Health and Society

From timely issues of public health and caregiving, to the fight for social justice, listen to experts from the University weigh in on the historical impacts and present and future consequences of the topics that matter most to us all.

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Raising Resilient Children

Seasons of Change: Support & Care for Yourself & Others

Building an Anti-Racist Vocabulary Podcast

Explore Health and Society

Chrissy Trinter: Education, Energized.

The Lord of the Rings, Sickness, and Health with Dr. Kristen Collier

Identity Politics and the “American Awakening” with Joshua Mitchell

Discussion Leader Guide

John Schoenig: Education, Inspired.

Think. Pair. Share.

Pete Bevacqua ’93, Chairman, NBC Sports Group, and Jack Swarbrick

Disability Selective Abortions with Mary O’Callaghan

Spiritual Exercises for a Secular Age with Fr. Ryan Duns

Church Life Today: Spiritual Exercises for a Secular Age

Black Domers: Veterans Day

Blacks in the Arts (Part 2)

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Notre Dame’s History with Native Peoples: Findings, Lessons, and Future

Drawing from the records of Fr. Badin, Fr. Sorin, and Fr. Hesburgh, as well as Chief Leopold Pokagon, the founder of...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Jul. 10, 2026

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History of Philosophy

Explore Thomas Aquinas’ rigorous engagement with the Falsafa tradition. From the mechanics of the soul to the...

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Designing the Future of Notre Dame

What will the new dorms look like? How will Dan Cook ’96, University Architect and Vice President for Facilities and...

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Inside Notre Dame’s Investment Philosophy

For Tim Dolezal ’02, vice president and chief investment officer at Notre Dame, managing the University’s...

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The Role of Joy with Cameron Kim and Laura Dunham

Cameron Kim is assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Duke University and Laura Dunham is dean of the Opus...

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Architecture in an Age of Uncertainty

Liam O’Connor, 2025 Richard H. Driehaus Prize Laureate, explores how the timeless principles of traditional and...

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Dante Among Thelogians

Step into the celestial rose of the “Dante Among Theologians” project. This international collaboration invites...

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The Political Life of the Novel

Join novelists Isabella Hammad, Brandon Hobson, and Amir Ahmadi Arian for an ontological inquiry into the aesthetics of...

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Everyday Holiness: Dr. Jim O’Connell ’70

Walk the streets of Boston with Dr. Jim O’Connell as he describes his long path to a medical career and the...

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Everyday Holiness: Nan Tulchinsky

Sit courtside with Nan Tulchinsky, a longtime scorekeeper for Notre Dame Women’s and Men’s Basketball, as she...

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Fr. Ted Said… Cultivating Hope

In his inaugural address, University President Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., called us to be “sustainers of hope and...

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Touring Through Centuries of Philosophy

Listen in to a chat with Dr. Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy in Late Antiquity and in the Islamic World at the...

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Everyday Holiness: Sister Mary Lynch, S.S.J.

Listen to Sister Mary Lynch, S.S.J., the longtime rector of McGlinn Hall, and she shares her calling to religious life...

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