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Dom Bettinelli, Thomas Sanjurjo, and Fr. Michael Gossett discuss Black Panther, the Marvel movie that was an unexpected blockbuster, looking at the hidden layers and deeper meanings in a movie about identity and our obligations to those around us.
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Fr. Cory Sticha welcomes Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin to talk about what’s new with the Starquest Production Network, including new shows now and in the near future and possible opportunities for the community to gather.
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Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha consider this 4th Doctor (Tom Baker) adventure that brings them to a future space station where cryogenic humans are confronted by their own extinction at the hands of those they caused to die off.
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Deborah Schaben and Sandy Garayzar celebrate the Feast of St. James by recalling all the great aspects of the Saint for whom the Camino Santiago de Compestela is named and how his feast–and other Spanish saints’ feasts–are celebrated.
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The story in recent Pixar animated movie Coco revolved around the Mexican celebration of the Days of the Dead/Dia de Muertos. Dom Bettinelli, Deborah Schaben, and Angela Sealana discuss the Mexican and Catholic cultural traditions that informed the movie from both insider and outsider perspectives, as well as the deeper layers and meanings in the music and even the names.
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Every week, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore the weird, the strange, and the unusual from the perspectives of faith and reason. In this first episode, Jimmy and Dom talk about ghosts, what they could be, how they fit in a Catholic understanding of the world, and what a rational mind says about them.
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The Secrets of Star Trek is re-launching on September 4, 2018 featuring Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Cory Sticha. Until then please enjoy the first 12 episodes of SST recorded in 2010 and 2012 by Fr. Roderick Vonhogen as found in the podcast feed on iTunes/Google Play and on SQPN.com.
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Fr. Cory Sticha, Sarah Vabulas, and Shelly Kelly discuss an interview by technologist Jaron Lanier on how social media can become a problem in your life, then go into a broader discussion of the dangers of social media. Plus what the Pope said about the death penalty.
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Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the 2nd season finale of New Who and the departure of Rose Tyler. Does it live up to the hype or it is just emotional manipulation of the audience?
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Dom Bettinelli, Steve Nelson, and Fr. Michael Gossett discuss the first three seasons of The Expanse (and the book series it’s based on), especially the moral choices faced by the characters, the complex societies that it showcases, and how religion shows up in surprising ways.
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