Back to School in Star Wars
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Master & Apprentice, combat training, and proverbs!? We deep-dive in Star Wars’ fascinating approach to the reality of learning with real-life teacher Mike Creavey and host Angela Sealana.
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Word Games
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The world of online puzzle games has exploded since Wordle and Dom and Melanie share some of their favorites. Also Dom answers any question; Melanie a new Italian pasta salad recipe; they catch up on Sandman, Severance, and Rings of Power; and talk about Mother Teresa.
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The Least Dangerous Game (LD)
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Boimler is the least dangerous game. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the latest episode of Lower Decks that has Mariner trying to prove she isn’t insubordinate all the time and Boimler that he’s willing to take risks.
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Women, Men, Mission, Go!
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There’s a lot to chew on as Lindsay and Lino reflect on the Plenary Council’s decrees on men and women and leadership. They also discuss how chewing has contributed to human evolution, plus playing Hero Quest with the family.
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Divide and Conquer
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In the third part of the Tok’ra trilogy, Jack Baruzzini, Lisa Jones, Fr. Cory Sticha, and Victor Lams discuss the awkward Freya and the next level in the O’Neil-Carter relationship; Manchurian candidates and alien lie detectors; and how memory works.
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The Mandela Effect, the Full Moon effect, the Third Secret of Fatima, & More Patrons’ Questions
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We regularly give Patrons the opportunity to ask Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli their mysterious questions and make them available exclusively to Patrons first and then later to the whole audience.
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A Match Made in the Heavens
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Starlink and T-Mobile are teaming up for satellite coverage of mobile phone dead zones. Dom Bettinelli, Pat Scott, and Fr. Andrew Kinstetter discuss what it might mean for future mobile connectivity. Plus Facebook’s economic graph; data centers v. homes; and Amazon’s Roomba.
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The Mutants
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The 3rd Doctor is in a story that addresses the 1970s’ concerns about the end of colonization and empire. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this unique story that’s also about metamorphosis and transformation.
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Back from Camp
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The kids are back from Scout camp and they brought a nasty cold with them. Dom and Melanie also discuss their broken AC woes and the lots of TV and movies they’ve watched and books they’ve read while recovering.
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Looking Into the Future of Star Wars
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What’s up next? Andrew Hermiz and Angela Sealana look to the future of Star Wars as they discuss all the upcoming series and movies, what they hope to see and what we can expect; and then what may still be in the wings, waiting to be revealed.
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We’re Going On An Adventure
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Preparing for The Rings of Power, Dom Bettinelli gathers Jeff Haecker, Thomas Salerno, Thomas Sanjurjo, and Kaitlyn Facista to talk about their love for Tolkien; their hopes and fears for the new series; and Kaitlyn’s pre-release access to the show and its cast and crew.
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Grounded (LD)
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Lower Decks is back for season 3. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this follow-on to the season 2 cliffhanger that includes plenty of Easter eggs and side trips to familiar locales from other Trek series, plus some fun cameos.
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St. Mary of Sorrows, Clara Barton, and the Red Cross
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The little Catholic church of St. Mary’s in Fairfax Station, Virginia, played an important role in the Civil War as a hospital for wounded soldiers. Tom and Noëlle Crowe also tell us about Red Cross founder Clara Barton’s care of the soldiers there.
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The Artemis Era Begins
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NASA is launching the Artemis I mission that begins our return to the Moon. Lindsay and Lino discuss the Artemis I mission, what will happen, all the science involved, plus what comes next.
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Upgrades
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Beware of Tok’ra bearing gifts. Jack Baruzzini, Lisa Jones, and Victor Lams discuss how absolute power tends to corrupt; how Tok’ra arrogance isn’t far from Goa’uld arrogance; and how General Hammond has the patience of a saint.
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Shadow People! (Aliens? Ghosts? Demons? Something Else?)
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Ever thought you saw a shadowy figure out of the corner of your eye? Or the shadowy silhouette of a person directly in front of you? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the Shadow People, what they are, and where they come from.
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Who Watches the Workers?
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More and more employers are using technology to track workers’ every moves. Dom Bettinelli, Fr. Joseph Sund, and Victor Lams discuss the tech limits of the approach as well as how it can ignore the human elements of employment and the dignity of the worker.
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The Secrets of The Last Starfighter
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Few would claim The Last Starfighter is one of the great scifi movies of all time. But Dom Bettinelli, David Handlos, and Thomas Sanjurjo all agree that it’s a great fun movie with a hero you want to root for and some incredibly groundbreaking effects for its day.
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Expiry Dating
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River, the Doctor, and the Quantum Vatican! Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this Big Finish story featuring the 10th Doctor and River and their flirty second date through time on their way to rob the Apocalypse vault.
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The Magicks of Megas-Tu (TAS)
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Was this the inspiration for Star Trek V? Dom Bettinelli and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this Animated Series story that posits a human-friendly Lucifer alien at the center of the galaxy whose race puts the Enterprise crew in the Salem witch trials.
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