83 episodes
UCLA LiveWell Dr. Wendy Slusser
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5.0 • 19 Ratings
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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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#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 mom, and a zero-waste lifestyle icon. We hear about how she sold her car after a transformative trip to Europe, how she gave food nonprofit Nourish LA a home at UCLA, and how she structures her creative writing classes around navigating eco-anxiety and knowing one’s place in the climate crisis.
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Episode Resources + Mentions:
Nourish LA Daily Bruin Article Tamar Christensen Writing Programs -
#77 (Re-Release), Part 2: A Culture of Care Peter Sellars
Original air date: March 1st, 2023
Why 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 Peter Sellars, world-renowned theater and opera director. Join us as we discuss imagining new and revolutionary solutions to issues and injustices by centering art and community care.
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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 Part Interview with Peter Sellars.
Peter, with his gift of storytelling, takes us on a journey to the Olympics in ancient Greece, where health, theater, and the arts were of equal importance in this celebration of togetherness. Fast forward to today, we look at how arts and sports are both lifelong commitments to navigating struggle in thrilling, liberating, and uniting ways.
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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, founder and CEO of Food Forward, tells us that story and gives us insider tips to starting your own nonprofit, growing a team, and building meaningful relationships that help bring food where it belongs.
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Episode Resources + Mentions:
Food Forward Food Forward is Recognized by the White House For Its Commitment to End Hunger -
#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 meeting people where they’re at, and ultimately, creating ripple effects when it comes to making change in your community.
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Episode Resources + Mentions:
Hannah Richie’s “Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet”Bedford’s Recyclopedia Bedford 2030 -
#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 Chef, teaches us how cooking has transcended language, and how innovative chefs and food leaders across the globe are using simple, ancient practices -- like harvesting heirloom seeds, eating locally and culturally, and using every part of an ingredient -- to make food more nutrient-dense and delicious.
If you liked this episode, you’d also like Episode #70 with Homa Dashtaki and Episode #53 with Joe and Celia Ward-Wallace.
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Episode Resources + Mentions:
Blue Hill Restaurant Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture Wish4Life Foundation Bill Yosses Books
Customer Reviews
Love this podcast!!
Super interesting podcast that focuses primarily on people connected to UCLA in some fashion— students, staff, professors. Not only does this podcast talk about science and health topics in depth, but they also really focus it on the person behind the science. I love hearing the stories of the guest’s career, education, and passion in life. If you’re looking for an easy listen, that will both be educational and inspiring— this is it!! Not just for UCLA folks, definitely for everybody.
So many interesting tidbits
Really interesting podcast about the lesser known aspects of health and well-being… like why we get shivers when we listen to music. Also several engaging episodes on different dimensions of health related to COVID-19!
Engaging and thoughtful- would recommend!
A thoughtful exploration of a wide variety of health and well-being topics from highly esteemed Ucla scholars and more! Loved learning about everything from sustainable food systems to green commuting to what social well-being is.
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