Hard And Soft

In episode three of the 2018-2019 Cal men's basketball series, Rory (RoryOToole4) and Justice (justdelossantos) hop back on the microphone to talk about the last couple weeks of Cal basketball, and Rory gives the hottest take in the young podcast's history.

In episode two of the 2018-2019 Cal men's basketball series, Justice delos Santos (@justdelossantos) officially welcomes fellow men's basketball beat Rory O'Toole (@RoryOToole4). Justice and Rory talk Cal's offense, Paris Austin, Andre Kelly, and more in their first episode together.

In episode one of the 2018-2019 Cal men's basketball series, Justice discusses last season, as well as what to expect from the Bears in the new year.

Taversia Maddalena hasn’t always considered herself an artist. In this in-depth interview, we took a look at how she got to where she is today — director of legislation in the office of ASUC senator Hani Hussein, aspiring pre-law student and creator of a popular online video uploaded onto the UC Berkeley Memes for Edgy Teens Facebook page. If you remember the psychedelic and chaotic video — titled “Cal is fucking expensive & sometimes I think about killing myself but at least I have adderall” — then you’ll understand what we talk about when we say this woman understands the mental, emotional and financial hell of logistical issues that can accompany being a student at Berserkeley. Maddalena opened up about facing homelessness and her struggle with obtaining medication for her attention deficit disorder, and she offers her perspective on coming to UC Berkeley from the Midwest as a transfer student. Leaving her support system behind, in her first semester at UC Berkeley, she watched her life as a student esse

Episode 2 of “Below the Fold” featuring Black Student Union Chair AJ Moultrie For our second episode of “Below the Fold,” we welcomed AJ Moultrie, aka AJ The One, chair of UC Berkeley’s Black Student Union. Moultrie, a Black revolutionary, is also a multimedia artist, an ambassador for The Selfology Movement and host of a podcast called “Black Voice” featured on KGPC at 96.9 FM. We covered themes of self-empowerment, self-love, being an ally and addressing anti-Blackness. Her quirky attitude and colorful personality shine through in all that she does. As an ambassador for The Selfology Movement, Moultrie invests herself in the teaching of self-love and self-enlightenment to young Black girls in the community. In our interview with Moultrie, she discussed the difference she noticed in young Black girls when they learn to embrace self-love. Moultrie talked about how the Fannie Lou Hamer Black Resource Center serves as an “affirmation station” here on the UC Berkeley campus. She talked about how as a Black

For the first episode of “Below the Fold,” we interviewed Michelle Zheng, who you may know as last semester’s Sex on Tuesday columnist. We covered several topics such as self-love, abusive relationships, honesty, writing and polyamory. Within the first few minutes of interviewing Michelle, we began to understand that the former sex columnist held a powerful, if not admirable, sense of self that many of us could learn from. Michelle opened up about her journey to discovering self-love, which resonated with the both of us. Premiering on Valentine’s Day, this episode explores the complexity of human relationships between people. In a society that romanticizes turbulent romantic relationships, Michelle brought to our attention the importance of the type of self-love that fulfills us from day to day. She even opened us to us about her parents. Her mother, a three-time published Chinese author, and her father, a self-made businessman and CEO, are unaware of her column, in part because of the lack of internet avai

Don’t listen to what One Direction says: Makeup’s more than just for the appearances. For many people, makeup is powerful. Chris and Josh chat with Zha Maloy and Jae Jung, folks who use makeup as a source of identity formation, courage and kinship.

Sexual assault and survivorship are often topics that go undiscussed when exploring love and sex. In this piece, Chris and Josh tackle the issue head on with ASUC Senator Marandah Field-Elliot. From her work regarding assault, to her own experiences dating and dumping boys as a survivor, this queer queen leaves nothing out in Hard and Soft's second to last episode!

The Podcast cast gets our producer Michelle a vibrator!

High sex is a whole 'nother level of sex, with happiness, a little bit of tears, and maybe a catfish or two. The Hard and Soft team goes out on 4/20 to interview some high folks and get some insight on what's going on in the bedroom under the influence of THC. Music: "How Do You Do It" by Empress of "Furute Funk" by Joakim Karud

Sex Ed in high school isn’t too far off from that scene in “Mean Girls,” where we all get chlamydia and die. But some students are fighting the good fight to make sexual health and reproductive rights fun and accessible. Chris and Josh chat with one of these folks. Elizabeth Wells is a fourth-year sexpert — she’s the head student coordinator of the Sexual Health Education Program at UC Berkeley, and a co-director at Students United for Reproductive Justice. She gives us her take on pegging, some tips (heh) about the right way to use a condom, and her experiences as the big dick on Sproul.

The apps can be fun and sexy, but being on the receiving end of an unsolicited, probably racist Tinder message about being the second half of a vanilla-chocolate swirl? Not so much. Chris and Josh chat with ASUC presidential candidate Zaynab Abdul-Qadir Morris to hear her experiences of misogynoir, life as a Black womxn on the UC Berkeley campus and corny folks on Tinder.

Have you ever...pooped during a date? Had regrets when you woke up to somebody else? Shaved all of your pubic hair? Found new ways to use tampons? Chris and Josh get up close and personal and play the raunchy game Never Have I Ever in this week's short. Music: "How Do You Do It" by Empress of "Furute Funk" by Joakim Karud

Asexuality, more than most sexual identities, is misunderstood — there are few representations of it in the media, and it dosn't really enter conversations within the LGBTQ+ community. Chris and Josh chat with Shon Correa, a third-year genderfluid UC Berkeley student who identifies as asexual. They show us the ropes of ace identities, including gray-ace and genderfluidity. Music: "How Do You Do It" by Empress of "Furute Funk" by Joakim Karud

We interviewed cal students and got some dirty deets about their LDR’s. Listen to this week’s short where Chris and Josh chat with Jasmine Pak, Erin Wiens, and Angie Mejia about their baes. From Skype sex to potato pet names, it all goes down on Hard and Soft’s third short. Music: "How Do You Do It" by Empress of "Furute Funk" by Joakim Karud

As graduation and internship offers loom off into the distance, one thing seems to be on everyone’s mind: long-distance. Professor Timke provides some pointers on how to create a love strong enough to bridge the infamous distance gap of an LDR. Music: "How Do You Do It" by Empress of "Furute Funk" by Joakim Karud

Do Golden Bears enjoy Golden Showers? Sticking with the theme of kink week, Chris and Josh interview fellow Cal students Yensy and Amir about their sexplorations. From fisting and choking, to other sub/dom kinks, check out this short to get a good bite size snippet of what we’re “into.” Music: "How Do You Do It" by Empress of "Furute Funk" by Joakim Karud

On this episode of hard and soft, chris and josh interview Mir the owner of Wicked Grounds, a kink cafe in San Francisco. Join us while we talk about how you can explore kink while grabbing a mocha--whether it's in a cup or in a dog bowl. We are currently looking for stories on kink for our second short! Email us at multimedia@dailycal.org for more information! Music by: "How Do You Do It" by Empress Of "Future Funk" by Joakim Karud

Team Edward or Team Jacob? Taylor or Kanye? La La Land or Moonlight? Hard or soft? On our first-ever (!!!) Hard and Soft short, Chris and Josh duke it out to see if hard or soft will prevail. We’re talking putting out on the first date, love languages and everything in between. Music: "How Do You Do It" by Empress of "Furute Funk" by Joakim Karud

Sex is scary. Sex with anxiety? Absolutely terrifying. In this episode, Chris and Josh speak with Alyssa Liu, a meme-lovin', shit-posting ASUC Senator as they talk about combating anxiety in the streets and in the sheets.