University of California Audio Podcasts (Audio)

After nearly twenty years in senior leadership roles in communications at media giants Universal, Sony and Turner Broadcasting, Libby Gill is now CEO of executive coaching and consulting firm Libby Gill & Company, which celebrated its fifteenth anniversary in 2015. Gill was also the PR/branding brain behind the launch of the Dr. Phil Show.

Series: "Technology Management Program" [Business] [Show ID: 30572]

John Douglass, Igor Chirikov and Gregg Thomson, present data from Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) Consortium about the quality of the student experience in the research university. A panel including Christine Keller, Vice President for Research and Policy Analysis, Association of Public Land Grant Universities and Josh Trapani, Associate Vice President for Research and Policy Analysis, Association of American Universities, follows the briefing. Series: "Center for Studies in Higher Education" [Education] [Show ID: 30810]

Today’s “safety” can take decades to disprove. David Gee has worked for 40 years on reducing harm from hazards to health and environment. Here he explores the harm that can result from not responding adequately to health risks in the environment. Research eventually shows that exposures and the nature of the harm expand over time and that harm is caused at lower and lower levels of exposure. In addition, benefits of taking action expand over time. [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 30823]

The documentary CODE addresses the gender gap in computer science, especially in coding or programming. Robin Hauser Reynolds, the director/produce of the film, is joined by an expert panel to discuss the digital divide in tech and why women and minorities pass up studying computer science that lead to lucrative careers. Panelists: Cornelia Davis (Director of Platform Engineering in the Cloud Foundry team at Pivotal), Maria Charles (Professor and Chair of the Sociology Department, UCSB), Karen K. Myers (Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Associate Dean in the Graduate Division, UCSB) and Amr El Abbadi (Professor in the Computer Science Department, UCSB) Cynthia Stohl, Professor in the Department of Communication and Director of CITS, UCSB is the moderator. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 31018]

A diverse panel of experts – from academics to activists to ranchers – discuss the moral, animal welfare, human health and environmental issues surrounding meat production and consumption. This is the second of a four-part series covering food sustainability sponsored by the Berry Good Food Foundation. Series: "UC Climate Solutions Channel " [Public Affairs] [Health and Medicine] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 30711]

Thirty-two years after the release of Return of the Jedi, Star Wars: The Force Awakens brings together the saga’s original characters with a new generation of heroes and villains. Oscar-nominated editor Maryann Brandon talks about working with J.J. Abrams and the making of the latest Star Wars film. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 31015]

California State Assemblymember Shirley Weber gives an inspirational address to the 2016 graduates of the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. Series: "The UC Public Policy Channel" [Public Affairs] [Education] [Show ID: 31117]

The all-campus Commencement for the 2016 class at UC San Diego features keynote speech by Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, the so-called “Banker of the Poor” and founder of the Grameen Bank that launched the global micro-finance movement. [Public Affairs] [Education] [Show ID: 30648]

Dr. Mario De Pinto explores the sources and causes of neck and low back pain and the short and long term management to achieve adequate pain control. Series: "UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine presents Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 30800]

Rachel Mayberry of UC San Diego and her team have discovered that linguistic stimulation during early life is necessary for the human language capacity to develop fully. The longer the child matures without language, the more atypical linguistic functioning and brain language processing become in adulthood. Thus, the universal human ability to learn language and the ability of the traditional regions of the brain to process language crucially depend upon the timing of linguistic experience in early human development. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 29404]