Podcast: Berkeley Talks

Berkeley Talks is a Berkeley News podcast that features lectures and conversations at UC Berkeley. It's managed by the Office of Communications and Public Affairs. A new episode is released every other Friday. Follow Berkeley Talks.

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Ezra Klein

Events at Berkeley

Berkeley Talks: Ezra Klein on building the things we need for the future we want (revisiting)

In this episode of Berkeley Talks, which first ran in October 2023, The New York Times columnist and podcast host discusses the difficulties liberal governments encounter when working to build real things in the real world.

rows of packaged junk food in a grocery store

Events at Berkeley

Berkeley Talks: How the tobacco industry drove the rise of ultra-processed foods

Tony Reames next to the cover of a book he co-edited called

Events at Berkeley

Berkeley Talks: Energy justice expert on his pursuit for affordable and clean energy for all

woman plants spring transplants at a small-scale farm in Pottstown, Pennsylvania

Science & environment

Berkeley Talks: Feeding the world without ‘eating the earth’

Daniel Handler and Chanan Tigay talk on stage at an event for the Magnes' inaugural Jewish Arts & Bookfest

Berkeley Talks: Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) on reading the authors you want to write like

Dense housing in San Francisco

Berkeley Talks: In 1970, one in five Americans moved every year. Now it’s one in 13. What changed?

two images side by side: on the left, the cover of the book Open Socrates and on the right, Judith Butler and Agnes Callard in a conversation

Berkeley Talks: The case for a philosophical life, with Agnes Callard and Judith Butler

Berkeley Talks: J Finley on how Black women use sass to claim their humanity

A closeup of the U.S. Constitution resting atop an American flag.

Berkeley Talks: Law professors debate originalism

Heather Cox Richardson and Dylan Penningroth speak on stage

Berkeley Talks: Heather Cox Richardson on the evolution of the Republican Party and what gives her hope for America

a large crowd of people wave small American flags at a political gathering outside

Berkeley Talks: Does democracy work?

a doctor writes in a notebook while she examines medicine held in the other hand

Berkeley Talks: The transformation of US medical debt collection

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Berkeley Talks: Coming of age as an unaccompanied migrant youth in the U.S.

john powell, ashley gallegos and stephen menendian sit at the front of a room in front of an audience

Berkeley Talks: A blueprint for creating a world where everyone belongs

Ocean Vuong and Cathy Park Hong

Berkeley Talks: Poet Ocean Vuong on disobedience and the power of language

a panel of four Berkeley professors sit in front of an audience

Berkeley Talks: How do we make better decisions?

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