The idea behind this show is pretty simple: A university campus is a destination for all kinds of interesting people, so why not invite some of these folks out to brunch, where we’ll have an informal conversation about their work, and then we’ll turn those brunches into a podcast? It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it. Brian Fremeau is the creator of the eponymously named Fremeau Efficiency Index, or FEI, a college football rating system based on opponent-adjusted possession efficiency. (D...
May 30, 2019•35 min•Season 2Ep. 17
The idea behind this show is pretty simple: A university campus is a destination for all kinds of interesting people, so why not invite some of these folks out to brunch, where we’ll have an informal conversation about their work, and then we’ll turn those brunches into a podcast? It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it. Clare Kim is a doctoral candidate in the Program in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology, and Society at MIT. She spent the 2018–19 academic year in residence at t...
May 16, 2019•35 min•Season 2Ep. 16
The idea behind this show is pretty simple: A university campus is a destination for all kinds of interesting people, so why not invite some of these folks out to brunch, where we’ll have an informal conversation about their work, and then we’ll turn those brunches into a podcast? It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it. Ten years ago, the world was introduced to Kickstarter, the crowdfunding platform that, in the company’s own words, “helps artists, musicians, filmmakers, designers, and oth...
May 02, 2019•34 min•Season 2Ep. 15
The idea behind this show is pretty simple: A university campus is a destination for all kinds of interesting people, so why not invite some of these folks out to brunch, where we’ll have an informal conversation about their work, and then we’ll turn those brunches into a podcast? It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it. A contributing editor at Vanity Fair , Bethany McLean was previously a reporter at Fortune , where, in 2000, she received a tip suggesting she look into energy-trading giant...
Apr 18, 2019•32 min•Season 2Ep. 14
The idea behind this show is pretty simple: A university campus is a destination for all kinds of interesting people, so why not invite some of these folks out to brunch, where we’ll have an informal conversation about their work, and then we’ll turn those brunches into a podcast? It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it. For this special bonus episode, host Ted Fox changed things up a bit. Rather than interviewing someone on the Notre Dame campus, he made the two-hour drive to Purdue Univers...
Apr 07, 2019•35 min•Season 2Ep. 13
The idea behind this show is pretty simple: A university campus is a destination for all kinds of interesting people, so why not invite some of these folks out to brunch, where we’ll have an informal conversation about their work, and then we’ll turn those brunches into a podcast? It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it. Rachel Kyte is chief executive officer of Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), special representative of the UN secretary-general for Sustainable Energy for All, and co-ch...
Apr 04, 2019•42 min•Season 2Ep. 12
The idea behind this show is pretty simple: A university campus is a destination for all kinds of interesting people, so why not invite some of these folks out to brunch, where we’ll have an informal conversation about their work, and then we’ll turn those brunches into a podcast? It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it. This is the second of two episodes we recorded while in Brooklyn for On Air Fest 2019. And here, we ventured beyond the festival to meet up with literary agent Jessica Sinsh...
Mar 21, 2019•32 min•Season 2Ep. 11
The idea behind this show is pretty simple: A university campus is a destination for all kinds of interesting people, so why not invite some of these folks out to brunch, where we’ll have an informal conversation about their work, and then we’ll turn those brunches into a podcast? It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it. With apologies to Jack Kerouac, this is the first of two “on the road” episodes we recorded in Brooklyn, New York, while attending On Air Fest 2019. It features two of our f...
Mar 07, 2019•35 min•Season 2Ep. 10
The idea behind this show is pretty simple: A university campus is a destination for all kinds of interesting people, so why not invite some of these folks out to brunch, where we’ll have an informal conversation about their work, and then we’ll turn those brunches into a podcast? It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it. The author of some two dozen novels under both his own name and an alliterative pseudonym, John Banville is best known for his book The Sea , which won the 2005 Man Booker P...
Feb 21, 2019•31 min•Season 2Ep. 9
The idea behind this show is pretty simple: A university campus is a destination for all kinds of interesting people, so why not invite some of these folks out to brunch, where we’ll have an informal conversation about their work, and then we’ll turn those brunches into a podcast? It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it. Agustín Fuentes is the Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Professor of Anthropology and chair of the Department of Anthropology at Notre Dame. He has published more than 150 peer...
Feb 07, 2019•33 min•Season 2Ep. 8
The idea behind this show is pretty simple: A university campus is a destination for all kinds of interesting people, so why not invite some of these folks out to brunch, where we’ll have an informal conversation about their work, and then we’ll turn those brunches into a podcast? It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it. Dan Hinshaw is a professor emeritus of surgery at the University of Michigan and a consultant in palliative medicine at the University of Michigan Geriatrics Center. The aut...
Jan 24, 2019•34 min•Season 2Ep. 7
The idea behind this show is pretty simple: A university campus is a destination for all kinds of interesting people, so why not invite some of these folks out to brunch, where we’ll have an informal conversation about their work, and then we’ll turn those brunches into a podcast? It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it. Vamsi Kanuri is an assistant professor of marketing in Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business. His areas of expertise include marketing analytics, digital marketing, and d...
Jan 10, 2019•35 min•Season 2Ep. 6
The idea behind this show is pretty simple: A university campus is a destination for all kinds of interesting people, so why not invite some of these folks out to brunch, where we’ll have an informal conversation about their work, and then we’ll turn those brunches into a podcast? It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it. Lisa Mueller is an assistant professor of political science at Macalester College who is spending the 2018–19 academic year as a residential fellow at Notre Dame’s Institute...
Dec 13, 2018•33 min•Season 2Ep. 5
The idea behind this show is pretty simple: A university campus is a destination for all kinds of interesting people, so why not invite some of these folks out to brunch, where we’ll have an informal conversation about their work, and then we’ll turn those brunches into a podcast? It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it. Madeleine Hyland is an actress, singer, and writer who has appeared in numerous theatre productions across the UK. She visited campus with Actors From The London Stage, one ...
Nov 29, 2018•32 min•Season 2Ep. 4
The idea behind this show is pretty simple: A university campus is a destination for all kinds of interesting people, so why not invite some of these folks out to brunch, where we’ll have an informal conversation about their work, and then we’ll turn those brunches into a podcast? It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it. At Notre Dame, the name “Matt Cashore” is synonymous with photography. His 20-plus years visually chronicling the University, its faculty, and its students have produced sco...
Nov 15, 2018•35 min•Season 2Ep. 3
The idea behind this show is pretty simple: A university campus is a destination for all kinds of interesting people, so why not invite some of these folks out to brunch, where we’ll have an informal conversation about their work, and then we’ll turn those brunches into a podcast? It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it. A New York Times bestselling author, Sam Kean has written four books on science—books with titles like The Disappearing Spoon and The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons . So ...
Nov 01, 2018•30 min•Season 2Ep. 2
The idea behind this show is pretty simple: A university campus is a destination for all kinds of interesting people, so why not invite some of these folks out to brunch, where we’ll have an informal conversation about their work, and then we’ll turn those brunches into a podcast? It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it. For our season two premiere, host Ted Fox sits down with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson, a professor emerita at the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. T...
Oct 18, 2018•33 min•Season 2Ep. 1
The idea behind this show is pretty simple: A university campus is a destination for all kinds of interesting people, so why not invite some of these folks out to brunch, where we’ll have an informal conversation about their work, and then we’ll turn those brunches into a podcast? It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it. Here in the show's season one finale, Laura Dassow Walls, William P. and Hazel B. White Professor of English at Notre Dame, discusses her book Henry David Thoreau: A Li...
Sep 06, 2018•41 min•Season 1Ep. 8
The idea behind this show is pretty simple: A university campus is a destination for all kinds of interesting people, so why not invite some of these folks out to brunch, where we’ll have an informal conversation about their work, and then we’ll turn those brunches into a podcast? It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it. Except this time, host Ted Fox and his guest do something a little different: a live show during the University's annual Reunion weekend. An Emmy award-winning movie pr...
Aug 23, 2018•32 min•Season 1Ep. 7
The idea behind this show is pretty simple: A university campus is a destination for all kinds of interesting people, so why not invite some of these folks out to brunch, where we’ll have an informal conversation about their work, and then we’ll turn those brunches into a podcast? It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it. An IBM Master Inventor, Hendrik Hamann holds approximately 100 patents and is currently helping to lead IBM’s worldwide activities in Internet of Things research. He and hos...
Aug 09, 2018•32 min•Season 1Ep. 6
The idea behind this show is pretty simple: A university campus is a destination for all kinds of interesting people, so why not invite some of these folks out to brunch, where we’ll have an informal conversation about their work, and then we’ll turn those brunches into a podcast? It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it. Patrick Vassel is associate and supervising director for Hamilton. Here, he joins host Ted Fox to talk about the making of the smash-hit Broadway musical, including creator ...
Jul 26, 2018•35 min•Season 1Ep. 5
The idea behind this show is pretty simple: A university campus is a destination for all kinds of interesting people, so why not invite some of these folks out to brunch, where we’ll have an informal conversation about their work, and then we’ll turn those brunches into a podcast? It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it. Here, Notre Dame's Richard Jones, formerly of The New York Times, and WNIT's Victoria St. Martin, an alumna of The Washington Post, join host Ted Fox to discuss, a...
Jul 12, 2018•33 min•Season 1Ep. 4
The idea behind this show is pretty simple: A university campus is a destination for all kinds of interesting people, so why not invite some of these folks out to brunch, where we’ll have an informal conversation about their work, and then we’ll turn those brunches into a podcast? It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it. In this episode, host Ted Fox chats with Harvey Brown, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy of Physics at Oxford, who explained how trying to define probability—which at first m...
Jun 28, 2018•34 min•Season 1Ep. 3
The idea behind this show is pretty simple: A university campus is a destination for all kinds of interesting people, so why not invite some of these folks out to brunch, where we’ll have an informal conversation about their work, and then we’ll turn those brunches into a podcast? It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it. In episode two, host Ted Fox talks with Sally Benson, the co-director of Stanford University’s Precourt Institute for Energy, about how much common ground there is to be fou...
Jun 14, 2018•32 min•Season 1Ep. 2
The idea behind this show is pretty simple: A university campus is a destination for all kinds of interesting people, so why not invite some of these folks out to brunch, where we’ll have an informal conversation about their work, and then we’ll turn those brunches into a podcast? It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it. In episode one, host Ted Fox talks with Notre Dame's Jessica Payne, a psychologist who directs the ND Sleep, Stress, and Memory Lab through the University’s Department ...
May 31, 2018•31 min•Season 1Ep. 1
"With a Side of Knowledge" is a new podcast produced at the University of Notre Dame. It features interviews with really interesting people from both Notre Dame and elsewhere conducted over brunch—or, if we're really in a pinch, coffee. (It's a tough job, but someday has to do it.) In this two-minute preview episode, host Ted Fox outlines what you can expect when the show launches May 31.
May 06, 2018•2 min•Season 1Ep. 1
