Jimmy Akin Podcast

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Do Daleks Have Souls? Star Wars Catholicism & More Weird Questions - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World Oct 16, 2026

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Is every prayer a kind of telepathy? On Halloween, Jimmy Akin takes listener questions with Cy Kellett, from ghosts who never ask for Masses to Star Wars' religious roots, time travel, and whether Daleks have souls.

The Practical Joker (TAS) - The Secrets of Star Trek Oct 12, 2026

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A charged particle cloud infects the Enterprise computer and it starts pranking the crew. In TAS S2E3, Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler weigh forced 1970s gags against Star Trek's very first holodeck.

Time-Travel Mass Before Jesus? Jesus's DNA, Psychic Conversion & More Weird Questions - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World Oct 09, 2026

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Could a priest who traveled back in time say Mass before the Last Supper? Jimmy Akin takes listener questions on Catholic Answers Live with Cy Kellett, from Mary's DNA to Malachi Martin and the Michigan Melon Heads.

Amok Time (TOS) - Secets of Star Trek Oct 05, 2026

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Vulcan biology gets its first real explanation, and it nearly kills Spock. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler break down TOS S2E1 "Amok Time" — the salute, the fight music, and two plot holes nobody ever patched.

Can Science Show the Soul Survives Death? Join My New Courses - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World Oct 04, 2026

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Can science show the soul survives death? Jimmy Akin announces two fall courses for the Rhine Education Center: one on near-death experiences and reincarnation-type cases, and Introduction to Parapsychology.

When Does Holy Water Stop Being Holy? (& More Weird Questions) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World Oct 02, 2026

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Does a blessing survive the water cycle? Could uplifted animals have souls? Jimmy Akin and Cy Kellett take on tickling, Hitler's parents, Revelation's scorpion-tailed locusts and baptism before birth, with Dom Bettinelli.

Tomorrow's Enterprise (SNW) Sep 28, 2026

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Two Uhuras, a year apart, and a Scotty who died in one timeline: the Strange New Worlds Season 4 finale (Episode 10) plays like a pilot for Kirk's Year One. Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin weigh its heart against its physics.

Could You Possess Another Human? (And More Weird Questions) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World Sep 25, 2026

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Can one human being possess another? MKUltra tried. Jimmy Akin answers that and seven more listener questions — purgatory when the world ends, fallen guardian angels, brain swaps, and whether lizards were once dragons.

Once La'an A Time (SNW) - The Secrets of Star Trek Sep 21, 2026

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A shadow self is the part you hide, not the evil twin, which gives Season 4, Episode 9 away a mile off. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler on the fairy tale, the Rukiya payoff that never lands, and whether Pike commands like a captain.

Veridical NDEs - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World Sep 18, 2026

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A man with no heartbeat knew where the nurse put his dentures. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli look at near-death experiences that came back with facts the patient had no way to know, and ask how they got them.

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