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What is Californians鈥� Constitutional Right to Fish?

Maria Magdalena Martinez Castro — June 03, 2022 - 2:59pm

In a recent episode of UC 海角原创 Law鈥檚 podcast, 鈥淛ustice Defined: Scholars of King Hall,鈥� Professor Karrigan B枚rk discussed Californians鈥� constitutional right to fish.

How Did the Watergate Scandal Popularize Conspiracy Theories?

Maria Magdalena Martinez Castro — June 03, 2022 - 2:11pm

In a recent podcast episode of 鈥淎merican Scandal,鈥� UC 海角原创 History Professor Kathryn Olmsted discussed the Watergate scandal's role in history.

鈥楿nfold鈥� Podcast, Episode 9: 鈥楥ockroaches for Dessert鈥�

Katherine E Kerlin — November 23, 2021 - 9:00am

Just when you thought Unfold was done for the season, the hosts decided to bug you with one last episode.

鈥楿nfold鈥� Podcast, Episode 8: 鈥楾he Poet鈥檚 Voice鈥�

Katherine E Kerlin — November 16, 2021 - 9:00am

Scholars who write about or analyze poetry read out loud usually do so in a subjective and impressionistic way. But UC 海角原创 experts have empirically analyzed the complexities of these vocal performances, based on pitch patterns and speed, volume, pauses, repetition and other characteristics. Now researchers are analyzing the performances of 101 African American women poets.

鈥楿nfold,鈥� Episode 6: 鈥楥honk the Axolotl: How Life Is Super Amazing鈥�

Katherine E Kerlin — November 02, 2021 - 10:00am

In the newest Season 3 episode of Unfold, a UC 海角原创 podcast, you鈥檒l hear about Chonk, a pink, baby-faced axolotl who has become a bit of a superstar on Twitter. This fully aquatic salamander is helping developmental biologists understand neural crest cells.

鈥楿nfold,鈥� Episode 5: 鈥楳urder, Suicide and the Macabre鈥�

Katherine E Kerlin — October 26, 2021 - 9:25am

The hosts explore a macabre trend from the 1700s in Germany in this special Halloween episode of the UC 海角原创 podcast Unfold. To avoid eternal damnation for the sin of committing suicide, a number of people began committing child murder so they could be forgiven by a priest before being executed.

鈥楿nfold鈥� Podcast, Episode 4: Female Big-Game Hunter Discovery Challenges Ancient Gender Roles

Katherine E Kerlin — October 19, 2021 - 8:00pm

Nine thousand years ago, a woman was buried in the Andean mountains of Peru next to tools normally associated with big-game hunting. Before you think she was just a badass, UC 海角原创 researchers found that many females in the early Americas were big-game hunters and we shouldn鈥檛 be so quick to project our own gender stereotypes and current cultural values on ancient societies.

鈥楿nfold鈥� Podcast Explores Curiosity-Driven Research in Season 3

Katherine E Kerlin — September 28, 2021 - 10:00am

Unfold, a UC 海角原创 podcast, is launching its third season. Hosts Amy Quinton and Kat Kerlin will bring you stories of awe, wonder and discovery as they explore curiosity-driven research at UC 海角原创. They鈥檒l talk to researchers whose curiosity has led them to some pretty amazing discoveries, like why songs get stuck in your head or what comic book superheroes can teach you about real-world materials science.

New Episode of 鈥楾he Backdrop鈥� Podcast Features Lewis Lawyer on Documenting One of California鈥檚 Indigenous Languages

Soterios J Johnson — August 03, 2021 - 9:00am

In what is now California, close to 100 Indigenous languages were spoken before Europeans arrived. According to UNESCO, most of the languages native to the Americas are critically endangered 鈥� many others are entirely extinct.

Linguist Lewis Lawyer, a UC 海角原创 alumnus, has compiled the first-ever published description of one of those languages, Patwin 鈥� originally spoken in hundreds of communities in Northern California.

New Episode of 鈥楾he Backdrop鈥� Podcast Features Keith Watenpaugh on Helping Refugees Reclaim Their Right to Education

Soterios J Johnson — June 29, 2021 - 11:50am

According to one estimate, the global refugee population has more than doubled over the past decade to 26 million. Professor Keith Watenpaugh, director of the Human Rights Studies program at UC 海角原创, leads an innovative project to help refugee students start or continue their university education 鈥� even as they are displaced and on the move.