Jimmy Akin Podcast

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Human Best Friend (SNW) - The Secrets of Star Trek Aug 10, 2026

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Ortegas and Scotty wake up on a drunk planet with no memory of the night before — and a bomb on their shuttle. Dom Bettinelli, Fr. Jason Tyler, and Jimmy Akin call this Strange New Worlds S4E3 comic relief a mid-range Hangover riff.

Shared Death Experiences - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World Aug 07, 2026

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You are sitting with someone as they die, and the room fills with a light that is not from this earth. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine shared death experiences — the cases where a perfectly healthy bystander sees it too.

The Griffin Incident (SNW) - The Secrets of Star Trek Aug 03, 2026

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A derelict starship weaponizes its rescuers' worst fears, and Strange New Worlds S4E2 flatly refuses to explain any of it. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler ask whether an unsolved mystery makes better television.

The Devil's Bible, Jesus Was an Alien?, Psychic Powers in Heaven, and Weird Questions - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World Jul 31, 2026

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A monk who sold his soul to write a book in one night, the naked man fleeing Jesus' arrest, and whether Jesus was just an alien with good technology: Jimmy Akin takes on eleven listener weird questions with Cy Kellett and Dom Bettinelli.

Investigating the Paranormal for 2,000 Years - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World Jul 28, 2026

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This August, I'm teaching a four-week course for the Rhine Education Center on Psi and Christianity. We'll look at telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, mind over matter, and the survival of the soul after death. For 2,000 years, Christians have been wrestling with the very phenomena that parapsychologists study today. Audit it or take it for a grade. Tuition $119 ($109 for Rhine members). Visit RhineEdu.org to register.

Valles Marineris (SNW) - The Secrets of Star Trek Jul 27, 2026

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Sixty-five million years in the past, Pike can save a planet or keep his own future — not both. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler take on Strange New Worlds S4E1: dinosaurs, Martians, and the ethics of time travel.

The Butterfly People of Joplin, Missouri - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World Jul 24, 2026

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Dozens of unrelated children said shining, winged figures stood over them as an EF5 tornado destroyed Joplin. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli weigh cryptids, trauma, folklore, and guardian angels behind the butterfly people.

Singularity (ENT) - The Secrets of Star Trek Jul 20, 2026

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Radiation from a black hole turns the crew into a shipful of obsessives in Enterprise S2E9, "Singularity." Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler ask whether you can really build a whole plot on a pun.

Mark Twain Super-Psychic: His Shocking Telepathy & Death Dream - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World Jul 17, 2026

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He spent his career debunking fake mesmerists and mediums — then dreamed his brother's funeral weeks before it happened. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli trace Mark Twain's strange turn toward telepathy and ask what the Catholic has to say about it.

Persistence of Vision (VOY) - The Secrets of Star Trek Jul 13, 2026

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A powerful alien telepath locks Voyager's crew in private hallucinations and then vanishes without explanation. Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin on whether "Persistence of Vision" earns its mystery.

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