University of California Audio Podcasts (Audio)

Talent is the key to staying competitive. Mark Cafferty, Chief Executive Officer and President of San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation, says that it applies to both employees and employers alike as they look to remain competitive in the global marketplace. Find out what skills are most in demand for the fastest-growing careers both in San Diego and around the nation. Also, find how San Diego stacks up in the talent equation compared to other competitive cities and what that means for the economy and your career. Series: "The Career Channel" [Business] [Show ID: 30662]

One threat to healthcare value is doing too much. Dr. R. Adams Dudley of UCSF discusses low value care in the form of unnecessary testing prior to cataract surgery. He says it occurs frequently, despite clear guidelines recommending against it. Then he looks at the value of telemedicine from commercial e-visit websites. He says There is substantial variation in performance among commercial e-visit sites which could affect you. Series: "UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine presents Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 30669]

The Montreal Protocol has limited global uses of chemicals that deplete stratospheric ozone. Ralph Cicerone, President of the National Academy of Sciences, compares its features and success with unsuccessful (to date) efforts to stabilize global climate by limiting greenhouse gas concentrations such as carbon dioxide. Series: "UC Berkeley Graduate Lectures" [Science] [Show ID: 30557]

If you have listened to sports on the radio or watched it on television anywhere in the world, you have heard Dick Enberg exclaim “Oh My!” His essays on sports are as legendary as his voice. In addition to his autobiography, “Oh My!”, he wrote a play about basketball coach Al McGuire that still travels around the country. Enberg, now with the San Diego Padres, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2015 for his broadcasting excellence, He joins host Dean Nelson of Point Loma Nazarene University for a heartwarming conversation about his career, his values, and his life. Oh My! Series: "Writer's Symposium By The Sea" [Humanities] [Show ID: 29672]

Oral medicine deals with the diagnosis and management of diseases affecting the oral mucosa, salivary glands, and related oral structures and functions at interface of Dentistry and Medicine. Caroline Shiboski, Department of Orofacial Sciences at UCSF, explores what an oral medicine specialist does and shows some oral conditions and how they are diagnosed. Series: "UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine presents Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 30148]

Epidemiologist Steffanie Strathdee of UC San Diego shares stories of her global health team’s intervention efforts that have helped curb the spread of HIV and tuberculosis in Tijuana and other poor regions in the world. Series: "Degrees of Health and Well-Being" [Public Affairs] [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 30181]

Two presentations from the Constructions of Terrorism Conference at UCSB in December 2015: Defining Terrorism as Tactic with David Schanzer, Duke Sanford School of Pubic Policy, and Terror as Performance Violence with Mark Juergensmeyer, UC Santa Barbara. Series: "Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 30468]

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Professor V.S. Ramachandran, Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition, University of California, San Diego, for a discussion of his research on the brain. Professor Ramachandran describes his formative experiences, the richly textured methodology that forms his approach to the study of the brain, insights he has gained from studying phantom limbs, mirror neurons and synesthesia. He concludes with speculation on the origins of creativity and consciousness. Series: "Conversations with History" [Science] [Show ID: 30562]

Economist and Nobel Laureate James Heckman presents research showing the value of early childhood education as he and entrepreneur/philanthropist J.B. Pritzker urge support for birth-to-age-5 programs as keys to developing strong regional and national economies. Series: "STEAM plus MORE" [Education] [Show ID: 30584]

Improvements in diagnostic imaging – US, CT, MRI, PET – have been spectacular and the use of imaging has soared over the last two decades driven by a combination of patient and physician demand. Dr. Rebecca Smith‐BindmanIs looks at the potential harm associated with radiation exposure and what you should do about it. Series: "UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine presents Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 30672]