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Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
Jimmy Akin
300 episodes
3 days ago
Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious world is an exploration of the weird, the strange, the unusual, and the fascinating phenomena in the physical world around us—and beyond—from a Catholic perspective. Join Jimmy Akin and his co-host Domenico Bettinelli as they examine ancient mysteries, folk tales, urban legends, and miraculous stories with a methodical, logical, well-reasoned but not entirely skeptical eye.

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Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious world is an exploration of the weird, the strange, the unusual, and the fascinating phenomena in the physical world around us—and beyond—from a Catholic perspective. Join Jimmy Akin and his co-host Domenico Bettinelli as they examine ancient mysteries, folk tales, urban legends, and miraculous stories with a methodical, logical, well-reasoned but not entirely skeptical eye.

To find episodes no longer available in the regular show feed, get a special link to add to Apple Podcasts at our website.
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Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
Demons: Ask Me Anything
MYS384: 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, oppression, obsession—what’s the difference? Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com. Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts, Rosary resources, videos, and the School of Mary online community, prayer, and learning platform. Learn how to make them, pray them, and give them away while growing in your faith at RosaryArmy.com and SchoolOfMary.com The Grady Group, a Catholic company bringing financial clarity to their clients across the United States. Using safe money options to produce reasonable rates of return for their clients. Learn more by visiting GradyGroupInc.com. Fr. Robert Spitzer and the Magis Center’s new Critical Catholic Cosmology Program: Join a community of Adults and Educators seeking to grapple with the Truth claims of Science, Philosophy, and the Bible in a classroom environment– with special appearances by Fr. Spitzer! Ground your faith in evidence with a critical method that integrates heart and mind. Earn 6 graduate credits over two semesters at a third of the cost of most graduate programs. Online or in-person in the Boston Area on Tuesdays beginning Oct 7th. Go to
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1 day ago
1 hour 53 minutes 44 seconds

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
Interview: Grimoires & the Occult





MYS383: 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, exorcism, Hermetic texts, divine hiddenness, and how the Catholic faith understands magic.



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Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com.





Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts, Rosary resources, videos, and the School of Mary online community, prayer, and learning platform. Learn how to make them, pray them, and give them away while growing in your faith at RosaryArmy.com and SchoolOfMary.com







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Fr. Robert Spitzer and the Magis Center’s new Critical Catholic Cosmology Program: Join a community of Adults and Educators seeking to grapple with the Truth claims of Science, Philosophy, and the Bible in a classroom environment– with special appearances by Fr. Spitzer!
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1 week ago
2 hours 23 minutes 24 seconds

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
Interview: Demons & Magic
MYS382: 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.” Can holiness itself drive demons out? Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Glitch Bottle YouTube channel * Glitch Bottle home page * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com. Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts, Rosary resources, videos, and the School of Mary online community, prayer, and learning platform. Learn how to make them, pray them, and give them away while growing in your faith at RosaryArmy.com and SchoolOfMary.com The Grady Group, a Catholic company bringing financial clarity to their clients across the United States. Using safe money options to produce reasonable rates of return for their clients. Learn more by visiting GradyGroupInc.com. Fr. Robert Spitzer and the Magis Center’s new Critical Catholic Cosmology Program: Join a community of Adults and Educators seeking to grapple with the Truth claims of Science, Philosophy, and the Bible in a classroom environment– with special appearances by Fr. Spitzer! Ground your faith in evidence with a critical method that integrat...
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2 weeks ago
2 hours 20 minutes 21 seconds

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
The Capuchin Bone Church and More Patrons’ Questions





MYS381: From bones turned into art to relics made of game consoles, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli answer questions from participants on their recent Italy pilgrimage on faith, death, relics, simulation theory, saints, and even gelato. The first live recording of Mysterious World with a studio audience!



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Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com.





Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts, Rosary resources, videos, and the School of Mary online community, prayer, and learning platform. Learn how to make them, pray them, and give them away while growing in your faith at RosaryArmy.com and SchoolOfMary.com







The Grady Group, a Catholic company bringing financial clarity to their clients across the United States. Using safe money options to produce reasonable rates of return for their clients. Learn more by visiting GradyGroupInc.com.





Fr. Robert Spitzer and the Magis Center’s new Critical Catholic Cosmology Program: Join a community of Adults and Educators seeking to grapple with the Truth claims of Science, Philosophy, and the Bible in a classroom environment– with special appearances by Fr. Spitzer!
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3 weeks ago
1 hour 35 minutes 39 seconds

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
Could Catholics Colonize Mars? (And More Weird Questions)





MYS380: It’s a fifth Friday, so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin weird questions from listeners, about topics like what we will be doing after the Resurrection; the morality of Catholics colonizing Mars; why Lucifer rebelled; and more.



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* Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore.



* Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page.



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Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com.





Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts, Rosary resources, videos, and the School of Mary online community, prayer, and learning platform. Learn how to make them, pray them, and give them away while growing in your faith at RosaryArmy.com and SchoolOfMary.com







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The debut novel Holy Terror by John R. Dougherty. Holy Terror is a gripping supernatural thriller where horrific crimes reveal an invisible war between good and evil. As justice is delivered through mysterious, otherworldly means, detectives and agents uncover a force far greater than themselves. Holy Terror is a bold blend of crime, faith, and the paranormal.  You can find author John R. Dougherty at johnrdougherty.com. Subscribers to Show more...
4 weeks ago
1 hour 4 minutes 17 seconds

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
Can You Ordain Yourself on a Desert Island? (And More Weird Questions)





MYS379: Could a layperson on a desert island take on the role of a priest? It’s time for more listener weird questions with Jimmy Akin and Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live, including topics like aerial toll booths in the afterlife, whether Balaam’s donkey had a rational soul, whether God could have become incarnate as multiple races in Middle Earth, and more.



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This Episode is Brought to You By:





Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com.





Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts, Rosary resources, videos, and the School of Mary online community, prayer, and learning platform. Learn how to make them, pray them, and give them away while growing in your faith at RosaryArmy.com and SchoolOfMary.com







The Grady Group, a Catholic company bringing financial clarity to their clients across the United States. Using safe money options to produce reasonable rates of return for their clients. Learn more by visiting GradyGroupInc.com.





The debut novel Holy Terror by John R. Dougherty. Holy Terror is a gripping supernatural thriller where horrific crimes reveal an invisible war between good and evil. As justice is delivered through mysterious, otherworldly means, detectives and agents uncover a force far greater than themselves. Holy Terror is a bold blend of crime, faith, and the paranormal.
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1 month ago
1 hour 5 minutes 13 seconds

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
Honobia Bigfoot Siege
MYS378: A rural Oklahoma family faced nightly terror—food theft, rock attacks, and prowlers peering in windows. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli weigh Bigfoot vs. bear, hidden motives, and eerie mimicry. Could this siege change what we believe? Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Susan Monso’s book Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death * Bigfoot Field Researchs Organization article * Sasquatch Chronicles episode 11 * Honobia, Oklahoma * Tulsa World article (p. 1) * Tulsa World article (p. 2) * Daily Oklahoman article * Little Dixie * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com. Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts, Rosary resources, videos, and the School of Mary online community, prayer, and learning platform. Learn how to make them, pray them, and give them away while growing in your faith at 
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1 month ago
2 hours 1 minute 25 seconds

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
Feeling the Future (Precognition, Daryl Bem, Psi Research)
MYS377: Can we sense the future—before it happens? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli confront the scientific chaos sparked by Daryl Bem’s mind-bending 2011 precognition study and unpack the data, the fury, and what it all means. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Daryl Bem (Psi Encyclopedia) * Feeling the Future Experiments (Psi Encyclopedia) * Daryl Bem’s 2011 “Feeling the Future” article * 2011 critique of “Feeling the Future” * Bem et al. 2011 follow-up on analyzing data * 2016 Replication article * Slate’s “Science Is Broken” article * Larry Dossey’s “Why Are Scientists Afraid of Daryl Bem?” article * Kate Nussenbaum’s Bem and “Broken Science” article * Rational Wiki article * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of
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1 month ago
1 hour 18 minutes 31 seconds

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
The Hell House of Martinez
MYS376: Fireballs. Scorch marks. Dizzy spells. A haunted house—or something worse? Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and paranormal expert Lloyd Auerbach unravel the shocking truth behind a 1980s California mystery. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Loyd Auerbach’s book *A Paranormal Casebook* * Loyd’s book *ESP Wars* * Loyd’s YouTube channel * Loyd’s website * The Rhine Education Center’s website * The Rhine Research Center’s website * Society for Psychical Research * The Ghost Club * Cancer and Power Lines * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com. Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts, Rosary resources, videos, and the School of Mary online community, prayer, and learning platform. Learn how to make them, pray them, and give them away while growing in your faith at RosaryArmy.com and SchoolOfMary.com
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1 month ago
1 hour 35 minutes 22 seconds

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
Bigfoot Biology (Sasquatch, Cryptid, Cryptozoology)
MYS375: If Bigfoot exists, what kind of animal would it be? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli analyze eyewitness reports, biological clues, and statistical patterns to sketch the creature’s anatomy and behavior. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Ken Gerhard’s book The Essential Guide to Bigfoot * Jeff Meldrum’s book Sasquatch * Ron Morehead’s Bigfoot Recordings (download) * A remastered version of the Patterson-Gimlin Film (1967) * Fahrenbach article (full) * Fahrenbach article (condensed) * Ohio Howl * Sierra Sounds part 1 * Sierra Sounds part 2 * Sierra Sounds part 3 * Bigfoot Vlog * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com. Rosary Army.
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2 months ago
1 hour 28 minutes 36 seconds

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
The Oakville Blobs – Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World
MYS374: Gelatinous blobs fell from the sky in Oakville, Washington—then people got sick. Was it rain, jellyfish, or a secret government bioweapon test? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli dissect the evidence and theories. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Steve Martin’s Bowfinger * Ed Wood’s Plan 9 from Outer Space * Netflix episode of The Unexplained on the blobs * 2009 Unsolved Mysteries episode * Oakville, Washington * Thomas Jefferson on meteorites * Rains of animals * Skyfalls * Blue Ice (Aviation) * Star Jelly * Waterlock (Sodium Polyacrylate) * Dorset blue balls mystery * Pseudomonas Fluorescens * Enterobacter Cloacae * Operation Sea-Spray * Unethical human experimentation in the United States * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world
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2 months ago
1 hour 8 minutes 48 seconds

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
John F. Kennedy Assassination Hearings (Lee Harvey Oswald? Conspiracy? CIA? Coverup?)
MYS373: The 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy has been investigated time and again, but in 2025, the US Congress held new hearings on the latest release of government files. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss whatwas revealed including new testimony from 6 witnesses. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Jacqueline Kennedy’s interviews in William Manchester’s *The Death of a President* * Abraham Bolden’s book *The Echo from Dealey Plaza* * Full coverage of the hearings * Abraham Bolden * Douglas Horne’s written testimony including additional facts * Fair Play for Cuba Committee * *The Death of a President* * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com. Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts, Rosary resources, videos, and the School of Mary online community, prayer, and learning platform. Learn how to make them, pray them, and give them away while growing in your faith at RosaryArmy.com and 
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2 months ago
2 hours 21 minutes 37 seconds

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
The Drake Equation (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Aliens, UFOs)
MYS372: Is Earth alone? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli unpack the Drake Equation’s quest to count alien civilizations. Is 50 million potential galactic neighbors realistic—or just hopeful math? Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Frank Drake’s book Is Anyone Out There? * Drake Equation * SETI Institute * Frank Drake explains the origin of the equation * 2023 findings on star formation * Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 * Johnny B. Goode * Dinosaur intelligence (focusing on # of neurons) * Biosignatures * Technosignatures * Possible biosignatures detected * Original paper on the technosignatures * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your c...
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2 months ago
1 hour 24 minutes 33 seconds

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
The Telepathy Tapes
MYS371: Telepathy among non-speaking autistic kids? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli unpack the claims from the #1 podcast The Telepathy Tapes, from spelling boards to psychic abilities, how credible are the claims that are made? Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Diane Hennacy Powell’s book The ESP Enigma * Telepathy Tapes website * Ky Dickens website * Diane Hennacy Powell biography * Powell’s telepathy projects * New Yorker story * Stuart Vyse in the Skeptical Enquirer * Edgar Mitchell’s ESP Experiments * Interview with Mitchell * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com. Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts, Rosary resources, videos, and the School of Mary online community, prayer, and learning platform. Learn how to make them,
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3 months ago
1 hour 55 minutes 54 seconds

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
Facilitated Communication & Spelling to Communicate (Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Nonverbal)
MYS370: For some people who have profound difficulties speaking, alternative communications systems known as Facilitated Communication and Spelling to Communicate have been developed and the results appear miraculous. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine the methods, the claimed results, and the controversy surrounding them. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * 1993 Frontline documentary Prisoners of Silence * 2023 Spellers documentary * The Reason I Jump clip * James Todd’s encyclopedia article “Rapid Prompting” * Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) * Classic Autism * Asperger’s Syndrome * Autism Spectrum Disorder * Savant Syndrome * Facilitated Communication * Rapid Prompting/Spelling to Communicate method * Abuse allegations and Facilitated Communication * Ideomotor Effect * Sabine Hossenfelder’s video on Autism * Kyle Hill’s video on Autism * Autism Is Not My Superpower’s video * Instagram video of Facilitated Communication * Katharine Beals’s review of Spellers * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the 
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3 months ago
2 hours 20 minutes 42 seconds

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
St. Malachy’s Prophecy of the Popes
MYS369: Did the 12th century Irish bishop St. Malachy predict the popes through the end of the world? And did we just get the last one? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the prophecy of the popes, its accuracy, and what light that recent events shed on it. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Fr. M.J. O’Brien’s book An Historical And Critical Account Of The So-Called Prophecy Of St. Malachy: Regarding The Succession Of Popes * St. Bernard of Clairvaux’s Life of St. Malachy of Armagh * Jimmy’s 2016 overview of the prophecy * Jimmy’s 2013 analysis of the prophecy * Jimmy’s 2013 table of hits and misses for the prophecy * St. Malachy * Original Latin version of the prophecy in Lignum Vitae * DDF document: Norms for Proceeding in the Discernment of Alleged Supernatural Phenomena * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com.
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3 months ago
1 hour 24 minutes 44 seconds

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
Buried Pirate Treasure and More Patron Questions
MYS368: We regularly give Patrons the opportunity to ask Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli their mysterious questions and make them available exclusively to Patrons first and then later to the whole audience. This time first answers questions from Patrons’ children and then more from the Patrons themselves.Get all new episodes automatically and for free:Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube

Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today?Links for this episode:* Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts!

* Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore.

* Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page.

* Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord

* Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world

* You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515This Episode is Brought to You By:Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com.

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3 months ago
1 hour 20 minutes 41 seconds

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
Round Meat? Square Bread? And More Weird Questions
MYS367: It’s a fifth Friday, so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin weird questions from listeners, about topics like whether AI is a demonic illusion; Jewish Nazarene Christians; Alfred E. Newman; time travel and the natural law; and more.Get all new episodes automatically and for free:Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube

Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today?Links for this episode:* Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts!

* Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore.

* Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page.

* Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord

* Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world

* You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515This Episode is Brought to You By:Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com.

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4 months ago
59 minutes 3 seconds

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
Animal End-of-Life Experiences (Pets, Last Goodbyes, Last Rallies, Crisis Apparitions, Terminal Lucidity, Deathbed Visions, Precognition, etc.)
MYS366: While scientists for years have been studying unusual experiences that happen to people as they approach death, they’ve only just begun studying whether animals have End-of-Life Experiences. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss whether they do, what kinds of experiences they have, and how they compare to human experiences.Get all new episodes automatically and for free:Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today?Links for this episode:* Sheldrake, Smart, & Nahm’s paper “Experiences of Dying Animals: Parallels With End-Of-Life Experiences in Humans” * Case Collection (Excel spreadsheet) accompanying the article * Alexander Batthyany’s book Threshold: Terminal Lucidity and the Border of Life and Death * Susana Monso’s book Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death * Wesley Smith’s book A Rat Is a Pig Is a Dog Is a Boy: The Human Cost of the Animal Rights Movement * Patricia Pearson’s article Phenomena Relating to Danger, Death, Bereavement* Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515This Episode is Brought to You By:Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com. Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts, Rosary resources, videos, and the School of Mary online community, prayer, and learning platform. Learn how to make them, pray them, and give them away while growing in your faith at RosaryArmy.com and SchoolOfMary.comThe Grady Group, a Catholic company bringing financial clarity to their clients across the United States. Using safe money options to produce reasonable rates of return for their clients. Learn more by visiting
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4 months ago
1 hour 42 minutes 28 seconds

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
The Mystery of the Year
MYS365: What is a year, and how did we learn to track it? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli chart the evolution of calendars, from lunar to Gregorian, and even ponder timekeeping on Mars, with insights from history, religion, and science.Get all new episodes automatically and for free:Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube

Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today?Links for this episode:* Jack Finegan’s book Handbook of Biblical Chronology

* Andrew Steinmann’s book From Abraham to Paul

* Sacha Stern’s book Calendar and Community

* The Mishnah

* Introduction to Calendars

* Lunar Calendars

* Lunisolar Calendars

* Solar Calendars

* Islamic Calendar

* Hebrew Calendar

* Chinese Calendar

* Indian National Calendar

* Roman Calendar

* Julian Calendar

* Gregorian Calendar

* Calendar Converter Tool

* 2016 Ig Nobel Prizes

* Mystery Science Theater 3000’s Santa Claus Conquers the Martians* Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts!

* Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore.

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* Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world

* You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515This Episode is Brought to You By:Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com.

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4 months ago
1 hour 32 minutes 43 seconds

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious world is an exploration of the weird, the strange, the unusual, and the fascinating phenomena in the physical world around us—and beyond—from a Catholic perspective. Join Jimmy Akin and his co-host Domenico Bettinelli as they examine ancient mysteries, folk tales, urban legends, and miraculous stories with a methodical, logical, well-reasoned but not entirely skeptical eye.

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