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Some days everything clicks. Other days your brain won’t cooperate. A University of Toronto study traces that gap to daily shifts in mental sharpness. Caroline Knight, Lindsay Sant, and Lino Saubolle break down the science.
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Atlantis faces an orbital Asuran weapon and must launch the entire city into space to survive. Jeff Haecker, Lisa Jones, and Victor Lams break down the Season 3 finale — including the introductions of Dr. Jennifer Keller and Colonel Ellis.
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It’s a fifth Friday, so Jimmy Akin is answering weird questions from Catholic Answers listeners, about topics like alien demons, vampire ethics, Jesus’s DNA, ancient tech, how much water a priest can bless, and more.
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Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical takes on AI. Dom Bettinelli, Joanne Mercier, and Fr. Andrew Kinstetter unpack *Magnifica Humanitas* — from Babel and Jerusalem to Tolkien and the duty to remain profoundly human.
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With the original cast heading into Avengers: Doomsday, Jeff Haecker, Rob Leonardi, and Patrick Mason revisit X-Men and X2, the films that launched Marvel’s pop culture dominance and gave us a devoutly Catholic teleporter.
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Burned, blacklisted, and dumped in Miami with nothing: Michael Westen built something better than the life he lost. Rob Leonardi, Jeff Haecker, and Robert Story examine Burn Notice’s surprising moral depth.
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Grogu doesn’t just tag along in *The Mandalorian & Grogu*, he carries the film. Mike Creavey, Jeff Haecker, and Thomas Salerno dig into the fatherhood theme, Embo’s live-action debut, and whether the movie was worth the wait.
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The Circle falls, but the price is one hero’s life. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler close the DS9 opening trilogy: duty vs. family, a holosuite trap, and the politics that end a coup.
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Could an architect-priest who built churches with his own hands become a saint? Lindsay Sant sits down with archivist Odhran O’Brien on the cause for Monsignor John Hawes — then a new study explains why some days you’re sharp and others you’re not.
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What do you do when you find the weapon that could end a holy war, but using it means forcing truth on people who never asked for it? Jeff Haecker, Victor Lams, and Lisa Henley Jones take on The Ark of Truth.
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A lake in the Indian Himalayas holds hundreds of human skeletons from multiple centuries and continents. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli trace six theories, and the truth turns out to be stranger than the legend.
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Google just declared AI the operating system for everything it makes. Dom Bettinelli and Thomas Sanjurjo dig into Google I/O 2026 and ask the hard question: can you trust an ad company to run your life?
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14 episodes. One season. Over 20 years of devoted fans. Dom Bettinelli, Jeff Haecker, Patrick Mason, and Jack Barruzini examine why Firefly endured and what the animated revival needs to get right.
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Every creature in Arda has a story. The panel examines Middle-earth’s animals — Huan, the Eagles, Ungoliant’s brood, Beorn, the Nazgûl’s horses — and asks what separates the natural from the supernatural in Tolkien’s world.
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A chase across Janix ends on a moving train, where Devon Izara lowers her saber — and Maul walks away. Thomas Salerno, Jeff Haecker, and Kathryn Laffrey unpack Chapter 6 of *Maul: Shadow Lord*.
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Minister Jaro is the Circle — and he’s willing to torture Kira to keep it that way. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler dig into Part 2 of DS9’s second-season-opening trilogy.
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A proud Venezuelan chief threatened to shoot an arrow at the Virgin Mary. Kathryn Laffrey and Alix Murray trace the dramatic 1652 apparition, a miraculous image smaller than a fingertip, and the art and feasts of Venezuela’s beloved patroness.
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A kea parrot with no upper beak shouldn’t be able to fight, groom, or lead. Bruce does all three, and better than any intact bird in his group. Caroline Knight, Lino Saubolle, and Lindsay Sant on the science of radical adaptation.
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Fifty years in a time bubble aboard the Odyssey. Lisa Jones, Jeff Haecker, and Victor Lams say goodbye to Stargate SG-1 in the series finale “Unending.” The Asgard are gone. Was it worth it?
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Something happens at the moment of death. Sometimes the living sense it from miles away. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine 140 years of research into crisis apparitions: who experiences them, what the science says, and what the faith says.
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