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The NDNU Podcast is your quick, go-to source for powerful ideas from Notre Dame de Namur University’s three schools—Business and Management, Education, and Psychology. Designed for busy professionals, each episode delivers focused, practical insights you can apply right away. From leadership and strategy to teaching innovation and mental health, the NDNU Podcast connects the dots between disciplines—so you don’t have to. If you want to stay sharp, current, and inspired in your field, this podcast was made for you.

Episodes

  1. Between Brain and Soul: Freud, Jung, and the New Science of Dreams

    Apr 10

    Between Brain and Soul: Freud, Jung, and the New Science of Dreams

    On NDNU’s podcast, Dean Dr. Helen Marlo traces how our understanding of dreams has journeyed from Freud and Jung’s visions of the unconscious to today’s neuroscience labs and AI-driven research. She contrasts early psychoanalytic views of dreams as portals to repressed desire and individuation with later models that saw dreams as emotional housekeeping or meaningless neural noise. Highlighting contemporary work by leading dream researchers, the conversation shows how modern findings circle back to depth-psychological insights while adding new tools—from sleep laboratories to AI-assisted analysis and dream incubation. Marlo invites listeners to reclaim a living relationship with their dreams, treating them as creative, symbolic companions that can guide problem‑solving, emotional integration, and personal growth.

    17 min
  2. Reading the Language of Dreams: Key Concepts for Interpretation

    Mar 26

    Reading the Language of Dreams: Key Concepts for Interpretation

    On NDNU’s podcast, hosts draw from Dean Dr. Helen Marlo’s insights to introduce core concepts that make dream interpretation more grounded, creative, and clinically useful. They explain how to track both a dream’s emotional tone and narrative, why everyday details can carry symbolic weight, and how context from waking life shapes what a dream is asking us to see. The episode explores distinctions such as inner versus outer perspectives, personal versus collective meanings, and when to approach a dream literally versus metaphorically. Using accessible examples, the hosts show how these guiding ideas—rooted in Marlo’s depth psychology—help therapists and dreamers alike listen more deeply to dreams as invitations to insight, integration, and transformation.

    16 min
  3. The Vocabulary of Dreams: Rewriting Your Identity

    Mar 26

    The Vocabulary of Dreams: Rewriting Your Identity

    Join NDNU’s podcast as we explore how the language of dreams helps shape our identity. Dr. Helen Marlo, Dean of the School of Psychology, explains how basic Jungian concepts make dream work a powerful tool for personal growth. This episode contrasts reductive (backward) and prospective (forward) interpretations, and subjective (inner) versus objective (outer) perspectives, emphasizing condensation—how one dream image can hold many meanings. Using relatable examples, the discussion shows how dreams reveal past wounds, future development, inner conflicts, and real-world context to guide self-understanding and growth.

    7 min
  4. When Coincidence Becomes Therapy: The Power of Synchronicity

    Mar 26

    When Coincidence Becomes Therapy: The Power of Synchronicity

    On NDNU's podcast, School of Psychology Dean, Dr. Helen Marlo, discusses synchronicity—meaningful coincidences that link inner experiences with outer events—and how these moments can trigger powerful therapeutic breakthroughs. Using clinical examples (Jung's scarab beetle, a mother bird feeding her chick, and an accidental playing of "Hotel California"), she shows how paying attention to synchronicities can reframe identity, foster integration, and inform a depth-psychology approach to therapy.

    13 min
  5. Beyond Tutoring: How Educational Therapy Reimagines Student Success

    Mar 26

    Beyond Tutoring: How Educational Therapy Reimagines Student Success

    NDNU's podcast explores Rich Stamos' article "What is Educational Therapy and How Does It Work?" and examines how educational therapy blends assessment, teaching, and therapeutic strategies to support students’ academic, social, and emotional growth. The episode discusses the practical challenges of scaling holistic approaches, the need for multidisciplinary collaboration, and how NDNU’s online Master of Arts in Educational Therapy prepares professionals to advocate for individualized, inclusive learning.

    10 min
  6. From Degree to Classroom: Navigating California’s Teaching Credential

    Mar 26

    From Degree to Classroom: Navigating California’s Teaching Credential

    On this episode of NDNU's Podcast we unpack How to Get a Teaching Credential in California, exploring how the state’s requirements shape an educator’s professional identity. Hosts walk through credential types (multiple subject, single subject, education specialist), the 600-hour student-teaching requirement, the preliminary-to-clear pathway with induction and mentorship, exams and background checks, and recent policy updates that affect entry into the profession. We also highlight how NDNU supports candidates with one‑year post‑baccalaureate and master’s pathways, flexible hybrid/online options, residencies, and chartered credentialing support to turn complex requirements into accessible, career-ready routes into California classrooms.

    19 min
  7. Mastering Impact: Careers & Leadership with a Master's in Special Education

    Mar 26

    Mastering Impact: Careers & Leadership with a Master's in Special Education

    This NDNU Podcast explores the Master's in Special Education as both a hands-on clinical training and a springboard for systemic leadership. Hosts discuss practical skills like IEP development, diagnostic assessment, behavior intervention, and lifelong support across ages. The episode outlines diverse career paths—from teachers and diagnosticians to administrators, consultants, researchers, and advocates—and offers practical steps for applicants, including program research, prerequisites, funding, and essential internships.

    11 min
  8. How Long to Get a Master’s in Education? Breaking Down the Timeline

    Mar 26

    How Long to Get a Master’s in Education? Breaking Down the Timeline

    In this episode of NDNU's podcast we explore how long it really takes to earn a master’s degree in education and why the timeline varies so widely. We unpack key factors—credit requirements, program format, practical placements, and dual-degree options—that influence whether a degree can be completed in one year, two years, or longer. Guests discuss tradeoffs between accelerated programs and more intensive specializations like special education, the professional and financial returns of advanced training, and practical steps for prospective students, including consulting academic advisors and weighing personal goals against program demands.

    11 min
  9. Video as the New Currency: Why Universities Must Adapt

    Mar 24

    Video as the New Currency: Why Universities Must Adapt

    In this episode, NDNU hosts unpack Kurt Allen’s argument that video has become essential for engagement in a hybrid world while debating whether it is a strategic imperative or a high-performing tactic. They explore how short-form hooks, tiered content stacks, and personalized videos drive measurable conversions and replicate campus experiences remotely. The conversation also covers operational efficiency—repurposing assets, AI-enabled editing, and the need to balance technological adaptability with authentic human connection—concluding that video is now mandatory but succeeds only when grounded in quality content and personalization.

    12 min
  10. How AI Is Remaking Corporate Culture

    Mar 24

    How AI Is Remaking Corporate Culture

    On this episode of NDNU's podcast we examine how artificial intelligence is reshaping corporate culture, drawing on analysis by NDNU vice president Kurt Allen. Hosts debate whether AI merely accelerates existing values or structurally flattens organizations by prioritizing speed over human judgment. We explore core tensions around communication guardrails, role and skill transformation, lost learning pathways for junior staff, and the risks of shadow AI—highlighting examples of governance rituals that can preserve empathy, accountability and synthesis.

    14 min
  11. Hybrid Thinkers: Marketing's New Strategic Role

    Mar 24

    Hybrid Thinkers: Marketing's New Strategic Role

    On this podcast episode, Kurt Allen outlines why marketing and communications leaders must become "hybrid thinkers"—equally fluent in systems (analytics, first‑party data, AI, dashboards) and story (brand voice, authenticity, human connection). He walks through key trends—first‑party data, conversational search, authentic video, cultural fluency, and the power of internal communications—and shows how institutional intelligence links marketing performance to strategic decisions, protecting trust and amplifying mission impact in an AI‑driven world.

    7 min
  12. How Long Does an MBA Really Take? Understanding Timelines and Trade‑Offs

    Mar 10

    How Long Does an MBA Really Take? Understanding Timelines and Trade‑Offs

    In this episode of NDNU's podcast we examine the modern Master of Business Administration: the range of program lengths, from 12‑month accelerations to traditional two‑year formats and four‑plus‑one fast‑track paths, and the tradeoffs they present for career change, specialization, and practical experience. We discuss how program structure, internships, admissions requirements like GMAT waivers, and institutional options shape outcomes, and offer guidance for matching your timeline to your professional goals.

    13 min
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The NDNU Podcast is your quick, go-to source for powerful ideas from Notre Dame de Namur University’s three schools—Business and Management, Education, and Psychology. Designed for busy professionals, each episode delivers focused, practical insights you can apply right away. From leadership and strategy to teaching innovation and mental health, the NDNU Podcast connects the dots between disciplines—so you don’t have to. If you want to stay sharp, current, and inspired in your field, this podcast was made for you.

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