Shine Bright Like the Firmament

In this episode, Madeline chats with Bob Zavala, an astronomer working for the United States Naval Observatory. During the course of their conversation, they discuss growing up in Illinois, the influence of the Adler on his love of astronomy, an encounter with JP2, the Maria Stein Relic Shrine, his Polish heritage, his time at University of Arizona as an undergrad, light pollution effects and how to combat them, his time in the Marines as an air traffic controller, his favorite places he’s travelled to, working for the Naval Observatory, using the GI bill to make his astro dreams come true with grad school at New Mexico State University, discovering radio astronomy, working at the VLA/NRAO, a cool connection to Clyde Tombaugh, his work on Uranus and Neptune , the Knights of Columbus, his love of reading, his love of various St. Thomas, St. Joseph, the rosary, Fr. Vincent Cappadano, and much more!

During the course of their conversation, they make many references that you can further explore. They discussed episode 4 of this podcast, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, and The Hobbit, The Confessions of St. Augustine, Consecration to St. Joseph by Fr. Don Calloway, In Saint Joseph’s Footsteps by Fr. Mark Toups, the Book of Jeremiah, the Book of Jonah, and Master and Commander.

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In this episode, Madeline shares many laughs with her friend Jen Lautenbach, a creative mind behind @thesonandstars and @the.creationproject. During their conversation, they discuss Jen's undergrad stellar radio astronomy research, the subtle evangelism of walking the talk, her transition into graphic design, creating with the Creator, and more!
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In this episode, Madeline chats with Kacyn Tucker-Ramer, a behavior analyst and Ball State instructor in applied behavior analysis. During the course of their conversation, they discussed her being a Mocal, snow days and sledding, their mutual IU connection, applied behavior analysis (ABA), how she ended up in psychology, not having to have your whole life figured out, retreats, her North Carolina phase and how it led to her coming back to Muncie, how she met her husband, how she ended up back in Bloomington, what she does for her current job, what a behavior analyst does, getting to the roots of problems, setting a good example for your children, trust in Mary’s intercession, not being afraid to ask others who no more than you, sharing truth with charity, and much more!

Content Warning: There is a very brief mention of a sensitive topic not appropriate for children's ears towards the end of the episode. An audio warning occurs before this mention to warn people and to allow anyone the opportunity to skip ahead if necessary.

During the course of their conversation, they make many references that you can further explore. They discussed Be Healed by Dr. Bob Schuchts and episode 21 of this podcast.
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In this episode, Madeline chats with Pat Schloss, a microbiologist/biology professor at University of Michigan who studies the microbiome. During their conversation, they discuss data science, his postdoc at University of Wisconsin-Madison, undergrad and grad school at Cornell in agricultural and biological engineering, farm life, his large family and how having families should be normalized, the opportunity to be a role model and being good steward of the power you’re given, his three year apostasy phase, an influential religious studies class and Trappist monastery visit, conversion, Opus Dei, work as prayer and sacrifice, loving those we disagree with, a typical day in his life, his spiritual game plan, sabbathing appropriately, our call to evangelize, and so much more!

During the course of their conversation, they make many references which you can explore. Some of these references include the movie Contact, the Monsignor Shea talk at SEEK24, this 1933 NYT interview of Fr. Georges Lemaitre, and episodes 2 and 5 of this podcast.
If you want to reach out to Pat, you can reach him here: [email protected]
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In this episode, Madeline chats with her friend and an IT professional, Tyler Myers. During their conversation, they discuss how he got into computer science at DePauw University, his freshman year wake-up call, how he landed his gig doing work for the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana, some inspirational saints, the influence of the Steubenville Conference, his love story with his fiancée Monica, his time at Tiger Catholic, his lifelong love of sports, the influence of his FOCUS missionaries, the importance of authentic friendship, some very inspirational priests, his thoughts on fraternity and fraternities, boldness, what we take for granted with the Mass, silence, demystifying the opposite gender, vulnerability and mental health, work life balance, leading by example, running to the Eucharist, and so much more!

During the course of their conversation, they make many references which you can explore. Some of these references include Exodus 90, The Lamb’s Supper by Scott Hahn, Wild at Heart by John Eldredge, Captivating by John and Stasi Eldredge, The Chosen tv series, Fr. Jonathan Meyer's homilies such as this one, episode 21 and 34 of this podcast, For Men Only and For Women Only by Shaunti Feldhahn, and the story of St. Mark Ji Tianxiang.
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Don't forget to go out there, and be a light to this world!