Sinopsis
An AWESOME podcast by Jimmy Akin! The EPIC podcast journey begins . . .
Episodios
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The Nephilim (Bible Mystery: Aliens? Angels? Something Else?) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
10/10/2025 Duración: 01h32minWere the Nephilim of Genesis 6 aliens or human-alien hybrids? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli re-visit one of the strangest passages in the Bible to consider some more theories about who they were.
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The Caves of Androzani (Revisited) - The Secrets of Doctor Who
08/10/2025 Duración: 43minA ruthless tycoon, a masked fanatic, and Spectrox stakes. Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin discuss whether “Caves of Androzani” is good send-off—does the Fifth Doctor’s choice redefine heroism?
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The Slaver Weapon (TAS) - The Secrets of Star Trek
06/10/2025 Duración: 40minA shape-shifting “soft weapon,” Kzinti honor, and billion-year tech—are some powers too dangerous to exist? Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin connect TAS’s “The Slaver Weapon” to Larry Niven’s Known Space.
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Kenneth Arnold UFO Sighting (The First UFOs) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
03/10/2025 Duración: 01h11minWas Kenneth Arnold’s 1947 sighting evidence of extraterrestrial craft? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli revisit the case, weigh rival explanations, and assess why his measurements still unsettle skeptics.
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Full Circle - The Secrets of Doctor Who
01/10/2025 Duración: 29minWhat if the “colonists” aren’t who they think they are? Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin assess e-Space, Adric’s rocky debut, mistfall’s biology, and the Deciders’ big lie. Bold takes, sharp lore chat, plus listener feedback.
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Operation -- Annihilate! (TOS) - The Secrets of Star Trek
29/09/2025 Duración: 38minParasites, pain, and ethics: Was McCoy’s cure a betrayal? Should Kirk have tried talking to a hive mind bent on torture? Dom Bettinelli, Father Jason Tyler, and Jimmy Akin tackle TOS’s “Operation—Annihilate!”
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Dead Stop (ENT) - The Secrets of Star Trek
29/09/2025 Duración: 28minA sinister “free” fix hides a brutal price. Is brain-harvesting the real currency? Too cheap can be deadly. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler debate ethics, AI parallels, and horror tropes in “Dead Stop.”
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Demons: Ask Me Anything - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
26/09/2025 Duración: 01h53minAre demons real beings or just symbols of evil? Jimmy Akin and Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live tackle questions on their nature, powers, why they fell, and how to resist them. Possession, oppression, obsession—what’s the difference?
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Introduction to Parapsychology (October 2025) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
23/09/2025 Duración: 02minLearn more and sign up for the course: https://rhineedu.org/
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Interview: Grimoires & the Occult - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
19/09/2025 Duración: 02h23minAre demons liars who can never be trusted? Can possession stem from more than the demonic? Jimmy Akin continues his conversation with Alexander Eth from Glitch Bottle podcast and tackles grimoires, exorcism, Hermetic texts, divine hiddenness, and how the Catholic faith understands magic.
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Death to the Daleks - The Secrets of Doctor Who
17/09/2025 Duración: 33minAn AI-run Exxilon city kills power, forcing Humans and Daleks into a fraught pact for a plague cure. With Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin, we ask: Is AI a false god? Do ends justify Galloway’s means?
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New Life and New Civilizations (SNW) - The Secrets of Star Trek
15/09/2025 Duración: 51minCosmic destiny or narrative shortcut? Dom Bettinelli, Fr. Jason Tyler, and Jimmy Akin test the SNW S3 finale’s bold claims—Batel’s fate, Vezda stakes, and a Kirk–Spock mind meld that sparks big questions. Are godlike foes killing drama?
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Interview: Demons & Magic - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
12/09/2025 Duración: 02h20minAre demons just fallen angels—or something more? Jimmy Akin joins Alexander Eth of Glitch Bottle to unpack Catholic teaching on magic, exorcism, grimoires, and the “clerical necromantic underworld.” Can holiness itself drive demons out?
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Ghosts (Big Finish) - The Secrets of Doctor Who
10/09/2025 Duración: 29minHolograms or hauntings? Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin weigh the 10th Doctor and River in Ghosts: AI survival, memory firewalls, and a chilling choice—is ending a holo-life “death”? How much mystery should writers leave?
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Terrarium (SNW) - the Secrets of Star Trek
08/09/2025 Duración: 52minCan empathy with a Gorn change Trek’s future? Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler unpack “Terrarium”—Metrons, La’an’s shot, and Ortegas’ trauma—plus fiery feedback on Trek comedy.
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The Capuchin Bone Church and More Patrons’ Questions - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
05/09/2025 Duración: 01h35minFrom bones turned into art to relics made of game consoles, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli answer questions from participants on their recent Italy pilgrimage on faith, death, relics, simulation theory, saints, and even gelato. The first live recording of Mysterious World with a studio audience!
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The Gunfighters - The Secrets of Doctor Who
03/09/2025 Duración: 39minA tuneful, messy OK Corral? Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin assess the First Doctor’s “Gunfighters”—ballads, comedy, and history-bending choices. Are Dodo and Doc Holliday the real standouts?
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Four-and-a-Half Vulcans (SNW) - The Secrets of Star Trek
01/09/2025 Duración: 48minIdentity, ethics, and comedy collide as SNW turns the crew Vulcan. Dom Bettinelli, Fr. Jason Tyler, and Jimmy Akin ask: Is logic a skill or a serum? Was Uhura’s mind-meld fair play?
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Could Catholics Colonize Mars? (And More Weird Questions) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
29/08/2025 Duración: 01h04minIt's a fifth Friday, so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin weird questions from listeners, about topics like what we will be doing after the Resurrection; the morality of Catholics colonizing Mars; why Lucifer rebelled; and more.
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What Is Starfleet? (SNW) - The Secrets of Star Trek
25/08/2025 Duración: 46minIs Starfleet an empire in disguise—or humanity’s best defense? Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler unpack Strange New Worlds’ What is Starfleet? as a documentary questions militarism, morality, and the Federation’s true nature.