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Episode Topic: The Evolution of a Poet Explore the intersections of art, identity, and resistance with award-winning Poet Laureate of Wisconsin Brenda Cárdenas in her second oral history interview with Letras Latinas, recorded nearly nineteen years after her first. Join Brenda and Notre Dame English Ph.D. student Karla Yaritza Maravilla Zaragoza for a chat about the dialogue between poetry and visual art (ekphrasis), the power of cultural identity, and the essential role of the artist as an ...

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Episode Topic: The Evolution of a Poet Explore the intersections of art, identity, and resistance with award-winning Poet Laureate of Wisconsin Brenda Cárdenas in her second oral history interview with Letras Latinas, recorded nearly nineteen years after her first. Join Brenda and Notre Dame English Ph.D. student Karla Yaritza Maravilla Zaragoza for a chat about the dialogue between poetry and visual art (ekphrasis), the power of cultural identity, and the essential role of the artist as an ...

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Letras Latinas, Part 16: The Evolution of a Poet

Episode Topic: The Evolution of a Poet Explore the intersections of art, identity, and resistance with award-winning Poet Laureate of Wisconsin Brenda Cárdenas in her second oral history interview with Letras Latinas, recorded nearly nineteen years after her first. Join Brenda and Notre Dame English Ph.D. student Karla Yaritza Maravilla Zaragoza for a chat about the dialogue between poetry and visual art (ekphrasis), the power of cultural identity, and the essential role of the artist as an ...

1 day ago

1 hour 9 minutes

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RISE AI, Part 1: The Future of Healthcare

Episode Topic: The Future of Healthcare How 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 University of Notre Dame is a call for a humane approach to the technologies that affect health outcomes for all that uplifts humanity and human dignity. Hear powerful personal stories from leaders in tech and healthcare and learn about Notre Dame’s bold new RISE initiative for human-centered AI. Feat...

2 days ago

1 hour 56 minutes

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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 Life Is the belief that women's rights conflict with the rights of the unborn a modern invention? Melissa Moschella, professor of the practice at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame, challenges the narrative, arguing that true respect for women and their bodies is inextricably linked to the protection of pre-born life. Featured Speakers: Melissa Moschella, University of Notre DameRead this episode's recap over...

1 week ago

41 minutes

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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 Baboons Beth Archie Ph.D., is the Nieuwland collegiate professor at the University of Notre Dame who studies the social lives of wild baboons in Kenya's Amboseli ecosystem. Her work focuses on how social relationships affect an animal's health, disease risk, and survival. Using data from the Amboseli Baboon Research Project, she shows that socially connected baboons live longer and that early-life adversity can shorten the...

1 week ago

52 minutes

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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 EMBA ND Women Connect is thrilled to present a conversation between Notre Dame legends Muffet McGraw, Hall of Fame and former Notre Dame women’s basketball coach, analyst, and advocate for social justice, women’s equality, and hunger relief, and her former player Ruth Riley Hunter ’01, ’16 EMBA, NCAA and WNBA champion, Olympian, executive, mother, and humanitarian. Join as these inspiring women reflect on leadership, faith, service,...

1 week ago

58 minutes

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Aquinas at 800, Part 9: Participation and Natural Law

Episode Topic: Participation and Natural Law What is the deep philosophical connection between divine wisdom and human moral reasoning? Professor Rudi te Velde, member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, unveils Aquinas’ revolutionary understanding of natural law as the eternal law profoundly imprinted on rational creatures. Learn how this concept of participation empowers human self-government, offering insight into the source of our deepest ethical principles and the nature of...

2 weeks ago

1 hour 3 minutes

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Indigenous Voices, Part 6: PhotoFutures

Episode Topic: PhotoFutures Hear 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 PhotoFutures initiative. Learn how her work, rooted in the Choctaw and Chitimacha traditions, interweaves historical maps and personal landscapes to document Indigenous futures and foster a continuity of culture and family. Featured Speakers: Tara Kenjockety, University of Notre DameSarah Sense, artistRea...

2 weeks ago

42 minutes

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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 Bamboo Explore bamboo’s role in energy efficiency, natural ventilation, and creating harmony between built environments and nature. Vo Trong Nghia, founder of VTN Architects and visiting professor of architectural design at Yale University, discusses the durability and beauty of bamboo architecture, showcasing how this sustainable material supports both structural innovation and environmental design. Featured Speakers: Vo Trong Nghia, VTN Architec...

2 weeks ago

1 hour 4 minutes

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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. Featured Speakers: Gabriel Said Reynolds, professor, University of Notre DameFrancesca Murphy, professor, University of Notre DamTzvi Novick, professor, University of Notre DameMun’im Sirry, professor, University of Notre DameRead this episode's recap over on t...

3 weeks ago

59 minutes

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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 Metropolitan Region in Chile. Sharing about his experience attending Holy Cross schools growing up in Santiago, he realized at a young age that he wanted to serve. With degrees in Legal Sciences and Public Policy, his political career has spanned nearly 30 years,...

3 weeks ago

43 minutes

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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 expressed in the life of society as a whole, as well as in the life of the Church” (Letter to Women 10). Throughout his papacy, in fact, he emphasized women’s “prophetic character,” calling on them to be “witnesses” and “sentinels” — guardians of the sacred gift of life and the order of love (Mulie...

1 month ago

1 hour 34 minutes

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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 Taras Dobko, rector of Ukrainian Catholic University, in a conversation about what has changed in Ukrainians and their society in the last three years during the Russian aggression, and the ways in which hope and resilience together can be fertile ground for miracles to happen. Featured Speakers:&...

1 month ago

1 hour 8 minutes

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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 on the emptier spaces between galaxies to uncover fundamental truths about the cosmos. Using her background in computational astrophysics, she models how galaxies move and evolve. Through a series of engaging examples and analogies, she helps the audience understand how astronomers collect and int...

1 month ago

1 hour 11 minutes

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Soc(AI)ety Seminars, Part 8: The Truth of the Matter in the Age of Generative AI

Thanks for listening! The ThinkND Podcast is brought to you by ThinkND, the University of Notre Dame's online learning community. We connect you with videos, podcasts, articles, courses, and other resources to inspire minds and spark conversations on topics that matter to you — everything from faith and politics, to science, technology, and your career. Learn more about ThinkND and register for upcoming live events at think.nd.edu. Join our LinkedIn community for updates, episode clips, ...

1 month ago

52 minutes

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Evidence Matters, Part 4: Evaluating Impact

Thanks for listening! The ThinkND Podcast is brought to you by ThinkND, the University of Notre Dame's online learning community. We connect you with videos, podcasts, articles, courses, and other resources to inspire minds and spark conversations on topics that matter to you — everything from faith and politics, to science, technology, and your career. Learn more about ThinkND and register for upcoming live events at think.nd.edu. Join our LinkedIn community for updates, episode clips, ...

1 month ago

46 minutes

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Letras Latinas, Part 15: Poets & Art with Brenda Cárdenas

Thanks for listening! The ThinkND Podcast is brought to you by ThinkND, the University of Notre Dame's online learning community. We connect you with videos, podcasts, articles, courses, and other resources to inspire minds and spark conversations on topics that matter to you — everything from faith and politics, to science, technology, and your career. Learn more about ThinkND and register for upcoming live events at think.nd.edu. Join our LinkedIn community for updates, episode clips, ...

1 month ago

1 hour 3 minutes

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Our Universe Revealed, Part 1: New Light on Old Stars

Episode Topic: New Light on Old Stars The chemical diversity of the universe that makes our own existence possible is owed to multiple generations of stars that converted the primordial soup of hydrogen and helium into the periodic table we know today. To understand this process, Roman Gerasimov looks for the oldest objects in our galaxy that formed shortly after the beginning of time and preserve the fossilized record of the early universe in their chemical composition. The new generation o...

1 month ago

59 minutes

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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 Genius: The Mission of Women in Church and Culture at the University of Notre Dame in March 2025. The conference was developed by Favale, who is Professor of the Practice, Theology & Literature, at the McGrath Institute for Church Life. Featured Speakers: -Abigail Favale,Professor of the Practic...

1 month ago

41 minutes

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Restoring Reason, Beauty, and Trust in Architecture, Part 17: Architecture, Representation, & Politics

Episode Topic: Architecture, Representation, & Politics Caspar Pearson, director of studies and reader in Art History 1300-1700 at the Warburg Institute in London, shares his work on Leon Battista Alberti, the early Renaissance humanist scholar and architect, and one of history’s most influential writers and thinkers on art and architecture. Featured Speakers: -Caspar Pearson, Warburg Institute Read this episode's recap over on the University of Notre Dame's open online learning commun...

1 month ago

1 hour 7 minutes

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Virtues & Vocations, Part 21: Meaningful Work with Guru Madhavan and Chris Higgins

Episode Topic: Meaningful Work Kick 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. Guru Madhavan is the Norman R. Augustine senior scholar and senior director of programs for the U.S. National Academy of Engineering. Chris Higgins is the Chair of the Department of Formative Education at Boston College. He recently published Undeclared: A Philosophy of Formative Higher Education...

1 month ago

54 minutes