Jimmy Akin Podcast

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Coming of Age (TNG) - The Secrets of Star Trek May 04, 2026

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Loyalty 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."

Scientists Confirm What the Church Always Knew: Proof of Psychic Powers & Survival After Death May 01, 2026

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Starting 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

The Mattress Store Conspiracy? - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World May 01, 2026

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There 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.

The Orion Pirates (TAS) - The Secrets of Star Trek Apr 27, 2026

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Spock 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.

Ancient Christian Ghosts: REAL Apparitions from Bible to the Saints - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World Apr 24, 2026

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Early 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.

Friday's Child (TOS) - The Secrets of Star Trek Apr 20, 2026

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A 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."

The Shocking Secret Manuscript of the Anna Ecklund Exorcism - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World Apr 17, 2026

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The story of the exorcism of "Anna Ecklund" in Earling, Iowa, in 1928 as Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli recounted last time was only the beginning. Because there was an account of the exorcism contained in a secret manuscript that was kept private... and Jimmy has a copy. What does it reveal about the real-life Anna Ecklund and about this remarkable case?

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