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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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Joseph Williamson's Tunnels - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
1w ago01:04:05Tap to summarizeA Liverpool merchant spent 30 years tunneling beneath his own neighborhood and never said why. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli weigh seven theories about Joseph Williamson and his mysterious underground labyrinth.
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The High Ground (TNG) - The Secrets of Star Trek
1w ago00:55:22Tap to summarizeA separatist leader kidnaps Beverly Crusher and makes arguments the Enterprise crew can't quite answer. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler on TNG's toughest terrorism episode: "The High Ground" (S3E12).
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Mel's Hole - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
2w ago01:18:16Tap to summarizeA bottomless pit in central Washington, 80,000 feet deep and impossible to fill. In 1997, one phone call to Art Bell turned a piece of local folklore into a national mystery. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli investigate Mel's Hole.
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Bem (TAS) - The Secrets of Star Trek
2w ago00:34:11Tap to summarizeAn alien observer who detaches his own body parts puts Kirk and Spock through their paces in TAS S2E2. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler weigh whether "Bem" earns its strange premise — and how this episode named James Tiberius Kirk.
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What Really Happened to the Lost Ark of the Covenant? - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
3w ago01:46:01Tap to summarizeThe most famous lost object in history — the Ark of the Covenant — vanished from Scripture before 586 BC and was never seen again. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine what it was, trace its history, and weigh nine theories for where it went.
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Doctor Who Cancelled? - The Secrets of Doctor who
3w ago00:23:44Tap to summarizeNo Christmas special. No showrunner. No production partner. The BBC has put Doctor Who out to competitive tender, and Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin weigh what the shake-up means for Billie Piper, the Timeless Child, and the show's next era.
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Who Mourns for Adonais? (TOS) - The Secrets of Star Trek
3w ago00:49:49Tap to summarizeA giant green hand grabs the Enterprise — and the Greek god Apollo demands worship. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler weigh TOS S2E2's ancient-aliens premise, Kirk's defiance, and the ending that was filmed but never aired.
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What Mary Knew; God's Choices; Autism and Names in the Afterlife; and More Patron Questions - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
4w ago01:31:57Tap to summarizeDoes a growing human population dilute demonic influence per person? Plus: the Magi's star, Mary after Pentecost, leavened Eucharist history, God's timelessness, and the serpent of Genesis 3. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli answer patron questions.
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The Communicator (ENT) - The Secrets of Star Trek
Jun 800:35:48Tap to summarizeA lost communicator on a war-torn pre-warp world forces Archer and Reed to risk their lives over an ethic the Prime Directive hasn't invented yet. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler take on Enterprise S2E8, "The Communicator."
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Pre-Sputnik Transients
Jun 501:11:26Tap to summarizeThousands of star-like flashes flicker across sky-survey plates shot in the 1950s, before any satellite existed — some clustered, some lined up, some on famous UFO nights. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli weigh five explanations for the pre-Sputnik transients.
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