Jimmy Akin Podcast

California vs. Texas! Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the season finale of Lower Decks, season 3; it's slightly more serious tone, the state rivalry mined for comedic effect, and the maturation of some of the characters.

Direct download: SST232.mp3
Category:Secrets of Star Trek -- posted at: 11:27am PST

Seventh-day Adventist founder Ellen White reported receiving more then 2,000 visions from God and that her writing were divinely inspired. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask whether Ellen was a genuine prophetess and if her visions were really from God.

Direct download: MYS230.mp3
Category:Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World -- posted at: 7:30am PST

The 13th Doctor regenerates! Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss all the classic Who Easter eggs; the Master's evil plot; and the surprising result of the Doctor's regeneration and what it could mean for the future.

Direct download: WHO304.mp3
Category:Secrets of Doctor Who -- posted at: 12:00pm PST

Lower Decks tells us not to trust the media. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha also discuss the story's subtext of a parent having to change how she sees her child, plus the great callback to a TNG episode and a set up for the season finale.

Direct download: SST231.mp3
Category:Secrets of Star Trek -- posted at: 12:31pm PST

Ellen G. White was co-founder and prophetess of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli look at the life of this woman and what her visions disclosed and then ask whether she was a genuine prophetess.

Direct download: MYS229.mp3
Category:Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World -- posted at: 7:30am PST

Missy and River together! Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this Big Finish audio story that brings together the Doctor's two women in his life who gave him a run for his money ... without the Doctor present.

Direct download: WHO303.mp3
Category:Secrets of Doctor Who -- posted at: 12:00pm PST

Boimler's holomovie gets derailed by a search for the meaning of life. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha all the Easter eggs and references to nearly every star Trek movie as well as the existential angst over the meaning of life when can seem meaningless.

Direct download: SST230.mp3
Category:Secrets of Star Trek -- posted at: 1:25pm PST

The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 is well-known, but as Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss it was followed in November by a second, secret Cuban missile crisis that the Soviets hid from the world.

Direct download: MYS228.mp3
Category:Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World -- posted at: 7:30am PST

After the Night at the Museum, the trees! Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss this 12th Doctor story, which has a completely implausible premise and sees the Doctor completely give up. In fact, is this a Raiders of the Lost Ark story in which nothing our heroes do matter not at all?

Direct download: WHO302.mp3
Category:Secrets of Doctor Who -- posted at: 12:00pm PST

When a rogue exocomp stumbles on a primitive world, it can find redemption with Starfleet. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha look at the funny situation that brings up Castaway and Moana, and a multi-layered scheme that's mathematically perfect.

Direct download: SST229.mp3
Category:Secrets of Star Trek -- posted at: 4:00pm PST

In the 1970s and 80s, spoon bending and metal bending using your mind became a sensation. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss how the phenomenon began and search for the truth. Is it really mind over matter or is it a hoax?

Direct download: MYS227.mp3
Category:Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World -- posted at: 7:30am PST

Viking, Soviets, and sea monsters! Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this 7th Doctor story that sees this Doctor at his sneakiest and includes a vicar going through a crisis of faith, all set during World War II.

Direct download: WHO301.mp3
Category:Secrets of Doctor Who -- posted at: 12:00pm PST

In this mysterious bonus episode, Jimmy Akin and Cy Kellett discuss the origins of astrology, what it is and isn't, and whether it's permissible for Catholics to follow astrology.

Direct download: MYS226a.mp3
Category:Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World -- posted at: 7:30am PST

Back to Bajor! Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss Lower Decks' return to Deep Space 9, including appearances by Kira and Quark. They also discuss why this episode appeals to Trek fans so much and the many Easter eggs found in it.

Direct download: SST228.mp3
Category:Secrets of Star Trek -- posted at: 12:56pm PST

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