The ThinkND Podcast
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Episodes
449 episodes
Revolutions of Hope, Part 3: Freedom's LIberator
Episode Topic: Freedom's LiberatorThe roots of modern Ukraine are the rhythms and rhymes of Taras Shevchenko (1814-1861). His innovative poetry has long been Ukraine’s source code, a cultural algor...
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Evidence Matters, Part 5: Co-Designing for Equity
Episode Topic: Co-Designing for EquityExplore how antiracist principles can lead to stronger research, more meaningful partnerships, and smarter service delivery. Drawing from on-the-ground experie...
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Letras Latinas, Part 16: The Evolution of a Poet
Episode Topic: The Evolution of a PoetExplore the intersections of art, identity, and resistance with award-winning Poet Laureate of Wisconsin Brenda Cárdenas in her second oral history interview w...
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RISE AI, Part 1: The Future of Healthcare
Episode Topic: The Future of HealthcareHow do we build the future we want to see, and how can we ensure artificial intelligence serves the common good? The inaugural RISE AI conference at the Unive...
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True Genius: The Mission of Women in Church and Culture, Part 7: The Female Body and a Culture of Life
Episode Topic: The Female Body and a Culture of LifeIs the belief that women's rights conflict with the rights of the unborn a modern invention? Melissa Moschella, professor of the practice at the ...
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Our Universe Revealed, Part 3: The Medicine of Life, Social Life and Survival in Wild Baboons
Episode Topic: The Medicine of Life: Social Life and Survival in Wild BaboonsBeth Archie Ph.D., is the Nieuwland collegiate professor at the University of Notre Dame who studies the social lives of...
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Inspired Conversations, Part 1: Muffet McGraw and Ruth Riley Hunter '01, '16 EMBA
Episode Topic: Muffet McGraw and Ruth Riley Hunter '01, '16 EMBAND Women Connect is thrilled to present a conversation between Notre Dame legends Muffet McGraw, Hall of Fame and former Notre Dame w...
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Aquinas at 800, Part 9: Participation and Natural Law
Episode Topic: Participation and Natural LawWhat is the deep philosophical connection between divine wisdom and human moral reasoning? Professor Rudi te Velde, member of the Pontifical Academy of S...
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Indigenous Voices, Part 6: PhotoFutures
Episode Topic: PhotoFuturesHear artist Sarah Sense discuss her powerful photo weaving Hinushi 10, recently added to the permanent collection of the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art through the PhotoFutu...
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Restoring Reason, Beauty, and Trust in Architecture, Part 18: The Durability and Beauty of Bamboo
Episode Topic: The Durability and Beauty of BambooExplore bamboo’s role in energy efficiency, natural ventilation, and creating harmony between built environments and nature. Vo Trong Nghia, founde...
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Minding Scripture, Part 4: The Translation of Scripture
Episode Topic: The Translation of Scripture (https://go.nd.edu/a61109)In Jewish tradition, Adam is the archetypal human being; in Christianity he is the forerunner to Christ, and in Islam he is the precursor of the Prophet Muhammad....
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Leadership in Public Conversation, Part 6: Leading with Integrity and Purpose
Episode Topic: Leading with Integrity and Purpose (https://go.nd.edu/87603e)During this installment of Leadership in Public Conversation, hear about leadership from a global perspective from Claudio Orrego, Governor of the Santiago Metr...
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Revolutions of Hope, Part 2: Through the Eyes of a Historian
Episode Topic: Through the Eyes of a Historian Serhii Plokhy, Mykhailo S. Hrushevs’kyi Professor of Ukrainian History and Director of the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University, joins T...
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Our Universe Revealed, Part 2: The Dim and Deserted Places
Episode Topic: The Dim and Deserted Places Arielle Phillips Ph.D., discusses her research into the "emptier spaces" and "dimmer objects" of the universe. She explains her approach of focusing ...
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True Genius: The Mission of Women in Church and Culture, Part 6: Is There a Feminine Genius?
Episode Topic: Is There a Feminine Genius? Thirty years ago, in both Evangelium Vitae and his Letter to Women, Pope John Paul II issued a clear call for the genius of women to be “more fully e...
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Soc(AI)ety Seminars, Part 8: The Truth of the Matter in the Age of Generative AI
Episode Topic: The Truth of the Matter in the Age of Generative AI Join Soc(AI)ety Seminars, for a discussion with Tina Eliassi-Rad, the Inaugural Joseph E. Aoun Professor at Northeastern Univ...
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Evidence Matters, Part 4: Evaluating Impact
Episode Topic: Evaluating Impact As service providers around the country take on poverty in all its complexity, too little is known about what is working and why. Notre Dame’s Lab for E...
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Letras Latinas, Part 15: Poets & Art with Brenda Cárdenas
Episode Topic: Poets & Art with Brenda Cardenas Award-winning Poet Laureate of Wisconsin Brenda Cárdenas was in residence with Letras Latinas and the Raclin Murphy Museum Art in late Septe...
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True Genius: The Mission of Women in Church and Culture, Part 5: Rethinking Complementarity
Episode Topic: Rethinking Complementarity“Rethinking Complementarity,” was presented by Abigail Favale, Ph.D. This discussion took place at the McGrath Institute for Church Life conference True Gen...
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Our Universe Revealed, Part 1: New Light on Old Stars
Episode Topic: New Light on Old StarsThe chemical diversity of the universe that makes our own existence possible is owed to multiple generations of stars that converted the primordial soup of hydr...
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Virtues & Vocations, Part 21: Meaningful Work with Guru Madhavan and Chris Higgins
Episode Topic: Meaningful WorkKick off the 2025-2026 series with a conversation with two contributors from the August 2025 issue of the Virtues & Vocations magazine, focused on meaningful work....
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Restoring Reason, Beauty, and Trust in Architecture, Part 17: Architecture, Representation, & Politics
Episode Topic: Architecture, Representation, & PoliticsCaspar Pearson, director of studies and reader in Art History 1300-1700 at the Warburg Institute in London, shares his work on Leon Battis...
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Aquinas at 800, Part 8: The Christology of Demons
Episode Topic: The Christology of DemonsWhat can be known about Jesus Christ intellectually when one doesn’t believe in Him? What exactly did the demons in the Gospels know about Jesus’ identity? D...
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