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Alone Together for Christmas 2025
New Jan 09, 2026 4h 2m

Alone Together for Christmas 2025

Are Ouija boards really paranormal? Does God know what time it is? And is dark matter real — or is gravity wrong? Continuing his Christmas tradition of spending the holiday with those spending it a...

Can Psychopaths Be Saved? And More Weird Questions
Jan 02, 2026 1h 1m

Can Psychopaths Be Saved? And More Weird Questions

For New Year's week, Jimmy Akin is answering more weird questions posed by Cy Kellett, including whether psychopaths who feel no remorse can be saved; what happened to the saints who rose at the Re...

How Many Souls Do Twins Have? And More Weird Questions
Dec 26, 2025 1h 2m

How Many Souls Do Twins Have? And More Weird Questions

It's Christmas week so we're bringing you a special weird questions episode where Jimmy Akin answers questions like: Can identical twins share a soul? What happens if you’re excommunicated unfairly...

The Amazing Sea-Monkeys!
Dec 19, 2025 1h 19m

The Amazing Sea-Monkeys!

Starting in 1960, comic books began advertising mail order pets known as sea monkeys, the brainchild of inventor Harold von Braunhut. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli investigate the whimsical creatur...

The Calvine UFO Sighting
Dec 12, 2025 1h 37m

The Calvine UFO Sighting

In 1990, two men in Calvine, Scotland took photos of a strange object in the sky that would become the clearest UFO photos ever. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask what really happened in Calvine, w...

The Eye of Providence and More Patrons’ Questions
Dec 05, 2025 1h 27m

The Eye of Providence and More Patrons’ Questions

Is lying ever moral? Why did God create Satan—and dinosaurs? What is the eye of Providence? From purgatory to AI ethics, Jimmy Akin fields more questions from fellow pilgrims during his recent Ital...

This Advent, Help StarQuest Continue the Mission
Nov 30, 2025 0 min

This Advent, Help StarQuest Continue the Mission

Advent begins. Help StarQuest bring faith and reason to the world. Become a $10/month patron (or increase your current donation by $10 per month) and be among the first 400 donors to receive a Myst...

The Sword of St. Michael (and More Weird Questions)
Nov 28, 2025 1h 2m

The Sword of St. Michael (and More Weird Questions)

It's our annual Thanksgiving Weird Questions episode, and this time Cy Kellett is asking Jimmy Akin questions about whether the Holy Spirit has chromosomes, what sacraments angels can perform (if a...

Marita Lorenz and the JFK Assassination
Nov 21, 2025 1h 14m

Marita Lorenz and the JFK Assassination

Did the CIA kill JFK? A mysterious woman's testimony at 1985 libel trial apparently indicated CIA agents were in Dallas with operatives and weapons on the night before the assassination. Jimmy Akin...

Howard Hunt & the JFK Assassination
Nov 14, 2025 1h 4m

Howard Hunt & the JFK Assassination

After President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, theories abounded and some accused CIA agent E. Howard Hunt. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli look at the 1985 lawsuit by Hunt against some of his acc...

St. Albert the Great & Magic
Nov 07, 2025 1h 25m

St. Albert the Great & Magic

How do science and magic intersect? St. Albert the Great wanted to understand. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli, joined by Dr. Justin Sledge, unpack St. Albert the Great’s mystical side—his writings o...

Extraterrestrial Sheep and More Weird Questions
Oct 31, 2025 1h 8m

Extraterrestrial Sheep and More Weird Questions

It's a fifth Friday, so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin weird questions from listeners, about topics like whether Jesus said he had extraterrestrial sheep, could dogs be gu...

Spirit Communication
Oct 24, 2025 1h 21m

Spirit Communication

For thousands of years, people have sought to communicate with spirits in basically every culture and religion. But is all spirit communication forbidden to Christians? Jimmy Akin gets to the trut...

The Tennessee Prophet John Hendrix
Oct 17, 2025 1h 13m

The Tennessee Prophet John Hendrix

A mysterious Tennessee farmer who received startling visions of the future no one believed. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli revisit the story of John Hendrix with new information about his incredible...

The Nephilim (Bible Mystery: Aliens? Angels? Something Else?)
Oct 10, 2025 1h 32m

The Nephilim (Bible Mystery: Aliens? Angels? Something Else?)

Were the Nephilim of Genesis 6 aliens or human-alien hybrids? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli re-visit one of the strangest passages in the Bible to consider some more theories about who they were. T...

Kenneth Arnold UFO Sighting (The First UFOs)
Oct 03, 2025 1h 11m

Kenneth Arnold UFO Sighting (The First UFOs)

Was Kenneth Arnold’s 1947 sighting evidence of extraterrestrial craft? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli revisit the case, weigh rival explanations, and assess why his measurements still unsettle skept...

Demons: Ask Me Anything
Sep 26, 2025 1h 53m

Demons: Ask Me Anything

Are demons real beings or just symbols of evil? Jimmy Akin and Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live tackle questions on their nature, powers, why they fell, and how to resist them. Possession, oppre...

Introduction to Parapsychology (October 2025)
Sep 23, 2025 2 min

Introduction to Parapsychology (October 2025)

Can science prove psychic abilities and survival after death? Jimmy Akin announces his Introduction to Parapsychology course with the Rhine Education Center, unpacking evidence for telepathy, appar...

Interview: Grimoires & the Occult
Sep 19, 2025 2h 23m

Interview: Grimoires & the Occult

Are demons liars who can never be trusted? Can possession stem from more than the demonic? Jimmy Akin continues his conversation with Alexander Eth from Glitch Bottle podcast and tackles grimoires,...

Interview: Demons & Magic
Sep 13, 2025 2h 20m

Interview: Demons & Magic

Are demons just fallen angels—or something more? Jimmy Akin joins Alexander Eth of Glitch Bottle to unpack Catholic teaching on magic, exorcism, grimoires, and the “clerical necromantic underworld....