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Laptop prices are up and RAM is scarce — so how much computer does a college freshman really need? Dom Bettinelli, Fr. Joseph Sund, and Tom Grelinger map Mac, Windows, Linux, and Chromebook picks to every major.
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The presidential speech was written in five minutes as a placeholder. Nobody replaced it. Yet people are still quoting it three decades later. Dom Bettinelli, Jeff Haecker, and Rob Leonardi trace its roots — Shakespeare, Dylan Thomas — on Independence Day at 30.
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No character is safe in *Monarch* S2E5 “Furusato.” A character’s death reshapes the Randa family. Dom Bettinelli and Jeff Haecker discuss identity, a Japanese lullaby, and what Apex’s overconfidence cost.
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Is Rings of Power Peter Jackson fanfiction or genuine Tolkien? Patrick Mason asks Rob Leonardi, Robert Story, and honorary “Rob” Fr. Bryan Shackett to give their takes on Seasons 1 and 2 — and cautious hope for Season 3.
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A separatist leader kidnaps Beverly Crusher and makes arguments the Enterprise crew can’t quite answer. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler on TNG’s toughest terrorism episode: “The High Ground” (S3E12).
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Built without a single nail, carved with dragons, and still standing 800 years later. Kathryn Laffrey and Alix Murray trace the history, theology, and Catholic heritage of Norway’s medieval stave churches — and their surprising American descendants.
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Ronon’s Satedan comrades are back — and they’ve been turned by the Wraith. Jeff Haecker, Lisa Jones, and Victor Lams break down SGA S4E3 “Reunion,” Carter’s first episode in command of Atlantis.
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A bottomless pit in central Washington, 80,000 feet deep and impossible to fill. In 1997, one phone call to Art Bell turned a piece of local folklore into a national mystery. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli investigate Mel’s Hole.
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Cramped keyboard, tiny screen, no ports—those are the three pain points of working away from your desk. Dom Bettinelli and Leo Devick gear up with portable keyboards, monitors, stands, mice, and USB hubs to fix all three.
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A Kansas City weather anchor starts speaking a language no human knows — and Steven Spielberg’s *Disclosure Day* turns alien contact into a question about God. Dom Bettinelli, Jeff Haecker, and Tom Grelinger dig into the faith at its core.
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Apex plays the long con, sending Monarch chasing a whale while the real heist is in Pensacola. Dom Bettinelli, Jeff Haecker, and Patrick Mason on Monarch S2E4 “Trespass”: Titan control, Cate’s guilt, and what’s in Keiko’s letter.
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A silent Vader. A painterly battlefield. A Sith playing the long game. In the *Maul: Shadow Lord* Season 1 finale (S1E10, “The Dark Lord”), Mike Creavey, Jeff Haecker, and Kathryn Laffrey weigh Maul’s betrayal and Devon’s dark turn.
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An alien observer who detaches his own body parts puts Kirk and Spock through their paces in TAS S2E2. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler weigh whether “Bem” earns its strange premise — and how this episode named James Tiberius Kirk.
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Young Australians are returning to faith at rates nobody predicted. Archbishop Peter A. Comensoli tells Lindsay Sant, Caroline Knight, and Lino Saubolle what’s behind it, and what St Patrick’s Cathedral has to do with it.
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The new Stargate series is dead — Amazon pulled the plug right before they hit record. Victor Lams, Lisa Jones, and Jeff Haecker hold a wake, then celebrate all ten seasons of SG-1. 214 episodes. No regrets.
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The most famous lost object in history — the Ark of the Covenant — vanished from Scripture before 586 BC and was never seen again. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine what it was, trace its history, and weigh nine theories for where it went.
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Every sci-fi fan has thought “I want that.” Dom Bettinelli and Thomas Sanjurjo sort the genre’s gadget wishlist — communicators, tricorders, warp drives, transporters — into what’s real, what’s coming, and what stays pure fantasy.
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No Christmas special. No showrunner. No production partner. The BBC has put Doctor Who out to competitive tender, and Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin weigh what the shake-up means for Billie Piper, the Timeless Child, and the show’s next era.
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Adultery, hidden families, and buried guilt drive Monarch: Legacy of Monsters S2E3 “Secrets” — a slow, monster-light hour. Dom Bettinelli, Jeff Haecker, and Patrick Mason debate Cate’s trauma and whether generational pain is the real legacy.
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A deal with Crimson Dawn, a toxic-river gauntlet, and a fog that hides the most feared breath in the galaxy. Jeff Haecker, Kathryn Laffrey, and Jon Koral break down Chapter 9 of Maul: Shadow Lord and the cliffhanger that sets up the finale.
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