

UCLA LiveWell
Dr. Wendy Slusser
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/
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Aug 24, 2021 • 39min
#35: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic with Dr. Peter Katona
Dr. Peter Katona joins us today to talk about lessons learned from our country’s response to the pandemic. Tune in to learn about what our greatest public health challenges will be moving forward and how the COVID-19 pandemic fits in with the larger historical narrative of public health.Today’s podcast was brought to you by UCLA’s Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center. It really means a lot to our team when you rate and review LiveWell on your preferred listening platform. Thank you so much for supporting our storytelling. We also have links in the show notes on our website: https://healthy.ucla.edu/ If you have any questions or want to suggest a guest to be interviewed, please reach out at: livewell@ucla.edu To stay up to date with our latest podcasts, make sure to follow us on Instagram @healthyucla

Aug 16, 2021 • 1h 11min
#34: Climate Change and Food with Dr. Hilary Godwin
Is eating organic better for you? Today, we unpack this question and many more with Dr. Hilary Godwin as she discusses the relationship between climate change and our food systems.Today’s podcast was brought to you by UCLA’s Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center. It really means a lot to our team when you rate and review LiveWell on your preferred listening platform. Thank you so much for supporting our storytelling. We also have links in the show notes on our website: https://healthy.ucla.edu/ If you have any questions or want to suggest a guest to be interviewed, please reach out at: livewell@ucla.edu To stay up to date with our latest podcasts, make sure to follow us on Instagram @healthyucla

Jul 29, 2021 • 38min
#33: How does a University Respond to COVID? with Michael Beck and Dr. Michael Meranze
Tune in to learn about what happens behind the scenes at a university with over 80,000 community members when faced with a pandemic.Today’s podcast was brought to you by UCLA’s Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center. It really means a lot to our team when you rate and review LiveWell on your preferred listening platform. Thank you so much for supporting our storytelling. We also have links in the show notes on our website: https://healthy.ucla.edu/ If you have any questions or want to suggest a guest to be interviewed, please reach out at: livewell@ucla.edu To stay up to date with our latest podcasts, make sure to follow us on Instagram @healthyucla

May 21, 2021 • 33min
#32: Empowering Others with Metta Sandiford-Artest
Join us for a conversation with 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 the world of professional sports and beyond by opening up and sharing his life story.Today’s podcast was brought to you by UCLA’s Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center. It really means a lot to our team when you rate and review LiveWell on your preferred listening platform. Thank you so much for supporting our storytelling. We also have links in the show notes on our website: https://healthy.ucla.edu/ If you have any questions or want to suggest a guest to be interviewed, please reach out at: livewell@ucla.edu To stay up to date with our latest podcasts, make sure to follow us on Instagram @healthyucla

Apr 6, 2021 • 41min
#31: Science and Food with Dr. Amy Rowat
#31: Science and Food with Dr. Amy Rowat by Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center at UCLAToday’s podcast was brought to you by UCLA’s Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center. It really means a lot to our team when you rate and review LiveWell on your preferred listening platform. Thank you so much for supporting our storytelling. We also have links in the show notes on our website: https://healthy.ucla.edu/ If you have any questions or want to suggest a guest to be interviewed, please reach out at: livewell@ucla.edu To stay up to date with our latest podcasts, make sure to follow us on Instagram @healthyucla

Mar 30, 2021 • 39min
#30: Supporting our Frontline Workers with Dr. Brenda Bursch
Expert in resilience training and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Dr. Brenda Bursch shares tips on how we can boost our own resilience and reveals the science behind storytelling as a way to process trauma and integrate our emotions with our memories.Today’s podcast was brought to you by UCLA’s Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center. It really means a lot to our team when you rate and review LiveWell on your preferred listening platform. Thank you so much for supporting our storytelling. We also have links in the show notes on our website: https://healthy.ucla.edu/ If you have any questions or want to suggest a guest to be interviewed, please reach out at: livewell@ucla.edu To stay up to date with our latest podcasts, make sure to follow us on Instagram @healthyucla

Mar 1, 2021 • 44min
#29: Translating COVID-19 Research with Dr. Ron Brookmeyer, Dr. Deb Glik & Jessica Arzola
A panel discussion with three UCLA public health experts on translating COVID-19 research to our everyday lives.Today’s podcast was brought to you by UCLA’s Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center. It really means a lot to our team when you rate and review LiveWell on your preferred listening platform. Thank you so much for supporting our storytelling. We also have links in the show notes on our website: https://healthy.ucla.edu/ If you have any questions or want to suggest a guest to be interviewed, please reach out at: livewell@ucla.edu To stay up to date with our latest podcasts, make sure to follow us on Instagram @healthyucla

Feb 18, 2021 • 39min
#28: Asian Americans in Pop Culture with Dr. Oliver Wang
Culture writer, DJ, sociology professor, and co-host of the album appreciation podcast “Heat Rocks”, Dr. Oliver Wang joins us to share his research on the ways in which Asian Americans participate in different forms of popular culture. Oliver has made it his mission and work to share the stories that have yet to be told--like the story of Filipino American Mobile DJs in the Bay Area or the story behind the travel patterns of the Kogi food trucks. Keep listening to hear some of these untold stories.Today’s podcast was brought to you by UCLA’s Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center. It really means a lot to our team when you rate and review LiveWell on your preferred listening platform. Thank you so much for supporting our storytelling. We also have links in the show notes on our website: https://healthy.ucla.edu/ If you have any questions or want to suggest a guest to be interviewed, please reach out at: livewell@ucla.edu To stay up to date with our latest podcasts, make sure to follow us on Instagram @healthyucla

Jan 26, 2021 • 1h 14min
Health Equity Seminar- Food for All
Moderated by Dr. Wendy Slusser and Dr. Amy Rowat, our panelists will discuss food apartheid, its impact on the health of marginalized groups, and how we can work towards a transformative and healthy future for all. Panelists: Karen Washington, Roy Choi, Dr. May Wang, Dr. Goetz Wolff.Today’s podcast was brought to you by UCLA’s Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center. It really means a lot to our team when you rate and review LiveWell on your preferred listening platform. Thank you so much for supporting our storytelling. We also have links in the show notes on our website: https://healthy.ucla.edu/ If you have any questions or want to suggest a guest to be interviewed, please reach out at: livewell@ucla.edu To stay up to date with our latest podcasts, make sure to follow us on Instagram @healthyucla

Jan 20, 2021 • 39min
Health Equity Seminar: Play & Health Equity
PLAYING FOR KEEPS examines the importance of play and downtime for all of us – children, adults, seniors and animals. It is a tapestry of interwoven characters that takes a look at the health benefits of the play state as well as its recent decline in our lives.Tune in now to panel discussion on the relationship between play and health equity led by Executive Director of UCLA Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), Dr. Nicole Green.Today’s podcast was brought to you by UCLA’s Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center. It really means a lot to our team when you rate and review LiveWell on your preferred listening platform. Thank you so much for supporting our storytelling. We also have links in the show notes on our website: https://healthy.ucla.edu/ If you have any questions or want to suggest a guest to be interviewed, please reach out at: livewell@ucla.edu To stay up to date with our latest podcasts, make sure to follow us on Instagram @healthyucla


