University of California Audio Podcasts (Audio)

There are lots of decisions to be made after being accepted at a university - including figuring out where to live. How do you apply for campus housing and what stipulations are in housing contracts? How do housing costs break down? Is living on campus right for you? Edwin Valderrama from EAOP at UC San Diego breaks down the application process, meal plans, financial details, and more. Series: "STEAM Channel" [Education] [Show ID: 35935]

Heidi M. Feldman, MD, PhD Ballinger-Swindells Professor of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Stanford University School of Medicine Series: "Developmental Disabilities Update" [Education] [Show ID: 35786]

How do you find the strength to thrive in the era of COVID-19? Twyla Garrett shares her personal story of overcoming childhood trauma to build the life she wanted and create a business model that supports others on their path to change. Series: "Compassion Beyond Borders" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 35901]

Congratulations on your acceptance to college! EAOP at UC San Diego is here to help with the next steps. Learn about submitting a statement of intent to register (SIR), accessing your student portal, submitting transcripts, and more. Series: "STEAM Channel" [Education] [Show ID: 35916]

The cosmopolitan character of the Ottoman empire, the challenges of reimagining classical music and literary texts, and the difficulties of making an opera on a small budget all arise in this conversation between composer Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol and UC Santa Barbara professor Abdulhamit Arvas about Sanlıkol’s Turkish coffee house opera Othello in the Seraglio. In this video, Sanlıkol richly describes the complicated creative journey his opera made from its initial conception to completion. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 35774]

UC San Diego professor of biology Justin Meyer, who specializes in infectious disease research presents his course The Evolution of Infectious Diseases with special attention to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the COVID-19 disease and its pandemic spread throughout the world. In this lecture he provides a detailed overview of potential COVID-19 therapies and trials testing their efficacy. Series: "The Evolution of Infectious Diseases with Justin Meyer" [Science] [Show ID: 35823]

Breastfeeding has many health benefits - known and unknown - to both infants and mothers. Could human milk also be part of the cure for human diseases? Lars Bode, PhD shares current research for treatments and how that could inform treatments for coronavirus. He also answers questions about the potential for mother to child transmission of coronavirus through breastfeeding. Series: "UC San Diego Health Talks" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 35942]

Doctors and scientists around the globe are tirelessly working to end the COVID-19 pandemic. David "Davey" Smith, MD outlines the keys to survival including testing to know where the pathogen is, treating those who have it, and developing vaccines to protect those at risk. Series: "UC San Diego Health Talks" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 35943]

Using natural killer, or NK cells to create safer, off-the-shelf immunotherapies to fight cancers, a summer academy to understand California's water sources and uses, a robot activated by neural signals, and more on this edition of On Beyond. Series: "On Beyond" [Science] [Show ID: 35688]

Costumes in Father Knows Best, workplace harassment in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and queer parenthood in Modern Family all arise in this conversation between professor Elana Levine (UW-Milwaukee) and Aleah Kiley (UCSB) about evolving representations of gender, work, and the sitcom family. In this video, Levine and Kiley discuss links between three iconic shows and the changing cultures in which they were broadcast. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 35765]