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NU Ideas Podcast

Launching soon, NU Ideas is a podcast about belonging, imagination, and transformation. Each episode invites you into timely conversations with thinkers, educators, and organizers working to shift culture on campus and in Chicago.

Learning is a lifelong practice. It invites us to reexamine what we think we know and stay curious about what we’ve yet to discover.

NU Ideas is a forthcoming podcast from the Community Enrichment Education Team, designed to showcase timely conversations, community-rooted projects, and emerging ideas that center belonging, imagination, and transformation.

Through short episodes (15–25 minutes), the series will explore how learning can be a vehicle for cultural shift—amplifying voices both within Northwestern and across the broader Chicago community, from campus researchers to public artists, educators, organizers, and civic leaders.


What to Expect:

  • Conversations that bridge disciplines and communities.
  • Spotlights on initiatives that redistribute knowledge and cultivate connection.
  • Stories that challenge, invite, and inspire.

Whether you’re tuning in from a classroom, a staff retreat, or a CTA ride—we hope NU Ideas becomes a space for reflection, inquiry, and shared discovery.

Have an idea for an episode?

We’re looking for people, projects, and partnerships that spark conversation. Email us at, educationteam@northwestern.edu to recommend a future topic or guest.