Episode Topic: Reimagining Mental Health (https://go.nd.edu/47c51f)

This interdisciplinary inquiry explores the Catholic imagination’s role in mental health. Navigating the paradox of dependence where maturity necessitates the safety to rely on another, we transcend secular reductionism. Discover a symbolic ontology grounded in community, liturgy, and the transformative power of faith.

Featured Speakers:

• Beth Hlabse '11, M.S., LMHCA, University of Notre Dame
• Rev. Justin Brophy, O.P. '06, '20 Ph.D., Providence College
• Margaret Laracy Psy.D., Laracy Psychotherapy
• Mark Gerig Ph.D., Divine Mercy University

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This podcast is a part of the ThinkND Series titled On Catholic Imagination. (https://go.nd.edu/78e374)

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Episode Topic: Pensionados at Notre Dame (https://go.nd.edu/abbd6a)

Discover Notre Dame’s first Asian pioneers through a 120-year retrospective of the 1903 Pensionado Program. Uncover how early Filipino students forged a path of global excellence and a unique place within this foundational heritage.

Featured Speakers:

• Rebecca Tinio McKenna, University of Notre Dame
• Jeremy Dela Cruz ’15, ’19 MSF, Payward
• Sophia Labrador '25, Pariveda 

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This podcast is a part of the ThinkND Series titled 120 Years Later: Asian and Pacific Islander Alumni Perspectives. 

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Episode Topic: Metaphysics, Being, and the Transcendentals

Eight centuries later, this session reveals that Thomas’s metaphysical architecture remains the essential map for reality. By interrogating divine attributes and the generative power of peace, modern scholars demonstrate how 13th-century wisdom provides the ontological integrity needed to navigate 2024’s most profound questions of existence. Join us as we explore the foundations of truth and goodness.

Featured Speakers:

• Dominic LaMantia '24 M.A., '25 Ph.D., The Society of Jesus in the United States, Canada and Haiti
• Fr. Philip-Neri Reese, O.P., '22 Ph.D., Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas
• Joshua P. Hochschild '01 Ph.D., Mount St. Mary's University

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This podcast is a part of the ThinkND Series titled Aquinas at 800.

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Episode Topic: A New Humanism (https://go.nd.edu/aaf1e4)

“What is the city but the people,” wrote Shakespeare. In this spirit, architect Christian Sottile will share his visions about why the city is human and buildings are faces of humanity. Discover the "Renaissance Operating System" and why beauty is the irreducible secret to restoring goodness, truth, and our collective spirit.

Featured Speakers:

• Christian Sottile, Sottile & Sottile

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This podcast is a part of the ThinkND Series titled Restoring Reason, Beauty, and Trust in Architecture.

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Episode Topic: Sickness and Healing

This episode of Minding Scripture reflects on sickness, healing, and isolation in the Bible and in the Qur’an, with conversation around the global Coronavirus pandemic. What sources of hope do we find in the Abrahamic traditions for a time of sickness and quarantine? How might these three traditions interpret the pandemic and the quarantine religiously?

Featured Speakers:

• Tzvi Novick, University of Notre Dame
• Mun’im Sirry, University of Notre Dame
• Francesca Murphy, University of Notre Dame

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 This podcast is a part of the ThinkND Series titled Minding Scripture. 

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Episode Topic: A Conversation with Cynthia Cruz

Born to a father whose education was severed at grammar school for field labor, Cynthia Cruz transformed feelings of shame into a determination that earned her a Ph.D. in philosophy and fueled the publication of nine poetry collections and a novella. Listen in to a conversation between Cruz and Notre Dame M.F.A. student Adriana Toledano Kolteniuk about how Cruz’s dismantling of the myth of the “late start” became a hallmark of her prolific ascent, offering a roadmap for redefining your own intellectual horizons.

Featured Speakers:

• Cynthia Cruz, poet
• Adriana Toledano Kolteniuk, University of Notre Dame

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This podcast is a part of the ThinkND Series titled Letras Latinas.

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Episode Topic: Faithful Hope: Religion and Resilience in Ukraine

This essential panel explores Ukraine’s religious pluralism, where faith galvanizes democratic resilience rather than division. Experts analyze “hope as a discipline” and interfaith solidarity, revealing how historical resistance weaponized spiritual energy into a powerful civic engine. Discover why Ukraine’s pluralistic landscape provides an indispensable global model for modern democratic endurance.

Featured Speakers:

• Yury Avvakumov, University of Notre Dame
• Anna Bisikalo, Harvard University
• José Casanova, Georgetown University
• Andriy Kurochka, Ukrainian Catholic University
• Catherine Wanner, Penn State University 

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This podcast is a part of the ThinkND Series titled Revolutions of Hope.

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Episode Topic: God's Existence

Many philosophers - and even theologians - believe that Immanuel Kant put an end to all attempts to prove God's existence. However, is the case truly closed? Dr. Sebastian Ostritsch, from Heidelberg University, argues that Kant's objections against proving God's existence have no decisive weight against the foundational logic of Thomas Aquinas' Five Ways. Even after Kant, he will contend, it remains possible to demonstrate that God exists.  

Featured Speakers:

• Dr. Sebastian Ostritsch, Heidelberg University

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This podcast is a part of the ThinkND Series titled Faith and Philosophy.

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Episode Topic: Hope and Healing 

How does a doctor find hope and joy each day amidst the challenges of serving others at “the end of the world?” Listen in to the  2025 Rev. Bernie Clark, C.S.C., Distinguished Catholic Social Tradition Lecture, in a conversation between Dr. Tom Catena and Suzanne Shanahan, the Leo and Arlene Hawk Executive Director of Institute for Social Concerns, to hear him share a life of no regrets as the only full-time physician serving a community of three million people in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. 

Featured Speakers:

• Suzanne Shanahan, University of Notre Dame
• Dr. Tom Catena, Mother of Mercy Hospital

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• This podcast is a part of the ThinkND Series titled Cultivating Hope.

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Episode Topic: Bridging Gaps, Empowering Communities

AI holds immense promise, yet Ketan Paranjape warns the “last mile” remains a formidable barrier. From rural Indiana to India, infrastructure gaps and cultural nuances challenge the scalability of digital health. Explore how we can bridge this divide by prioritizing human kinship and ethical innovation over mere algorithmic speed. 

Featured Speakers:

• Dr. Ketan Paranjape, Bioscope AI
• Bukata Hayes, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota
• Emily Ho, Northwestern
• Erwin Tan, AARP
• Shelley Kendrick '10 MNA, Ecumen

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This podcast is a part of the ThinkND Series titled The Rural Health Revolution. 

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