University of California Audio Podcasts (Audio)

Discover the latest innovations in comprehensive breast health care from experts at UC San Diego Health and Moores Cancer Center. Anne Wallace, MD, Rebecca Shatsky, MD, and Mohammad Eghtedari, MD, PhD discuss the team approach to breast cancer detection, treatment and prevention utilizing breast imaging, medical, surgical and radiation oncology. Series: "UC San Diego Health Talks" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 36458]

This panel features leaders and experts addressing these unprecedented times and all the challenges confronting Election 2020. What can we do to make voters' voices heard during an unprecedented pandemic and a historic civil rights uprising? Panelists: Aimee Allison, She the People; Betrall Ross, Berkeley Law; James Schwab, Chief Deputy Secretary of State, California; Dr. John Swartzberg, UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. Moderator: Dan Lindheim, Center on Civility and Democratic Engagement at the Goldman School of Public Policy. Series: "UC Public Policy Channel" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 36509]

Ian Haney López is is the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Public Law at the University of California, Berkeley. He specializes on race and racism in the law. His focus for the last decade has been on the use of racism in electoral politics, and how to respond. Ian develops and promotes a race-class praxis which argues that powerful elites exploit social divisions for private gain, so no matter what our race, color, or ethnicity, our best future requires building cross-racial solidarity. Ian is the author of three books, White By Law: The Legal Construction of Race (2006), Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism & Wrecked the Middle Class (2014), and most recently, Merge Left: Fusing Race and Class, Winning Elections and Saving America (2019) Series: "UC Public Policy Channel" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 36290]

Can I breastfeed if I have COVID-19? Dr. Julia Cormano explains what you need to know to safely breastfeed if you are ill. Series: "Motherhood Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 36245]

This lecture begins with a discussion of California’s ballot measure Prop 16 which seeks to overturn Prop 209, the 1996 ban on affirmative action in the state. This discussion considers both the history of California ballot measures and looks closely at how ballot measures have remade racial liberalism in postwar California. From there we turn to our primary topic which is that of political messaging and political strategy. We begin with the ideas promoted by Ian Haney Lopez and several other prominent Democratic party strategists for how to confront challenging questions of race and class in building electoral majorities and social movements. Remember the words of Stuart Hall: “Race is a modality in which class is lived.”

Series: "UC Public Policy Channel" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 36289]

Dr. Javiera Barandiarán is Associate Professor in Global Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In 2019 through 2021, she will be Faculty Director of the University of California’s Study Center in Santiago, Chile, supervising education abroad in Chile and Argentina. Her work explores the intersection of science, environment, and development in Latin America. Series: "GRIT Talks" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 36520]

Human mating psychology is complicated. Daniel Conroy-Beam uses an evolutionary perspective to understand how mate preferences are linked to actual mating outcomes. His work combines agent-based modeling of mate choice evolution with studies of real couples to compare and explore candidate algorithms for how people select their mating strategies, evaluate potential mates, and regulate their relationships. Series: "GRIT Talks" [Humanities] [Show ID: 36518]

COVID-19 has reshaped our world and impacted communities across the globe. UCSB virologist Carolina Arias relates the story of how molecular biology, virology and a lot of swabs helped us respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Her UCSB department chose to focus on diagnostics because they knew testing was essential to understand virus transmission and develop control strategies. Series: "Women in Science" [Science] [Show ID: 36519]

Manny Ohonme received his first pair of shoes at the age of nine. The gift left a lasting impression on the young Nigerian boy. Today, Ohnome is the founder of Samaritan's Feet, an organization dedicated to providing shoes to children in need. In this interview, he shares his personal story and explains how providing shoes is not just about comfort but a way to foster equity, health, education, and hope. Series: "Brain Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 36268]

Even “de-identified,” patient data can be revealed by attackers. Lucila Ohno-Machado, MD, MBA, PhD discusses the technical and policy measures that might better protect the privacy of electronic health records (EHRs) when they are used for machine learning. Hear about approaches that use multivariate models computed in a decentralized fashion for a large clinical data research network and collaboration in developing sound methods to protect patient privacy. Series: "Exploring Ethics" [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 36272]