The Calendar Man (Big Finish) – The Secrets of Doctor Who

The 11th Doctor encounters a figure from Time Lord myth, the Calendar Man who knows what is written on our hearts. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this audio story and its theme of guilt and confession and memory and substitutionary sacrifice.

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The Storyteller (DS9) – The Secrets of Star Trek

Who lives? Who dies? O’Brien tells your story! Dom Bettinelli, Fr. Cory Sticha, and Jimmy Akin discuss this story inspired by “The Man Who Would Be King” and whose theme is that sometimes we create our own monsters to defeat them to find security.

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21st Century Poltergeist! (Psychokinesis? Telekinesis? Ghosts?) – Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World

In 2013, an 11-year-old boy was having an inexplicable effect on electronic devices around him, including poltergeist activity. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli interview John G. Kruth who was called in to investigate and dubbed the case the “21st century poltergeist.”

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The Dominators – The Secrets of Doctor Who

The 2nd Doctor meets the Dominators! Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this story of a meek, pacifist people bullied by a violent, warlike race, and the Doctor’s attempts to motivate their own self-interest and thereby save them.

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Mysterious Feedback (20, 21, 24, 130, 240-243) – Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World

Mysterious feedback! Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli answer your mysterious feedback on recent episodes, including fan art, the lost planet Vulcan, weight loss, Dyatlov Pass, lie detectors, Egyptian afterlife and mummies, rainmaker Charles Hatfield, giants and more.

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Haven (TNG) – The Secrets of Star Trek

Love and Duty! Dom Bettinelli and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the TNG episode “Haven” and its themes of duty, love, compassion, destiny, and cultural differences, while not missing the Trek debut of Lwaxana Troi and the comedic chaos she brings.

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Weighing the Soul? (Scientific evidence for the human soul? Spirit? Life after death?) – Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World

Could the human soul ever be scientifically detected? Could it even be weighed? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss a series of experiments that claimed to detect the departure of the soul at death, whether that’s possible, and what other researchers have found.

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Before the Flood – The Secrets of Doctor Who

Who is the Doctor willing to sacrifice to save Clara? Dom Bettinelli and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this second part of the story, including free will and predestination, the nature of causality, and the nature of sacrifice and heroism.

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Star Trek: First Contact – The Secrets of Star Trek

Before Picard Season 3, there was First Contact and the Borg Queen. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the film’s “never meet your heroes” theme; Picard’s ongoing trauma; and what makes this movie one of the most popular Trek films.

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The Murder Trust (Iron Mike Malloy; Mike the Durable) – Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World

In early 1933, a group of men dubbed the “Murder Trust” conspired to kill Irishman Mike Malloy, who proved very difficult to kill. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the aftermath when they were finally able to kill Mike after 9 attempts, including whether they were ever brought to justice for the murder of Iron Mike.

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