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UC Berkeley announces plans to collaborate with the city to house People’s Park residents in light of campus plans to build student housing there. How are people reacting? In light of all the controversy surrounding admissions, how will the fight impact campus funding? Governor Newsom signs an executive order directing state agencies and departments to ensure they are complying with economic sanct...

At 17, Alameda County Youth Poet Laureate Zoe Dorado has a lot to say. She is the guest of this week’s episode, and offers her view on the role of a poet laureate, and her place as a person of color in the poetry world.

This week, UC Berkeley students and researchers protest the Russian invasion of Ukraine, what do they have to say? Also, the university loses a bitter legal fight over the future of CRISPR. What does the future have in store for Berkeley and gene editing? California is easing mask mandates in schools, how will BUSD respond? This year, a record number of students applied to UC Berkeley, how will th...

What's the role of publication in a poet's world? Does publication necessarily constitute success? In this episode, Melina talks to Yuna Kang, a UC Berkeley undergrad with a few publications under their belt.

From jazz music, swing dancing and everything in between, Muskaan talks to members of the swing community about dancing as not only a learning experience, but also a social and self-reflective experience that people can embrace in their own way.

This episode features UC Berkeley seniors Aris Richardson and Miranda Jiang speaking about how their "Live Poets Society" club came to be. Through sharing poetry and personal stories, Aris and Miranda reveal how they found a way to navigate identity through their work.

If life is meaningless, how do we spend our time here? After an existential crisis about what to do with her life, Tanya heads to the streets of San Francisco and makes phone calls around the country to interview people about their careers — why they do what they do and what their careers look like now. For good measure, we also mix in a little bit about the meaning of life. https://www.dailycal.o...

When a couple of hundred activists and friends in Berkeley turned an empty mud pit into a park in 1969, everyone was in high spirits. A month later, the national guard had taken over the city of Berkeley. This is that story. Produced by Tanya Chawla and reported by Jacob Souza and Maya Akkaraju. Original music by Ekansh Agrawal and Madison Chan. Cover design by Catherine Hsu.

Co-hosts Crew and Vincent investigate the songs of generations past, present and future, looking to figure out what insights music can provide into the psyche of a cultural era. They talk about “WAP,” Don McLean, and Playboi Carti’s Whole Lotta Red, sharing personal stories of anthemic experience along the way.

It’s the time of the season! Co-hosts Crew and Vincent try to find the meaning of the holidays through reminiscing about the music of winter’s past. Featuring Santa Claus.

Co-hosts Crew and Vincent ponder what it means to vibe out, recall some meaningful experiences with “vibey” music and geek out over what music everyone’s been resonating with nowadays.

In episode three, your OT3 asks the important, pressing questions: What is going on with the Twilight fandom? Is “Fifty Shades of Gray” what fan fiction is actually like? How DOES Edward do the sex if he’s basically dead? Tune in to find out.

In the sixth episode of Setting the Record Straight, co-hosts Jack Graves and MJ Harris examine the impact of COVID-19 on artists and musicians.

Co-hosts Crew and Vincent share personal stories and explore examples of bands succeeding and failing to evolve their sound, culminating with a debate over The Strokes and their latest album, The New Abnormal.

In episode two of “One True Podcast,” your OT3 talks all things “Harry Potter,” including dissecting the most popular ships, doing a live reading of “My Immortal” and (we’re sorry to say) explaining the dark corners of Omegaverse fan fiction.

In this episode of "One Golden Moment," Benjamin Coleman is joined by Ryan Chien, Justin Kim, Lucas Perkins-Brown and Tom Aizenberg to discuss NBA news, recap an exciting conference finals and preview the NBA finals.

Welcome to “One True Podcast”! In this first episode, arts and entertainment department co-hosts (and your new OT3) Areyon Jolivette, Grace Orriss and Skylar De Paul talk about their relationships with fan fiction and introduce the format of the podcast.

In this episode of “One Golden Moment,” Ben Coleman sits down with Tom Aizenberg and Ryan Chien to recap a wild second round of the NBA playoffs and preview the conference finals.

In this episode of “One Golden Moment,” Ben Coleman, Lucas Perkins-Brown, Justin Kim and Tom Aizenberg bring their hottest takes about the NBA bubble as the playoffs start up.

Opinion editors Aidan Bassett and Kat Shok address the importance of allyship in the queer community, examining the intersection of queerness with race as they discuss how queer people should be allies — and how nonqueer people can best practice LGBTQ+ solidarity.

Opinion editors Aidan Bassett and Kat Shok explore the notion of queer community, how well it welcomes — or at times, erases — different queer identities and how queer community manifests differently for everyone.

In this episode, Noah, Chanun and Emily rejoice over the return of the MLB, then discuss some of the major pitfalls the abridged season may have in store for teams. The group also gives its season predictions for MVPs, Cy Young Award winners and division and World Series champions (if the season happens, that is).

In this episode of “One Golden Moment,” Mia Horne delves into more controversial sports issues with men’s soccer beat writer Jasper Sundeen and lacrosse beat writer Lucas Perkins-Brown. The group discusses MLB labor rights and Elena Delle Donne’s dispute with the WNBA.

Opinion editors Aidan Bassett and Kat Shok discuss the power of media representation — and misrepresentation — to influence how younger queer people see themselves and to shape or distort how the queer community appears to the wider world.

In the first episode of “One Golden Moment” to feature a Cal student-athlete, sports editor Emily Ohman chats with Cal beach volleyball star Caroline Schafer to discuss the challenges of having a stellar season cut short and how to stay grounded and positive even with collegiate sports in an especially precarious spot. Follow Caroline on Instagram at @caroline.schafer_ and Daily Cal Sports on Twit...