Religion and Philosophy

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The Eucharist and Catholic Social Teaching

Everyday Holiness

Raising Resilient Children

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Witnessing Hope and Reconciliation: Human Dignity and the Death Penalty

02:00 PM ET Wed., Nov. 19, 2025

I morsi della carità: Dante e la Bibbia

12:00 PM ET Fri., Nov. 14, 2025

Bridging Traditions

12:00 PM ET Fri., Jan. 02, 2026

The Invention of Prayer for the Dead in Byzantine Tradition

05:00 PM ET Tue., Oct. 28, 2025

Catholic Approaches to Mining: A Framework for Reflection, Planning, and Action

09:00 AM ET Tue., Oct. 21, 2025

Healing our National Dialogue and Political Life with Cardinal McElroy

Healing our National Dialogue and Political Life with Cardinal McElroy

12:00 PM ET Fri., Jan. 02, 2026

Hope, Global Stability, and the Role of the U.S. with Gen. Martin Dempsey

Hope, Global Stability, and the Role of the U.S. with Gen. Martin Dempsey

12:00 PM ET Fri., Dec. 05, 2025

Nostra Aetate and Catholic-Muslim Relations

Nostra Aetate and Catholic-Muslim Relations

12:00 PM ET Fri., Dec. 05, 2025

The Notre Dame Summit on AI, Faith, and Human Flourishing: Keynote on the DELTA Framework

The Notre Dame Summit on AI, Faith, and Human Flourishing: Keynote on the DELTA Framework

08:30 AM ET Tue., Sep. 23, 2025

Have International Strategies Regarding Afghanistan Weakened or Strengthened the Taliban?

09:00 AM ET Tue., Sep. 16, 2025

Tradition, Music, and the Communion of Memory

Tradition, Music, and the Communion of Memory

12:00 PM ET Fri., Jan. 23, 2026

From Hebrew Poetry to the Blues

12:00 PM ET Fri., Dec. 19, 2025

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Fr. Lou DelFra: Education, Uplifted.

From Philly soft pretzels and New Year’s celebrations to the essential role of lay people as agents of spirituality...

12:00 AM ET Fri., Dec. 26, 2025

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Finding Hope Amid Exile

For Maria Fernanda Zamora ’25 and Kellogg Institute visiting fellow Juan Sebastián Chamorro, free speech is both a...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Dec. 26, 2025

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Finding Virtue in the Generative Revolution

Generative AI offers incredible power, but how does it shape our human character? Tom Stapleford, associate professor...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Dec. 26, 2025

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Art, Theology, and Imagination

Explore the dynamic imagination of Christian artists who transformed pagan gods into powerful symbols of their new...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Dec. 26, 2025

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Culture War: Soft Power, Memory, and Identity in the Fight for Ukraine

In the fight for Ukraine, the front lines extend far beyond the battlefield. A recent Nanovic Institute panel explored...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Dec. 26, 2025

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A Conversation with Javier Zamora

Listen in to an oral history conversation with celebrated poet and child migrant survivor Javier Zamora, about his...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Jan. 02, 2026

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Learning About Medieval Women

Listen in to a conversation with Dr. Megan J. Hall ’16, associate director of Notre Dame’s Medieval Institute,...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Jan. 02, 2026

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Afterlife

Life after death is a central concept in all three Abrahamic religions. What happens to a person after death? How do...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Jan. 02, 2026

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Bridging Traditions

Avraham Burg speaks with Mustafa Akyol, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute in Washington DC, where he focuses on the...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Jan. 02, 2026

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Healing our National Dialogue and Political Life with Cardinal McElroy

In a political landscape where many Americans believe political discourse has become unproductive, stressful, and...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Jan. 02, 2026

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Reflections on Building the University of Notre Dame Campus

Doug Marsh ’82, vice president emeritus for facilities design and operations and University architect at Notre Dame,...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Jan. 09, 2026

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How Notre Dame is Shaping Catholic Education

For Matt Kloser, the Hackett Family Director of Notre Dame’s Institute for Educational Initiatives (IEI), Catholic...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Jan. 09, 2026

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Teaching Chemistry with Art

Science and art are the legacy of any culture, and there is renewed interest in integrating the arts and sciences in...

12:00 AM ET Fri., Jan. 23, 2026

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Tradition, Music, and the Communion of Memory

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., Jan. 23, 2026

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Tony and Phyllis Lauinger

Meet the 2025 recipients of the Notre Dame Evangelium Vitae Medal, Anthony J. and Phyllis W. Lauinger of Tulsa,...

12:00 AM ET Fri., Jan. 30, 2026

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Art, Science, Passion, and Cake

Sinai Vespie’s desserts aren’t just delicious—they’re works of art. As the executive pastry chef at Notre Dame,...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Jan. 30, 2026

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Crossing Religious Borders

Listen in with Spencer Hunt, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Notre Dame’s Medieval Institute, about medieval...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Jan. 30, 2026

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Recognizing Not All Brains Think Alike

Over the last couple of decades, we’ve seen an explosion of books and articles about what’s often called...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Jan. 30, 2026

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Notre Dame’s Global Leadership

Mary Gallagher, the Marilyn Keough Dean of the Keough School of Global Affairs, recognized something distinctive about...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Jan. 30, 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...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Jan. 30, 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., Feb. 06, 2026

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Bible Criticism

This month, Minding Scripture, which brings together the life the mind and the life of faith, asks guest speaker Nathan...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Feb. 06, 2026

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Peace Policy Spotlight: Nuclear War and Climate Change

This episode of Peace Policy, focuses on the co-mingling of two existential crises of our time: the threat of nuclear...

02:00 PM ET Fri., Feb. 06, 2026

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A Walk Through South Bend

How can urban landscapes improve air and water quality, cool neighborhoods on a hot day, and support biodiversity?...

12:00 AM ET Fri., Feb. 20, 2026

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Everyday Holiness: Bishop Bob Lombardo, CFR, ’79

Listen to Bishop Bob Lombardo, CFR, Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, as he shares his path towards religious life and...

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

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Making the Space to Reimagine Teaching

When you become a teacher, you commit to a life of learning—not just for your students, but for yourself. You can...

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

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Encountering the World

The Pod Quad goes global! Notre Dame’s chief international officer, vice president Michael Pippenger, gives a fresh...

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

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Making Waves in the Medieval Mediterranean Sea

Listen in to a conversation with Dr. Thomas Burman, director of Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame,...

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

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Sickness and Healing

In light of the global Coronavirus pandemic, this month’s episode of Minding Scripture reflects on sickness, healing,...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Mar. 06, 2026

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Eclipses in Outer Space

Lauren Weiss Ph.D., assistant professor of physics and astronomy, will explore how astrophysicists use eclipses of...

12:00 AM ET Fri., Mar. 20, 2026

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Be Someone’s Miracle Today

What does it take to lead one of the top law schools in the nation? Learn that and so much more from G. Marcus Cole,...

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

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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...

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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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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Qur’an Criticism

What importance do developments in critical scholarship on the Qur’an have for the life of faith? How have Muslims...

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

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When Numbers Lie: Algorithms and AI

Data is the new gold, mined and used (for better or worse) every single day. Algorithms and artificial intelligence...

12:00 AM ET Fri., Apr. 24, 2026

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SheLeads4Peace Summer School

Every year, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) hosts the SheLeads4Peace Summer School, a...

12:00 PM ET Fri., May. 01, 2026

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Going on a Medieval Vision Quest

Listen in to a conversation with Dr. Ryan Szpiech, associate professor of Spanish and director of the Center for Middle...

12:00 PM ET Fri., May. 01, 2026

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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...

12:00 PM ET Fri., May. 01, 2026

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Building Rapport in Online Courses

With Notre Dame’s Summer Online courses set to get underway in June, we turn our attention to teaching...

12:00 PM ET Fri., May. 08, 2026

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The Jewishness of the New Testament

This episode we welcome a distinguished New Testament scholar, Amy Jill Levine, who is the world expert on the...

12:00 PM ET Fri., May. 08, 2026

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The Secret Social Life of Bacteria

Have you ever wondered how bacteria communicate, cooperate, and even compete in ways that impact our health,...

12:00 AM ET Fri., May. 22, 2026

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Filming the Birth of the Spanish Language

Listen in to part two of conversation with Dr. Ryan Szpiech, associate professor of Spanish and director of the Center...

12:00 PM ET Fri., May. 29, 2026

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Everyday Holiness: Tami Schmitz

Listen as Tami Schmitz, Associate Director of Pastoral Care in Campus Ministry, tells about her strong foundation of...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Jun. 05, 2026

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Religious Pluralism

Under the conditions of globalization, more religious people than ever find themselves in close contact with members of...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Jun. 12, 2026

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Behind the Folds: The Mathematics of Origami

Origami combines art and science to transform a flat sheet of paper into a 3-dimensional sculpture. This presentation...

12:00 AM ET Fri., Jun. 19, 2026

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Everyday Holiness: Sr. Gregory Healy, OSB, ’10 M.Div.

Journey with Sr. Gregory Healy, OSB, a Benedictine nun who has discovered God’s calling in life through the beauty of...

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

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Discussing Donkeys in Lion-suits

Listen in to a chat with Dr. Emily Mahan, who recently received her Ph.D. from Notre Dame’s Medieval Institute, about...

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

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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...

12:00 PM ET Sun., Jul. 26, 2026

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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...

12:00 PM ET Fri., Aug. 28, 2026

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