Taking risks. Falling in love. Figuring out who we are. Adolescents are constantly learning and adapting—in ways that are often misunderstood. Host Dr. Ron Dahl, Director of the Institute of Human Development at UC Berkeley, and his guests explore the science of adolescence on Adaptivity, a podcast by the UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent.
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Ron talks with Jenny Anderson and Rebecca Winthrop, authors of The Disengaged Teen: Helping Kids Learn Better, Feel Better, and Live Better, about how we can harness adolescents' natural motivations f...
Our Youth's Perspective 2025: AI and Public Policy (00:29:33)
Youth Scientific Council on Adolescence members Benjamin Olaniyi, Brynn Santos, Madison Cheungsomboune, and Stephany Cartney talk with University of Oregon professor of clinical psychology Nick Allen ...
Our Youth's Perspective 2025: Nature v. Nurture (00:25:22)
Youth Scientific Council on Adolescence members Abril Rodriguez Martell, Emily Zhu, and Sebastian Gaytan D'Amico talk with UCLA Professor Leanna Hernandez to get answers to their questions about "natu...
Our Youth's Perspective 2025: The Mind-Body Loop (00:29:01)
Youth Scientific Council on Adolescence members Liam Garcia, Merlot Ghadoushi, and Jaleon Nocentelli talk with UCLA Psychology Professor Ted Robles about the "mind-body connection," and what the resea...
Social Media and Adolescents, part 2: Helping Youth Thrive in a Technocentric World (00:58:10)
Ron talks with researchers Nick Allen and Jacqueline Nesi about how developmental science could help us design social media and other technology to not only decrease risks, but also amplify new opport...
Social Media and Adolescents, Part 1: "We Have the Whole World in Our Back Pockets" (00:35:00)
Former Youth Scientific Council members Dallas Tanner and Becker Chabaan talk with Ron about how they navigate the benefits and risks of social media—and offer their suggestions for improving the onli...
Youth Scientific Council on Adolescence members Dallas Tanner, Talya Soffer, and Kobe Wood talk with Professor Leslie Leve about parenting styles, and how we're affected by our relationships with our ...
Our Youth's Perspective 2024: Cultural Upbringing (00:22:24)
In the first of three youth-led episodes of "Our Youth's Perspective," a special miniseries of Adaptivity, Youth Scientific Council on Adolescence members Becker Chaaban, Brandon Molina, and Namrata P...
The third and final episode of our 2024 "Our Youth's Perspective" miniseries of Adaptivity is about our relationships with our siblings. Youth Scientific Council on Adolescence members Andrea Rodrigue...
How Facing Big Feelings Can Help Build Mental Health (00:52:02)
In this episode, Ron talks with psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Lisa Damour about how strong emotions during adolescence–good and bad–can be opportunities for youth to build positive coping st...
Social Adaptivity: Developing Positive Relationship Skills in a Rapidly Changing World (00:43:04)
Host Ron Dahl talks with guests Thao Ha, Gustavo Carlo, and Yalda Uhls about how emotionally charged relationships during adolescence can help us learn to navigate personal relationships, find our rol...
Our Youth's Perspective, part 3: Developing Values, Goals, and Identity (00:17:46)
In the third and last episode of "Our Youth's Perspective," a three-part miniseries of the Adaptivity podcast, YNSCA member Tomi Dugbo talks with Prof. Joanna Williams, Co-Director of the National Sci...
Our Youth's Perspectives part 2: Exploration and Risk Taking (00:18:38)
In the second episode of "Our Youth's Perspective," a three-part miniseries of the Adaptivity podcast, YNSCA member Michael Nguyen talks with Adaptivity host and CDA founding director Dr. Ron Dahl abo...
Our Youth's Perspectives part 1: Decision Making and Emotional Regulation (00:19:19)
In the first episode of "Our Youth's Perspective," a three-part miniseries of the Adaptivity podcast, YNSCA member Mahisa Mannan talks with UCLA CDA Co-Executive Director Adriana Galván about learning...
Epic Journeys: What we can learn from adolescence across species (00:52:33)
Host Ron Dahl talks with best-selling author and evolutionary biologist Barbara Natterson Horowitz and anthropologist Rachna Reddy about adolescence across the animal kingdom–and how a cross-species p...
Rooted in Connection: Reimagining the Foster System for Adolescents (00:45:17)
The foster care system in the US is not designed to support what we now know about positive adolescent development. But it could be. Host Ron Dahl talks with experts Sixto Cancel and Leslie Leve about...
This is Me: Race and Identity in Adolescence (00:49:06)
We talk with Harvard physics major Jara Wilensky, high school math star Noor Harwell, and Dr. Joanna Lee Williams about being Black women in science and how we form our identities in our adolescent ye...
When Mattering Really Matters (00:24:40)
We talk with adolescent climate activist Jayden Foytlin, Cornell Professor Anthony Burrow, and San Francisco youth making a difference for their peers about the hunger to matter during adolescence, an...
When Screen Time is the New Normal (00:20:14)
Experts weigh in on how tech use during COVID-19 is affecting adolescents, and what caretakers and educators can do to support their well-being.
Guts, Drama, and the Swirl of Emotions (00:20:10)
We talk with bestselling graphic novelist Raina Telgemeier about feeling things deeply during adolescence—and why that's so important.
Scary but Thrilling: The Science of Taking Risks (00:26:14)
We explore why adolescents need new and risky experiences— from skateboarding to asking someone out on a date.
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Taking risks. Falling in love. Figuring out who we are. Adolescents are constantly learning, and adapting—in ways that are often misunderstood. Join developmental scientist and pediatrician Dr. Ron Da...
