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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Events at Berkeley

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

In 1963, a U.S. tobacco company bought Hawaiian Punch. It marked the beginning of the tobacco industry's entry into the food sector and led to an explosion of hyperpalatable, chemically-engineered foods — and a dramatic rise in obesity.

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Events at Berkeley

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

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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

Arts & culture

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?

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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

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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

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Berkeley Talks: Does democracy work?

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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?

From left: Marty Baron and Dean Baquet speak to an audience

Berkeley Talks: Veteran news editors on how the media covered the election

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