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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Two students hold an Israeli flag and two students hold up a Palestinian flag standing next to one another on the Berkeley campus with at least one hundred students on Sproul Plaza in the background

Campus & community

Berkeley Talks: Legal scholars on free speech challenges facing universities today

Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and Nadine Strossen, professor emerita of the New York School of Law and former national president of the ACLU, discuss a range of topics, from First Amendment rights to what steps universities can take to avoid free speech controversies.

Aileen Liu, Hernan Garcia, Christian Paiz and Arianne Eason sit in chairs on a dark stage and talk

Campus & community

Berkeley Talks: What is understanding? Berkeley scholars discuss

Michael Pollan and Mina Kim sit on stage in conversation

Campus & community

Berkeley Talks: It’s not just psychedelics that change minds, says Michael Pollan. Storytelling does, too.

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Campus & community

Berkeley Talks: The science behind the emotions in ‘Inside Out 2’

Portrait of Jemele Hill smiling

Berkeley Talks: Journalist Jemele Hill on the intersection of sports and race (revisiting)

Michael Waldman and Maria Echeveste talk on stage in front of an audience

Berkeley Talks: How the Supreme Court divided America

Close up of Alisha Gaines

Berkeley Talks: Reconsidering Black America’s relationship to the plantation

two photos side of side: on the left, the cover of the book, A Thousand Small Sanities; and on the right, a portrait of Adam Gopnik.

Berkeley Talks: Adam Gopnik on what it takes to keep liberal democracies alive

Sonali Deraniyagala and Ramona Naddaff talk on stage for a UC Berkeley event

Berkeley Talks: ‘Wave’ memoirist on writing about unimaginable loss

Gigi Sohn, wearing a cap and gown, gives a speech as a podium

Berkeley Talks: Gigi Sohn on her fight for an open internet

Harry Edwards gives a commencement speech at a podium

Harry Edwards to sociology grads: Even in turbulent times, believe in yourself

Filmmaker Carrie Lozano gives a speech at a UC Berkeley journalism commencement ceremony

Feeling like a failure isn’t the same as failing, filmmaker tells journalism grads

Sydney Roberts, wearing a cap and gown, gives a speech at a podium to fellow graduates

Berkeley Talks: Berkeley commencement speeches celebrate resilience, bravery

Ruth Simmons sits and talks with a person on stage after giving a lecture at UC Berkeley

Berkeley Talks: Ruth Simmons on access and equity in higher education

headshots of Gül Dölen, Daniela Kaufer, Michael Silver, Noah Whiteman and Imran Khan

Berkeley Talks: The future of psychedelic science

harry edwards holds his fist in the air to express solidarity and power

Berkeley Talks: Sociologist Harry Edwards on sport in society (revisiting)

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