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Young people are not just the "future" of leadership but rather are the present creators of movements, ideas, and communities that change the world. On The Dining Hall Digest, we want to highlight these young people who push us to think about the challenging questions of today and imagine a new, more free world tomorrow. Each episode, we talk to a different young person who is making this world a more just, equitable, and loving place.
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Live(ish) from the streets of New York City, Nick and Elizabeth talk city life, what “post-pandemic” even means, and some lingering questions from this past year. And we bid farewell to Elizabeth as she heads off to new adventures in Rome. Thanks to everyone who has joined us and listened over the last fourteen months!--- Send in a voice message: h…
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Indigeneity, Identity, and Decoloniality (ft. Shannon Pōmaikaʻi Hennessey)
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We are back, and maybe we're better than ever, you won't know until you listen! But we definitely have an incredible guest, Shannon Pōmaikaʻi Hennessey, joining us to talk about her research on Native Hawaiian identity and indigenous ways of knowing. We talk about decolonization in academia, how art can express what words cannot, and how activism a…
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Mailbag! Holidays, Post-Grad Life, and More
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We're doing another mailbag! We answer some questions from friends and listeners about how to safely celebrate the holidays, what to do in COVID times, and what we're thankful for. Also, introducing a new segment: Do We Love to See it? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dining-hall-digest/message…
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Voting Rights and Civil Discourse (ft. Steven Higgins)
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Hey. Vote (if you can). Thanks.Are we living through a crisis in American democracy, or simply an incredibly scary time for American democracy? This episode, we're joined by Steven Higgins, a Notre Dame graduate and 1L at UVA Law known among his friends as "the voting guy." We talk about the current state of American voting rights, why people need …
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Organizing for Black Lives (ft. Erica Browne)
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What's the most effective way to make change: through elections and voting or through demonstrations and protest? This episode, we're joined by Erica Browne, a student at Notre Dame who helped organize a Black Lives Matter rally in Oklahoma City over the summer. We talk activism at Notre Dame, how her pre-med classes don't reflect necessary skills …
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Mailbag! Cancel Culture, Modern Love and More
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We're doing a mailbag! Elizabeth and Nick take questions and topics from listeners on cancel culture, movies, and social media. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dining-hall-digest/message
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Reproductive Justice in Religious Spaces (ft. Natasha Reifenberg)
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Around the world, people often pit reproductive rights against religious freedom, but the reality is far more complicated. This episode, we welcome Natasha Reifenberg to the podcast to discuss her research on abortion rights in El Salvador and the complex history of abortion in the United States. We also talk about how intersectionality informs rep…
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Mental Health and Well-being (ft. MacKenzie Isaac)
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Even before COVID-19 lockdowns, we were facing a mental health crisis among young people in America. This episode, we welcome our friend MacKenzie Isaac to the podcast to discuss mental health, how to talk about it, and how stigma often prevents us from seeking out care. We also talk about how communities of color, especially Black communities, exp…
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Asian in America (ft. Lauren Jhin, Mita Ramani, and Shawn Wu)
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May was Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and we got some friends together to talk about what Asian American identity means to them. In light of nationwide protests, we also talk about what Asian and White allyship for Black lives might look like, how faith plays into solidarity, and what policy changes Notre Dame could enact to a…
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What does "graduation" even mean anymore? We're joined by our friend Isabel Rooper to talk quarantine, whether we should care about missing graduation, and what friendship means in the world of social media and Zoom.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dining-hall-digest/message…
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How does pop culture, our environments, and our identities affect how we understand love and romance, and how do we think about them today? Former/forever Leprechaun, playwright, and recent ND graduate Samuel Jackson joins us as we talk about High School Musical, theoretical versus applied love, and heartbreak in our early college years. --- Send i…
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We introduce ourselves, talk about some of the fun educational videos from our past, and try to understand how we seek out digestible news now.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dining-hall-digest/message
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