Berkeley Talks

Education Podcasts

A Berkeley News podcast that features lectures and conversations at UC Berkeley Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

Musician Lara Downes celebrates the sound of America

How the American university’s success led to its modern challenges

Alison Gopnik on why AI is no match for a 4-year-old

Hany Farid on the erosion of shared reality in the age of deepfakes

How 17th-century moving sets shaped modern theater

Nobel laureate Omar Yaghi on turning air into water for all

The rule of law depends of the courage of judges

An evolutionary biologist makes the case for pausing AI

Ramzi Fawaz on the psychedelic power of the humanities

Why kind leaders finish first (according to science)

How do we make better decisions? (revisiting)

The Page Act and the making of racialized US immigration control

For Nobel laureate Randy Schekman, it all began with pond scum and a toy microscope

The complicated role of media in motherhood

Top Biden official calls for unity, ‘moral courage’ in public service

How Berkeley became a powerhouse for innovation and startups

Long said to be ‘too big to fail,’ the ocean needs a new narrative

Art is a ‘strange tool’ that reveals us to ourselves

How forgiveness changes you and your brain

Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna on CRISPR and the future of gene editing