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How Many Souls Do Twins Have? And More Weird Questions - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

Jimmy Akin Podcast

Release Date: 12/26/2025

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Jimmy Akin Podcast

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? Could a living soul possess someone else? Are demons capable of repentance? Are we insignificant in a vast universe—or still uniquely special? 

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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 creatures, their creator, and a series of disappointing revelations connected to them.

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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, what happened to the two men, and what was the flying object they photographed?

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