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StarQuest Headlines for the week ending September 20, 2019

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Headlines for the week ending September 20, 2019:

Johnny Cash remained devoted to his faith despite drug woes, was nearly killed by an ostrich, book reveals
The secret to miraculous preservation of a Dead Sea Scroll could be salt coating | Ars Technica
Virgin Galactic Space Flight | Richard Branson Space Company
The Man Behind Mr. Robot Is Bringing Battlestar Galactica Back [Updated]
The Constitution and the Enterprise: It's Been Quite a Trek
Lord of the Rings Show Filming Location Revealed: New Zealand

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September 20, 2019

Alexa Flash Briefing Starquest Headline Update

Tech’s Real World Congestion

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All the new tech products and services promise to make life convenient–Uber Eats, Amazon Prime, Waze, delivery drones, etc.–but are they just making our streets more crowded? Dom, Thomas, and Fr. Michael consider what we can do to ensure peace and quiet in our neighborhoods.

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September 19, 2019

Secrets of Technology

The Invisible Enemy

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The 4th Doctor takes an incredible journey into his brain to fight the Swarm. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha talk about how the episode plays off other “shrink and travel into the body” stories as well as the introduction of a beloved canine companion.

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September 18, 2019

Doctor Who 101-300 Secrets of Doctor Who

Fig Tarts, Girls in Scouting, and Harry Potter

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This week, Dom and Melanie talk about the girls joining a Scouts BSA Troop; two of the kids train to be altar servers; Melanie makes an amazing fig, apple, & goat cheese tart; and the kids all go mad for Harry Potter.

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September 17, 2019

Raising the Betts

Henriette DeLille

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Henriette DeLille was a woman of mixed race in antebellum New Orleans who rejected the social pressure to become a concubine. Tom and Noelle Crowe reveal how she instead followed her faith to found the 2nd religious order for black Catholic women in the US.

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September 16, 2019

American Catholic History

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

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Star Trek III is funny, poignant, and action-packed, which Dom, Jimmy, and Fr. Cory conclude makes for a great Trek movie with Leonard Nimoy as the director, the original Enterprise in her swan song, and Christopher Lloyd as a great Klingon.

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September 16, 2019

Secrets of Star Trek Star Trek 1-100

Inside Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge

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Deborah and Sheri talk about the hype surrounding the new immersive Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge land, which just opened in Disneyland and Walt Disney World. And yes, Deborah mispronounces “Batuu” many times throughout the episode for which she is extremely sorry. Sheri and Deborah talk about the plans to build the new Star Wars Immersive hotel and the crazy price tag. Deborah revisits how much money her side “hustles” netted her over the summer towards her Disney Vacation.

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September 14, 2019

Secrets of Disney

Mind-Control Parasites

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Mind-control parasites have been a staple of science fiction for decades. But Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli reveal that not only do they exist in real life, they sometimes affect humans!

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September 13, 2019

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World Mysterious World 1-100

StarQuest Headlines for the week ending September 13, 2019

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Headlines for the week ending September 13, 2019:

The Suicide Squad casts Peter Capaldi in mystery role – Radio Times
Netflix Bringing Lost in Space Season 2 and More to New York Comic Con
CBS All Access wraps filming on Star Trek: Picard
Android 10 officially released for Google Pixel phones
India's Space Program Owes Its Start to One Small Parish | Flashback | OZY

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September 13, 2019

Alexa Flash Briefing Starquest Headline Update

Apple’s iPhone Goes to 11

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Apple’s annual iPhone show is done and Dom Bettinelli, Jack Baruzzini, and Pat Scott discuss all the announcements and come to the consensus that Apple decided this year to appeal to the mainstream consumers with more reasonable prices and desired features.

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September 12, 2019

Secrets of Technology

Hobbs & Shaw – Coffee and Cinema

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Is there any redeeming value in an action “shoot ’em up”? Dom Bettinelli and Fr. Chip Hines give their spoiler-free and spoiled review of Hobbs & Shaw, a Fast & Furious spinoff, which is about what you expect, but continues the F&F theme of the importance of family.

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September 12, 2019

Coffee and Cinema

The Unicorn and the Wasp

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The Doctor and Donna encounter Agatha Christie and, of course, a murder-mystery ensues. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha enjoy the fun detective tropes, but also make some comparisons with a later episode that features a real-life artist, “Vincent,” and see how differently they come out.

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September 11, 2019

Doctor Who 101-300 Secrets of Doctor Who

There Are Four Lights!

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This week, Dom and Melanie talk about a family “lights out” policy; visiting the Museum of Fine Arts; excitement over Ben Hatke’s new Mighty Jack graphic novel; and the danger of turning faith into pious platitudes in our online persona.

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September 10, 2019

Raising the Betts

Let’s Talk to Tom & Noëlle Crowe

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Fr. Cory Sticha and Mac Barron talk to Tom & Noëlle Crowe, hosts of the new SQPN podcast American Catholic History about how they got started as well as their ministry running a Montessori school in a poor community, and more.

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September 10, 2019

Stagecoach Mary

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Mary Fields was a gun-toting, hard-drinking, street-brawling black woman on the old frontier. Tom and Noelle Crowe also reveal that she was a kind-hearted Catholic woman who cared for children and served a community of Ursuline Sisters for many years and a fascinating figure in American Catholic history.

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September 9, 2019

American Catholic History

The Enemy Within (The Original Series)

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The first Trek transporter accident splits Kirk into good and bad versions of himself. Jimmy, Dom, and Fr. Cory discuss this Jekyll and Hyde story and its examination of whether our positive and negative traits are simple divisions of good and evil.

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September 9, 2019

Secrets of Star Trek Star Trek 1-100

Finding Hope in the Midst of Death

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Caroline and Lindsay talk about recent funerals they’ve attended, one in person and one online, reflecting on the uplifting aspects of each and how they became moments of evangelisation for family that attended. Plus Caroline gives an update on Pluto and Mars news.

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September 7, 2019

Catholics of Oz

StarQuest Headlines for the week ending September 7, 2019

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Headlines for the week ending September 7, 2019:

'Tantalizing clue' marks end of Amelia Earhart expedition
Star Trek: Michael Dorn Thinks His Worf Show Would Fit In Well With New Era of Star Trek Television
Astronomers find bizarre planet 'unlike any other discovered so far' – CNET
Lego Is Finally Introducing Audio and Braille Building Instructions for the Visually Impaired
Duolingo helps history nerds learn Latin
Pope Francis Gets Stuck in Vatican Elevator, Thanks Firefighters for Rescuing Him

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September 7, 2019

Alexa Flash Briefing Starquest Headline Update

The Mad Gasser of Mattoon

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In the midst of WWII, the people of Mattoon, Illinois, were terrorized by a madman using gas to disable his victims. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine this 75-year-old unsolved mystery and the theories about it, and then offer up a dramatic twist to the story you may not expect.

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September 6, 2019

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Ring and Police Working Together; Doxxing; and Apple’s iPhone Event

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Dom Bettinelli and Joanne Mercier talk about civil libertarian warnings about police and Amazon’s Ring system working together; the dangers of social media-based cancelling and doxxing; and Apple’s upcoming iPhone event.

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September 5, 2019

Secrets of Technology

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