Category Archives: Interviews
UCSB discovers likely kidney disease drug (replay)
This is a replay of a live interview recorded March 2, 2010.
Worldwide, 12 million people suffer from autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease or ADPKD. In the U.S. the number is larger than those affected by Down syndrome, cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy and sickle cell anemia combined. UC Santa Barbara’s Dr. Thomas Weimbs, associate [...]
Stepping Into Your Future
Public education in the U.S. is going through a crisis. Throughout the state the controversial California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) has been accused of disadvantaging females and minorities. Dr. Beth Yeager, director of the Center for Literacy & Inquiry in Networking Communities at UC Santa Barbara and Stephanie Couch director of [...]
Reconsidering religion, science and the mind
For centuries religion and science have sat at opposite ends of the academic table. UC Santa Barbara professor and president of the American Academy of Religion Dr. Ann Taves aims to bring the two fields a little closer. She was in studio today to discuss her new book Religious Experience Reconsidered: A Building-Block Approach to [...]
UCSB online security group foils criminal network
Zombie computers lurking in the dark corners of the Internet form a matrix of data-snatching machines. These botnets are constantly trolling for banks account numbers, passwords and personal data. Dr. Giovanni Vigna, one of the UC Santa Barbara researchers who recently took down one of the largest of these online criminal networks explained just how [...]
Privacy & social networking in Web 2.0
Online social media has brought the digitization of our lives to new heights in just a few short years with the explosion of tools like Facebook and the adoption of Internet-ready smart-phones. But all of this information sharing comes at a price: privacy. Today on the show, UC Santa Barbara Computer Science Professor Dr. Ben [...]
UCSB team discovers likely kidney disease drug
Worldwide, 12 million people suffer from autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease or ADPKD. In the U.S. the number is larger than those affected by Down syndrome, cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy and sickle cell anemia combined. UC Santa Barbara’s Dr. Thomas Weimbs, associate professor and director of the Weimbs Lab joined Levi and Tim this morning to [...]
The music of 5-Alarm: An acoustic set
After returning from a tour of the Pacific Rim with the Beach Boys, Christian Love, Randell Kirsch and Ed Prado delight the KCSB morning audience with an acoustic set from Studio A. The group shares stories from the road, their influences and the latest on the progress with the band’s new album. Listen to the [...]
Direct Relief International on aid for Haiti
The January 12th earthquake in Haiti devastated 3 million people on the small island-nation. Santa Barbara-based Direct Relief International has helped bring tens of millions of dollars in medical aid to Haiti. The organization is one of the most efficient charities providing relief in the area. Jim Prosser, the media relations manager [...]
Dr. Lee on dual language schools (replay)
This is a replay of an interview originally recorded November 20, 2009. Since that broadcast there have been some new developments in the case of the Chavez School [11/25/09 Independent.com: Cesar Chavez Saved for Now: Charter Extended Till End of School Year].
As the Santa Barbara School Board ponders the fate of the Cesar Chavez [...]
Ed. dean on the Harding Univ. Partnership
Dr. Jane Close Conoley, the dean of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School visited KCSB this morning to talk about the Harding University Partnership between UCSB and Santa Barbara School Districts. Dean Conoley shared the details of the deal which will bring needed support to the struggling neighborhood school using the International Baccalaureate model.
