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

Religion, Science, and Technology in Dialogue

Higher Powers Catholicism and the American Project

Liberalism and the Invisible Hand

Old Forgotten Words and Ancient Melodies

A House Divided – Polarization in Our Common Life

Mind, Body, Spirit, and State

U.S. Poverty Numbers Continue to Decline, Researchers Find

Scientists Neutralize Reactive Nitrogen Molecules to Enhance Cancer Immunotherapy

Flushing Peace Down The Toilet: Strategies for the End of the World As We Know It

Notre Dame Researchers to Study Cancer Immunotherapy and the Dengue Virus Vaccine

Avoiding Overconfidence Penalties and Planning Buildings

Researcher to Improve Assessment Testing for High School Students

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Celebrating 20 Years of the Journal of Global History

Join us at Notre Dame London for a special lecture and reception marking the 20th anniversary of the Journal of Global...

12:30 PM ET Wed., Mar. 25, 2026

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Future-proof Your Career: The AI Advantage

We are in a fast-changing marketplace with the bombardment of technological innovation and economic changes. Our...

12:00 AM ET Fri., Mar. 27, 2026

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Sickness and Healing

This episode of Minding Scripture reflects on sickness, healing, and isolation in the Bible and in the Qur’an, with...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Mar. 27, 2026

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Exploring the Intersection of Faith and Music

Draw on centuries-old tradition of singing Psalms and Canticles in the Liturgy of the Hours to discover a conceptual...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Mar. 27, 2026

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Faithful Hope: Religion and Resilience in Ukraine

This essential panel explores Ukraine’s religious pluralism, where faith galvanizes democratic resilience rather than...

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A Conversation with Cynthia Cruz

Born to a father whose education was severed at grammar school for field labor, Cynthia Cruz transformed feelings of...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Mar. 27, 2026

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Can Financial Markets Shape Citizens’ Votes? Evidence from the 2022 Brazilian Election

It is well documented that elected politicians care about financial market reactions to political and economic events,...

12:30 PM ET Tue., Mar. 31, 2026

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Metaphysics, Being, and the Transcendentals

Eight centuries later, this session reveals that Thomas’s metaphysical architecture remains the essential map for...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Apr. 03, 2026

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Leaving the Beaten Path

Listen in to a conversation with Dr. Andrea Robiglio, professor of History of Philosophy at KU Leuven, about the wide...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Apr. 03, 2026

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Nostra Aetate and Rome’s Jewish Community

Listen in as Avraham Burg sits down with Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni – the chief rabbi of Rome – to explore the...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Apr. 03, 2026

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Everyday Holiness: Dr. Carol Latronica ’77

Listen as Dr. Carol Latronica ’77, Rector of Welsh Family Hall, provides insight into her life and work in student...

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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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Teaching Students When (Not) to Use AI

When satellite maps became available on our phones, some wondered what we would lose by becoming less oriented to the...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Apr. 03, 2026

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A Conversation with Cardinal John Onaiyekan on the Catholic Church as Peacebuilder in Africa

In this episode, Fr. Emmanuel Katongole, professor of theology and peace studies at the Kroc Institute, hosts a...

12:00 AM ET Fri., Apr. 10, 2026

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Bill Mattison

Bill Mattison ’03 Th.D. is the Wilsey Professor of Theology at Notre Dame and author of Growing in Virtue: Aquinas on...

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Reimagining Mental Health

This interdisciplinary inquiry explores the Catholic imagination’s role in mental health. Navigating the paradox of...