The ThinkND Podcast

Episode Topic: Unleashing Your Creative Genius Professor Sam Miller discusses how to develop and sharpen the skills and behaviors that drive creativity and entrepreneurial innovation for general business and innovation-minded people looking to grow creatively. In his lectures, he incorporates the seven Da Vincian principles as laid out in the reading from How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci: Seven...

Episode Topic: Is the Future of Work Remote? Professor Alma McCarthy of the National University of Ireland, Galway, joins us to discuss the national study on remote work in Ireland completed in 2020 and how COVID-19 has influenced the shift in the workplace. In her videos, she discusses the key takeaways and looks at what is next for future conversations about remote work. Featured Speakers:  Alma...

Episode Topic: To Act With Resilience This week features four poems with author commentary on what develops resiliency as a way of life, both personally and in our role as leaders. Enjoy reading excerpts from "Night Weavers" by Dr. Melvin Dowdy — his collection of collected poems published in November 2020 — and hearing his commentary on ideas of building resilience, understanding, and c...

Episode Topic: Setting the Stage for Future-Oriented Leadership Professor Sam Miller explores the idea of Full Spectrum Thinking, as discussed in Bob Johansen's book. Whether you are a business owner, a manager, a teacher, a parent, or retired, the idea of framing ambiguous questions and clarity on future-oriented planning is applicable to life, especially in current times. Featured Speakers:...

Episode Topic:   Campus Viewpoint The latest installment of Where We’re Going will invite Notre Dame faculty and national and global experts to focus on healthcare and timely issues like public health and healthcare technology. Participants will be invited to join three weekly events to hear from faculty and industry practitioners and participate in discussions to enhance their understanding of th...

Episode Topic: Global Viewpoint The latest installment of Where We’re Going invites Notre Dame faculty and global experts to focus on healthcare and timely issues like public health and healthcare technology. Participants will be invited to join three weekly events to hear from faculty and industry practitioners and participate in discussions to enhance their understanding of the topics.  Featured...

Episode Topic:   National Viewpoint The latest installment of Where We’re Going will invite Notre Dame faculty and global experts to focus on healthcare and timely issues like public health and healthcare technology. Participants will be invited to join three weekly events to hear from faculty and industry practitioners and participate in discussions to enhance their understanding of the topics. F...

Episode Topic: The Transformative Potential of Social Entrepreneurship What IS social entrepreneurship? The first session of our series will help you get familiar with the concept of social entrepreneurship and understand why it is gaining popularity in some communities and sparking controversy in others. We’ll see some unique examples of how social entrepreneurs are changing the world and what No...

Episode Topic: Can entrepreneurship help to reduce poverty? Building on the foundation from week 1, this session will give you a deeper dive into the relationship between poverty and entrepreneurship. Professor Michael Morris will have a discussion with Rock André, founder and CEO of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Leadership in Haiti. Rock will use his own experience as an entrepreneur in Hai...

Episode Topic: Why the business community holds the key to poverty alleviation How can the private sector contribute to poverty alleviation and community impact? Why should business leaders care about poverty? Leaders in corporate social responsibility will join us for an interesting panel discussion on the importance of the private sector in development. We’ll discuss the difference between corpo...

Episode Topic: The Bible, the Qur'an and the religious life of Muslims To Muslims, the Qur’an is the record of God’s revelations to Muhammad between 610 and 632 AD. It includes many Biblical characters, from Adam to Jesus to Mary. How does the Qur’an’s view of divine revelation and the relationship between God and humanity relate to that of the Bible? Discover this and more in week one of our...

Episode Topic: The Church and Islam through the Centuries What are the high points and low points of the relationship between Islam and Christianity through the centuries? What do the Qur’an and the hadith (Muhammad’s sayings and deeds) teach about Christians, and how have Christians responded to the expansions of Islam? In this part of our course, we examine the relationship between Muslims and C...

Episode Topic: The One God in Islam and Christianity Christians and Muslims believe in a God who created the universe, who loves them, and guides them. Yet there are significant differences in their vision of God. Is it coherent, then, to say that they believe in the same God? What is distinct about each faith’s vision of God’s relationship to humanity? In week three of the “The Church and Islam”...

Episode Topic:  Church in the Holy Land While the other events in this series have focused on Muslim-Christian relations and the common roots of Christianity and Islam, this event highlights the experiences of Christians living in the Holy Land. The speakers cover the diversity of Christian groups living in the area, the challenges they commonly face, and the effects of the University of Notre Dam...

Episode Topic: Rugby and the West of Ireland The first week of the newest Kylemore Book Club will provide an introduction to rugby, as well as the historical context for the phrase “To Hell or to Connacht.” The sport of rugby and the history of the West of Ireland will serve as the basis for the following weeks of the book club, where ideas of resilience and determination will be built upon with t...

Episode Topic: Rugby and the Political Landscape This week will delve into the political context surrounding rugby in Ireland, including the growth of the sport despite the ban on foreign games, the link between Connacht and the diaspora, and the sport as an All-Ireland one–fielding a united team of players from north and south, catholic and protestant through the height of the troubles, peace pro...

Episode Topic: Trailblazers: Breaking Gender Boundaries This week will dive into Women’s rugby in Connacht and will tackle the major leaps forward, as well as the continued struggles the players face. Featuring regional/national players, international players and coaches, and the first female president of Connacht Rugby, topics such as opportunity, inclusivity, and the road ahead will be discussed...

Episode Topic: Rugby’s Global Community This week the global growth of rugby will be discussed, with current international players and staff giving an insight into their experiences playing at home and abroad, as well as what the global diaspora of the sport has meant to them over the years. Featured Speakers:  Hannah McCormack, Campaign Manager, Tackle Your Feelings  Karl Boyle, Director of Devel...

Episode Topic:   A Hell of a City: Infernal Rome (Inferno 18 & 27) In Inferno 18, Dante and Virgil enter Malebolge (or Evil Pouches) in the eighth circle of Hell where fraud is punished. In the first pouch, the crowd of panderers and seducers conjures up the image of the pilgrims who go to Rome for the first jubilee promoted by Pope Boniface VIII in 1300, the same year in which Dante’s journey...

Episode Topic: Hell’s Vineyard (Inferno 13) Dante and Virgil are in the seventh circle of Hell where violence is punished. In the second section, those who had been violent to themselves have been transformed into trees. Pier delle Vigne, Holy Emperor Frederick II’s adviser, almost a contemporary of Dante, is condemned to this part of Hell for committing suicide. Featured Speakers:  Theodore J. Ca...

Episode Topic: Paolo and Francesca: Words of Desire (Inferno 5) Dante and his guide Virgil are in the second circle of Hell, where lust, one of the sins of incontinence, is eternally punished in the 'hellish squall.' Here, the two poets meet Dido, the Carthaginian queen who loved Aeneas, and Paolo and Francesca, two contemporary lovers. Featured Speakers:  Theodore J. Cachey, Professor o...

Episode Topic: Intro: From the dark wood to Rome When Dante is lost in the dark wood of sin, the soul of the Roman poet Virgil is sent from Heaven to rescue him and guide him on his way to salvation through Hell and Purgatory. Dante’s journey is immediately compared to Aeneas’s voyage to Italy where his offspring will found the city of Rome, the subject of Virgil’s epic poem Aeneid.  Featured Spea...

Episode Topic: Jack Hall We begin with "Jack Hall," an old ballad that has its origins in the early eighteenth century. It begins as a narrative of the life of a convicted criminal who was executed at Tyburn Tree in 1707, but then mutates across time, with recordings by Irish and American artists like the Dubliners and Johnny Cash. We will ask what each of these versions contribute to th...

Episode Topic: The Jolly Young Waterman In week 2 of our book club, we will discuss the song "The Jolly Young Waterman," which was originally written by Charles Dibdin for his ballad opera The Waterman: Or The First of August in 1765. We will read the original play and think about what happens to the song once it has passed through the oral tradition. Featured Speakers:  Ian Newman, Prof...

Episode Topic: "Jerusalem" This week we focus on what has become the national anthem for England (as opposed to Great Britain): the song known as "Jerusalem." With words by the poet William Blake and music by Charles Hubert Parry, this strange song is sung in the terraces at sporting events, performed at Royal Weddings and classical concerts, and is played as the soundtrack to...