, that examines some of the recent radical changes in the law of the workplace in California and nationwide. She discusses how the transformation of work through the gig economy and through the decline of union presents unprecedented challenges for regulating work for the common good, but how it also presents opportunities for a fresh start.This lecture was part of a series of talks sponsored by UC Berkeley’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI).Catherine Fisk...
2019-03-021h 00
Berkeley TalksBerkeley Law Professor Daniel Farber on presidential power and individual rightsPresidential power is always a hot topic, but never more so than today. This lecture, given by Berkeley Law Professor Daniel Farber on Sept. 25, 2018, explains the constitutional limits on the president and how individual rights are affected. Dan Farber is the Sho Sato Professor of Law at UC Berkeley and the faculty director of the Center for Law, Energy and the Environment. Professor Farber serves on the editorial board of Foundation Press. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Life Member of the American Law Institute. He is the editor of Issues...
2019-01-071h 15
Berkeley Voices46: Berkeley Haas Chief of Staff Marco Lindsey lives like his 80-year-old self is watchingEvery morning, Marco Lindsey wakes up in East Oakland, where he was born and raised. He puts on a suit and tie, packs his briefcase, chats with his neighbors and drives to work at Berkeley Haas. It's a typical morning routine, but to Marco, it’s a lot more than that. It’s a way to show boys and young men in his community that they have possibilities. He didn't have that growing up. But his drive — and mentors who helped steer him — propelled him forward, and now he's helping others to succeed. His motto: Live your life as if your...
2018-12-1109 min
KPFA - East Bay YesterdayRichard Pryor’s transformative East Bay experience, Berkeley in the 1970s and moreThe first segment of this episode explores the Richard Pryor’s time living in Berkeley:
Richard Pryor was one of the most influential comedians of all time, but when he first arrived in the East Bay, he said: “I don’t think I have a style yet.” This episode explores how living in Berkeley during an era full of riots and revolutionaries sparked Pryor’s creative evolution. Authors Cecil Brown and Ishmael Reed share memories of these tumultuous times and Pryor biographer Scott Saul explains how the controversial performer went on to change American culture forever.
The secon...
2018-10-2435 min
Berkeley Voices41: At Berkeley, nobody stuffs a bird like Carla CiceroAfter Lux — one of the peregrine falcons born on the Campanile — died last year after striking a window of Evans Hall, the campus community was heartbroken. But Carla Cicero, the staff curator of birds at UC Berkeley's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, has given the peregrine a new purpose. Lux is now one of 750,000 specimens — birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals — at the museum used for research at Berkeley and across the world. Lux is the 4,287th specimen that Carla has prepped for the museum in the past 30 years. Although the museum is closed to the public, for one day a year — C...
2018-09-2505 min
Berkeley Voices40: From the archive: On Berkeley time? He keeps Campanile's clocks tickingLast week, Berkeley students noticed that one of the Campanile’s four clocks stopped. While the north-facing clock was at a standstill, the other three kept going. How could that happen? Turns out each of the clocks has its own motor and runs independently from one another. But because the bell tower’s clocks are so old — the Campanile was built more than 100 years ago — its parts can’t just be replaced. The campus has to send them away to be repaired or find another way to keep the clocks ticking. A few years ago, I interviewed Art Simmons...
2018-09-1804 min
Berkeley Voices07: How Moscow’s Tsar Bell found its voice — at BerkeleyWe’re at UC Berkeley’s Campanile courtyard listening to sounds of an ancient bell that have never been heard before. It’s the 20-foot-tall, 200-ton Russian “Tsar Bell” — the largest bell in the world — in duet with the campus’s carillon.But the bell isn’t actually here. It’s at the Moscow Kremlin. A UC Berkeley team, along with researchers at Stanford and the University of Michigan, worked together to digitally create the sound they believed the bell would make.Read the story on UC Berkeley News: http://news.berkeley.edu/2016/04/21/russian-tsar-bell-podcast/ Hosted on Acast...
2016-04-2203 min
Josh BerkeleyZAYN- PILLOW TALK(Josh Berkeley Cover)Vocal and Piano Cover by Josh Berkeley and Venor Yard.
2016-03-0402 min
Berkeley Voices04: Berkeley Law professor Melissa Murray on the darker side of marriageMarriage — modernly — is seen as sort of unalloyed good, says law professor Melissa Murray. “Everyone would like to get married, or most people would like to get married. Certainly, most people’s mothers want them to get married.”Murray teaches family law at UC Berkeley. She says the marriage equality movement has built up the idea that marriage is this wonderful thing that everyone should want. And there are a lot of benefits to being married in the United States. People who are married have better financial outcomes than people who aren’t. They are often healthier (especially men...
2015-11-1006 min
Berkeley Voices02: On Berkeley time? He keeps Campanile's clocks tickingThe Campanile clock tower is the campus’s North Star. At 100 years old and 307 feet tall, it’s a landmark everyone knows and trusts. But what happens when the clocks stop? There’s only one person to call: Art Simmons.“Everybody in Berkeley watches those clocks,” says Simmons. “Not just the people on campus. So when the clocks stop, the whole city knows about it and it doesn’t look good.”Read the story on UC Berkeley News: https://news.berkeley.edu/2015/07/29/campanile-clocks/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2015-07-2903 min
Unprecedented Business Growth Podcast Series – Market Leading GrowthA Conversation with James Berkeley
Join Chad Barr in a conversation with James Berkeley on how his firm, Ellice Consulting, is helping executives and organizations dramatically improve their operating performance. James talks about his “past”, his passion and his ability to apply that rapidly to transform his clients’ futures (increasing revenues, improving image, happier clients, faster growth, reduced risk and so on). Over a near 25 year career, James has sat in almost every seat in the “house”. An adviser to multinational businesses, an entrepreneur, a corporate executive, an investor and a Board member, he brings a unique perspective of someone, who has successful...
2014-11-1826 min
SpectrumBerkeley Science ReviewThree members of The Berkeley Science Review (Editor-in-chief Sebastien Lounis, Web Editor Adam Hill, and BSR Author Lindsay Glesener) talk about the printed Review and the digital blog. They describe how the BSR has changed their view of science.TranscriptSpeaker 1: Spectrum's next. Speaker 2: Mm hmm. [inaudible]. Speaker 1: Welcome to spectrum the science [00:00:30] and technology show on k a l x Berkeley, a biweekly 30 minute program bringing you interviews featuring bay area scientists and technologists as well as a calendar of local events and news. Speaker 3: Good after...
2012-11-1630 minSpectrumBerkeley Science ReviewThree members of The Berkeley Science Review (Editor-in-chief Sebastien Lounis, Web Editor Adam Hill, and BSR Author Lindsay Glesener) talk about the printed Review and the digital blog. They describe how the BSR has changed their view of science.TranscriptSpeaker 1: Spectrum's next. Speaker 2: Mm hmm. [inaudible]. Speaker 1: Welcome to spectrum the science [00:00:30] and technology show on k...
2012-11-1630 min