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A regular series of podcasts of fascinating conversations held at the annual Uncharted Berkeley Festival of Ideas, produced by Berkeleyside, Berkeley, CA's independent, local news site.
Oaklandside contributor Corey Antonio Rose spoke to participants at a California Reparations Task Force listening session in Oakland on May...
The '91 "Tunnel Fire" was one of the most destructive fires in U.S. history. To mark the 30th anniversary, The Oaklandside and Berkeleyside...
"Outta pocket." "Bootsy." "On mamas." The East Bay has always been a laboratory for creative slang. Berkeley High School in particular is kn...
Berkeleyside's Tracey Taylor talks about falcons and the Cal falcon webcam —which is keeping a watchful eye on Annie and Grinnell, two pereg...
What's the script for black manhood? Mychal Denzel Smith unapologetically upends assumptions about black masculinity, rewriting the script f...
Most of us are familiar with public defenders from TV shows, but do we really understand the crucial role they play in the justice system? I...
Jessica Zitter describes herself as an "accidental evangelist." As a doctor, she set out to save lives, not to focus on death. But her work...
When he was an insecure teenager, Christian Picciolini was part of a group of violent, skinhead neo-Nazis . Fast forward to today, and Picci...
America is sometimes described as a class-free society — a view not shared by UC Hastings law professor Joan Williams. Williams, author of W...
Political messages gain added strength when they're delivered in a way that matches how our brains process information. Pioneering cognitive...
Rick Wilson is a Republican political strategist and media consultant with 30 years of experience. He has helped to elect Governors, U.S. Se...
The shortcomings of traditional political journalism have been visible for some time. But the unprecedented presidency of Donald Trump has g...
Scott Budnick is best known as the executive producer of the Hangover movies, the highest grossing, R-rated comedies in history. But unknown...
With the conservative turn of the Supreme Court, overturning Citizens United looks unlikely. But Daniel Newman believes there are reforms th...
What do you think about when you hear about African-American Republicans? Are they heroes fighting against the expectation that all Blacks m...
When Aaron James sat down to write a popular philosophy book about assholes, he didn't anticipate the candidacy — then the presidency — of D...
As healthcare has gone digital, Bob Wachter, Chairman of the Department of Medicine at UCSF, noticed plenty of problems. Why were doctors no...
Ruth Whippman, the author of "America The Anxious: How our Pursuit of Happiness is Making us a Nation of Nervous Wrecks," talks with Lauren...
Jamelle Bouie is the Chief Political Correspondent of Slate. In October 2015 he sat down with Lance Knobel at the Uncharted Festival of Idea...
Nicholas Dirks is the Chancellor of the University of California Berkeley. He spoke with Quentin Hardy, deputy technology editor of the New...
Elñora Tena Webb is president of Laney College, a community college in Oakland, California. Every day, Webb grapples with the issues of how...
Described by Rolling Stone as "the real drug czar," Ethan Nadelmann, the founder and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, is wide...
Wherever he's worked, Robin Sloan, author of "Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore," has been figuring out the future of media. Sloan and media i...
Vivienne Ming is a theoretical neuroscientist, a technologist, and an entrepreneur, and the scope of her work is more than impressive. In Oc...
Masha Gessen calls Vladimir Putin a 'playground bully' and a 'thug.' She should know: Russian herself, she is one of the world's leading exp...
Malo André Hutson is the Associate Director of the Institute of Urban and Regional Planning at UC Berkeley. His work focuses on neighborhood...
How are technology, artificial intelligence, robots and drones impacting our society and our economy? Brad DeLong says the disruptions and d...
Alice Dreger is an historian of medicine and science, a sex researcher, a mainstream writer, and an (im)patient advocate. Her most recent bo...
In December 2012, Berkeleyside brought together three bestselling Berkeley-based writers, all named Michael — Michael Chabon, Michael Lewis...
For his latest book, "Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything? How the Famous Sell Us Elixirs of Health, Beauty & Happiness," health-scien...
Chris Anderson was Editor in Chief of Wired Magazine for 12 years, but he gave all that up to devote himself to drones after an epiphany bro...
Shannon Brownlee is a national leader in highlighting the scope and consequences of overuse in healthcare, and she explores many of these wo...
Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski, arguably the most outspoken judge on the federal bench, believes our criminal justice system is broken. H...
Shortly after Michael Brown was shot dead in Ferguson, Missouri, Pastor Michael McBride, a church and community leader in the Bay Area, went...