Jimmy Akin Podcast

Mysterious feedback! Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli answer your mysterious feedback on recent episodes, including Marian apparitions, D.B. Cooper, aphantasia and synesthesia, Pearl Harbor, demons, and the Hindenburg.

Direct download: MYS208-1.mp3
Category:Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World -- posted at: 10:17am PDT

Dive, dive, dive! Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this submarine battle episode that explore more of La'an's background, brings back the Gorn, and shows all the ways that broken Starfleet tech can contribute to a plot.

Direct download: SST210.mp3
Category:Secrets of Star Trek -- posted at: 12:13pm PDT

Prayer is a human universal, but can you pray for something that's already happened? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli look at prayer and time and God's relationship to time, with a big twist in the reason perspective.

Direct download: MYS208.mp3
Category:Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World -- posted at: 7:30am PDT

The Doctor and Clara meet Robin Hood. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the 12th Doctor's acerbic encounter with the fictional(?) character, including impossible trick shots and boastful competition and a resolution of questionable morality.

Direct download: WHO282.mp3
Category:Secrets of Doctor Who -- posted at: 12:00pm PDT

A loose virus is followed by a lockdown on Enterprise. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the clever plot device of a virus that spreads by light, the character revelations, especially about Una, and what we learn about M'Benga.

Direct download: SST209.mp3
Category:Secrets of Star Trek -- posted at: 12:47pm PDT

For as long as people have seen UFOs in the sky, they've claimed to have salvaged materials from them. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask what these materials are, where they come from, why is the government studying them, and what tests have revealed.

Direct download: MYS207.mp3
Category:Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World -- posted at: 7:30am PDT

Our introduction to Peladon. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha dig into this 3rd Doctor and Jo Grant story of a primitive planet on the edge of joining the galactic neighborhood; overcoming preconceived prejudices; and the perils of pretending to be a princess.

Direct download: WHO281.mp3
Category:Secrets of Doctor Who -- posted at: 12:00pm PDT

In a special bonus episode, Jimmy Akin gives a brief overview of Congresisonal hearings in May 2022 on UFOs/UAPs and then includes the entire hearing for listeners to hear for themselves.

Direct download: MYS206.1.mp3
Category:Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World -- posted at: 7:47am PDT

Introducing Uhura. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the re-introduction of our favorite communications officer; the use of faith in the story; Pike's foreknowledge of his fate; and Sam Kirk's mustache.

Direct download: SST208.mp3
Category:Secrets of Star Trek -- posted at: 1:56pm PDT

How did humanity come to know the world around us, the structure of our planet, our solar system, and the universe. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the mystery of the nature of the universe and the historical figures who found the answers we have today.

Direct download: MYS206.mp3
Category:Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World -- posted at: 7:30am PDT

The story that brought the 9th Doctor back wraps up and Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss its highs and lows. Was the story too omplex for audio? Should it have been three parts? And does Christopher Eccleston step right back into the iconic leather jacket?

Direct download: WHO280.mp3
Category:Secrets of Doctor Who -- posted at: 12:00pm PDT

Pike's Enterprise is here! Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the series premiere of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds; its discussion of suffering and how we llive our lives with and despite it; and whether this may be the best first episode of a Trek series.

Direct download: SST207.mp3
Category:Secrets of Star Trek -- posted at: 3:00pm PDT

Season 2 of Picard wraps up and Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the episode and season, including a resolution in the Picard-Q relationship; the value of self-forgiveness; and where Picard--the character and the series--will go from here.

Direct download: SST206.mp3
Category:Secrets of Star Trek -- posted at: 12:55pm PDT

In 1970, a woman's body was found in a remote valley in Norway. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli delve into the international investigation that was touched off and the mystery that remains to this day as to the Isdal Woman's identity and how she died.

Direct download: MYS205.mp3
Category:Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World -- posted at: 7:30am PDT

Part 2! Fr. Cory Sticha and Jimmy Akin discuss the 2nd part of this 9th Doctor audio story, including the complex story building, the interesting new companion and foes, and a connection to old 8-bit video games.

Direct download: WHO279.mp3
Category:Secrets of Doctor Who -- posted at: 12:00pm PDT

What do the Borg really want? Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the penultimate episode of Picard season 2, which contains a lot of action, but also dives into the motivations of the Borg Queen who searches for connection and deals with mental illness and Picard's childhood trauma.

Direct download: SST205.mp3
Category:Secrets of Star Trek -- posted at: 12:42pm PDT

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