Podcast Episodes

  2. A stone bust of G.K. Chesterton looking slightly down and to the side. The letters 'G.K.C.' are carved into the front.

    G.K. Chesterton and Notre Dame

    • (16 minutes listen)

    In this episode, we look at the relationship between the great Catholic intellectual, G.K. Chesterton, and the University of Notre Dame. Chesterton spent a semester on campus in 1930, lending his intellectual prowess and good humor to the Notre Dame community. Today, a collection of his personal belongings…

  3. A woman with long dark hair sits at a desk and looks at her computer, with a window and a large coffee mug nearby.

    The connection between dreams and work productivity

    We know that a good night’s sleep can help you at work…but what role do dreams play in your 9-to-5? We sat down with Casher Belinda, assistant professor for management at the Mendoza College of Business, to discuss a new study that shows how the emotions we experience at night can help us during the…

  4. A green Notre Dame Fighting Irish t-shirt is displayed in a store window in Dublin, Ireland, with pedestrians walking by on the street.

    How Notre Dame became the 'Fighting Irish'

    • (9 minutes listen)

    One of the more popular stories we've produced is on the origin of the University's athletics nickname, the "Fighting Irish." As the football team prepares to open its season in Dublin, Ireland, for the Aer Lingus College Football Classic, we revisit that history to open the new season of Notre…

  5. A man in a green shirt and a black baseball cap uses a steaming iron on a Notre Dame doctoral robe in a dry cleaning facility.

    Sounds of Commencement 2023

    The 2023 academic year culminates in one of the most distinctive events at the University of Notre Dame - Commencement in Notre Dame Stadium. Before the conferring of thousands of degrees, the inspired and meticulous work of thousands of University employees orchestrates an unmatched experience for…

  6. A white and blue London Underground train speeds past a platform with the yellow text, 'MIND THE GAP,' painted on the ground.

    Countless Journeys: Notre Dame in London

    This special episode takes a look at the University's presence in London. We spent some time with a few of Notre Dame's students there, following them to different locations on that most iconic mode of transport, the Underground.

  7. An overcast, wide shot of many colorful buildings packed together in a cityscape under a light gray sky.

    Insight into Human Trafficking

    In this episode, we chat with Dean Shepherd, the Ray and Milann Siegfried Professor of Entrepreneurship in Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business. Professor Shepherd recently published research into the organization of sex work and human trafficking in India. The study draws from interviews…

  9. A woman in a white sweater and blue jeans walks along a wooden boardwalk through a field of brown and green grasses under a cloudy sky.

    East and West, Notre Dame in Ireland Episode 2: Common Home

    In episode two, we explore Notre Dame students' work on environmental issues in Ireland. None is more pressing than the role of bogs, a quintessential feature of the Irish landscape. They've been plowed over for generations to harvest the underlying peat for fuel. As the practice is phased out, one Notre Dame graduate student is studying how to restore these crucial pieces of carbon-storing habitat.