The ThinkND Podcast

Episode Topic: What is the Role of Business to Reduce Polarization in Our Society?

Over the past decade, two trends have collided: Polarization in our society has steadily increased in its breadth and…

Episode Topic: Creating Action for Safe, Dignified Migration

Our final session of the series will explore what the United States, businesses, the church, and each of us as global citizens can do to cr…

Episode Topic: Voices from Central America

Central American policymakers and researchers will join us in a discussion to analyze the role that governments, civil society, and the private sector play i…

Episode Topic: Navigating the Paths to Migration

What is the current reality in Central America and why are people leaving the region? Global affairs experts will provide context to this question by g…

Episode Topic: Shakespeare and Community: Emerging Voices

Shakespeare remains the world’s most produced and studied playwright. However, these pursuits have disenfranchised significant segments of soc…

Episode Topic: On the Shakespeare Trail

Trailers are everywhere. No longer only in the movie theatre, they fill our televisions and are all over the web. One major area of Shakespeare marketing that S…

Episode Topic: The Heart’s Desire & Being on the Margins

Fr. Dan Groody interviews Notre Dame Vice President for University Relations Lou Nanni. Lou will describe how he discerned his “heart’s desire”…

Episode Topic: The Heart’s Desire & Listening for Vocation

Fr. Dan Groody interviews Parker Palmer, a world- renowned writer, speaker, activist, and founder and Senior Partner Emeritus of the Center f…

Episode Topic: The Heart’s Desire & Educational Access

Rev. Dan Groody, C.S.C., interviews Notre Dame Trustee and Fellow Sara Martinez Tucker. She will discuss her passion for expanding educational ac…

Episode Topic: What Does it All Mean? The Painting and its Subject

Finally, we come to terms with the School of Athens. How was it painted, and what does it mean? How do how it was painted and what it…

Episode Topic: What is Fresco Painting? Materials and Process

This week we will learn about the fresco painting process: What were the materials involved, and how did the artist prepare and paint on t…

Episode Topic: Who was Raphael? The Artist, His World, and His Painting

This week we will meet Raphael. We’ll start in his birthplace and follow his travels and growth from a young orphan to an indepe…

Episode Topic: Chosen to Lead

While the residents of Sorin Hall often seize the opportunity to sit down with their priest in residence, Notre Dame President Emeritus Rev. Edward A. “Monk” Malloy, C.S.…

Episode Topic: Why Care? - Crafting a Leadership Grounded in Truth and Empathy

Why care? It may seem inherent to health care, but that’s not always the case. To learn more, join us for Inspiring Conve…

Episode Topic: The American Justice System and the Future

During this session of Inspiring Conversations, we will discuss “The American Justice System and the Future" with Attorney General for the Dis…

Episode Topic: The Myths and Terrible Truths of Human Trafficking

Human trafficking is a horrible reality in our world today. Our guest speakers this week have dedicated their lives and careers to add…

Episode Topic: Leadership Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic

It sounds liberating and exciting to own your own business, but it also feels risky — a drawback that’s been clearly exposed this…

Episode Topic: The Art of Creating Renaissance

This Tuesday’s discussion will be the “The Art of Creating Renaissance” and features Paul Grangaard, the Chairman and CEO of Faribault Woolen Mill Co. an…

Episode Topic: Inspiring Girls to Achieve

Raised on a sugarcane farm in rural Western Kenya, Dr. Juliana Otieno was an exceptionally bright child and at age 14 was called to a top national school. Her…

Episode Topic: Making America Competitive Again in the Information Space

During the dark days of the height of the Cold War, when the free flow of information was a rare and precious commodity for tho…