Jimmy Akin Podcast

What's going on with Mariner? Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the self-destructiveness of Beckett and her surprising admission involving a TNG character, plus the return of another obscure TNG character.

Direct download: SST287.mp3
Category:Secrets of Star Trek -- posted at: 1:33pm PDT

Some mothers and fathers report having dreams before the birth or even conception of their baby in which they are told about the child or even talk to the baby himself. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the phenomena and what could be causing them.

Direct download: MYS282.mp3
Category:Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World -- posted at: 7:30am PDT

It's the end for Clara. Or is it? Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this 12th Doctor story of betrayal, substitutionary sacrifice, the insularity of small communites, and the tensions of justice and mercy. All overshadowed by a writer fakeout.

Direct download: WHO345.mp3
Category:Secrets of Doctor Who -- posted at: 12:00pm PDT

Ever notice how many Star Trek episodes involve caves? So did the Lower Decks writers. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss this not-a-clip show that pays homages and pokes fun at all those very similar-looking, flat-floored, prone-to-collapse caves in Trek.

Direct download: SST286.mp3
Category:Secrets of Star Trek -- posted at: 4:00pm PDT

Some claim that UFOs and extraterrestrials are always manifestations of demonic activity. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine the prominent hypotheses supporting this view and consider the question of whether it's always alien-demons.

Direct download: MYS281.mp3
Category:Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World -- posted at: 7:30am PDT

Badgey returns! Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this story of these three homocidal megalomaniacal AIs from previous stories and their redemption arcs through love and friendship.

Direct download: SST285.mp3
Category:Secrets of Star Trek -- posted at: 4:00pm PDT

In 1896 and 1897, Mystery Airships were reported from California to the Mississippi, which some believed were alien ships. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli eliminated many theories about the airships, and now address the final mystery: what were the airships, who made them, and was the government involved?

Direct download: MYS280.mp3
Category:Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World -- posted at: 7:30am PDT

Lilliputian Doctor! Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this story of the 3rd Doctor and Jo getting shrunk into an alien flea circus of sorts and getting caught up in an attempted coup and a slave rebellion. Who are the real monsters here?

Direct download: WHO344.mp3
Category:Secrets of Doctor Who -- posted at: 12:00pm PDT

Rom and Leeta! Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha dicsuss this story that brings Lower Decks to Ferenginar; brings back our favorite Ferengi-Bajoran couple; and makes Tendi and Rutherford confront their suppressed feelings for each other.

Direct download: SST284.mp3
Category:Secrets of Star Trek -- posted at: 1:40pm PDT

In the late 1890s, there was a wave of sightings over the US of mysterious airships displaying unusual flight characteristics. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss these unusual airships and the theories that they were aliens, hoaxes, or maybe something else.

Direct download: MYS279.mp3
Category:Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World -- posted at: 7:30am PDT

The 9th Doctor on the edge of space! Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Stich discuss this audio story featuring Christopher Eccleston, including its connection to a Dickens story; the moral choices the Doctor makes; and how he gives some hope.

Direct download: WHO343.mp3
Category:Secrets of Doctor Who -- posted at: 12:00pm PDT

In this bonus episode, Tyler McNabb of Furthering Christendom welcomes Jimmy Akin on his show to discuss the topic of alien life and its implications for Christianity.

Direct download: MYS278a.mp3
Category:Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World -- posted at: 7:30am PDT

Emotional damage! Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this T'Lyn-focused episode, discussing telepathic diseases, justified Betazoid paranoia, and how hard it is to memorize the periodic table of elements.

Direct download: SST283.mp3
Category:Secrets of Star Trek -- posted at: 12:00pm PDT

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