Dornsife Dialogues

USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

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From Gold Rush to Gigabytes: California’s 175 Years of Change and Reinvention

10/27/2025 • 60 min

Send us a text Commemorate California’s 175th anniversary by exploring defining moments that have shaped the Golden State — from its 1850 admission to the Union to today’s tech-fueled transformation. Moderated by historians William Deverell and Elizabeth Logan of USC Dornsife’s Institute on California and the West, this conversation with guest scholars spotlight… Play episode

The Quantum Leap: How Quantum Computing Redefines What's Possible
In Conversation with Danzy Senna
How Underrepresented Voters Could Shape the 2024 Election
Gut Feelings: How Your Diet Shapes Your Brain
Climate Solutions: Engineering Earth’s Future
NATO at 75: Future of the Alliance
The Bard Unbound: Shakespeare Revisited
Digital Detox: Strategies for Social Media Sanity
The Independent Voter Surge
Unmasking Horror Movies
Automation, AI, and our Human Future
Fighting Cancer with Breakthrough Technology
How to Sustainably Cool a Warming World
Exploring the Enigma of Consciousness
Stand-Up Comedy: Its Historic Influence on Society
Eating Right for a Better, Longer Life
Are There Still Good Germs?
Nuclear Energy: Should it Power Our Cities?
Witches: Beyond Myth and Magic
Los Angeles' Troubled History with Water
Dinosaurs: From Fiction to Fact
How Working Remotely May Improve Lives and Cities
How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times
Exploring the Big Bang, Black Holes and the Extremes of the Universe
The Truth of Being Black in America

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