Berkeley Voices

Berkeley Voices


Latest Episodes

121: A linguist's quest to legitimize U.S. Spanish
March 29, 2024

Spanish speakers in the U.S., among linguists and non-linguists, have been denigrated for the way that they speak, says UC Berkeley Professor Justin Davidson.

111: Britt H. Young on learning to navigate the world with the body she has
May 10, 2023

The graduating Ph.D. candidate in geography spent nearly three decades wearing an arm prosthesis, and decided to take it off at Berkeley.

110: Gericault De La Rose knows who she is and won't change for anyone
May 08, 2023

The multidisciplinary artist, who will graduate with a master's degree from UC Berkeley's Department of Art Practice on May 17, explores in her art Philippine mythology and her experience as a trans w

109: Ali Bhatti on Ramadan and how his faith guided him through deep loss
March 23, 2023

The UC Berkeley Ph.D. candidate describes what Ramadan means to him, how 9/11 shaped his childhood in New Jersey, finding his Muslim community at Berkeley and how Islam guided him through the deepest

108: 'Be the Change': Purvi Shah on the moments of beauty as a civil rights lawyer
March 22, 2023

"The work over the years will transform you. It will teach you. And that hope and that imagination, that sense of its possible, I think thats such a powerful thing," Shah says.

107: 'Be the Change': Nazune Menka on creating the course, Decolonizing UC Berkeley
March 15, 2023

Menka talks about the joys and challenges of being a trailblazer who is pushing against the inherited wisdom and mythology surrounding UC Berkeley.

106: 'Be the Change': Khiara M. Bridges on claiming her voice as a prominent Black woman
March 08, 2023

The Berkeley Law professor talks about the complexities adornment for members of marginalized communities especially in academia and about approaching work with a sense of liberation, creativity a

105: 'Be the Change': A podcast that aims 'to remove the mystery of making change'
March 01, 2023

In this three-part series, host Savala Nolan, director of Berkeley Law's social justice center, talks with changemakers who embody the transformation they want to see in the world.

104: Ty-Ron Douglas: Bridging the academic and athletic worlds
February 09, 2023

The associate athletic director of diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging and justice at Cal Athletics explains the nuts and bolts of DEIBJ in his upbeat and clear-eyed way that he seems to apply to

103: Law student Hoda Katebi: Iran's protests are about 'total liberation'
December 07, 2022

"Women's rights aren't secondary, but central to the idea of how to build a new society for everybody," says Hoda Katebi, a third-year Berkeley Law student