Podcasts by Notre Dame Stories
Notre Dame Stories highlights the work and knowledge of the University's faculty and students. This podcast will feature interviews with Notre Dame faculty members who can lend insight into some of the major national and international stories of the day, as well as pieces that show the breadth of the life and research at the University.
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The Winter Olympics, Equality in Sports, and Exercising in the Cold from 2022-02-02T18:08:25
The Winter Olympics are here, and while they provide hours of incredible viewing for sports fans, they also offer insights into life and society. To explore the Olympics in this light, we turn to C...
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What's going on with the supply chain? from 2022-01-12T19:54:12
One of the biggest stories in the last half of 2021 was the supply chain. It seems everyone was impacted by shortages or delays in getting a product from a manufacturer to a consumer.
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Explaining the Christmas Star from 2021-12-22T11:00:26
The Gospel of St. Matthew records a peculiar event: a star marking the place of Jesus' birth.
As the story goes, this phenomenon inspired "magi" from the East to journey to find the Chris...
Proving Innocence Ep. 6: Tortured by the police from 2021-12-03T11:00:42
What do you do when the officers that are supposed to protect and serve the public are the ones torturing their suspects? Not in a third-world country, but in the city of Chicago.
If you'r...
The Great Crown Caper from 2021-11-10T14:01:52
Tour guides have been answering questions about it for years. There's a large gold crown in a case, situated by the elevators in Notre Dame's Main Building (aka, the "Golden Dome"). A plaque inside...
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Social Media, Misinformation, and You from 2021-10-22T12:54:20
It's one of the biggest news stories of the month: social media and the spread of misinformation. While Facebook garnered much attention over the past several weeks, the problem of misinformation g...
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Making A Musical from 2021-09-29T13:18:57
Ronnie and Alex Mansour chose Notre Dame over a traditional music conservatory because the University’s music program allowed them the flexibility to do it, as Sinatra would say, their way.
Remembering 9/11 from 2021-09-07T16:17:55
In this episode of the Notre Dame Stories podcast, Fr. Malloy offers his reflection on the events of 9/11 and what followed for the campus community and himself.
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Proving Innocence Episode 5: No evidence, no hope from 2021-08-25T16:47:10
Iris Seabolt was convicted of felony murder in 2004 and sentenced to 45 years in prison. Prosecutors did not accuse her of killing restaurant owner A.J. Williams, but claim she was the female lure ...
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Special: Proving Innocence Episode 4: One call can change everything from 2021-07-14T17:06:22
In the fourth installment of the Proving Innocence series, the Notre Dame law students take on the case of Leon Tyson. He was convicted of a 2015 murder in Elkhart, but the Notre Dame Exoneration J...
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The journey: The 2021 valedictorian from 2021-05-21T10:00:40
In the final episode of the season, we sit down with Madeline Owen, the valedictorian of the class of 2021. Madeline discusses her Notre Dame journey, and what it meant to finish that journey here,...
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Before the Sunrise: St. Joseph's Farm from 2021-05-07T18:34:28
In this episode, we look at the history of St. Joseph's Farm, a place where religious brothers cultivated land to provide fuel for the University. Today, the farm is being used to produce another k...
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With a Side of Knowledge: On 3D Printing & the Rise of Industry 4.0 from 2021-04-23T12:48:27
We're changing things up a bit and featuring another podcast from the University of Notre Dame. Many of our listeners are probably familiar with it: It's called With a Side of Knowledge. Host Ted F...
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Will the stimulus slash poverty? from 2021-03-26T10:02:33
The American Rescue Plan—the latest pandemic stimulus—was signed into law earlier this month and it was billed as a means to slash poverty. We discuss that proposition with Jim Sullivan, economist ...
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What's going on with the mail? from 2021-03-05T17:29:32
For the better part of a year, the mail has been increasingly slow…and COVID is only partly to blame.
To find out what’s behind this we spoke with James O’Rourke, professor of management ...
Developing a COVID-19 Vaccine from 2021-02-05T10:00:38
As most of the country awaits their turn in line to receive a coronavirus vaccine, some have questions about its safety, how it was developed, and what it means for life…after the vaccination.
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Office Hours: "Mom guilt" and the pandemic from 2021-01-11T09:00:20
For most of us these days, “office hours” take place…almost anywhere but the office. The dining room, bedroom, basement…they’ve all become the places we work, not just where we live.
The p...
Proving Innocence, Episode 3: Gentle Giant Finally Free from 2020-12-18T10:00:18
Andy Royer confessed in 2003 to strangling a 94-year-old woman who lived in his apartment building in Elkhart, Indiana. But Royer, who has mental challenges that make him seem childlike despite his...
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Proving Innocence, Episode 2: Tall, Thin and Black from 2020-12-16T10:00:30
In Episode Two, we hear the story of Keith Cooper’s 20-year odyssey to clear his name of a crime he didn’t commit in a town he hardly knew.
Cooper tells the story in his words, starting wi...
Proving Innocence, Episode 1: A Club Becomes a Class from 2020-12-14T16:45:27
Episode One traces the origins of the Notre Dame Exoneration Justice Clinic’s rapid growth over the last four years. It began as a student volunteer club in 2016 with some awareness and advocacy ev...
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Trailer: Proving Innocence from 2020-12-10T10:00:30
Thousands of people across the country are penned in prisons for crimes they didn’t commit. Want proof? More than 2,700 prisoners have been legally exonerated over the last 30 years, largely throug...
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Replay: What was the Christmas Star? from 2020-12-02T09:00:25
In one of our most popular episodes, Notre Dame astrophysicist Grant Mathews unpacks his research into what the Christmas Star may have been.
Read more at: https://www.nd.edu/stories/roya...
Office Hours: Finding the "Just Right Home" from 2020-11-11T09:00:28
As the real estate market rebounds, more people are thinking about what makes a perfect home. Architecture professor Marianne Cusato is one an industry leader in the home building industry. She’s b...
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Equity in Policing from 2020-09-23T03:00:34
As the national conversation about race and policing took shape over the summer, questions began surfacing about how police departments would respond. At Notre Dame, they were already working on an...
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Covering Coronavirus: Lessons from the past, hope for the future from 2020-05-09T16:57:32
As the University prepares to confer degrees on the Class of 2020, we speak with the class valedictorian, Brady Stiller, about this unique moment in Notre Dame history.
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Covering Coronavirus: Connection in the time of pandemic from 2020-04-24T19:19:30
In this episode, we examine two connections shown in dramatic ways during the COVID-19 pandemic. First, the connection between humankind and the planet: We speak with a climate scientist on how the...
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A student's work to help Italy deal with COVID-19 from 2020-04-03T08:00:32
As campus shuts down amid the COVID-19 pandemic, we speak with Paolo Mazzara ’23, an undergrad who is spending quarantine aiding Italian healthcare workers.
For more on the University’s re...
Office Hours: Women's Suffrage and Political Barbies from 2020-03-13T08:00:28
Introducing Office Hours, a new series from Notre Dame Stories. We’re visiting scholars in their workspaces to discuss their research...and whatever else we happen to find there. In the first episo...
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Tantur: Hill in the Holy Land, Episode 4: Oasis from 2020-02-21T09:00
In the final episode of this four-part series, we explore Tantur using two interpretations of a commonly used metaphor for the place: an oasis. Many people describe the Tantur grounds in terms of i...
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Tantur: Hill in the Holy Land, Episode 3: The Fifth Gospel from 2020-01-31T09:00
St. Jerome, who famously translated the Bible into Latin working from the same cave system in which Jesus was born, said: “Five gospels record the life of Jesus. Four you will find in books and the...
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Tantur: Hill in the Holy Land, Episode 2: Unearthing the Past from 2020-01-10T09:00:06
In the second episode of this four-part series, we explore what may be under the surface of the University of Notre Dame at Tantur. Abraham (Avi) Winitzer, Notre Dame professor of theology, leads a...
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What was the Christmas Star? from 2019-12-19T12:57:31
The Gospel account of St. Matthew includes a peculiar episode: Magi or
wise men who followed a star to the place of Jesus’ birth. Grant Mathews, a Notre Dame astrophysicist, details the astrono...
Tantur: Hill in the Holy Land, Episode 1: Origin Story from 2019-11-29T09:00:13
In the first episode of this four-part series, we trace the origins of Notre Dame’s presence in Jerusalem back to the events of the late 1950s in the Catholic Church. The Second Vatican Council ins...
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Trailer: Tantur: Hill in the Holy Land from 2019-11-12T20:49:31
Tantur founder Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, C.S.C., once said, “Jerusalem is a place that really catches you in the heart.” And it’s Fr. Ted’s words that we hear first as we introduce the series. But th...
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Of Analytics and Art from 2019-11-08T09:00:14
In this episode we meet a business student who is helping the NBA understand a new rule change...
And, one of the most iconic landmarks on campus gets an upgrade.
The Energy of Innovation from 2019-10-18T08:00:22
Three years after the University announced the creation of the IDEA Center, we discuss how Notre Dame faculty and students are bridging the gap from innovation to impact. Also, how the University c...
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Food and Thought from 2019-09-27T08:00:16
A look at ideas that are addressing major food-related problems: A potential breakthrough on peanut allergies. Learn more about how Basar Bilgicer, associate professor of engineering, is fighting t...
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Unexpected Guides from 2019-09-06T08:00:15
What your social circle can tell you about your health, and what centuries-old travel guides can tell us about a city.
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Preparing for the Future from 2019-05-23T08:00:07
In this episode, a look at preparing for the future in two very different economic circumstances: In the US, how AI and advanced technology could disrupt the workforce; in the Amazon basin, how ind...
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Breastfeeding & IPV, Rome Global Gateway from 2019-04-27T16:07:33
A Notre Dame psychologist explains how breastfeeding can mitigate the impacts of intimate partner violence, or IPV.
And, we return to the Eternal City, for a look at the layered experienc...
Lunar Samples, Rome Studies 50th Anniversary from 2019-04-10T18:03:06
We chat with Notre Dame geologist and moon expert Clive Neal, who is part of a team that will examine previously sealed lunar samples obtained during the Apollo missions. Note: Clive refers several...
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Irish Dance Special Edition from 2019-03-17T11:51:14
In honor of St. Patrick's Day, we're re-releasing our story on the Notre Dame-St. Mary's Irish Dance Team and their 2016 All-Ireland competition championship. Slainte!
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Venezuela, Irish Dance from 2019-03-15T08:00:28
As the situation deteriorates in Venezuela, we chat with Latin American expert Michael Coppedge of the Keough School of Global Affairs, who explains how we got here, and what to expect next.
Trend Spotting from 2019-02-28T18:32:49
In this episode, we chat with Kasey Buckles, a Notre Dame economist who studies the family. Her research follows trends in the fertility rate, and yields clues about what that may mean for the US e...
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On Preservation from 2019-02-01T19:13:51
In this episode we chat with Pinar Zorlutuna, a professor in aerospace and mechanical engineering, who is using tissue engineering to extend the viability of hearts in a transplant scenario.
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Star of Wonder from 2018-11-30T15:33:49
The Gospel account of St. Matthew includes a peculiar episode: Magi or wise men who followed a star to the place of Jesus’ birth. A Notre Dame astrophysicist details the astronomical phenomenon he ...
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The role of Latinos in American politics from 2018-11-10T17:35:38
As the dust settles on the 2018 midterm elections, how the Latino community is shaping the American political landscape. Our guest is Luis Fraga, director of Notre Dame's Institute for Latino Studies.
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Confidence, building from 2018-10-19T13:48:40
In this episode: Confidence, building.
New research on confidence says nonverbal cues can help people avoid the social penalties of overconfidence. And, a collaboration between Notre Dame’...
Heavenly Realms from 2018-09-21T13:24:34
In this episode: heavenly realms.
We're closer than ever to knowing whether life exists on other planets. A Notre Dame researcher talks about what he and other experts are recommending to ...
Helping the Most Vulnerable from 2018-08-31T13:53:32
In this episode: helping the most vulnerable.
A report from the White House Council of Economic Advisors declared the war on poverty largely over. A Notre Dame researcher, who helped produ...