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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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Signup to Generate a PitchDr. 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.
UCLA LiveWell is hosted by Dr. Wendy Slusser. The show has published 105 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "#100 (Re-Release), Part 1: A Culture of Care with Peter Sellars" (20 October 2026, 21 minutes), "Optimizing Brain Health in the Modern Age" (6 October 2026, 45 minutes), and "(Re-Release), Part 1 - Change How You Think: Why We Think How We Do and Our Value System with Emily Falk" (23 July 2026, 27 minutes).
UCLA LiveWell publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 41 minutes across 105 episodes.
Booking probability for UCLA LiveWell is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. UCLA LiveWell requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. UCLA LiveWell's contact route on record: verified email.
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Dr. Wendy Slusser hosts UCLA LiveWell, a health podcast with 105 episodes published.
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Episode #100
We are excited to re-release our podcast series featuring Peter Sellars as we gear up for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. This episode takes us back to a very different Olympic Games in ancient Greece, and offers...
Episode #99
"If only I had a brain!" exclaimed the Scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz. Well, he may not have one, but you do. We all do, and optimizing Brain Health may be the most important step we can take to preserve our humanity...
Episode #97
We are excited to re-release Dr. Emily Falk's podcast series which explores storytelling as a lever for deeper human connection & understanding and how we make decisions & form value sets. Her book, What We Value, is...
Episode #96
What does it take for an athlete to make it to the Paralympic or Olympic games? In our latest LiveWell Podcast episode, we explore the world of elite athleticism through the sport of fencing. As it turns out, training...
Episode #95
On this episode of the LiveWell podcast, we sit down with UCLA’s Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost (EVCP) Darnell Hunt. A proud UCLA alumnus and former Dean of Social Sciences, Dr. Hunt has spent three decades...
Episode #94
What if the key to healing our own trauma was held by a rescued cow or a rehabilitated horse? On this episode of the LiveWell podcast, we speak with Ellie Laks, the visionary founder of The Gentle Barn. Ellie shares on...
Episode #93
In our latest LiveWell podcast episode, we sit down with Lonnie Ali, a dedicated advocate for Parkinson’s research, a champion of compassion, and widow to Muhammad Ali. Lonnie shares her personal journey from growing up...
Episode #92
Our latest LiveWell podcast episode features an inspiring and deeply insightful conversation with Angus Fletcher, Professor of English at Ohio State University and a core member of Project Narrative. Angus shares his...
Episode #91
Our latest LiveWell podcast episode features an inspiring and deeply insightful conversation with Diana Winston, the Director of Mindfulness Education at UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC). Diana shares her...
Episode #90
Our latest LiveWell podcast episode features an inspiring and deeply insightful conversation with Kasley Killam, a leading expert in social health and author of The Art and Science of Connection: Why Social Health is...
Episode #89
“It is possible to believe that all the past is but the beginning of a beginning… the twilight of the dawn.” – H.G. Wells But how do we shape what comes next—and prepare for futures we can’t yet see? Join us for a...
Episode #88
Our latest LiveWell podcast episode features an enlightening conversation with Dr. Dan Wildcat, a professor at Haskell Indian Nations University and a profound thinker on Indigenous perspectives of ecology, technology...
Episode #77
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...
Episode #76
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...
Episode #87
Our latest episode of LiveWell features a powerful conversation with Dr. Eraka Bath, a professor of psychiatry at UCLA and a triple board-certified expert in child, adolescent, adult, and forensic psychiatry. Dr. Bath’s...
Episode #86
Our latest episode of LiveWell is a conversation with Dr. Angela Fentiman. An educator and executive communications leader at UCLA, where we explore how an early introduction to communication in service and civic...
Episode #85
What if healing didn’t start in a clinic—but in the soil? On the newest episode of LiveWell , we explore how nature, community, and purpose are transforming Veteran care with Dr. Kaitlyn Fruin , UCLA preventive medicine...
Episode #84
Welcome back for Part 2 and a sneak peek into Emily Falk's upcoming book, What We Value? Curious about why we make the choices we do? Want to explore how to make more intentional and fulfilling decisions? In our latest...
UCLA LiveWell
Our latest episode of LiveWell is a two-parter with guest Emily Falk and a preview to her upcoming book, "What We Value". An expert in the science of behavior change, Emily is a Professor of Communication, Psychology...
Episode #82
Morgan Tingley, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and faculty in the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, is an expert on how climate change and other environmental changes impact...
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interim president/CEO of The Muhammad Ali Center, Muhammad Ali Center
Director of Mindfulness Education at UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center, UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center
author of The Art and Science of Connection
academic director for Wharton Global Youth’s essentials of finance program, UCLA School of Law / UCLA Resnick Program for Food Law and Policy
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