Star Trek: What Might Have Been - The Secrets of Star Trek
Release Date: 02/09/2026
The Orion Pirates (TAS) - The Secrets of Star Trek
Jimmy Akin Podcast
Spock is dying and the only cure is in the hands of Orion pirates willing to blow up an asteroid to protect their neutrality. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler on the TAS episode written by a 19-year-old.
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Ancient Christian Ghosts: REAL Apparitions from Bible to the Saints - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
Jimmy Akin Podcast
Early Christians were no exception in ancient beliefs in ghosts. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss reports of ghostly encounters in the ancient Church, what theologians thought of them, and how Jimmy would evaluate these cases today.
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Friday's Child (TOS) - The Secrets of Star Trek
Jimmy Akin Podcast
A woman who hates her unborn child. A scheming Klingon. A Prime Directive that's barely an idea yet. Dom Bettinelli, Fr. Jason Tyler, and Jimmy Akin unpack D.C. Fontana's bold "Friday's Child."
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The Shocking Secret Manuscript of the Anna Ecklund Exorcism - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
Jimmy Akin Podcast
The story of the exorcism of "Anna Ecklund" in Earling, Iowa, in 1928 as Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli recounted last time was only the beginning. Because there was an account of the exorcism contained in a secret manuscript that was kept private... and Jimmy has a copy. What does it reveal about the real-life Anna Ecklund and about this remarkable case?
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The Seventh (ENT) - The Secrets of Star Trek
Jimmy Akin Podcast
She erased the memory. The guilt came back anyway. T'Pol hunts a Vulcan fugitive on an icy moon — and relives a killing she'd had ritually purged from her mind. Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin on memory, guilt, and trust.
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The Earling Exorcism - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
Jimmy Akin Podcast
In 1928, an exorcism unfolded in a tiny Iowa convent. It inspired a 2016 movie. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine the public account and a never-published secret manuscript of the Earling Exorcism. Part 1 of 2.
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Parturition (VOY) - The Secrets of Star Trek
Jimmy Akin Podcast
Tom Paris and Neelix crash on Planet Hell and are forced to care for a newly-hatched alien creature — and finally put their rivalry over Kes to rest. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler break down the Voyager episode Parturition. Stranded together, Paris and Neelix must cooperate to care for a newly-hatched creature. The panel examines Neelix's controlling jealousy, Janeway's command style, plot logic holes, and the writers' deliberate choice to finally resolve the Paris-Neelix tension.
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George Adamski: Alien Contactee! - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
Jimmy Akin Podcast
In 1952, a self-taught philosopher near Palomar Mountain walked into the California desert and claimed to meet a being from Venus. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli investigate the remarkable story of George Adamski, the first UFO contactee.
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Crossfire (DS9) - The Secrets of Star Trek
Jimmy Akin Podcast
In DS9's "Crossfire," Odo's longing for Kira collides with First Minister Shakaar's confidence. Dom Bettinelli, Fr. Jason Tyler, and Jimmy Akin ask: is Odo's emotional rigidity protecting him — or guaranteeing heartbreak?
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The Kentucky Meat Shower - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
Jimmy Akin Podcast
In 1876, raw meat rained from a clear sky over a Kentucky farm, leaving the whole county and big city newspapers confounded. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli work through the proposed explanations to find the most likely culprit, and there's one part they still can't fully explain.
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