University of California Audio Podcasts (Audio)

Education leaders and philanthropists respond to Nobel Laureate James Heckman’s call to vastly increase funding for birth-to-age-5 programs, giving students the opportunity to achieve their potential and help contribute to a strong economy. [Education] [Show ID: 30693]

Joseph Rapp, MD. Professor of Surgery, UCSF. Series: "UCSF Vascular Surgery Symposium" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 30903]

Bart Dolmatch, MD. Interventional Radiologist, The Palo Alto Medical Foundation. Series: "UCSF Vascular Surgery Symposium" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 30904]

The ESDM is an early intensive behavioral intervention program for young children with an autism spectrum disorder that has been shown to be effective in the context of a 1:1 intensive implementation. Despite the importance of these results, concerns are often raised regarding the sustainability of the ESDM in community based and group settings. Series: "MIND Institute Lecture Series on Neurodevelopmental Disorders" [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 28932]

Part 1. UC San Francisco hosted a symposium about the preparedness for the Zika virus on March 7, 2016. The event brought together researchers from UCSF, UC Berkeley, UC Davis and Stanford University as well as public health officials. Topics include epidemiology and prevention, basic science of the Zika virus, vector biology and control, clinical management, and policy. [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 30677]

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Didier Fassin, James D. Wolfensohn Professor, School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study, for a discussion of the interplay between ethnography and theory in understanding public institutions such as policing and prisons and international engagement such as humanitarianism. Fassin explains how immersion in these public institutions and endeavors when combined with sociological theory and history, highlights the disjunction between reality and avowed purpose and intention of participants. Emphasizing the importance of social inequality, the impact of history, and the displacement of goals, Fassin explores: What is police conduct like in a banlieue of Paris? What is the relationship between the judicial system and the penal system? What is the impact of an emphasis on compassion and suffering in humanitarian reasoning and governance? Series: "Conversations with History" [Humanities] [Show ID: 30563]

Do we need periodic general health checks? It is the single most common reason US patients seek care and accounts for 10% of all primary care visits with a cost of about $10 billion per year. Dr. Deborah Grady explores when adults need asymptomatic checkups and why periodic exams may not be the best use of resources or time. Series: "UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine presents Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 30674]

UC Berkeley professor Steve Raphael assesses the success rates of prison reform efforts around the country, including the sentencing “realignment” in California. Raphael joins Henry E. Brady, dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. Series: "The UC Public Policy Channel" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 30783]

La Jolla Symphony & Chorus presents a multimedia concert. The first half offers GOTHAM, a 2004 joint production by filmmaker Bill Morrison and composer Michael Gordon. Using archival footage of New York City, Gotham combines film, projectors, lighting, and the orchestra to create a haunting impression of that city. Stravinsky’s opulent PERSEPHONE, which the composer described as a “melodrama,” sets a text by André Gide that tells of the descent of the goddess Persephone into the underworld and her return. For this presentation the Symphony is joined by the Lux Boreal Dance Company, a narrator, a tenor soloist, and a children’s choir. Series: "La Jolla Symphony & Chorus" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 30485]

UCSB Script to Screen was invited to the 2016 Directors Guild Awards, Writers Guild Awards and the Oscar Wilde Awards to interview amazing talent including many Oscar nominees and winners, and as a special bonus, the cast and crew from Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 30802]