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Finding Your Vocation with Karen Swallow Prior
Karen Swallow Prior is is the 2025-26 Karlson Scholar at Bethel Seminary. We’ll discuss her most recent book, which explores the difference between passion and calling, along...
Resurrecting Justice
For centuries, the dominant concept of justice in the West has been the constant will to render another his due. The Bible, though, contains a different way of thinking about...
The Pantheon
Step into a metaphysical instrument of imperial apotheosis where light acts as a divine participant. Richard Etlin decodes this cosmological “Sphinx,” revealing how Hadrian...
Inside Notre Dame’s Investment Philosophy
For Tim Dolezal ’02, vice president and chief investment officer at Notre Dame, managing the University’s investment portfolio is more than a financial responsibility—it’s...
The Fifty-Year Arc: A Practitioner’s Adventures with Peace Processes
Are we facing the dusk or the dawn of peace processes and global peacebuilding efforts? Renowned scholar-practitioner Dr. John Paul Lederach invites listeners to reflect on his...
Ideas, Startups, and Healthcare Tech
How will the next wave of AI transform healthcare? Notre Dame graduate and healthcare investor Kevin O’Brien ’88 offers a fascinating look at agentic AI, the autonomous...
Hope and Healing
“I wanted to go to college, do my four years, get out, and start making a bunch of money,” Dr. Tom Catena told a capacity crowd in November 2025 at the Institute for Social...
Dorm Life Diaries
Listen in for a conversation with Marlyn Batista ’22 M.Div., who has been the Rector of Cavanaugh Hall since 2022. Discover the joys, surprises, and behind-the-scenes stories of...
Exploring Global Catholicism
Draw on centuries-old tradition of singing Psalms and Canticles in the Liturgy of the Hours to discover a conceptual framework for bringing your own experiences, ideas, and...
The Power of Learning Agendas
Unlock the blueprint for modern governance in this collaborative breakthrough featuring King County and Notre Dame’s Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO). Learn how Learning...
Preparing for Evaluation
King County Metro and Notre Dame’s LEO lab are re-engineering social service delivery, codifying racial equity through a transformative researcher-practitioner model. This...
After the Evaluation
Can a bus pass prevent a jail sentence? Listen in to discover the “myth-busting” power of co-discovery. Join King County, Notre Dame’s LEO, and Stanford’s REGG Lab as they...