Shine Bright Like the Firmament

Updated: 26 Mar 2025 • 76 episodes
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Conversations with STEM professionals who are practicing Catholics to show that faith and science don't need to be mutually exclusive.

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26 Mar 2025 • EN

Imago Dei Assembly

In this episode, Madeline chats with her friend Jess McKendry, a student support professional at an Australian university with a background in freelance IT. During their conversation, they discuss big families, linguistics and conlangs, digital literacy, using technology for good, casual observational astronomy, a brie

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12 Mar 2025 • EN

"Hey, God. What's Next?"

In this episode, Madeline chats with Fr. Jhobany Orduz-Duarte, a Viatorian priest (who at the time of recording was a deacon) from Colombia who is a former soldier, civil engineer, and professor. During their conversation, they discuss how he and Madeline met, English as a second language, what the Viatorians are about

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26 Feb 2025 • EN

To Be The Joyful Unicorn

In this episode, Madeline chats with James Ronan, a British paleontologist. During their conversation, they discuss his undergrad degree in geography, his masters in paleobiology from the University of Bristol, his work with CAFOD, what higher education looks like in his country, the sorts of things you learn about as

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12 Feb 2025 • EN

An Unlikely Adventure

In this episode, Madeline chats with her friend Fernanda Psihas, a particle physicist with a background in AI and also a professor at Franciscan University. During their conversation, they discuss her growing up in Mexico City, her ministry where she speaks at local parishes about science and faith, her fascination wit

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In this special birthday episode, Madeline celebrates turning 27 by reading her second published short story, Spooky Action at A Closeness. It is in an anthology of Christmas ghost stories called There"ll Be Scary Ghost Stories. The anthology is edited by Inkwells and Anvils, a Catholic writing community she spends muc

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15 Jan 2025 • EN

Soldier for God

In this episode, Madeline chats with Fr. Zach Glick, a priest of the Diocese of Gary and a military chaplain in the Air Force. During their conversation, they discuss the podcast he co-hosted with as a seminarian, his mechanical engineering degree at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Air Force ROTC, why he chose Ros

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