UCLA LiveWell
Dr. Wendy Slusser of UCLA's Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center interviews leading experts about new perspectives on health and wellbeing. LiveWell champions an interdisciplinary and intersectional approach to health equity-- from food and climate, to social justice and emotional wellbeing.
With guests like Evan Kleiman, Peter Sellars, and Bob Thurman, we've set out to explore the many facets of what it means to live well.
Stop by our website to offer feedback or guest ideas, plus more to explore: https://www.healthy.ucla.edu/media/livewellpodcast/
Episodes
89 episodes
Episode 84: Part 2 - Change how you think: Why we think how we do and our value system with Emily Falk
Welcome back for Part 2 and a sneak peek into Emily Falk's upcoming book, What We Value? Curious about why we make the choices we do? Want to explore how to make more intentional and fulfilling decisions? In our latest ...
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Episode 84
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83: Part 1 - Change how you think: Why we think how we do and our value system with Emily Falk
Our latest episode of LiveWell is a two-parter with guest Emily Falk and a preview to her upcoming book, "What We Value". An expert in the science of behavior change, Emily is a Professor of Communication, Psychology, Marketing, and...
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82: Impacts on our Environment and Ecology from Wildfires with Morgan Tingley
Morgan Tingley, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and faculty in the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, is an expert on how climate change and other environmental changes impact biodiversity, primarily birds. His ...
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Episode 82
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#81 (Re-Release), Where Food Meets Performance with Elizabeth Schiffler
Original air date: May 2023.You don’t want to miss today’s episode--mainly because Wendy and Elizabeth reveal their reigning favorite salt! How’d we get there? Because Elizabeth shares how she guides her students through a mindful salt ...
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#80 (Re-Release), Coffee, Community, Connection with Joe and Celia Ward-Wallace
Original air date: March 2023 Coffee, community, and connection are the ways that Joe and Celia Ward-Wallace advocate for their South Central LA community. As founders of the South LA Cafe and the South LA community nonprofit, this...
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#79 (Re-Release), Food Law with Michael Roberts
Original air date: May 2022. Executive Director of the Resnick Center for Food Law and Policy and Professor at the UCLA School of Law, Michael Roberts, joins us to explain the complexities of governing food and why he always makes ...
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#78 (Re-Release), Eco-Conscious Teaching, Living, and Community Building with Tamar Christensen
Original air date: July 2023. Join us today for a lesson in environmental storytelling with Tamar Christensen. Everything about Tamar’s story is fascinating-- she is a writing instructor at UCLA, a Veteran, a composter, a chicken m...
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#77 (Re-Release), Part 2: A Culture of Care Peter Sellars
Original air date: March 1st, 2023Why is controversy a good thing? What does it mean to have five eyes? Why is there no such thing as spectatorship? This is what we set out to uncover in Part 2 of our Special Series with Pet...
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#76 (Re-Release), Part 1: A Culture of Care with Peter Sellars
Original release date: February 16, 2023. Why were snakes at the original Olympics? How are the arts and sports intimately connected? How did the Greek tragedy come to be? We cover all of these questions in Part 1 of our Special 2 ...
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#75: Food Forward with Rick Nahmias
This is the story of how noticing the abundant produce on citrus trees turned into what is now a 15 year old nonprofit, Food Forward, that transports nearly 90 million pounds of food to communities in need. Join us today as Rick Nahmias, founde...
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#74: Making Change By Meeting People Where They Are with Olivia Farr
If you’re even the slightest bit curious about community movement building, look no further. In today’s episode, Olivia Farr, nonprofit and environmental activist extraordinaire leading the Bedford 2030 campaign, tells us the why and how of mee...
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#73: The Universal Language of Cooking with Bill Yosses
While so much has changed in the food world, much has stayed the same -- we are making bread the same way Egyptians did thousands of years ago, according to today’s guest, Bill Yosses. In this episode, Bill Yosses, former White House Pastry Che...
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#72: Food as Medicine with Corby Kummer
This episode is abundant in resources for anyone and everyone interested in food equity, health, community activism, or journalism. Corby Kummer is more than a renowned journalist and food writer, he is a changemaker working to break down the b...
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10-Minute Mindfulness Meditation with Dr. Bill Resnick
See last episode for Dr. Bill Resnick's full-length interview! How is pain different from suffering? Why is community a spiritual practice? In this episode, you’ll not only learn the answers to these questions, but uncover th...
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#71: Mindfulness, Connection, and Letting Go of Suffering with Dr. Bill Resnick
How is pain different from suffering? Why is community a spiritual practice? In this episode, you’ll not only learn the answers to these questions, but uncover the story of Dr. Bill Resnick’s journey as a clinical psychiatrist, and mindfulness ...
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#70: Ease, Belonging, and The Alchemy of Yogurt with Homa Dashtaki
Today, we’re learning why yogurt is more than just protein and probiotics, but is the final result of an intricate and ancient yogurt-making practice that creates ease and cultiavtes belonging. Homa Dashtaki founded The White Moustache, a yogur...
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Episode 70
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#69: Empowering Others and Mental Health with Metta Sandiford-Artest (Re-Release)
Join us (again) for a conversation with the former NBA World Champion and one of the premier NBA defenders of his era, Metta Sandiford-Artest, previously known as Metta World Peace. Metta has been a leader in de-stigmatizing mental health in th...
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Season 2
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Episode 69
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32:18
#68 Special Episode: Why Study Food? A Deep Dive Into the Why and the How.
3 guests. 2 hosts. And one big question: why study food? Join Dr. Amy Rowat, Chef Julia Rhoton, Laila Adarkar, and guest host, Kayleigh Ruller, on this exploration. Food--accessing it, cooking it, gathering around it--is...
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Season 2
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Episode 68
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42:04
#67: Food as Transformation with Evan Kleiman (Re-Release)
This conversation with Evan Kleiman, host of KCRW'S Good Food, is a breath of fresh air, covering the practices and perspectives that sustain Evan’s regenerative, equitable, and of course, delicious approach to preparing a meal. The perspective...
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Season 2
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Episode 67
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30:19
#66: Psychology, Identity, and Superheroes with Dr. Drea Letamendi (Re-Release)
Superheroes, science fiction, and fantasy tell a much more complex story than what meets the eye. Dr. Drea Letamendi, clinical psychologist, media consultant, TEDx Speaker, and former Interim Director of UCLA’s RISE center, talks with us today ...
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Season 2
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Episode 66
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#65: Why is Nature’s Beauty a Tool for Human Healing? With Louie Schwartzberg
Turns out, we need more wonder in our lives, beauty is a survival tool, and mushrooms are the greatest carbon-sequester solution for climate change. Learn about this and more through the words and wisdom of our guest today, Louie Schwartzberg. ...
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Episode 65
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#64: Part 2 of Why Can Preventive Health Services Be Covered by Health Insurance? with Dr. Carol Mangione
Why can preventive health services be covered by health insurance? Why should we be prioritizing research and screenings that close the evidence gaps in health research? And who can help shift these priorities? That’s the US Preventive Services...
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#63: Part 1 of Why Can Preventive Health Services Be Covered by Health Insurance? with Dr. Carol Mangione
Why can preventive health services be covered by health insurance? Why should we be prioritizing research and screenings that close the evidence gaps in health research? And who can help shift these priorities? That’s the US Preventive Services...
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#62: Finding the Path Back to Meaning & Joy with Dr. Brenda Bursch (Re-release)
What are the little things we can do to create ritual, reflection, and reduce stress as we navigate new transitions? As we enter into this upcoming school year and a new season, this re-released episode with Dr. Brenda Bursch will walk us throu...
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#61: The Fresh Food Farmacy and Preventive Care with Dr. Andrea Feinberg
Join us today for a deep dive into how social determinants of health, the non-medical influences that contribute to someone’s health outcomes, can be addressed with a preventive, population-based approach, like Geisinger’s Fresh Food Farmacy. D...
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Season 2
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Episode 61
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