Podcast: Berkeley Talks

Berkeley Talks is a UC Berkeley News podcast that features lectures and conversations at 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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Campus news

Berkeley Talks: How Berkeley became a powerhouse for innovation and startups

A panel of prominent UC Berkeley faculty and an alum join Chancellor Rich Lyons to discuss how the campus’s startup culture has powered their work and encourages the next generation of scholars to grow their ideas.

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Science & environment

Berkeley Talks: Long considered ‘too big to fail,’ the ocean needs a new narrative

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Arts & culture

Berkeley Talks: How art allows us to see everyday things anew

three side-by-side headshots of Melike M. Fourie, Emiliana Simon-Thomas and Allison Briscoe-Smith

Events at Berkeley

Berkeley Talks: How forgiveness changes you and your brain

Jennifer Doudna

Berkeley Talks: Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna on CRISPR and the future of gene editing

UC Berkeley Journalism student Erika Zaro interviews Berkeley education professor Travis Bristol in a studio as journalism professor Shereen Marisol Meraji watches wearing headphones

Berkeley Talks: Berkeley scholars unpack what’s at stake for U.S. democracy

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Berkeley Talks: Economist Gabriel Zucman on the benefits of a (modest) billionaire tax

Ezra Klein

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

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

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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

Berkeley Talks: A debate on how to feed 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

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