The Edge Episode 34: Digital Infrastructure with Nicole Starosielski
The hidden physical systems that make our “wireless” world possible
2026 Summer Reading List
by Editorial Staff
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The Dylan Beat on Tulsa Time
By Bill Hinchberger ’80, M.A. ’92A Berkeley alum and Oklahoma transplant oversees the shrine of his idol
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Queen of Pain
By Chris BallardFor her next feat of endurance, Catherine Breed ’15 will swim the length of California.
Someone Had to Go First
By Pat JosephBerkeley Law’s Claudia Polsky on Taking Trump to Court
What Goes Up
By Coby McDonaldFor the Campus Architect, It’s a Question of Coherence
The Fire is Still Alive
By Geoff KochLunch Poems at 30
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Reader Response
We asked for your takes on college football’s new economy. You sent emails, lots of them.
Episode 33: Talking to Whales with Gašper Beguš
AI is getting us closer to translating whale communication. What happens if we succeed?
First Person: Healing Scars from the Inside Out
By Terry Healey ’87How adversity helped me discover new possibilities
Accidental Album
By Emma SilversMusician Chris Chu discovered recordings he doesn't remember making.
From the Archives
Roots Music: The Beginnings of Rolling Stone
The 50th anniversary of iconic rock magazine Rolling Stone arrived in November, and the party was long and loud. Origin stories have festooned the magazine and its website; a coffee table book appeared in May; Joe Hagan’s biography of cofounder Jann Wenner, Sticky Fingers, was published in October; and an HBO documentary is scheduled for […]
Transitioning with Grace: Coming Out in Academia
English Professor Grace Lavery talks Pride, social justice, and trans studies.
The Edge Episode 23: Cosmology with Sarafina Nance
Berkeley astrophysicist Sarafina El-Badry Nance, has dedicated her life to studying really big exploding stars and what they tell us about our ever-expanding universe. She joins us this episode to talk about her own path to star-gazing and the big, existential questions that keep her eyes to the sky.
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