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Loyalty tests and entrance exams collide when the abrasive Remmick investigates the Enterprise while Wesley competes for a Starfleet Academy...

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From 1895 to 1900, a burst of discoveries transformed science's understanding of matter itself. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli trace the full...

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After 445 episodes and nearly 12 years, Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin take stock: real download data, favorite Doctors and companions, an ho...

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The first regeneration arrives! As Mondasian Cybermen threaten Earth, Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin unpack early body-horror Cybermen, Cold...

Starfleet Academy turns trauma recovery into theater—smart therapy tool or off-model Trek? Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler w...

Zodiac hoax—or real killer? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli test 7 "must-explain" clues: the calls, letters, cipher, costume symbol, car-door...

Pirates, betrayal, and a cursed treasure test the First Doctor's moral compass. As Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin unpack The Smugglers, one q...

Is Ko'Zeine a bold reimagining of Amok Time—or a hollow echo? Dom Bettinelli, Fr. Jason Tyler, and Jimmy Akin debate duty vs. desire, weak c...

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Entropy threatens the universe—and the Doctor's life. As Logopolis falls and the Master seizes control, the Fourth Doctor faces destiny. Jim...

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A defining farewell for the Third Doctor turns spiders, crystals, and monks into a meditation on fear, ambition, and renewal. Dom Bettinelli...

Big ideas, lost arcs, and unrealized futures take center stage as Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler mark episode 400 by asking...

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Ancient faiths and modern psi research come together in this course to be taught by Jimmy Akin. The online course, Religion & Parapsychology...

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Is Starfleet Academy smart Trek—or just stylish noise? Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler discuss what it gets right as well as...

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Can Star Trek challenge belief—or strengthen it? Author Mark Hansard joins Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler to explain how Tr...

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What happens when Time Lords become gods? A lost Gallifreyan student inspires Egyptian myth, fractures history, and forces the Doctor into a...

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For New Year's week, Jimmy Akin is answering more weird questions posed by Cy Kellett, including psychopaths who feel no remorse can be save...

What if eternal life costs your humanity? This week, Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler wrestle with love, consent, and immorta...

It's Christmas week so we're bringing you a special weird questions episode where Jimmy Akin answers questions like: Can identical twins sha...