UCLA LiveWell

About UCLA LiveWell

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/

Publisher

Dr. Wendy Slusser

Category

health & fitness · health & fitness · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 May 2019

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

104 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Oct 2026

   Optimizing Brain Health in the Modern Age

   "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 through intuition, imagination, emotion, and common sense. On this episode of the LiveWell podcast, host Dr. Wendelin Slusser sits down with Dr. Helen Lavretsky, a renowned geriatric integrative psychiatrist, Professor in Residence at UCLA, and Director of the Late Life Mood, Stre...

2. 

   10 Aug 2026

   (Re-Release), Part 2 - Change How You Think: Why We Think How We Do and Our Value System with Emily Falk

   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 now out in paperback due to popular demand! We highly recommend purchasing a copy and hope you find our conversation with Dr. Falk deepens the reading experience. Happy listening! Original air date: March 2025. Welcome back for Part 2 and a sneak peek into Emily Fal...

3. 

   23 Jul 2026

   (Re-Release), Part 1 - Change How You Think: Why We Think How We Do and Our Value System with Emily Falk

   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 now out in paperback due to popular demand! We highly recommend purchasing a copy and hope you find our conversation with Dr. Falk deepens the reading experience. Happy listening! Original air date: March 2025. Our latest episode of LiveWell is a two-parter with gue...

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

20 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

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