Shine Bright Like the Firmament

Conversations with STEM professionals who are practicing Catholics to show that faith and science don't need to be mutually exclusive.

Shine Bright Like the Firmament is a religion podcast hosted by Madeline Shepley, with 112 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Madeline Shepley hosts Shine Bright Like the Firmament, a religion show with 112 episodes published.

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  Episode #112

  Agent in His Radiance's Service (Howling Dark, Part 1)

  Aug 12, 20262h 3mS1

  In this special episode, Madeline chats again with Ben Stapleton and Gabriel Mosher, OP about Howling Dark, book 2 of the Suneater series by Christopher Ruocchio. During their conversation, the three discuss an overview of Howling Dark and the questions the book tackles. You can catch their episodes on Empire of Silence (book 1) in episodes 107 and 108 . You can catch up on Ben's previous episodes before the Empire of Silence discussion here and here . 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 . Content Warning: This episode includes spoilers for Howling Dark. Feel free to like, subscribe, and share the episode! Follow us on Instagram! @sbltfpodcast

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  Episode #111

  Just Keep Swimming

  Jul 29, 20261h 32mS1

  In this episode, Madeline chats with Dale Williams, an aerospace engineering PhD student at Purdue University. During their conversation, they discuss his relationship with mutual friend Jeff Kuhn, the importance of going through material a few times, his research in astrodynamics, how Kerbal Space Program inspired his engineering degree, radically trusting God, how he came to Catholicism, the necessity of both head knowledge and heart knowledge, and so much more! During the course of their conversation, they make many references which you can explore. Some of these references include episode 89 of this podcast, Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterley, The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin, Why I Am Catholic by Brandon Vogt. Feel free to like, subscribe, and share the episode! Follow us on Instagram! @sbltfpodcast Don't forget to go out there, and be a light to this world!

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  Episode #110

  Venturing from the Ivory Tower

  Jul 15, 20261h 13mS1

  In this episode, Madeline chats with Niels Arboel, a a biologist, teacher, and author. During their conversation, they discuss his background, how he became Catholic and the role of papal authority in that, some history of the reformation in Denmark, why nature points to God, background for his book, the God of the Gaps fallacy, and so much more! During the course of their conversation, they make many references which you can explore. Some of these references include episodes 47 of this podcast and The Riddle of the Tongue-Stones by Thomas Salerno. You can also find his book, The Wonder of Creation here . Feel free to like, subscribe, and share the episode! Follow us on Instagram! @sbltfpodcast Don't forget to go out there, and be a light to this world!

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  Episode #109

  The Bridge Connector

  Jul 1, 202658 minS1

  In this episode, Madeline chats with Kellan Weston, a postdoctoral fellow (at the time of the recording) doing translation neuroscience and scientific officer at Combined Brain. During their conversation, they discuss translational neuroscience, what Combined Brain does and her role in its work, the role her sister’s genetic disorder played in getting into her field, gain of function variance, her educational experience, her experience with the Society of Catholic Scientists including starting a local chapter, and so much more! During the course of their conversation, they make many references which you can explore. Some of these references include episodes 19 , 65 , 66 , and 100 of this podcast and the Society of Catholic Scientists. If you're interested in joining the St. Louis chapter of the Society of Catholic Scientists, you can email Kellan at stlcatholicscientists@gmail.com Feel free to like, subscribe, and share the episode! Follow us on Instagram! @sbltfpodcast Don't forget to go out there, and be a light to this world!

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  Episode #108

  Has Anyone Introduced You to Our Lord and Savior, Hadrian Marlowe? (Empire of Silence, Part 2)

  Jun 17, 20261h 31mS1

  In this special episode, Madeline continues chatting again with her friend Ben Stapleton and new guest Fr. Gabriel Mosher, OP about Empire of Silence, book 1 of the Suneater series by Christopher Ruocchio. During their conversation, the three discuss pick up where they left off in the previous episode with the second half of Empire of Silence and the questions the book tackles. See the previous episode for part 1 of the discussion. You can catch up on Ben's previous episodes before the Empire of Silence discussion here and here . 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 . Content Warning: This episode includes spoilers for Empire of Silence. Feel free to like, subscribe, and share the episode! Follow us on Instagram! @sbltfpodcast Don't forget to go out there, and be a light to this world!

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