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NU Ideas Podcast

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 hosted and edited by the Community Enrichment Education Team, designed to showcase timely conversations, community-rooted projects, and emerging ideas.

Through short episodes (20–30 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.

NU IDeas Playlist

NU Ideas Episodes

Episode 1: Women’s Center 40th Anniversary: Space Time Portals

Sarah Brown, director of the Women’s Center, reflects on the programs and staff that have made an impact on the Northwestern campus over the years. She discusses what feels most urgent in feminism today, what she hopes to find in the Women’s Center archives in 40 years, and reminds us that everyone and anyone can be a feminist.

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.