Beste UCLA Heat Lab Podcasts (2024)

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Ep 6- Getting the Scoop on Metropolitan Heat with Dr. Kara Schlichting 54:14

12d ago54:14

54:14

This episode, join us as we learn more about heat through a sensorial and historical lens from our guest Dr. Kara Schlichting. Through her research, Dr. Schlichting delves into the individual’s experience with temperature through a holistic standpoint, particularly with how heat manifests in metropolitan areas. Highlighting her work with Melting Me…

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Ep 5 - Bringing the Heat to Early Education with the Heat Lab Education Team 42:26

6M ago42:26

42:26

There is a critical need for more in-depth environmental curricula to prepare students for the climate-impacted world they'll soon inherit. The UCLA Heat Lab's education team creates digestible lesson plans about thermal inequality for students ranging from 4th graders to high schoolers. From mapping schoolyard shade to brainstorming cool invention…

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Ep 4 - Dismantling Carceral Ecologies with Dr. Nicholas Shapiro and Kate McInerny 51:27

9M ago51:27

51:27

Although many of us are familiar with mass incarceration and environmental injustice as separate issues, we often don’t put the two together. Through his Carceral Ecologies lab, Dr. Nicholas Shapiro does just that - examining unjust environmental conditions in the prison industrial complex. Join us, Dr. Shapiro, and special guest Kate McInerny we d…

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Ep 3 - Unveiling the Hot Truth about Food Trucks with Sofia Sabra and Olivia Toledo 41:44

11M ago41:44

41:44

Many of us love food trucks, but the food we enjoy often conceal a hidden reality—the workers enduring extreme heat. This is thermal inequality, the idea that some people bear the heat so others don't have to. Join us in an episode with Sofia Sabra and Olivia Toledo as we unravel the often-overlooked challenges faced by food truck workers and brain…

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Ep 2 - Throwing Shade at Shade Inequality with Sam Bloch 35:21

1y ago35:21

35:21

If you live in Los Angeles, or another super-hot city, you know how important shade is. Whether it’s a dog-owner trying to hop from one patch of shade to another to prevent burned paws, or an exhausted commuter hoping to grab a seat under a shaded bus shelter on the way home from work, everyone needs shade. In this episode with journalist Sam Bloch…

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Ep 1 - (re)Defining Heat with Dr. Bharat Venkat 44:27

1+ y ago44:27

44:27

Heat continues to increase in frequency, duration, and intensity. Yet it remains an overlooked (and under researched) part of our lives. Dr. Bharat Venkat is the founder and director of the UCLA Heat Lab, an interdisciplinary effort to study the experience of thermal inequality. His upcoming book project involves engaging with nearly 200 years of h…

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Ep 6- Getting the Scoop on Metropolitan Heat with Dr. Kara Schlichting 54:14

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Ep 5 - Bringing the Heat to Early Education with the Heat Lab Education Team 42:26

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Ep 4 - Dismantling Carceral Ecologies with Dr. Nicholas Shapiro and Kate McInerny 51:27

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Ep 3 - Unveiling the Hot Truth about Food Trucks with Sofia Sabra and Olivia Toledo 41:44

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Ep 2 - Throwing Shade at Shade Inequality with Sam Bloch 35:21

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Ep 1 - (re)Defining Heat with Dr. Bharat Venkat 44:27

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