California Magazine Archive
Read, Watch, Listen
By Editorial StaffThis month’s picks of Berkeley-connected books, films, and podcasts
How Cal Performances Rolled Out the “Red Carpet”
By Leah WorthingtonThe Paris Opera Ballet’s latest production made just two stops in the US, opening at Berkeley.
Managing Wildfire for All It’s Worth
By Coby McDonaldQ&A with Lenya Quinn-Davidson
Q&A: Colin Allred Isn’t Worried About Ideology
By Grace BenninghoffThe Berkeley Law grad talks about his second run for the Senate.
Q&A: Professor David Hausman on Tracking Mass Deportations
By Margie CullenTrump promised to deport the “worst of the worst.” Here’s what the data actually shows.
Your Reading List for This Month
Editors’ picks of recent works by Berkeley authors
The Poetry of Impurity
By Geoff KochA conversation with John Shoptaw and Jenny Odell
Lessons in Humility and Persistence
By Andrea LamprosFilmmaker Toby McLeod has spent four decades amplifying Indigenous voices—while wrestling with how to tell stories not his own.
Recent Works by Berkeley Authors and Artists
By Editorial StaffEditors’ picks for books, documentaries, and exhibits to check this month
It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a … Conlang?
By Alexander RonyDavid J. Peterson created languages for Superman, Dune, and Game of Thrones. It all started with courses at Berkeley.
Please Don’t Call Me a Liberal
By Leah WorthingtonQ&A with historian Kevin Schultz, author of Why Everyone Hates White Liberals (Including White Liberals)
Erwin Chemerinsky on Testing the Limits of Presidential Power
By Nathalia AlcantaraThe UC Berkeley Law dean breaks down the Supreme Court's game-changing ruling on birthright citizenship.
