University of California Audio Podcasts (Audio)

Every part of the Moringa plant is edible - leaves, pods, seeds, flowers, even its root. The feathery leaves alone pack a powerful protein punch – nearly 30 percent by dry weight. Legumes don’t even have that much protein, nor all the essential amino acids. Series: "UCTV Prime" [Show ID: 34580]

Katinka Kleijn – champion of new music and a member of the Chicago Symphony – is soloist in Philip Glass’ graceful Second Cello Concerto, drawn from his score to the film Naqoyqatsi. The concert concludes with one of Anton Bruckner’s most compact and attractive symphonies, dedicated to Wagner and full of Bruckner’s glorious writing for brass. Emerging composer LJ White adds to the fun with a new work commissioned by the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus. Series: "La Jolla Symphony & Chorus" [Show ID: 34004]

Katie Ferraro, registered dietitian, discusses the fat content of the different cuts of poultry. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Show ID: 34450]

In 2006, Helen Amanda Fricker was sitting at her desk studying new satellite data when she made a starting discovery – a set of active lakes that exist underneath the ice in Antarctica. Join Helen, a 25-year veteran of Antarctic ice sheet research, and learn about the discovery, exploration and drilling of these mysterious phenomena at the southern reaches of our planet. Series: "Jeffrey B. Graham Perspectives on Ocean Science Lecture Series" [Show ID: 34393]

Sonia Lupien, PhD (University of Montreal) explores the science behind stress, our biology, and illness. She discusses the importance of reducing stress in our lives and provide practical tips to cope with stress.

[Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 34471]

Emily Bergsland, MD. Professor of Clinical Medicine, UCSF; Associate Director for Education, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center;

Ernest Rosenbaum, MD, Endowed Chair in Medical Oncology, UCSF [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 34549]

Thomas Hope, MD. Associate Professor, Abdominal Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, UCSF. [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 34550]

Thomas Hope, MD. Associate Professor, Abdominal Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, UCSF. [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 34551]

Pamela L. Kunz, MD. Assistant Professor of Medicine (Oncology), Stanford University Medical Center. [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 34552]

Undermining widely held beliefs about the black-Jewish alliance, Marc Dollinger, Professor of Jewish Studies at San Francisco State University, describes a new political consensus, based on identity politics, that drew blacks and Jews together and altered the course of American liberalism. Dollinger’s most recent book takes a new and different look at Jewish involvement in the Civil Rights Movement, showing how American Jews leveraged the Black Power movement to increase Jewish ethnic and religious identity in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Series: "Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies" [Show ID: 34566]