University of California Audio Podcasts (Audio)

Released in the summer of 1975, "Jaws" was seen by over 67 million Americans, essentially creating the “summer blockbuster.” Screenwriter Carl Gottlieb talks about that experience and his other screenplays. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 30890]

Dr. Sanjay Reddy provides a brief introduction to acupuncture. He explores the “eastern” concepts of health and gives an overview of the applications of acupuncture to pain. He also looks at herbal supplements, exercise, mediation and other ways to help manage pain. Series: "UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine presents Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 30799]

Robert Franciscus (Univ of Iowa) explains that anatomically modern humans are recognized in the fossil record primarily by retraction and diminution of the facial skeleton compared to pre-modern “archaic” humans. He then describes a promising model for the advent of facial diminution, which suggests that anatomically modern humans represent a ‘self-domesticated’ species where selection for increased social tolerance led to growth and developmental alterations producing craniofacial “feminization,” which itself results in a phenotypic signal of reduced aggressiveness. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 28897]

Shifting organizational culture around intractable issues such as insufficient attention to improving diversity and addressing discrimination has proven elusive in the data-driven accountability that faces today’s institutions. Emily Roxworthy, UC San Diego Department of Theatre and Dance, shows how interactive documentary theatre, devised from the experiential data produced by the University of California system, creates institutional change. Involving administrators in art-making that reflects the daily struggles that underpin efforts to advance human knowledge can cultivate a leadership culture around diversity, equity and inclusion. Series: "UC San Diego Founders’ Symposium" [Education] [Show ID: 30325]

Matthew Menard, MD, Harvard Medical School. Series: "UCSF Vascular Surgery Symposium" [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 30906]

Venita Chandra, MD. Stanford Healthcare. Series: "UCSF Vascular Surgery Symposium" [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 30907]

Alexander Reyzelman, DPM. Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, UCSF.

Series: "UCSF Vascular Surgery Symposium" [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 30908]

Donald Jacobs, MD, Saint Louis University School of Medicine. Series: "UCSF Vascular Surgery Symposium" [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 30915]

Michael Conte, MD, Division of Vascular Surgery, UCSF. Series: "UCSF Vascular Surgery Symposium" [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 30909]

Todd A. Stone is an Currently Head of Marketing at BIOPAC Systems, Inc., Goleta-based international biotech manufacturing company, Stone has over 25 years of experience in marketing and communications, preceded by a career as an Army Airborne Ranger Infantry officer whose last assignment was as an Assistant Professor at the United States Military Academy (West Point).

Series: "Technology Management Program" [Business] [Show ID: 30701]