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Madeline Shepley Season 1 Episode 36

In this episode, Madeline chats with Br. Paschal Strader, OP, a Dominican cooperator brother of the Western Province. During the course of their conversation, they discuss the influence of his brother getting him into computer science, his undergrad at Cal State San Bernardino, his PhD at UC Santa Barbara, his pulsar and instrumentation research, exoplanet detection, the importance of Catholic friends, how he discerned joining the Dominicans, the importance of knowing who you do things for, the influence of St. Thomas Aquinas, Dominican spirituality and community life, some famous saintly scientists, being a cooperator brother, his experience in Rome, what’s next for him, the vow of obedience, bouncing ideas off others, the importance of wonder, and much more!

During the course of their conversation, they make reference to the Catechism In A Year podcast and episodes 15 and 23 of this podcast.

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