Podcast
Social Adaptivity: Developing Positive Relationship Skills in a Rapidly Changing World
May 29, 2023Host 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 role in our communities, and handle intense emotions throughout our lives.
Our Youth’s Perspective part 3: Developing Values, Goals, and Identity
February 2, 2023In 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 Scientific Council on Adolescence, about developing our own values, goals, and identities separate from our parents and families.
Our Youth’s Perspective part 2: Exploration and Risk Taking
January 27, 2023In 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 about the importance of trying new things and taking risks during our adolescent years.
Our Youth’s Perspective part 1: Decision Making and Emotional Regulation
January 19, 2023In 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 to make difficult decisions and regulate our emotions during our adolescent years.
Epic Journeys: What we can learn from adolescence across species
December 16, 2022Host Ron Dahl talks with best-selling author and evolutionary biologist Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and anthropologist Rachna Reddy about how field studies of adolescence across the animal kingdom can help us better understand aspects of our own human adolescence.
Rooted in Connection: Reimagining the Foster System for Adolescents
April 1, 2022Adaptivity podcast host Ron Dahl talks with experts Sixto Cancel and Leslie Leve about reimagining the foster care system in a way that aligns with science and supports positive adolescent development.
This is Me: Race and Identity in Adolescence
October 2, 2021Adaptivity podcast host Ron Dahl talks with Harvard physics major Jara Wilensky, high school math star Noor Harwell, and Dr. Joanna Lee Williams about their experiences of being Black women in science and how we form our identities in our adolescent years.
When Mattering Really Matters
March 2, 2021We 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, and how adults can support youth to develop a sense of purpose that can carry through for a lifetime.
Scary but Thrilling: The Science of Taking Risks
July 19, 2020We talk to pro skateboarder and musician Tommy Guerrero about why adolescents need new and risky experiences—from skateboarding to asking someone out on a date. Listen and rate us on Apple Podcasts!
Guts, Drama, and the Swirl of Emotions
July 18, 2020We talk with bestselling graphic novelist Raina Telgemeier about feeling things deeply during adolescence—and why that’s so important. Listen and rate us on Apple Podcasts!
