University of California Video Podcasts (Video)

How can Tai Chi be medicine? Sunny Pak, MD, MPH, shares simple movements that steady the mind, strengthen the body, and enhance qi flow. Series: "UCSF Honoring Origins of Mindfulness Series" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 41317]

UC San Diego’s Division of Extended Studies broadens the university’s public impact by connecting campus expertise to the evolving needs of people and workplaces. Dean Hugo Villar, Ph.D., M.B.A., describes a mission centered on lifelong learning that helps individuals build skills, pursue new opportunities, and stay adaptable as work and technology change. He explains how the division develops applied learning in partnership with employers and community organizations, using workforce insights to keep offerings aligned with real-world demand. Villar also emphasizes how artificial intelligence is integrated across programs so learners can use emerging tools thoughtfully and effectively. Series: "Career Channel" [Business] [Education] [Show ID: 41108]

If you love seafood, you’re not alone — but every bite comes from a complex and fragile marine ecosystem. To keep our ocean ecosystems thriving and our seafood resources abundant, we need a deeper scientific understanding of how they function. Colleen Petrik, a professor of oceanography at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography, talks about her work studying the changing ecosystem of the ocean from fishing to coastal development. Series: "Jeffrey B. Graham Perspectives on Ocean Science Lecture Series" [Science] [Show ID: 41301]

Why did Grandma ask you to drink that soup? Herbalist Yvonne Lau invites you to uncover the hidden secrets and timeless wisdom of Chinese herbs. Series: "UCSF Honoring Origins of Mindfulness Series" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 41316]

A common model of AI suggests that there is a single measure of intelligence, often called AGI, and that AI systems are agents who can possess more or less of this intelligence. Cognitive science, in contrast, suggests that there are multiple forms of intelligence and that these intelligences trade-off against each other and have a distinctive developmental profile and evolutionary history. Exploitation, the pursuit of goals, resources and utilities, is characteristic of adult cognition. Alison Gopnik, professor of psychology and affiliate professor of philosophy at the UC Berkeley, and a member of the Berkeley AI Research Group, argues that two very different kinds of cognition characterize childhood and elderhood. Childhood is characterized by exploration. In particular, children seek out information about the world. However, forgoing reward for exploration requires support, care and teaching from others. Care and teaching are particularly characteristic of elders and the intelligence of care has a distinctive structure – it involves empowering others – giving them the resources they need to be effective. The combination of these different kinds of intelligence across the course of a life explains human success. Series: "UC Berkeley Graduate Lectures" [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 41068]

Families with disabled students often face extra out-of-pocket costs—costs they wouldn’t have if their child weren’t disabled—to secure the same education other students receive for free, yet tax relief for those expenses is limited and unclear. Garret Hoff, J.D., argues that Internal Revenue Code Section 213 and its interpretations reflect a time when disabled people were not viewed as worth public money to educate, leaving families with arbitrary distinctions under the medical expense deduction. Hoff recommends the IRS revise Treasury Regulation 1.213-1(e)(1)(v)(a) to recognize a broader reading of Section 213, and he urges Congress to amend Section 529A, created by the ABLE Act, to lift contribution limits and make contributions tax deductible so families can fund qualified disability expenses through ABLE accounts. Hoff adds that lasting access and justice require cultural change, not only tax revisions. Series: "Autism Tree Project Annual Neuroscience Conference" [Public Affairs] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 41178]

How did Chinese herbs take root in America? Join herbalist Yvonne Lau as she explores the resilience and healing wisdom carried across oceans and generations. Series: "UCSF Honoring Origins of Mindfulness Series" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 41315]

Contemporary populism is almost everywhere; a right wing phenomena that focuses on a politics of white working class grievance. A set of grievances that are to be addressed, when in power, with policies of expulsion, exclusion, and domination. Attempts by liberal states to deal with such movements paradoxically rely on a similar politics of exclusion, such as building so-called firewalls against the right, which are themselves deeply anti-democratic. Mark Blyth, professor of international economics at Brown University, says that given that these grievances are based on real social and economic problems that have blighted working class communities across the world, can a liberal polity address such grievances in a more positive way? Or must it, to protect itself, similarly exclude and dominate such parties, movements and such grievances? Series: "UC Berkeley Graduate Lectures" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 41069]

Balancing caregiving and career, Elizabeth Jalazo, M.D. traces how her daughter Evelyn’s early feeding challenges and later diagnosis of Angelman syndrome reshape her priorities and professional path. Jalazo describes barriers many families face in rare-disease diagnosis, including a “wait and see” approach, specialist access, and insurance denials, and she emphasizes the value of answers for community, care planning, and research access. At UNC Chapel Hill, Jalazo works as a pediatric geneticist and clinical trialist studying interventional therapies for neurodevelopmental and lysosomal storage disorders, and she serves as chief medical officer of the Angelman Syndrome Foundation. She also leads work on Early Check, an opt-in newborn sequencing program in North Carolina, and shares practical lessons about protecting sleep, building support, and saying no while holding space for hope and joy Series: "Autism Tree Project Annual Neuroscience Conference" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 41173]

How can five flavors come together in one simple dish? Chef Martin Yan, M.S., brings his signature warmth and practical style to a fresh look at steamed fish, showing how Eastern and Western influences can work in harmony. Best known for Yan Can Cook and Martin Yan’s Healthy Kitchen, Yan explains why steamed fish is a longtime favorite in Chinese home cooking and restaurants, then adds his own twist with ingredients like ginger, green onion, mushrooms, black beans, sesame oil, and goji berries. Along the way, he emphasizes healthy cooking with less oil, less salt, and plenty of flavor. The result is an approachable lesson in balance, creativity, and making nourishing food feel both simple and joyful. Series: "UCSF Honoring Origins of Mindfulness Series" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 41314]