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

W. Kamau Bell on AI, creativity and resisting the pull of automation

Leaping robots, AI companies and a NASA mission

How we’ve long misread gun violence (and ways to fix it)

The making of visionary activist Frances M. Beal’s ‘Black feminist house’

When we talk to AI, what are we talking to?

Philosopher Mark Johnston asks, 'Is this my only life?'

Why kids need awe — and how puppets can help

What punk subcultures can teach us about resisting hate

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