# california issues (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover california issues. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Moment of Decision](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/41450) _2026-07-20 · Public Affairs (Audio)_ What is a decision, and why does decision-making matter in politics, history, war, and public life? This panel examines how decisions differ from choices, when decisions become political, and how theories of rational choice, game theory, cognitive bias, neuroscience, and emotion shape our understanding of judgment. They explore how constitutional, legal, cultural, and social frameworks influence… [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/mp3/41450.mp3) ## [The Decision in History](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/41449) _2026-07-18 · Public Affairs (Audio)_ Decision-making in history affects how societies understand power, responsibility, and change. Sir Christopher Clark, Regius Professor of History at the University of Cambridge, explains how narratives turn moments of decision into markers of sovereignty and political action. Clark examines real and ostensible decisions, deterministic political environments, and modern pressures from democracy,… [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/mp3/41449.mp3) ## [What is a Decision?](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/41448) _2026-07-17 · Public Affairs (Audio)_ Political decision-making affects governments and societies in important ways. Sir Christopher Clark, Regius Professor of History at the University of Cambridge, explains how choices become decisions within political, legal, and cultural systems. Clark examines rational choice theory, cognitive bias, and decisions about war, helping clarify how power acts under pressure. This work helps explain… [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/mp3/41448.mp3) ## [Janelle Iglesias on Art Identity and Collaboration](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/41254) _2026-07-11 · Education Channel (Audio)_ Art can connect personal history, community, and social change. Janelle Iglesias, Assistant Professor of Studio Art at UC San Diego, traces her path from a multicultural childhood in Queens to anthropology, ceramics, sculpture, and public art. She explains how objects in her family home sparked an interest in material culture, and how a reconciliation program in South Africa changed her view of… [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/mp3/41254.mp3) ## [The 2000-Year History of Rome and Its Lessons Today](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/41602) _2026-07-01 · Public Affairs (Audio)_ Rome survived for 2,000 years. Edward Watts explores the long history of the Roman state and the lessons it offers for the modern world. From its beginnings as a small Italian city-state to its transformation into a Christian empire centered in Constantinople, Rome maintained a remarkable sense of political continuity across centuries of cultural and religious change. Watts examines how Roman… [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/mp3/41602.mp3) ## [How to Not Know with Simone Stolzoff](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/41267) _2026-06-23 · Public Affairs (Audio)_ In an age obsessed with expertise, certainty, and endless self-optimization, author and journalist Simone Stolzoff invites audiences to rediscover the power of curiosity, humility, and not having all the answers. His new book, How to Not Know, challenges the cultural pressure to define ourselves by what we do or what we know—and instead celebrates the richness of uncertainty as a pathway to… [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/mp3/41267.mp3) ## [Extreme Events in California’s Changing Climate](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/41412) _2026-05-22 · Education Channel (Audio)_ How does global warming connect to the extreme weather people experience close to home? Drawing on the work of the Weather Extremes and Climate Impacts Analytics group, Sasha Gershunov of Scripps Institution of Oceanography outlines the accelerating warming trend, the role of fossil fuels and carbon dioxide, and the greenhouse effect, and how it relates to extreme weather. He also traces key… [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/mp3/41412.mp3) ## [The Constitutional Right to Transition: Reconstruction and the Political History of Transphobia](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/41447) _2026-05-15 · Human Rights (Audio)_ Award-winning historian Jules Gill-Peterson examines transgender identity and politics through the lens of American liberalism, arguing that anti-transgender politics cannot be understood by analyzing conservatism alone. She traces the emergence of transgender identity from middle-class cross-dressing cultures, the development of transgender medicine, and the class tensions surrounding transition.… [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/mp3/41447.mp3) ## [A Conversation with Judy Woodruff - Writer's Symposium By the Sea 2026](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/41203) _2026-03-30 · Public Affairs (Audio)_ Widely regarded as one of the most respected figures in American broadcast journalism, Judy Woodruff is known for her decades-long career covering politics and current events. She is also the author of the book, This Is Judy Woodruff at the White House. Renowned for her calm, balanced reporting and commitment to journalistic integrity, Woodruff has covered every U.S. presidential election since… [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/mp3/41203.mp3) ## [Extended Studies: Lifelong Learning That Expands Opportunity](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/41108) _2026-02-25 · Education Channel (Audio)_ UC San Diego’s Division of Extended Studies broadens the university’s public impact by connecting campus expertise to the evolving needs of people and workplaces. Dean Hugo Villar, Ph.D., M.B.A., describes a mission centered on lifelong learning that helps individuals build skills, pursue new opportunities, and stay adaptable as work and technology change. He explains how the division develops… [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/mp3/41108.mp3) ## [Trade Bitcoin & Ethereum (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Wfy8JbY5Wy05) _2026-02-25 · **Sponsored**_ Buy, sell and margin trade BTC & ETH with fiat currencies ## [It’s Not So Simple: An Examination of How the Internal Revenue Code Fails to Contemplate the Economic Realities of Individuals with Disabilities and Their Families](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/41178) _2026-02-16 · Public Affairs (Audio)_ Families with disabled students often face extra out-of-pocket costs—costs they wouldn’t have if their child weren’t disabled—to secure the same education other students receive for free, yet tax relief for those expenses is limited and unclear. Garret Hoff, J.D., argues that Internal Revenue Code Section 213 and its interpretations reflect a time when disabled people were not viewed as worth… [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/mp3/41178.mp3) ## [Can a Liberal Polity Survive the Politics of Grievance?](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/41069) _2026-02-11 · Public Affairs (Audio)_ 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 policies of expulsion, exclusion, and domination. Attempts by liberal states to deal with such movements paradoxically rely on a similar politics of exclusion, such as building so-called firewalls against… [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/mp3/41069.mp3) ## [Water Wealth and the Ancestral Circular Economy with Kamanamaikalani Beamer](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/41295) _2026-02-04 · Public Affairs (Audio)_ 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 economic models that are regenerative towards people, place, and ecosystems. Ancestral ʻŌiwi (indigenous Hawaiian) economic systems were built around people's relationships and understandings of wai… [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/mp3/41295.mp3) ## [Paola Capó-García: Poet Laureate on Humor Intimacy and Voice in Poetry](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/41024) _2026-01-07 · Education Channel (Audio)_ Poetry becomes more approachable when it reflects everyday language, humor, and lived experience. San Diego Poet Laureate Paola Capó-García explores how graduate study, mentorship, and workshops shape her writing and sense of voice. Capó-García describes building poems through experimentation, including physically cutting and rearranging pages, and links her work to family stories and identity. As… [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/mp3/41024.mp3) ## [Engineer Turned Restaurateur: Cris Liang’s Journey](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/40974) _2025-11-29 · Education Channel (Audio)_ Cris Liang, a UC San Diego alumnus trained in engineering, explains how a cross-border upbringing and family entrepreneurship guided his move from engineering to hospitality. He grew up between Mexico and the United States, spoke Cantonese and Spanish at home and in the community, and came to see food as a bridge that connects cultures and neighborhoods. His restaurants focus on community,… [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/mp3/40974.mp3) ## [Dealing with Difficult People](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/40599) _2025-11-15 · Education Channel (Audio)_ If you feel like there's more rudeness in the world, you're not alone. According to John O'Brien, psychologist and author of "Rudeness Rehab," there's a pandemic of incivility. O'Brien says we're seeing bad behavior everywhere, from the streets to the workplace to even the operating room. As part of our Osher Author Talk series, host Henry DeVries talks with O'Brien about the physical and mental… [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/mp3/40599.mp3) ## [Mobile Mental Health for Students: Triton CORE](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/40955) _2025-10-31 · Education Channel (Audio)_ Campus-based mental health response matters everywhere, providing timely help that prevents crises and keeps students thriving. At UC San Diego, Triton CORE’s mobile, trauma-informed clinicians meet students where they feel safest and connect them to least restrictive care. Series: "Education Channel" \[Health and Medicine\] \[Education\] \[Show ID: 40955\] [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/mp3/40955.mp3) ## [The Great Philosophers: Augustine](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/41056) _2025-10-25 · Education Channel (Audio)_ Peter Bolland, professor of philosophy and humanities at Southwestern College, explores the lasting influence of Augustine of Hippo. Born in North Africa in 354, Augustine—now known as Saint Augustine—is remembered as one of Christianity’s most important thinkers. He shaped core beliefs like the doctrine of original sin and wrote The City of God, a work meant to comfort Christians after Rome fell… [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/mp3/41056.mp3) ## [Chasing Hope in a Time of Crisis with Nicholas Kristof](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/40914) _2025-09-24 · Human Rights (Audio)_ How do you find hope in a deeply fractured and polarized world? In this timely and powerful conversation, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Nicholas Kristof pulls from decades of reporting from global conflict zones and overlooked American communities to bring a deeply human perspective to today’s most urgent moral and civic challenges. In an era marked by division and misinformation, this program… [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/mp3/40914.mp3) ## [The History of Food: The Universalization of Regional Food Practices](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/40966) _2025-09-17 · Education Channel (Audio)_ Stanley Chodorow, Emeritus Professor of History at UC San Diego, traces the evolution of food preservation, preparation, and production from ancient times to the modern era. He explores early methods such as drying, salting, and ice cellars, advances like iceboxes, refrigeration, and flash freezing, and innovations in cooking technology from open fires to gas and electric stoves. Chodorow examines… [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/mp3/40966.mp3) ## [Crush Every Threat in Real Time (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/qAVqO9VED6Sy) _2025-09-17 · **Sponsored**_ One agent for real-time detection, exposure tracking, and active defense. ## [From Sleepy Lagoon to Zoot Suit: The Irreverent Path of Alice McGrath](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/40985) _2025-09-16 · Human Rights (Audio)_ The Sleepy Lagoon case of 1942 became one of the most racially charged trials in U.S. history. Twenty-two Mexican American youths, mostly teenagers, were tried en masse for the death of José Díaz, though no witness placed them at the scene and the cause of death was never established. Denied fair treatment, they faced a biased judge and jury, with twelve sentenced to San Quentin. In this… [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/mp3/40985.mp3) ## [The Exploration of Space Asteroids: The Fossils of the Universe](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/40964) _2025-09-06 · Education Channel (Audio)_ Asteroids, often called “fossils of the solar system,” are remnants from its formation that offer clues about planetary origins and the potential beginnings of life. Dr. Neil Farber, Solar System Ambassador for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, explains that some, known as near-Earth objects, pose impact risks—though large, dangerous collisions are rare—and NASA’s Near-Earth Object Surveyor… [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/mp3/40964.mp3) ## [Making a Refuge of Resistance: A History of the U.S. Sanctuary Movement with Lloyd Barba](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/40877) _2025-07-26 · Human Rights (Audio)_ Is sacred space protective space? This question lies at the heart of the Sanctuary Movement. From the 1980s to the present, this practice has protected undocumented immigrants at risk of deportation by offering them refuge in churches, where federal immigration agents to this day still fear to tread. In this lecture, Lloyd Barba, Assistant Professor of Religion and Core Faculty in Latinx and Latin… [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/mp3/40877.mp3) ## [Personhood: The New War over Reproductive Rights and Justice](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/40704) _2025-04-29 · Human Rights (Audio)_ What’s next for the battle over abortion? In this lecture, Mary Ziegler argues that undoing Roe v. Wade was never the endpoint for the antiabortion movement. Since the 1960s, the goal has been to secure recognition of fetuses and embryos as persons under the 14th Amendment, making abortion unconstitutional. The battle for personhood also aims to overhaul the regulation of in vitro fertilization… [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/mp3/40704.mp3)