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Jimmy Akin Podcast
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An AWESOME podcast by Jimmy Akin! The EPIC podcast journey begins . . .
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The Circle (DS9) - The Secrets of Star Trek
1w ago00:46:03Tap to summarizeMinister Jaro is the Circle — and he's willing to torture Kira to keep it that way. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler dig into Part 2 of DS9's season-opening trilogy.
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Crisis Apparitions - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
2w ago01:56:21Tap to summarizeSomething happens at the moment of death. Sometimes the living sense it from miles away. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine 140 years of research into crisis apparitions: who experiences them, what the science says, and what the faith says.
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The Homecoming (DS9) - The Secrets of Star Trek
2w ago00:40:46Tap to summarizeA legend built on a lie. Or is it? Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler discuss DS9's first three-parter, Li Nalas's complicated myth, the rise of the Circle, and a father-son scene that carries more weight than it first appears.
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Jesus' Most Misunderstood Prophecy? The Olivet Discourse (Not the End of the World) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
3w ago01:16:55Tap to summarizeJesus' most misunderstood prophecy has sent readers down the wrong path for centuries. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine the Olivet Discourse: what did Jesus actually predict, and did it happen?
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Coming of Age (TNG) - The Secrets of Star Trek
3w ago00:51:11Tap to summarizeLoyalty tests and entrance exams collide when the abrasive Remmick investigates the Enterprise while Wesley competes for a Starfleet Academy spot. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler on TNG's "Coming of Age."
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Scientists Confirm What the Church Always Knew: Proof of Psychic Powers & Survival After Death
3w ago00:02:49Tap to summarizeStarting Wednesday, May 6th, Jimmy Akin is teaching Introduction to Parapsychology for the Rhine Education Center—8 weeks of live online classes (Wed, 7–9 PM ET, recordings available) covering the scientific evidence for psychic functioning and survival of bodily death. You'll look at telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, psychokinesis, near-death experiences, apparitions, mediumship, hauntings, poltergeists, reincarnation cases, and the major criticisms of the field—plus how it all fits with the Christian view of the human person. Audit it or take it for a grade. Tuition $225 ($200 for Rhine members). It's also the required first course for the Rhine's certificate programs. → RhineEdu.org
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The Mattress Store Conspiracy? - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
4w ago01:08:49Tap to summarizeThere are more mattress stores in the US than McDonald's. They're almost always empty. They cluster suspiciously close together. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli investigate the internet's wildest retail conspiracy theory.
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The Orion Pirates (TAS) - The Secrets of Star Trek
4w ago00:38:50Tap to summarizeSpock is dying and the only cure is in the hands of Orion pirates willing to blow up an asteroid to protect their neutrality. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler on the TAS episode written by a 19-year-old.
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Ancient Christian Ghosts: REAL Apparitions from Bible to the Saints - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
Apr 2401:23:57Tap to summarizeEarly Christians were no exception in ancient beliefs in ghosts. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss reports of ghostly encounters in the ancient Church, what theologians thought of them, and how Jimmy would evaluate these cases today.
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Friday's Child (TOS) - The Secrets of Star Trek
Apr 2000:40:35Tap to summarizeA woman who hates her unborn child. A scheming Klingon. A Prime Directive that's barely an idea yet. Dom Bettinelli, Fr. Jason Tyler, and Jimmy Akin unpack D.C. Fontana's bold "Friday's Child."
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