Episodes 66
Avg. Duration 1h 15m
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Apple Rating 5.0 (4)
Since Apr 2022
Latest Episode Feb 2026

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Programs from the University of California, Berkeley.

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Three Ages and Three Intelligences: Exploit Explore Empower with Alison Gopnik

Feb 18, 2026 1h 17m

A common model of AI suggests that there is a single measure of intelligence, often called AGI, and that AI systems are agents who can possess more or less of this intelligence. Cognitive science, in…

Can a Liberal Polity Survive the Politics of Grievance?

Feb 11, 2026 1h 24m

Contemporary populism is almost everywhere; a right wing phenomena that focuses on a politics of white working class grievance. A set of grievances that are to be addressed, when in power, with…

The Squiggly Line with Katelyn Jetelina

Jan 03, 2026 40m

How do you navigate a nonlinear, “squiggly line” career in science and public health? Dr. Katelyn Jetelina, an epidemiologist and scientific communicator, explores challenges of science…

The Soul – Spirit is My Altar with Marta Moreno Vega

Dec 20, 2025 56m

Espiritismo traces its roots to the sacred knowledge of West and Central African peoples carried into the Americas by enslaved ancestors between the 15th and 19th centuries. Marta Moreno Vega, Ph.D.,…

Public Health: How to Make the Invisible Visible with Katelyn Jetelina

Dec 15, 2025 1h 12m

Public health often works behind the scenes—preventing illness, protecting communities, and generating research that too often stays hidden behind paywalls. In a world of eroding trust and rising…

Evolution and Animal Minds with Peter Godfrey-Smith

Dec 06, 2025 1h 1m

Peter Godfrey-Smith, Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Sydney, explores the evolutionary roots of consciousness by surveying animal evolution and the emergence of…

This Fungus Turns Food Waste Into Cuisine

Sep 05, 2025 3m

Chef-turned-chemist Vayu Hill-Maini has a passion: to turn food waste into culinary treats using a fungus called Neurospora intermedia. Visit the postdoctoral researcher in the lab and in the kitchen…

The Times of Possibility

Aug 05, 2025 1h 43m

Legal scholar Annabel Brett explores the idea of “moral possibility”—the boundary between what laws demand and what people can realistically or ethically be expected to do. Drawing from early modern…

Times of Change: Possibility Virtue and a Democratic Politics of Time

Aug 02, 2025 1h 58m

Political theorist Annabel Brett of Cambridge University explores how the concept of “moral possibility” shapes law, politics, and public obligation. She explains that laws must be realistic for…

Seas the Day: A New Narrative for the Ocean

Jul 15, 2025 59m

It's time for a new narrative for the ocean, one that reflects current scientific knowledge and acknowledges innovative new partnerships and solutions that center the ocean in our future. In this…

Science in the White House: Integrating Solutions to the Triple Crises of Climate Change Loss of Biodiversity and Inequality/Inequity

Jul 09, 2025 1h 9m

Three major global challenges – climate change, loss of biodiversity and its benefits, and inequality and inequity among people – are typically tackled within three separate silos. However,…

Subjects and Citizens: The Possibility Condition Law and Democracy

Jul 05, 2025 1h 42m

There's a powerful idea in the history of European legal and political thought: that laws must be possible for people to follow. Annabel Brett, professor of Political Thought and History at Cambridge…

The Moral Economy of Resource Extraction and the Future of Industrialization

Jun 10, 2025 1h 20m

The "energy transition" is actually a shift from relying on fossil fuels (like coal, oil, and gas) to using metals to generate energy. However, extracting metals has always been a significant…

Forging a New Political System 2024 and Beyond

Apr 07, 2025 1h 29m

Historian and political commentator Heather Cox Richardson joins UC Berkeley professor of law and history Dylan Penningroth in a timely conversation about the reshaping of the United States’ two…

The Arc of Energy Justice: A Pursuit to Ensure Affordable Reliable and Clean Energy for All

Feb 17, 2025 52m

We are at a critical moment in our society. While we advance efforts to mitigate and adapt to the climate crisis, across the globe, millions are experiencing issues of energy affordability,…

Do Cash Transfers Save Lives?

Jan 27, 2025 1h 11m

Does giving cash up front improve the health and wellbeing of people in poor communities? In this program, Edward (Ted) Miguel, professor of economics and co-director of the Center for Effective…

The Search for Paradise

Dec 02, 2024 1h 14m

This program explores the decolonizing potential of Indian aesthetic-social philosophy by challenging two entrenched colonial prejudices: the supposed radical dissimilarity and inferiority of…

Character and Agency

Nov 23, 2024 1h 14m

What defines a person’s character, and how does it shape who they are? In this lecture, Susan Wolf, emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of North Carolina, challenges traditional ideas…

The Deadly Trade in Oil and Gas

Nov 15, 2024 1h 27m

Oil and gas are the most traded commodities on the planet; they are also the chief causes of the most grievous harm our species has yet faced, the burgeoning climate crisis. Bill McKibben is the…

The Future of American Democracy: The 2024 Election and Beyond

Nov 01, 2024 1h 13m

As voters prepare to head to the polls on Election Day, join the Goldman School of Public Policy and Cal Performances for a critical look at the moment we’re in, the issues that have shaped and led…

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