IDEAS IN ACTION | USC's Podcast Series

IDEAS IN ACTION | USC's Podcast Series

34 episodes

IDEAS IN ACTION is a podcast series produced by the University of Southern California. Aligned with the university mission dedicated to “the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit,” the series brings you thought-provoking conversations across various disciplines, happening at USC's University Park and Health Sciences campuses today. Recordings are available on this website, as well as on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music and Spotify.

Podcasts

Confronting L.A.’s Housing Crisis

Published: Nov. 15, 2023, 8:17 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 seconds

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BONUS EPISODE: Queer Bodies: Gender and Power in Art and Society

Published: Oct. 18, 2023, 8:47 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 seconds

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Supporting Mental Health and Developing Resilience for Youth Today

Published: Oct. 6, 2023, 2 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 49 seconds

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Crossing Borders: Stories of Struggle, Survival, and Community

Published: Sept. 20, 2023, 7:48 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 49 seconds

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Neurodiversity: Lived Experience, Advocacy and Allyship

Published: Aug. 9, 2023, 6:02 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 32 seconds

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Why extreme weather, not climate change, drives concerns about water safety

Published: July 6, 2023, 8:58 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 3 seconds

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Latinos and Alzheimer’s Disease: A Look at Increasing Participation Into Alzheimer’s Research

Published: June 15, 2023, 4:57 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 40 seconds

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Crisis on the Colorado River

Published: May 4, 2023, 6:03 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 23 seconds

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Eat, Lead, Love: Celebrating BIPOC Communities through Food, Art, and Activism

Published: Feb. 13, 2023, 10:12 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 9 seconds

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Transformative Learning: Innovation, Inclusion, and the Future of Education

Published: Dec. 7, 2022, 11:06 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 24 seconds

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Confronting Climate Change: Solutions for a Sustainable World

Published: Oct. 5, 2022, 6:21 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 56 seconds

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LAtinx LA Style

Published: Aug. 17, 2022, 6 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 47 seconds

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The Invasion of Ukraine

Published: April 20, 2022, 9:19 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes

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A Conversation with Dr. Nicole Mitchell

Published: March 31, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 57 seconds

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Celebrating Women's History Month 2022

Published: March 28, 2022, 10:50 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 4 seconds

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Crisis Briefing: The Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Published: March 23, 2022, 10:44 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 47 seconds

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Reflecting on MLK, Equity and Inclusion in Today's America

Published: Jan. 13, 2022, 11:34 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 39 seconds

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Rethinking Alzheimer's Care

Published: Nov. 30, 2021, 7:44 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 47 seconds

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Learning From Veterans

Published: Nov. 11, 2021, 9:44 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 41 seconds

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Shake It Out: The Science and Safety of Earthquake Prep

Published: Oct. 13, 2021, 6:09 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 48 seconds

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You’ve dropped off your college student—now what?

Published: Sept. 29, 2021, 8:04 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 5 seconds

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Latinx Stories of Los Angeles

Published: Sept. 24, 2021, 6:28 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 12 seconds

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Olympic training during a pandemic – and how the games have changed since 776 B.C.

Published: Aug. 1, 2021, 4:57 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 seconds

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A Juneteenth Conversation on Race

Published: June 18, 2021, 3:15 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 17 seconds

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L.A.’s fossil fuel-free future

Published: April 23, 2021, 9:23 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 24 seconds

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Coping with COVID: Mental health and young adults, a conversation with Dr. Vivek Murthy and and Jim Steyer

Published: April 15, 2021, 5:49 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 35 seconds

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A Conversation with Channing Godfrey Peoples

Published: March 19, 2021, 11:56 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 53 seconds

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How to Encourage Vaccine Adoption

Published: Jan. 20, 2021, 8:09 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 17 seconds

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Five lessons we’ve learned about COVID-19 since the pandemic began

Published: Nov. 21, 2020, 12:01 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 24 seconds

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Should Halloween be canceled because of COVID-19?

Published: Oct. 28, 2020, 8:17 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 3 seconds

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Alzheimer’s, inflammation and COVID-19

Published: Sept. 21, 2020, 11:22 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 57 seconds

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The Unexpected Spy

Published: Aug. 13, 2020, 11:20 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 35 seconds

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Countdown to Mars 2020 Perseverance Launch

Published: July 29, 2020, 6:41 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 21 seconds

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Stronger Than Hate

Published: June 4, 2020, 9:38 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 4 seconds

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Dornsife Dialogues: “Pandemic Preparedness: What Went Wrong and What Have We Learned?”

Published: May 26, 2020, 4:54 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 21 seconds

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Dornsife Dialogues: Kids and Quarantine – Managing Family Life

Published: April 30, 2020, 10:16 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 1 second

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Earth Day #50: What's the Earth Telling Us?

Published: April 23, 2020, 12:19 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 13 seconds

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Dornsife Dialogues: The Pandemic Election

Published: April 20, 2020, 10:25 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 2 seconds

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Monetary Resources Available to Small Businesses in Today's Environment

Published: April 6, 2020, 8:43 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 20 seconds

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How to Speak With Your Parents About the Pandemic

Published: April 1, 2020, 11:39 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 16 seconds

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Black History Month: Discussions on Race, Media and the Law

Published: Feb. 11, 2020, 7:25 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 37 seconds

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Print Journalism: Where Do We Go from Here?

Published: Jan. 9, 2020, 10:54 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 41 seconds

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Feast! Holiday Food Facts & Myths

Published: Dec. 12, 2019, 7:32 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 27 seconds

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Alzheimer's Awareness Month

Published: Nov. 21, 2019, 8:51 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 1 second

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Veterans Day 2019 Special Podcast

Published: Nov. 18, 2019, 9:18 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 45 seconds

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Aren’t We American? Race, Class, Immigration, and Citizenship

Published: Sept. 17, 2019, 11:52 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 48 seconds

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Fighting the Opioid Epidemic

Published: Aug. 14, 2019, 9:04 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 24 seconds

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Stem cells: the hope, the hype, and the science

Published: June 24, 2019, 5:33 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 52 seconds

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An Evening with Suzan-Lori Parks

Published: April 17, 2019, 9:11 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 28 seconds

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Military Veterans at USC

Published: March 28, 2019, 7:07 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 48 seconds

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Food, Inc., a conversation with Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser

Published: Feb. 28, 2019, 1:18 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 42 seconds

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The Bioethics of Stem Cell Research

Published: Jan. 8, 2019, 12:45 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 1 second

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Trojan Space Pioneers

Published: Dec. 3, 2018, 9:12 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 58 seconds

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Student Health at USC

Published: Nov. 8, 2018, 8:47 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 12 seconds

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Dealing with Stress at USC

Published: Nov. 2, 2018, 9:02 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 10 seconds

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Earth Day 2018 Discussion

Published: Oct. 23, 2018, 6:34 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 2 seconds

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Getting the details of science fiction right, Black Panther, comics and movies

Published: Sept. 24, 2018, 9:39 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 40 seconds

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The Impact of Social Media, Fashion and Celebrities on Culture

Published: Aug. 2, 2018, 9:04 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 4 seconds

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Virtual Reality as a Form of Medicine

Published: Aug. 2, 2018, 8:45 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 40 seconds

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How technology use is transforming healthcare and impacting society

Published: July 20, 2018, 5:46 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 54 seconds

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