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This week, Dom and Melanie celebrate their anniversary with some jerk and learn American Sign Language at Mass; Dom watches some good movies and Melanie reads some good books; and then delve into some thought-provoking listener feedback.
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Margaret Brent may have singlehandedly saved the Catholic colony of Maryland in the 17th century. Noelle and Tom Crowe look at this remarkable Catholic woman who was one of Maryland’s largest landowners in her own right and who fought the right to vote in order to save the colony.
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When a character is left debilitated and permanently disabled on Star Trek: Voyager, the other characters convince them they have plenty to live for. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss how differently this would be handled today.
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Jimmy has an urgent message for listeners to Mysterious World. We need your help right now. Please listen to this brief recording and then visit sqpn.com/give today. Thank you.
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Planning a Disney vacation can include budgeting, which Deb and Shari discuss, including how Deborah is working, saving, and “shopping” her way to her next trip. They also discuss Disney gift cards as well as apps that Deborah is using to save and earn money.
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If intelligent life exists somewhere else in the universe and we encounter it, what would be the implications for the Christian faith? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore what religious views aliens might hold, whether we should evangelize them or if they’d need it, and whether they could even become Christians.
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We all have technology frustrations those little annoyances in products we normally love to use. Dom Bettinelli, Joanne Mercier, and Fr. Cory Sticha talk about them in some podcast therapy. Plus a bill in Congress that would limit your social media time and a car owner who accidentally hacked himself.
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In the 2nd of a two-part story, The Doctor and two Companions deal with a sneaky clone, bad emissions, and a bratty dot-com genius. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the smog moralizing, the world-ending stakes, and someone else who dies in the Doctor’s place.
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A new poll says that only a third of US Catholics believe that the Eucharist is the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ. Fr. Cory Sticha, Pat Scott, and Fr. Michael Gossett talk about those findings, what it means for the Church, and what we can do about it.
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This week, Dom and Melanie celebrate their wedding anniversary, try to deal with neighbor kids who want to be friends with their kids, make bread budding and fried rice with leftovers, and give their take on the Return of Mary Poppins.
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You may know Fr. Patrick Peyton as the priest who coined the phrase, “The family that prays together, stays together.” Noelle and Tom Crowe tells us that he was also strongly against atheistic communism and worked with the CIA for a time to promote the Rosary in Catholic countries to stop the ideology.
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Not a bash of Babylon 5 or defense of DS9 by Trekkies, but an homage by two fans of both series, Jimmy Akin and Fr. Cory Sticha, who look at what made these two series great, how they were similar, and what set them apart.
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50 years ago, Charles Manson’s “family” committed the murders that made him infamous. Why did he do it? Greed? An insane plot to end the world? Or was there another more pedestrian reason? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the evil events and the theories surrounding them (without getting into the gruesome details.)
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While some are planning to create a permanent Mars colony, others say it will never happen. Dom Bettinelli, Thomas Sanjurjo, and Fr. Michael Gossett look at the societal, biological, and moral hurdles to permanent settlements in space. Plus, a look at their past and present in music and tech.
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The first of a two-part story featuring the 10th Doctor and two Companions against an old foe. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the return of Martha Jones, the reintroduction of Sontarans for New Who, and world-threatening plots.
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It was Melanie’s birthday so she celebrated in true introvert style, plus we have Dorchester-style burgers and lobsters (not at the same time), Dom apologizes for a bad recommendation, and they discuss an ESPN story about a Poor Clare sister and storing treasures in heaven.
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The Civil War was a defining moment in US history and Dom Bettinelli talks to Dr. Jim Beeghley and Mike Creavey about why it’s especially relevant today, what Catholics did during the war, what to consider when visiting Civil War sites, and resources to learn more at home.
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Knute Rockne is one of the greatest college football coaches in history, who revolutionized the modern game and made a name for Notre Dame football. But Tom and Noelle Crowe tell us he was also a Catholic convert who was inspired by the faith he saw in his own players.
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