The Catholic Laboratory Podcast

Cathlab47 - Age of Discovery Pt3: The Campaign Begins

Fri, 3 Sep 2010 20:22:06 +0100

In this episode we continue our exploration of the Great Age of Discovery - a time of Adventure, Catholic Mission, Trade and War.

Prince Henry began his campaign of exploration with high hopes, but attempts to sail south of Cape Bojador failed. One man, Gil Eannes (pictured), managed to rise to the challenge after some persuasion. However, Portuguese colonisation came at a cost to the inhabitants ... slavery.

Cathlab46 - Age of Discovery Pt2: Henry the Navigator

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:18:46 +0100

In this episode we continue our exploration of the Great Age of Discovery - a time of Adventure, Catholic Mission, Trade and War - by looking at history’s response to the challenge of exploration in the 1400s ... Henry the Navigator.

Cathlab45 - Age of Discovery Pt1: The Challenge of Exploration

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:46:45 +0100

In this episode we start our exploration of the Great Age of Discovery - a time of Adventure, Catholic Mission, Trade and War - by taking a look at the challenge of exploration in the 1400s.

Cathlab44 - Sean’s World

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:26:22 +0100

In this episode we create a world for Sean Carroll where his wish ‘I want religion to vanish’ comes true. Then we come back to reality to discuss the life and work of Pierre Joseph Pelletier. We have the Lab Report, your feedback, three jokes and news of things to come.

Cathlab43 - Origins of Life Part 5

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:44:35 +0100

We conclude our discussion on the Origins of Life by looking at the work Dr Craig Ventner. Georg Joseph Kamel SJ is our next Catholic scientist. We have the lab report, your feedback and a joke too.

Cathlab42 - Origins of Life Part 4

Wed, 7 Jul 2010 17:52:21 +0100

We look to monkeys and hands to explain the problems of materialistic explanations of the Origins of Life, John Phillip Holland is our next Catholic Scientist, and there’s the Lab Report, your feedback and a joke. Just look out for those Vuvuzelas!

Cathlab41 - Origins of Life Part 3

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:47:09 +0100

We challenge Miller-Urey type experiments, our next Catholic Scientists is Francis Gillen. There’s more from the Lab report, another pick of the week, your feedback and joke too.

Cathlab40 - Origins of Life Part 2

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:47:54 +0100

We continue our mini-series on the Origins of Life and Athanasius Kircher is our next Catholic Scientist. There’s the Lab Report, your feedback, and a joke too.

Cathlab39 - Origins of Life Part 1

Tue, 8 Jun 2010 15:48:33 +0100

We start a mini-series on the Origins of Life and Andrea Tacquet is our next Catholic Scientist. There’s the Lab Report, your feedback, and a joke too.

Cathlab38 - Myth Busting Part 2: Galileo and the BBC

Wed, 26 May 2010 19:53:35 +0100

In this episode we discuss the BBC’s ‘The Story of Science’ and ‘The Mark Steel Lectures’ and their presentations of Galileo and the Catholic Church. Let’s go Myth Busting!

Cathlab37 - Mass of the Earth

Mon, 10 May 2010 20:32:52 +0100

The Mass of the Earth (a good Catholic pun) does have a Catholic connection. Fr Francesco de Vico is our next Catholic Scientist. There’s a Lab report, your feedback and a joke too.

Cathlab36 - Hubble @ 20

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:04:47 +0100

We look at the history, discoveries and future of the Hubble Space Telescope as it turns 20. Fr Jaques De Billy is our next Catholic Scientist. There’s the Lab Report, your feedback and a few cheeky jokes for you too.

Cathlab35 - SETI @ 50

Thu, 8 Apr 2010 21:36:35 +0100

As SETI celebrates its 50th birthday today we talk about its history, what its achieved and the theological implications of meeting an ET. Fr Johann Baptist Cysat is our next Catholic Scientist.

Cathlab34 - The Shroud of Turin

Tue, 6 Apr 2010 21:19:34 +0100

In this special episode we sit down with Mark Guscin on the British Society for the Turin Shroud and talk about the Shroud’s history, scientific research and attempts at a forgery.

Cathlab33 - 10 Plagues Part 2

Fri, 2 Apr 2010 11:58:06 +0100

An extra long episode on the remainder of the 10 Plagues of Egypt and Fr Christopher Scheiner is our next Catholic Scientist. There’s the Lab Report, A Planet of the Apps, and a joke too.

Cathlab32 - 10 Plagues Part 1

Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:34:28 +0000

We take a look at the Biblical 10 Plagues of Egypt and Fr Francesco Grimaldi is our next Catholic Scientist. There’s an eerie silence in the Lab report, more of your feedback and a joke too.

Cathlab31 - Information is Beautiful

Thu, 4 Mar 2010 09:25:21 +0000

In this episode we ask whether Information can be Beautiful, and Fr Maximillian Hell is our next Catholic Scientist. In the Lab Report - what does ‘Cn’ mean, experimenting on atheists, and a petition. Your feedback and a joke too.

Cathlab30 - Your Feedback

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:55:11 +0000

In this episode we revisit multiverses and climate change in your feedback. There’s more on ecology in the Lab Report, and Fr Secchi is our next Catholic Scientist.

Cathlab29 - Myth Busting Part 1: Christian Flat Earthers

Thu, 4 Feb 2010 20:24:51 +0000

In this episode we bust the myth of medieval Christian flat-earthers, and Roger Boscovich is our first Jesuit scientist who has a lunar crater named after him. We have the lab report and a joke.

Cathlab28 - Location, Location, Location

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:23:21 +0000

We’re back with a possible link between our ability to do science and where we live ... Earth! Climate data chaos in the lab report, and the Jesuits kick start our biographies of the priest scientists.

Cathlab27 - The End Of The Year Show

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:27:27 +0000

In this episode we reflect on 2009, consider what 2010 may have to offer, and catch up on some outstanding business. Happy New Year!

Cathlab26 - The Science of Christmas Things

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:25:46 +0000

In this episode we enjoy the science of Christmas related things: Cooking your Turkey, Snowflakes, Research papers, and Santa. Have a Happy & Holy Christmas!

Cathlab25 - The Star of Bethlehem

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:31:17 +0000

Our advent theme reaches its conclusion with an examination of the Star of Bethlehem. Ecology matters and the Shroud of Turin feature in the Lab Report, and Alois Alzheimer is our next Catholic Scientist.

Cathlab24 - Dear Sir David Attenborough ...

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:58:34 +0000

In this episode of we address Sir David Attenborough’s call for population control as featured in BBC2’s Science programme Horizon on 9th Dec 2009.

Cathlab23 - Heaven’s X

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:40:01 +0000

In this episode we look at the relationship between the stars and our liturgy by examining heaven’s ‘X’. Nicolaus Cusa is our next Catholic Scientist. There’s a POTW, a Lab Report, your feedback and a joke too.

Cathlab22 - StarDust

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 20:23:47 +0000

In this episode we start advent with an examination of the stellar nucleosynthesis of Carbon. The Lab Report highlights some bad science on the Shroud. Great Scot! Alexander Fleming is our next Catholic Scientist.

Cathlab21 - Population, Population, Population

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:28:06 +0000

Baby Maxfield has appeared so we talk babies! A small description of birth, a lab report on the so-called ‘population crisis’ and Girolamo Fabrizi is our next Catholic Scientist.

Cathlab20 - Still No Junior

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:34:01 +0000

Maxfield Junior has not made an appearance so we concentrate on our next Catholic Scientist Henri Mouhot and some feedback on previous episodes.

Cathlab19 - The Darwin Myth Part 3

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:14:32 +0000

We conclude our sit down with Dr Benjamin Wiker on The Darwin Myth, Prof Jonathan Lunine joins us from Rome to talk about Astrobiology, and Jean Baptiste Dumas is our next Catholic Scientist.

Cathlab18 - The Darwin Myth Part 2

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:07:50 +0000

We continue our sit down with Dr Benjamin Wiker to discuss his new book 'The Darwin Myth' and Edmund Whittaker is our next Catholic Scientist.

Cathlab17 - The Darwin Myth Part 1

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:55:57 +0100

We sit down with Dr Benjamin Wiker to discuss his new book 'The Darwin Myth' and Charles Waterton is our next Catholic Scientist.

Cathlab16 - God’s Philosophers

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:06:32 +0100

We review James Hannam's latest book 'God's Philosophers' and Gabriel Auguste Daubree is our next Catholic Scientist.

Cathlab15 - In Search of the Multiverse

Wed, 7 Oct 2009 21:04:17 +0100

We review John Gribbin's 'In Search of the Multiverse' and Fr James Curley is our next Catholic Scientist.

Cathlab14 - More on Multiverses

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:56:51 +0100

We continue our discussion of multiverses and John O'Keefe is our next Catholic Scientist.

Cathlab13 - Multiverses

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:12:40 +0100

We start to look at multiverses and Alexander Neckham is our next Catholic Scientist.

Cathlab12 - Quantum cosmology

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:33:49 +0100

We look at theistic implications for quantum cosmogony, and Nicole Oresme is our next Catholic Scientist.

Cathlab11 - Cosmogony again and again

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:47:37 +0100

In this episode of The Catholic Laboratory we continue our look at cosmogony, and Peter E Hodgson is our next Catholic Scientist.

Cathlab10 - Cosmogony again

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:57:10 +0100

In this episode of The Catholic Laboratory we continue our look at cosmogony, and Albert of Saxony is our next Catholic Scientist.

Cathlab9 - Cosmogony

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:10:47 +0100

In this episode of The Catholic Laboratory we start our look at the theistic implications of cosmogony, and Gabriele Fallopio is our next Catholic Scientist.

Cathlab8 - Faith and Science: Friends?

Sun, 9 Aug 2009 20:51:55 +0100

In this episode of The Catholic Laboratory we ask whether the Catholic faith and science can be friends, and if so what can they say to each other. Fresnel is our next Catholic Scientist.

Cathlab7 - What is the Catholic Church doing to promote science?

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:52:17 +0100

In this episode of The Catholic Laboratory we look what the Church is doing to promote science, and Hermann Contractus is our next Catholic Scientist.

Cathlab6 - The Catholic Church and Science (Pt3)

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:23:59 +0100

In this episode of The Catholic Laboratory we continue to examine what the Church did to promote science, and Amedeo Avogadro is our next Catholic Scientist.

Cathlab5 - The Catholic Church and Science (Pt2)

Fri, 3 Jul 2009 20:47:21 +0100

In this episode of The Catholic Laboratory we continue to examine what the Church did to promote science, and Bishop Robert Grossteste is our next Catholic Scientist.

Cathlab4 - The Catholic Church and Science (Pt1)

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:59:08 +0100

In this episode of The Catholic Laboratory we examine what the Church did to promote science, and Fibonacci is our next Catholic Scientist.

Cathlab3 - Where did Science come from?

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:12:33 +0100

In this episode of The Catholic Laboratory we take a look at where science came from, more from the Lab Report, and we take a look at our next Catholic Scientist - Louis Pasteur.

Cathlab2 - What is Science?

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:14:58 +0100

In this episode of The Catholic Laboratory we take a look at what science is and where it came from. We also catch up on some news, and listen to the first of our biographies of Catholic Scientists.

Cathlab1 - Introduction

Sat, 30 May 2009 09:41:45 +0100

The first labcast of the Catholic Laboratory where I try to explain the reason for the podcast and provide an overview of the Catholic Scientists we will be covering in future podcasts.