Shine Bright Like the Firmament

Has Anyone Introduced You to Our Lord and Savior, Hadrian Marlowe? (Empire of Silence, Part 1)

🎉 🎉 🎉 It's been FOUR years since the start of this podcast! 🎉 🎉 🎉 In this special tangent and anniversary episode, Madeline celebrates by chatting again with her friend Ben Stapleton, an electrical engineer for a utility company, and new guest Fr. Gabriel Mosher, OP. During their conversation, the three discuss how each of the three came to the Suneater series by Christopher Ruocchio, Fr. Gabriel’s background, an overview of the first half of Empire of Silence [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36454667-empire-of-silence?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=DYdbM5J9fR&rank=1] (book 1 of the series), and the questions the book tackles. You can catch up on Ben's previous episodes here [https://shinebrightlikethefirmament.buzzsprout.com/1997204/episodes/14237258-a-canticle-of-live-research] and here [https://shinebrightlikethefirmament.buzzsprout.com/1997204/episodes/15506303-the-literature-tangent]. Fr. Gabriel is the pastor of St. Catherine of Siena Newman Center, a Dominican friar of the Western Province, and a beta reader for the Suneater series. You can follow him on his Twitch here [https://www.twitch.tv/lukei4655]. Content Warning: This episode includes spoilers for Empire of Silence. During the course of their conversation, they make many references which you can explore. Some of these references include The Expanse series [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8855321-leviathan-wakes?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=PKVjmmpY9e&rank=1] by James S.A. Corey, A Canticle for Leibowitz [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/164154.A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_9] by Walter M. Miller, Jr., the I Might Believe in Fairies podcast, and the Dresden Files series [https://www.goodreads.com/series/40346-the-dresden-files]. Feel free to like, subscribe, and share the episode! Follow us on Instagram! @sbltfpodcast [https://www.instagram.com/sbltfpodcast/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D] Don't forget to go out there, and be a light to this world!

Microcosm

In this episode, Madeline chats with her friend Jess Fetterman, a historian with a bachelor’s degree in agriculture, a brief history of how agriculture became sciencey, her family’s connections to farming, an influential high school research experience, living history, some basics on the Quakers and the college she went to, her unique college experiences, marrying traditional and modern agricultural practices, subsidiarity, her grad school stints and mental health, the importance of cultivation to our humanity, the effects of her parents’ mixed marriage on her religious upbringing, the liturgy and how her husband helped her be comfortable with different liturgies, how she met her husband, being a biritual marriage, and so much more! -link: Byz Ben’s episode, Silent Spring, I&A, Caroline George’s episode During the course of their conversation, they make many references which you can explore. Some of these references include episodes 63 and 97 [https://shinebrightlikethefirmament.buzzsprout.com/1997204/episodes/18505169-consistency-instead-of-contradiction], Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, and the Inkwells and Anvils community [https://www.inkwellsandanvils.com]. Feel free to like, subscribe, and share the episode! Follow us on Instagram! @sbltfpodcast [https://www.instagram.com/sbltfpodcast/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D] Don't forget to go out there, and be a light to this world!

A Printer's Choice

In this episode, Madeline chats again with Bill Patenaude, a retired mechanical engineer who used to work for the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management. During their conversation, they discuss talk about his sci-fi novel and its sequel, the inspiration for the novel, why he chose a near-future sci-fi setting, the importance of feedback on creative endeavors, the incarnational aspect of reading, and so much more! During the course of their conversation, they make many references which you can explore. Some of these references include his previous episode [https://shinebrightlikethefirmament.buzzsprout.com/1997204/episodes/14016005-a-steward-of-hope-and-light] on the podcast as well as episode 94 [https://shinebrightlikethefirmament.buzzsprout.com/1997204/episodes/18290164-god-made-that], Laudato ’Si [https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html], 2001: A Space Odyssey, the Sore Must Be the Storm anthology [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/242954751-sore-must-be-the-storm?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=rhsl5DNyIq&rank=1], Mere Christianity [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11138.Mere_Christianity?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_11] by C.S. Lewis, and Dune [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44767458-dune?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=24Mr1WxLyc&rank=1] by Frank Herbert. If you're interested in checking out Bill's writing, you can check out his blog [https://catholicecology.net/blog/what-science] and read his debut novel, A Printer's Choice [https://aprinterschoice.com/]. Feel free to like, subscribe, and share the episode! Follow us on Instagram! @sbltfpodcast [https://www.instagram.com/sbltfpodcast/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D] Don't forget to go out there, and be a light to this world!

Engineering Your Own Weirdness

In this episode, Madeline chats with Evan Rowland, a CAD and consumer electronics mechanical engineer. During their conversation, they discuss everyone’s own unique weirdness, engineering ethics, his time at Colorado School of Mines, his time in the oil and gas industry, CAD and change management, free will and the nature of God, subcreation and childlikeness, his discernment of the diaconate, service and spiritual parenthood, and so much more. During the course of their conversation, they make many references which you can explore. Some of these references include the Game Favorites comedy game show [https://www.youtube.com/@GameofFavorites], episode 44 [https://shinebrightlikethefirmament.buzzsprout.com/1997204/episodes/14237258-a-canticle-of-live-research] of this podcast, and the What God Is Not podcast [https://whatgodisnot.com]. Feel free to like, subscribe, and share the episode! Follow us on Instagram! @sbltfpodcast [https://www.instagram.com/sbltfpodcast/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D]

Living That Which is Life

In this episode, Madeline chats with her friend Gabe Fuselier, an internal medicine hospitalist at a Catholic hospital. During their conversation, they discuss an explanation of what internal medicine is, how he got into medicine and his specialty, professional prestige and the need for rest, his formative experiences in becoming a doctor, the balancing customer service with getting people to make better lifestyle choices, what it’s like doing his kind of job, how God choses to reach us, his advice for those seeking careers in medicine, and so much more. Feel free to like, subscribe, and share the episode! Follow us on Instagram! @sbltfpodcast [https://www.instagram.com/sbltfpodcast/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D] Don't forget to go out there, and be a light to this world!