7 Best UCSD Podcasts to Listen to (2026)

Think like a physicist. Wonder like a human. Into the Impossible is where Cosmic Conversations happen — uniting Nobel Prize winners, iconoclasts, authors, and technologists to explore reality's deepest questions. From AI to aliens, from biophysics to the brain, from the cosmos to the multiverse, Brian Keating, Chancellor's Distinguished Professor of Physics at UC San Diego covers it all. If you've ever asked What's out there? or What's next?, this is where curiosity meets clarity. Learn to think like this. 🎙 Full episodes, notes & more: briankeating.com/podcast more

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The REIMAGINE Podcast creates a space to explore the complexities of organ donation and transplantation—not from certainty, but from inquiry. Through conversations with clinicians, donor families, living donors, researchers, policy leaders, and scholars of compassion, the series examines what it means to care, give, and be transformed by our connections. These human stories open the door to deeper questions of meaning and healing. Welcome to The REIMAGINE Podcast. Let's get started. more

This podcast lifts the veil on all topics related to STEM in academia: research, teaching, writing, speaking, and other professional topics.Darren Lipomi is a professor of nanoengineering, chemical engineering, and materials science at UC San Diego. He obtained his PhD in chemistry from Harvard in 2010 (w/ George Whitesides) and was a postdoc at Stanford in chemical engineering from '10-'12 (w/ Zhenan Bao). He is a recipient of the PECASE and became full professor in 2019.Thanks to NSF CBET-1929748 for support. Views don't necessarily reflect those of NSF or UCSD.Cover art bkg: Sam Root more

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The Sanford Stem Cell Institute (SSCI) reGen Podcast features engaging and innovative discussions with a focus on the following topics: stem cell science; regenerative medicine; clinical trials; research outcomes; and, space and low Earth orbit-based research. Guests include UC San Diego Sanford SSCI experts and team members, academic luminaries, Nobel laureates, and industry and government leaders in the field. The ReGen Podcast is based in San Diego, CA, and is hosted by SSCI team member Bobby Gordon.About the Sanford Stem Cell InstituteThe UC San Diego Sanford Stem Cell Institute (SSCI) is a global leader in regenerative medicine and a hub for stem cell science and innovation in space, representing six (6) research Centers, the CIRM Alpha Stem Cell Clinic, and a Brain Tumor & Neuro-Restoration Program. SSCI aims to catalyze critical basic research discoveries, translational advances, and clinical progress — terrestrially and in space — to develop and deliver novel therapeutics to patients. more

Expecting a new bundle of joy? From the first kicks to the first months, the Motherhood Channel is your trusted source to provide in-depth information from UC San Diego experts focused on pregnancy, childbirth, and the first year of life. more