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Die Hard is a Christmas movie! Dom Bettinelli, Mike Denz, Thomas Sanjurjo, and David Handlos settle that question quick and then discuss how this was also the birth of the modern comedy action movie featuring a tough but brekable action hero.
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The 4th Doctor v. killer plants! Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this 4th Doctor story that combines Lovecraft’s “Mountains of Madness” and Hawks’ film “The Thing From Another World,” including a Bond-level villain, an Antarctic base, and an English country estate.
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After more than two months, Dom and Melanie and their family finally move back into their repaired home, so they catch up on what’s been happening; what they’ve cooked since getting home; starting Marvel movies with the kids; and a special homecoming to their parish.
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An elderly couple survives an apocalyptic disaster, and Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this unexpectedly philosophical story that raises questions of pacifism, guilt, forgiveness, and redemption, along with the limits of power.
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Bernard Nathanson was one of the fathers of legalized abortion in the US and was himself responsible for thousands of deaths. But as Tom and Noëlle Crowe tell us, he had a profound Catholic conversion late in life that could be compared to St. Paul’s Damascus moment.
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That’s no moon! Caroline tells Lindsay and Lino that astronomers have discovered a quasi-moon companion of Earth that may in fact be a piece of the Moon that broke off from it eons ago. Plus NASA’s mission to defend our planet from killer space rocks.
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Stargate digs in the bag of scifi tropes for this story, so Jack, Lisa, Fr. Cory, and Victor compare Bane to other stories of back-stabbing alien bugs; crack wise about the streetwise, wise-cracking pre-teen, and the gritty, mean streets of Colorado Springs. #manpouch
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As we recall the 80th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss allegations that the US had advance warning of the Japanese attack or even that President Roosevelt provoked the attack to end American isolationism. What is the truth?
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Rounding out the 2021 Christmas tech gift guide, Dom Bettinelli, Jack Baruzzini, and Thomas Sanjurjo offer up ideas for presents for the tech head in your life that may be off the beaten path. Plus they discuss NunTok, AirTags as theft tools, and Grinch bots.
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The end of the Flux! Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this last chapter which jam-packs the end of this 6-episode season, assess the season a whole, and give their predictions for what happens next in the upcoming specials.
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Fate and destiny are the focal points of Akakiri and Fr. Andrew, Angela, and Thomas discuss the role of free will with a supposed destiny and why this episode is greatly subversive and yet truly Star Wars material.
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When Spock was big. Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this original animated story, which has echoes of story elements that would show up in later series and stories. Plus Lower Decks called back to this with an Easter egg in the latest season.
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As we observe the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Tom and Noëlle Crowe remind us of the story of Fr. Aloysius Schmitt, an Iowa farm boy turned Catholic Navy Chaplain, who sacrificed his own life helping sailors aboard the doomed USS Oklahoma escape its destruction.
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Pope Francis has proposed 8 Beatitudes for Bishops and Lindsay, Caroline, and Lino discuss what it means for them and how bishops might embrace them. Plus the space rock named Kamo’oalewa that might be from our own moon, and talk of Hawkeye and He-Man.
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Two plots in one! Jack, Lisa, Fr. Cory, and Victor discuss the very convenient pregnancy differences in Goa’uld hosts; Daniel’s bad reaction to the news; a very X-Files-like incident; and meeting Sam’s dad Jacob, who doesn’t make a great first impression.
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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 in a special bonus release like this one.
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At last, the new Dune movie is out and Thomas Sanjurjo and Jack Baruzzini are here to discuss it, including how it measures up to previous screen adaptations, their favorite moments and themes, and what they expect in the future.
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In our second installment of the 2021 Christmas tech gift guide, Dom, Fr. Andrew, and Pat make some suggestions at various price points, including one super nostalgic pick. Plus the singing cactus toy to avoid at all costs.
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Five plot threads race to a conclusion of the Flux as Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the potentially mythos shattering revelations about the Doctor’s true backstory, but will it ruin the mythos to reveal too much?
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Bunnies in Star Wars? We found deep family & liturgical themes, as well as Japanese cultural references in Visions: Lop & Ocho. Drop in on the conversation between Angela Sealana & Thomas Sanjurjo.
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