Jimmy Akin Podcast

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Orders of Magnitude (SNW) - The Secrets of Star Trek Sep 14, 2026

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A grieving admiral wants 5,000 people killed to be sure of one cloaked ship, and only Kirk objects. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler take on Strange New Worlds S4E8, and ask why nobody calls it an illegal order.

EgyptAir 990: The Crash That Gave Bin Laden the Idea for 9/11 - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World Sep 11, 2026

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An EgyptAir 767 fell out of a clear sky off Nantucket in 1999, and two governments read the same black boxes and reached opposite verdicts. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli weigh four theories and one Arabic prayer.

Like Chronitons Through the Hourglass (SNW) - The Secrets of Star Trek Sep 07, 2026

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Trelane turns the Enterprise into a soap opera for a school project, and only Pike notices. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler ask whether *Strange New Worlds* S4E7 survives a five-minute bit stretched to an hour.

Klingon or Time Lord Jesus? Mary Celeste? Salem Witch Trials? And More Patron Questions - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World Sep 04, 2026

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Could Jesus have incarnated on a Klingon world while he walked in Galilee? Jimmy Akin takes that question and eleven more from patrons — telekinesis, the Mary Celeste, Salem, ley lines — with Dom Bettinelli.

Off-Hours (SNW) - The Secrets of Star Trek Aug 31, 2026

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A table tears loose in sickbay and cuts Dr. M'Benga nearly in half — and Nurse Chapel refuses to let him go. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler take on *Strange New Worlds* S4E6, the real-time hour that finally feels like *Trek*.

The 100-Foot Beast an Early Christian Saw in Visions (Shepherd of Hermas) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World Aug 28, 2026

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Early Christians read it in church beside the Gospels; a fourth-century Bible bound it in after Revelation. Then it vanished. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli open the Shepherd of Hermas — a tower, a beast, and a question about forgiveness.

Level-Five Transporter Accident (SNW) - The Secrets of Star Trek Aug 24, 2026

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Is Star Trek's puppet episode genius or a cop-out? Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler split over whether Strange New Worlds S4E5's dream-ending twist earns its plot holes, plus a hidden Lucille Ball reference few will catch.

Are Auras Real? Aura Colors, Cameras, and the Tests - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World Aug 21, 2026

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Colored light around every living thing, readable by anyone with the right training — or by a camera at the mall. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli follow the aura from Mesmer to the selfie app, and weigh what happened under controlled testing.

A Case of Chiaroscuro (SNW) - The Secrets of Star Trek Aug 17, 2026

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In Strange New Worlds S4E4, Number One gets stranded on a Klingon-occupied world that's basically Casablanca in space. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler debate the shaky black-and-white science and cheer her overdue spotlight.

Buck Nelson, the Ozark Spaceman - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World Aug 14, 2026

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A flashlight, three discs over a Missouri ranch, and a ray that cured fifteen years of back pain. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli follow Buck Nelson from Ozark farmer to saucer celebrity — and to a twist that isn't funny at all.

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