

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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Jan 11, 2021 • 34min
#27: Part 2 - Feeding our Planet Sustainably and Equitably with Dr. Hannah Malan
Join Dr. Wendy Slusser in a two-part conversation with with UCLA Public Health Doctoral student, Hannah Malan, about how she has applied her background in communication and research in food insecurity to a social cause that she is passionate about—feeding our planet sustainably and equitably.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 5, 2021 • 27min
#26: Part 1 - Feeding our Planet Sustainably and Equitably with Dr. Hannah Malan
Join Dr. Wendy Slusser in a two-part conversation with with UCLA Public Health Doctoral student, Hannah Malan, about how she has applied her background in communication and research in food insecurity to a social cause that she is passionate about—feeding our planet sustainably and equitably.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

Dec 18, 2020 • 44min
#25: Being a Changemaker with Savannah Gardner
#25: Being a Changemaker with Savannah Gardner 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

Dec 8, 2020 • 59min
#24: Creating a Culture of Health with Dr. Michael Goldstein
Dr. Wendy Slusser chats with Fielding School of Public Health Professor and medical sociologist Michael Goldstein about the origins of the Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center and what it takes to create long-lasting culture change. Keep listening to hear about how social change begins not with rationality but through social movements.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

Nov 2, 2020 • 43min
#23: Disability Culture & Accessibility with Michael Garafola and Carolanne Link
Tune in to hear about how Carolanne Link and Michael Garafola have been leaders at UCLA to create a more accessible and empathetic campus and to learn about their life stories that have brought them together under the Eudaimonia umbrella.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

Oct 26, 2020 • 38min
#22: Past to Present- Archaeology & Today's Diet with Dr. Amr Shahat
Join Dr. Wendy Slusser as she travels back in time with UCLA Dr. Amr Shahat to discover what ancient Egyptians ate and learn about how the scientific analysis of food remnants can tell us the stories of how ancient Egyptians lived.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

Oct 12, 2020 • 37min
#21: Part 2 - The Circuitry behind our Social World with Ted Robles
#21: Part 2 - The Circuitry behind our Social World with Ted Robles 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

Oct 5, 2020 • 45min
#20: Part 1 - The Circuitry behind our Social World with Ted Robles
In the United States, almost 8/10 members of the Gen Z generation and 7/10 of Millennials reported being lonely in 2019. As if it could get any worse, many experts say even more people are lonely since the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Today, UCLA social well-being expert, Dr. Ted Robles will discuss with Dr. Wendy Slusser how stress, social support and close intimate relationships can impact our health. Join Wendy and Ted in the first of a two part episode as they dive into Ted’s research. In this first part, they will explore how each of us can build stronger and more resilient social networks and prevent loneliness.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

Sep 17, 2020 • 40min
#19: Ensuring a Food Secure Future with Paula Daniels
When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in the United States, the existing inequities and vulnerabilities of our food systems were starkly exposed. Join Dr. Wendy Slusser as she chats with co-founder and "Chief of What’s Next" at the Center for Good Food Purchasing, Paula Daniels, about how we can meet this moment to make transformative progress in 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

Sep 4, 2020 • 1h 5min
#18: Water: A Public Utility for Health with Andy Gere
Join Dr. Wendy Slusser as she chats with President and Chief Operating Officer of San Jose Water, Andy Gere, about the ins and outs of running a water company. What does it take to provide affordable, clean and safe water to drink? How does running a water company relate to environmental stewardship?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


