Episodes 177
Avg. Duration 43m
Activity Sporadic
Apple Rating 4.5 (2)
Since Apr 2022
Latest Episode Feb 2026

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Weekly
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34%
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Programs from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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Water Wealth and the Ancestral Circular Economy with Kamanamaikalani Beamer

Feb 04, 2026 56m

The extractive linear economy and policies focused on endless growth have produced unparalleled socioeconomic inequality and the climate crisis. Communities around the world are calling for new…

Indigenous Religious Traditions and Law in the Current Political Moment

Jan 28, 2026 1h 8m

How are Indigenous communities in the U.S. facing challenges to their ways of life in the current political moment? Focusing on questions concerning repatriation, land access, education, and diverse…

Technology's Influence on Self-Esteem

Jan 14, 2026 5m

We’re surrounded by digital devices — from phones and tablets to streaming platforms and social media. In this excerpt, Kristy Hamilton, Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at…

Technology's Influence on Decision-Making

Jan 02, 2026 8m

We’re surrounded by digital devices — from phones and tablets to streaming platforms and social media. In this excerpt, Kristy Hamilton, Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at…

Genes Communicate Through Twisting: The Story of Supercoiling in DNA

Nov 21, 2025 29m

It is well known that inside nearly every living cell on this planet, there are instructions powering the dynamics of everything in the cell, known as deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Enoch Yeung,…

Following Nature's Lead: Chemistry in Water

Nov 10, 2025 28m

Nature has been running chemistry experiments for over 4 billion years—yet today, much of modern organic chemistry still depends on wasteful, resource-heavy methods that rely on oil-based solvents.…

Thinking in a Digital World

Nov 03, 2025 30m

We’re surrounded by digital devices—from phones and tablets to streaming platforms and social media. With so many options at our fingertips, each of us faces choices about when and how to use…

Linguistics and the Law

Nov 01, 2025 29m

Language and the law is a field growing in size and importance. While some forensic linguistics applications -- e.g. authorship attribution -- have a wider tradition, this growth is particularly…

The Challenge of Building Better Batteries

Oct 27, 2025 26m

Batteries have become an essential component of our daily life. They power our smartphones, laptops, tablets, and many of the cars around us. They are also key to the renewable energy transition. …

Panic!: Swoon

Oct 18, 2025 54m

Artist and filmmaker Tom Kalin joins moderator Bhaskar Sarkar (Film and Media Studies, UCSB) for a discussion of his 1992 film Swoon. Kalin discusses the historical background of the film (the famous…

CWC Docs: Facing the Falls

Oct 11, 2025 57m

Film producer Liz Yale Marsh and mustang wrangler West Taylor join moderator and co-producer Wendy Eley Jackson to discuss their work on the documentary Facing the Falls, which follows disability…

CWC Global: Captain Volkonogov Escaped

Oct 04, 2025 52m

Filmmakers Natasha Merkulova and Alexey Chupov join moderator Sasha Razor (Film and Media Studies, UCSB) to discuss their film Captain Volkonogov Escaped. Merkulova and Chupov share how they work as…

CWC Global: Japanese Paper Films

Sep 27, 2025 56m

Eric Faden (Bucknell University) discusses his work on the Japanese Paper Film Project, a project that has been preserving paper films made in Japan in the 1930s. Koto player Yoko Reikano Kimura and…

CWC Global: From Ground Zero

Sep 20, 2025 49m

Mona Damluji (Film and Media Studies, UCSB) and Elisabeth Weber (German and Slavic Studies, UCSB) join moderator Bishnupriya Ghosh (English and Global Studies, UCSB) to discuss the film project From…

From Uncertainty to Early Warning: Advancing Sundowner Wind Science to Reduce Wildfire Risk

Sep 19, 2025 26m

Coastal Santa Barbara is considered one of the most idyllic locations on the North American West Coast, but its beauty is frequently disrupted by fast-spreading, wind-driven wildfires. The east-west…

Panic!: The Sound of Fury

Sep 13, 2025 34m

Film historian Rebecca Prime joins moderator Ross Melnick (Film and Media Studies, UCSB) for a discussion of the classic Hollywood film The Sound of Fury. Prime outlines the film’s production history…

CWC Docs: American Homeboy

Sep 06, 2025 40m

Documentary subject and Chicano activist Jerry Ramirez joins moderator Clint Terrell (English, UCSB) for a discussion of the documentary film American Homeboy. They discuss Ramirez’s involvement with…

Righting Wrong When Sorry Isn’t Enough: Constructing an Asian American Theology of Reparations with Grace Yia-Hei Kao

Aug 30, 2025 49m

How should federal governments attempt to right, or at least remedy, past wrongs? Is it appropriate for victims of group-based harms or their descendants to press current generations to atone for the…

Panic!: Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Aug 23, 2025 59m

Over 20 years since its release, Hedwig and the Angry Inch remains as relevant as ever to the politics of the day. A child of division, Hedwig refuses to be caught between categories, instead evading…

Archives of Anonymous Labor: From Farce to Liberation

Aug 16, 2025 53m

Film curators Michelle Baroody and Maggie Hennefeld join moderator Patrice Petro for a discussion of their program “Archives of Anonymous Labor: From Farce to Liberation.” The program juxtaposes five…

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