Berkeley Talks

241 Episodes

1. The Page Act and the making of racialized US immigration control

   Published: 12/12/2025
2. For Nobel laureate Randy Schekman, it began with pond scum and a toy microscope

   Published: 11/28/2025
3. The complicated role of media in motherhood

   Published: 11/14/2025
4. Top Biden official calls for unity, ‘moral courage’ in public service

   Published: 11/1/2025
5. How Berkeley became a powerhouse for innovation and startups

   Published: 10/17/2025
6. Long said to be ‘too big to fail,’ the ocean needs a new narrative

   Published: 10/3/2025
7. Alva Noë on how art allows us to see everyday things anew

   Published: 9/19/2025
8. How forgiveness changes you and your brain

   Published: 9/5/2025
9. Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna on CRISPR and the future of gene editing

   Published: 8/22/2025
10. Berkeley scholars unpack what's at stake for U.S. democracy

    Published: 8/8/2025
11. Economist on the benefits of a (modest) billionaire tax

    Published: 7/25/2025
12. Ezra Klein on building the things we need for the future we want (revisiting)

    Published: 7/11/2025
13. How the tobacco industry drove the rise of ultra-processed foods

    Published: 6/27/2025
14. Energy justice expert on his pursuit for affordable and clean energy for all

    Published: 6/13/2025
15. A debate on how to feed the world without ‘eating the earth’

    Published: 5/30/2025
16. Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) on reading the authors you want to write like

    Published: 5/16/2025
17. In 1970, one in five Americans moved every year. Now it’s one in 13. What changed?

    Published: 5/2/2025
18. The case for a philosophical life, with Agnes Callard and Judith Butler

    Published: 4/18/2025
19. J Finley on how Black women use sass to claim their humanity

    Published: 4/4/2025
20. Law professors debate the merits of originalism

    Published: 3/21/2025