Best UC Berkeley Graduate School Of Journalism Podcasts (2024)

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Maggie Haberman on Trump and the Impeachment Inquiry (On Mic E17) 42:07

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NYT reporter Maggie Haberman, winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize speaks on President Donald Trump, her early experience as a reporter in NYC and the President's recent impeachment inquiry. In conversation with UC Berkeley journalism lecturer Deirdre English. Produced by UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.…

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Tales of Two Cities - Closings 42:59

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Welcome back to the Tales of Two Cities podcast! This episode is all about endings.This week, we tag along with a family in North Richmond that visits several cities just to get groceries. We check in with Warriors fans about how they feel about their team heading (back) to San Francisco. We'll take a quick trip across the bay to visit the last day…

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Tales of Two Cities - Locked Up 30:18

5+ y ago30:18

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Welcome back to the Tales of Two Cities podcast! This episode is about being locked up.This week we’ll meet formerly incarcerated people who share their experiences behind bars and also learn about the ways they’re getting their lives back on track after their release. We’ll also look at a different kind of lock up as we hear about animals who are …

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Dean Baquet on Trump and Fact Based Journalism (On Mic E16) 32:15

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Dean Baquet is Editorial Chief of The New York Times, and a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist. He sits down with Edward Wasserman to discuss the 2016 elections and the future of fact based journalism.Check out prior episodes of On Mic for more fascinating conversations with some of the world's best writers, journalists and documentarians. This podc…

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Tales of Two Cities Podcast- Guilty Pleasures 26:33

5+ y ago26:33

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Welcome back to the Tales of Two Cities podcast! This episode is all about our guilty pleasures.This week we’ll take you to Zoonie’s candy shop in Oakland to relive your childhood, learn about how people who have shopped too much are managing all the stuff they have, and hang out with a group of friends trying to solve a murder mystery--and who wan…

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Tales of Two Cities - Repurposing 34:39

5+ y ago34:39

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Tales of Two Cities reporters explore all things repurposed -- from buildings and bridges to names, Lyft rides, school meals, and cannabis.This episode was produced by Amy Mostafa, hosted by Ashley Omoma and Nina Sparling, and reported by Sarah Trent, James Tensuan, Meg Shutzer, Alyson Stamos, Ali DeFazio, and Wyatt Kroopf. Music is by Kevin MacLeo…

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Spectrums 30:06

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Everything's on a spectrum! In the latest episode of "Tales of Two Cities," we'll hear from people finding their own place on spectrums of language, hookup culture, neurodiversity, and politics. Hosted by Luis Hernandez and Ashvini Malshe. Reported by Maria Sestito, Edward Booth, Brian Perlman, Carla Williams, and Annie Berman. Produced by Mickey C…

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How Michael Barbaro Found His Voice (On Mic E15) 50:16

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Michael Barbaro is best known as the host of ‘The Daily’ podcast at the New York Times. But long before that, he fell in love with the news as a paperboy delivering the New Haven Register with his sister. He details his winding path into audio with veteran producer and J-school audio instructor Ben Manilla in a live discussion about the The Daily’s…

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David Corn and Michael Isikoff on 2016's Russian Roulette (On Mic E14) 43:13

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David Corn is the Polk Award-winning Washington Bureau Chief of Mother Jones. He appears frequently on Fox News, MSNBC and NPR. Michael Isikoff is chief investigative correspondent at Yahoo News. He reported previously at Newsweek, NBC and the Washington Post.Together, they wrote the best-selling book Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin’s W…

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Jodi Kantor on the #MeToo Movement (On Mic E13) 40:35

6y ago40:35

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Jodi Kantor is a New York Times investigative reporter and a recipient of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for her reporting on the #MeToo Movement. Her work has exposed abuses of power, from Harvey Weinstein to Amazon.Kantor also joined this year’s graduation celebrations as the commencement speaker for journalism students. Afterwards, s…

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On Mic 12 - Mark Danner Talks 'The Forever War' (Part Two) 47:41

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Mark Danner has covered political affairs and wars around the world for over thirty years. Most recently, he covered the Trump campaign in 2016. He now serves as a Chancellor's Professor of journalism and English at UC Berkeley. In part two of his interview with former Mother Jones editor Deirdre English, Danner discussed his latest book, Spiral: T…

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On Mic 11 - Mark Danner Talks 'The Forever War' (Part One) 19:39

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Mark Danner has covered political affairs and wars around the world for over thirty years. He now serves as a Chancellor's Professor of journalism and English at UC Berkeley. He sat down with former Mother Jones editor Deirdre English discuss his latest book, Spiral: Trapped in the Forever War. Check out prior episodes of On Mic for more fascinatin…

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On Mic 10 - Pollan on Psychedelics 50:53

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Michael Pollan is the Knight Professor of Science and Environmental Journalism at UC Berkeley and author of a multitude of best-sellers, including “The Omnivore’s Dilemma.” He sat down with former Mother Jones editor Deirdre English discuss his new book, “How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us about Consciousness, …

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On Mic 9 - Kara Swisher 43:53

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Kara Swisher is the executive editor of Recode and the recipient of the inaugural Esther Wojcicki Lectureship. She’s joined by Farhad Manjoo of the New York Times for a debate on the growth of the top tech companies, and whether or not they can be reeled in before it’s too late.Check out prior episodes of On Mic for more fascinating conversations w…

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On Mic 8 - Rosa Brooks 51:01

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Rosa Brooks is a columnist for Foreign Policy, a scholar at West Point's Modern War Institute and a professor of law at Georgetown University. She's also the author of a new book, "How Everything Became War, and the Military Became Everything." Brooks sat down with former Mother Jones editor and lecturer Deirdre English to talk about everything fro…

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On Mic 7 - Franklin Foer 36:53

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Franklin Foer is a national correspondent for The Atlantic and former editor of the New Republic. He’s also the author of a new book, World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech. He sat down with former Mother Jones editor Deirdre English to talk about how big tech companies like Google and Facebook are changing the way we create and con…

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On Mic 6 - Michael Pollan 46:38

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Professor Michael Pollan is a contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine and former editor at Harpers, but is best known for his blockbuster books about food and agriculture: The Omnivore’s Dilemma, The Botany of Desire, and In Defense of Food. He sat down with former Mother Jones editor Deirdre English to talk about how he started on the f…

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On Mic 5: Fake News 45:58

7+ y ago45:58

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For this episode, we’re bringing you a fascinating discussion on a messy topic: Fake News. UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism hosted five experts in media and technology to parse what fake news is, the problems it creates, and who is responsible. The panel is:Laura Sydell, NPR's Digital Culture CorrespondentAdam Mosseri, VP of Facebook's N…

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On Mic 4 - Bobby Seale on the Black Panthers' Beginnings 40:17

7+ y ago40:17

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Be aware: This podcast contains language some may find offensive. Bobby Seale stopped by the J-school right before the fiftieth anniversary of the day he and co-founder Huey P. Newton started the Black Panther Party for Self Defense. Mr. Seale shared stories of his experiences as a social justice leader during that tumultuous time, and some of the …

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On Mic 3 - Adam Hochschild And The Americans In The Spanish Civil War 38:04

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In this week's episode, we’re proud to welcome acclaimed author Adam Hochschild. His recent book, Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War is a best-selling history told through the eyes of a dozen unexpected characters. Adam is a master of narrative, and his new book is an absorbing and brilliantly researched account of a time when …

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On Mic 2 - Peggy Orenstein Talks "Girls And Sex" 34:05

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Peggy Orenstein is a New York Times best-selling author who has carved out a niche writing about girlhood and womanhood in a changing world. Her newest book is Girls and Sex: Navigating a Complicated New Landscape. The book draws on dozens of interviews with young women to render a portrait of the new realities girls face in our modern technologica…

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How We Met #1: the Meet Cute 14:30

7+ y ago14:30

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Photo courtesy of Creative Commons/Ruths138 https://podcal.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/20161203_meetcute2_rose_final.mp3 Romantic comedy fans like us know a meet-cute when we see one. It’s when two strangers meet in a charming, unexpected way that in retrospect looks fated. A man and a woman trip and fall into each other on the street. Or sit next …

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Landmark Episode 1: The Library of the Dead 14:39

7+ y ago14:39

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The Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland, California is a world-famous columbarium—a mausoleum for cremated remains. Photo: Graelyn Brashear https://podcal.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/landmark-chapel-of-the-chimes2.mp3 In Oakland, California’s Piedmont neighborhood, there’s a place where the dead are housed in urns resembling ornate books neatly stacked…

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In Search of Hitchcock 15:22

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The Potter School in Bodega Bay (photo courtesy of Abner Hauge) https://podcal.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/baileyfinalbackdrop13.mp3 Welcome to Backdrop! The Podcast that takes you to the scenes of Hollywood’s most iconic movies. Iconic films are immortal, and can inspire audiences for generations. A film’s setting is like an uncredited character. …

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How We Met #1: the Meet Cute 15:18

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Photo courtesy of Creative Commons/Ruths138 https://podcal.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/20161116_meetcute_final.mp3 Welcome to “How We Met,” a podcast where we go deep into romantic comedy tropes, break them apart and then reassess them. In our first episode we decided to break down the meet cute—what it is, why we find it romantic and what power it…

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Relocated #1: Call Me Sheila 12:31

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Photo Courtesy of Sheila Magana https://podcal.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/finaledit_sheila_mixdown-2.mp3 On a January morning in 2001, Sheila Magana walked out of her parent’s house in Michoacán, Mexico, with a suitcase in her hand. Magana, then 16, hadn’t ever lived away from her hometown. Through the back window of a city bus, she watched as her…

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The Side of the Road, Episode 1: La Gleize 14:52

7+ y ago14:52

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Eddy Merckx summits The Stockeu in 1971. Photo courtesy of classicvintagecycling https://podcal.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/sideoftheroad_episode1_revision_mixdown.wav The sport of cycling has several huge one-day races that it regards as monuments. If you go watch one, here’s what you’ll see: thousands of people, covering the roads and any climb. …

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The Joke #2 D.C. Benny 13:38

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photo courtesy of dcbenny.com https://podcal.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/161118_dcbenny_beagle_final.mp3 Biscuits For the second episode of The Joke, I caught up with one of my comedy heroes, D.C. Benny about his signature joke, Biscuits. I first saw D.C. a few years ago while scrolling through YouTube. A video popped up titled, “White Boy Rips it …

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Dear Craig #1: Love in the Time of Craigslist 14:59

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https://podcal.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/dearcraig_episode1_finalmixmp3.mp3 By Levi Bridges and Graelyn Brashear In the middle of the night last Labor Day, Ava Williams was 10 drinks deep and cuddled up on her couch next to a guy she just met at the bar. Settled in next to her potential paramour, Ava, 30, felt enraptured by that magical first fli…

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Dr. Doe Sexplains It All 13:09

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https://podcal.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/dr-doe-draft-2-final.mp3 Let’s get it on, copulate, intercourse, coitus, making love, making whoopee, knocking boots, bumping uglies. — all euphemism for sex, an act that historical has played a major role in humanity’s survival – yet do we know what we are doing? Dr. Lindsey Doe, a clinical sexologist has…

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The Joke #1: Marilyn Pittman 14:29

8y ago14:29

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https://podcal.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/20161010_thejoke2_rose.mp3 We created this podcast to explore the stories behind jokes. Comedians write and perform jokes in a particular time and place and studying the life and death of a joke reveals the short window of time where it is current, edgy, yet appropriate enough to get laughs. A joke is more…

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