Hot Takes by the UCLA Heat Lab
As global warming worsens, heat increasingly impacts people's daily lives - influencing health, behavior, and more. But, we often aren’t very conscious about heat and knowledge of it doesn’t get shared beyond academia and specialized fields. In every episode, our hosts engage different researchers, activists, or community members to share their work and how it can be applied in the real world.
Hot Takes by the UCLA Heat Lab
Latest Episodes
Season 2 Ep 3 - Breaking Down Metropolitan Heat with Dr. Daniel Cumming
This episode, join us as we explore heat in the city with Dr. Daniel Cumming, a postdoctoral fellow at Queens College. As an urban and environmental historian of the 20th-century United States, Dr. Cumming examines the powerful intersection of ...
Season 2 Ep 2 - There's Nothing Chill About These Pills: Discussing Polypharmacy and Rising Heat Risk with the Pharma Heat Team
As extreme heat becomes more frequent and severe, certain medications increase vulnerability during these times. Older populations, in particular, continue to face this interference with their thermoregulation, with their layered vulnerability ...
Season 2 Ep 1 - Sporting New Temperatures with High School Athletics
As temperatures continue to rise, high school student-athletes are among the populations most vulnerable to extreme heat. In today's episode, the UCLA Heat Lab explores how heat affects athletes across multiple sports through the perspectives o...
Ep 7 - Winter Warmerland
In this Hot Takes special mini-episode, we take a look at the concerning weather events of 2025, and how they led to the heartbreaking destruction within the Los Angeles community due to the wildfires that ignited in early January. Walking thro...
Ep 6 - Getting the Scoop on Metropolitan Heat with Dr. Kara Schlichting
This episode, join us as we learn more about heat through a sensorial and historical lens from our guest Dr. Kara Schlichting. Through her research, Dr. Schlichting delves into the individual’s experience with temperature through a holistic sta...
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