Podcasts

Tell Us What You Know

An original podcast highlighting and uplifting voices from across the UCLA College’s five divisions: Humanities, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Social Sciences and Undergraduate Education.

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Inside Chancellor Julio Frenk’s first year at UCLA

An in-depth conversation with Chancellor Frenk as he reflects on his first year, the lessons learned and his vision for the future.

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A mind of one’s own: Exploring the wonders of the brain

UCLA researchers dive into what fascinates them most about the organ that helps us understand ourselves, our world and our place in the cosmos.

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Bruins Abroad

All across the globe, UCLA students are expanding their horizons through study abroad programs that combine classroom and real-world experiences.

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Taking the temperature of the UCLA Heat Lab

Warm up to the critical research of Professor Bharat Venkat and his team of student researchers.

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Feathers & Flirtations

Barney A. Schlinger, a UCLA professor of integrative biology and physiology, has dedicated decades of research to a small tropical bird that lives in the moist lowlands of Panama.

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Science Interrupted

A UCLA College podcast special series on how federal research funding fuels life‑saving, world‑changing discoveries — and what’s at stake when that progress is disrupted.

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Who’s impacted by science?

UCLA professor Siobhan Braybrook explores the “magic” in science, how she shapes future researchers and why curiosity-driven discovery matters.

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Cells, cancer and the cost of uncertainty

UCLA professor Eric Deeds discusses what’s really stake for us all with unstable federal funding.

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The woe and wonder of worms

UCLA professor Elissa Hallem on funding the future of discovery and her life-saving work on parasitic nematodes.

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Inside the science of agency

UCLA professor Kate Wassum on how the brain drives choice, behavior and health.

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Cabinet of Curiosities

Ready for stories of the Bruin mysterious…the Bruin marvelous…the Bruin macabre? Unlock the UCLA College and UCLA Newsroom’s original oddcast…if you dare!