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The Betts get out of the house on gray February day, contemplate a presidential cage match, Dom reveals his pancake secrets, Melanie talks about Tom Sawyer, and they discuss why they had to decline a nice invitation to the family.
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Was Praxeus a terrible mess or a perfectly good episode of Doctor Who? This time Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha have a diversity of opinion on this episode. One thing they agree on is they were expecting more about that other Doctor.
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Continuing their dive into Mandalorian culture found in the Clone Wars, Fr. Andrew, Mike, and Andrew H. look at two season 3 episodes. While politics in Star Wars sometimes gets bad rap, these episodes are successful in showing the effects of corruption and greed even in a galaxy close to home.
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Should we treat robots humanely? Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss a central question of the Picard series that asks how much an android is akin to humans, how we should treat them, and what our behavior toward them says about us. Plus the interesting new exploration of Romulans and Borg.
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Born a slave before the Civil War, Daniel Rudd was a Catholic journalist, who was the first black man to own a national newspaper of any kind. Tom and Noëlle Crowe reveal how his newspaper and activism both promoted the civil rights of blacks and evangelized the benefits of Catholicism to the black community in the 19th century.
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Australia Day, Chinese New Year, and the summer holidays kept Lindsay Sant and Gerry Trapnell busy with their families visiting a gondola ride, Legoland, the Melbourne Museum, and a kite festival. They also discuss some Catholics honored for their good works on Australia Day and news reports of mismanagement of charity spending on bushfire relief.
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It’s a fifth Friday of the month, so Jimmy Akin is answering more weird questions, including teleporting the Eucharist, parallel universes, ghost haunting, resurrecting space colonists, angels appearing as dogs and cats, and more.
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A password manager is a vital tool for everyone, expert or newbie, but which one should you choose. Dom Bettinelli, Joanne Mercier, and Fr. Cory Sticha compare the two top options, LastPass and 1Password, head to head, feature for feature, to help you decide which is best for you.
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Groundhog Day is a classic movie that’s more than a romantic comedy. Dom Bettinelli, Mike Denz, and Shelly Kelley talk about the truths it speaks about self-giving love, the true source of joy, and of course all those great quotable lines. And lots and lots of laughs.
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The Betts deal with the legacy of the quickie renovations done by their home’s previous owners; bribe their kids to do school; discuss what happens when dinner goes wrong; and talk about pop culture’s idea of heaven without God. (We apologize for the audio quality; we had a technical glitch.)
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The unexpected return of a fan favorite character isn’t even the biggest surprise of this episode. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the big twist that could potentially change everything and use their extensive Who knowledge to come up with credible theories for what to expect next.
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The new Star Trek: Picard series is here and Jimmy, Dom, and Fr. Cory are excited to talk about it. Is this real Star Trek? Is it worth your time? Is Patrick Stewart Captain Picard again? But the show raises even deeper questions, such as the nature of life and being.
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Bl. Miriam was the first American to be beatified on US soil in 2014, but before that, as Tom and Noëlle Crowe tell us, she was a Ruthenian Catholic Sister of Charity known for her profound spiritual insight and writings, even as a novice, before she died at just 26 years old.
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In AD 41, the Roman emperor Caligula was killed by his own guards, ending the rule of an uncontrollable mad tyrant. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore the mystery of whether the stories of Caligula were true, what led to his death, and what mysterious connection he might have to the Bible and prophecy.
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Some tech companies are starting to decide whether you can do business with them based on your online activity, profession, political beliefs, and more. Dom Bettinelli, Thomas Sanjurjo, and Jack Baruzzini look into the implications of this trend and what, if anything, we can do.
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The Christmas season ends for the Betts; Dom and kids spend a day in the bitter cold for a Klondike derby; Melanie keeps perfecting okonomiyaki; they watch Groundhog Day, 1917, and Raising Dion; and then discuss the “fake it til you make it” way of becoming a saint.
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The Doctor encounters the mysterious inventor Nikola Tesla and has to save him from aliens. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the real history of Tesla and Edison and how much the episode pulled from actual events, plus the story’s connections to classic Who.
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The Darksaber, Death Watch, pacifism, and vocation in the Mandalore episodes of Clone Wars are the topic this time as Fr. Andrew, Thomas, and Angela begin their deeper exploration of themes touched on by The Mandalorian and found in other Star Wars productions.
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Fr. Peter Whelan was an elderly Irish priest in Georgia and South Carolina who brought Christ to the sick and imprisoned during the Civil War. Tom and Noëlle Crowe tell how brought Christ to both Confederate POWs in the North, and Union POWs at the most notorious prison camp in the South, Andersonville.
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The 2nd season of Short Treks gave us the broadest range of stories yet, including two animated shorts, the origin story for Tribbles, and a revealing sneak peek at Picard. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha look at the good, the bad, and what they say Trekkies have to look forward to.
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