Shine Bright Like the Firmament

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 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.

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🎉 🎉 🎉 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 (book 1 of the series), and the questions the book tackles.

You can catch up on Ben's previous episodes 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.

During the course of their conversation, they make many references which you can explore. Some of these references include The Expanse series by James S.A. Corey, A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr., the I Might Believe in Fairies podcast, and the Dresden Files series.

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In this episode, Madeline chats with her friend Jess Fetterman, a historian with a bachelor’s degree in agriculture. During their conversation, they discuss 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!

During the course of their conversation, they make many references which you can explore. Some of these references include episodes 63 and 97, Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, and the Inkwells and Anvils community.

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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 on the podcast as well as episode 94, Laudato ’Si, 2001: A Space Odyssey, the Sore Must Be the Storm anthology, Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis, and Dune by Frank Herbert.

If you're interested in checking out Bill's writing, you can check out his blog and read his debut novel, A Printer's Choice.

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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, episode 44 of this podcast, and the What God Is Not podcast.

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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.

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In this episode, Madeline chats with Donan Scholl, creator of the upcoming sci-fi tabletop game Watchpoint--the game that inspired Madeline's favorite novel Markmaker. During their conversation, they discuss the video games that inspired the world, St. Carlo Acutis and video games, the Watchpoint world and lore, and how it inspired Markmaker, and so much more.

During the course of their conversation, they make many references which you can explore. Some of these references include Markmaker by Mary Jessica Woods (which you can procure here), Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, and The Expanse series by James S.A. Corey. You can also follow along with Donan's work on Watchpoint on the official Watchpoint instagram account.

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In this episode, Madeline chats with her friend Alex Cass, a senior software engineer at a financial company. During their conversation, they discuss his conversion from being a Southern Baptist, the importance of the Eucharist and worship, the importance of doctrine, how he got into computer-related things, the importance of understanding technology, the kinds of things he does at work,  and so much more.

During the course of their conversation, they make many references which you can explore. Some of these references include Symbol or Sustenance? by Peter Kreeft, some Scott Hahn books (The Lamb's Supper, Consuming the Word, and The Fourth Cup), Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary by Brant Pitre, episode 70 of this podcast, the Sore Must Be the Storm anthology, and episode 393 of Game of Favorites.

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🎉 🎉 🎉 It's the 100th episode of this podcast! 🎉 🎉 🎉

In this episode, Madeline chats again with biologist Dan Kuebler to celebrate the release of his new book, Darwin and Doctrine. During their conversation, they discuss what inspired him to write his book, understanding how to interpret scripture, the parallelness of salvation history and evolution, how order begets order, what he learned while writing the book,  the publishing process, and so much more!

During the course of their conversation, they make many references which you can explore. Some of these references include episodes 65 and 83 of this podcast, Modern Physics and Ancient Faith by Stephen Barr, and The Riddle of the Tongue-Stones by Thomas Salerno.

You can learn more about Dan's work on this previous episode of this podcast. You can also purchase his book Darwin and Doctrine here.

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In this episode, Madeline chats with Matt Rubio, a test engineer. During their conversation, they discuss his experience being a charismatic Catholic, the perceived divide between traditional and charismatic Catholicism, a brief history of the Catholic Charismatic renewal, the use of the charismatic gifts, what it’s like living in a charismatic community, what inspired his love of computer engineering, his love of movies and cameras, his experience at Purdue, being a well-rounded individual, and so much more.

During the course of their conversation, they make many references which you can explore. Some of these references include The Cloud of Unknowing, Charisms and Charismatic Renewal by Fr. Frank Sullivan.

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