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Season 3

Season 3 Episodes

When we’re in season, we release a new episode of the podcast every other Thursday (not counting bonus episodes; head over to Sides for those). Interviews are recorded over a meal, right at the table, whenever possible.

Season 3 kicked off August 1, 2019, and ran through June 11, 2020. You can find all 21 season 3 episodes below.

Season 3

On Reporting and Politics—Robert Costa, The Washington Post and Washington Week

34:13
On AI and Why We Need Humans (and Tiger King)—Mutale Nkonde, AI for the People

37:38
On DeLoreans, Autonomous Systems, and the Drive to be Awesome—Jon Goh, Stanford University

28:26
On Education, Parenting, and Improving Outcomes—Jenni Heissel, Naval Postgraduate School

31:07
On Reindeer Herders and Powerlifting—Cara Ocobock, Notre Dame

31:26
On the Smithsonian and Sneaking in the Sidedoor—Lizzie Peabody and Justin O’Neill, Smithsonian Institution

28:05
On Muhammad Ali and a Knockout Biography—Jonathan Eig, Author

33:54
On Work, Money, and the Rise of Female Entrepreneurship—Kerry Hannon, Author

31:33
On the Rhodes Scholarship and Making Yourself Useful—Prathm Juneja, Notre Dame

25:45
On the Presidency and Possibility—Bob Schmuhl, Notre Dame

36:09
On the EU, Allies, and the State of European Democracy—Janne Matláry, University of Oslo

31:38
On Democracy and Difficult Questions—Chris Beem, Penn State University

34:53
On Movies (and Golden Tickets)—Shea Serrano, The Ringer

31:06
On ‘A Dangerous Idea’ and Documentary Filmmaking—Stephanie Welch, Director

32:15
On Lions and Tigers and ... Okapi?—Josh Sisk, Potawatomi Zoo

34:08
On ‘How Charts Lie’ and Increasing Graphicacy—Alberto Cairo, University of Miami

34:26
On American Jesuits, Catholicism, and Higher Education—John McGreevy, Notre Dame

31:37
On Podcast Brunch Club and the Appeal of Audio—Adela Mizrachi, Podcast Brunch Club

34:59
On Cryptocurrency, Facebook’s Libra, and Data Security—Mike Chapple, Notre Dame

32:46
On Incredible Women and a Story Too Good to Pass Up—Ann Little, Colorado State University

35:54
On Exile, Literature, and Feeling Small Before the Page—Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi, Author

31:13