Great Minds Gather Here (Audio) Podcast
1) Colombian Politician and Former Hostage Ingrid Betancourt - Revelle Forum
Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt speaks with UC San Diego’s Peter H. Smith about her kidnapping by FARC guerillas, her six-year long captivity and dramatic rescue, and her ext...Show More
Colombian Politician and Former Hostage Ingrid Betancourt - Revelle Forum
55:55 | Nov 15th, 2010
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2) Dr. Talmadge King - A Life in Medicine: People Shaping Healthcare Today
Dr. Talmadge King, Jr. is Dean of the UCSF School of Medicine and Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs at UCSF. Dr. King is an internationally known expert on interstitial lung diseases. In the intervi...Show More
3) Free Speech and the University: Historical Roots and Current Challenges with Erwin Chemerinsky Dean of Berkeley Law
Erwin Chemerinsky, one of the country’s preeminent constitutional scholars and dean of the University of California, Berkeley’s law school, looks at the intersection of the First Amendment and higher ...Show More
4) The Human Social Brain: How It Works and How It Goes Awry in Schizophrenia and the General Population
Michael Green, neuroscientist and professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at UCLA, has been fascinated with the human brain, behavior and mental illness since his undergraduate days. In par...Show More
5) Nosferatu with Werner Herzog - Hollywood Berlin
A legendary director noted for his uncompromising passion, Werner Herzog joins Carsey-Wolf Center Director Patrice Petro for a discussion about his 1979 film “Nosferatu The Vampyre” which he says is a...Show More
6) From Bitcoin to Central Bank Digital Currencies
In 2013 the price of Bitcoin surged to over $1100 causing central banks around the world to take notice. Four years later, the price of Bitcoin is twice as high as its previous peak and central banks ...Show More
7) The Hacking of the American Mind with Dr. Robert Lustig
The best-selling author and UCSF endocrinologist Dr. Robert Lustig explores how industry has contributed to a culture of addiction, depression and chronic disease. Always provocative, Lustig reveals t...Show More
8) Neuroplasticity: Our Adaptable Brain with Nick Spitzer - On Our Mind
Our neurons talk to each other but the language they use can change depending on what is happening in the environment around them. If the brain can adapt to our world in this way, what are the bigger ...Show More
9) An Evening with the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Tawakkol Karman
2011 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tawakkol Karman is the first Yemeni, the first Arab woman and the second Muslim woman to win a Nobel Prize. A human rights activist, journalist and politician, she was ...Show More
10) How We Learn Versus How We Think We Learn - Robert A. Bjork
Robert Bjork, Distinguished Research Professor in the UCLA Department of Psychology, shares insights from his work as a renowned expert on human learning. Bjork has been studying learning and memory f...Show More