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There are more mattress stores in the US than McDonald’s. They’re almost always empty. They cluster suspiciously close together. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli investigate the internet’s wildest retail conspiracy theory.
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Your Wi-Fi problems probably aren’t your ISP’s fault — they’re your router’s. Dom Bettinelli, Joanne Mercier, and Leo Devick break down how to choose the right one, plus AI Jesus, the FCC router ban, and a diocese’s AI fundraiser.
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Bowser almost chose good. Then his son arrived. Patrick Mason, Jeff Haecker, Rob Leonardi, and Thomas Salerno unpack the family drama, Yoshi’s debut, and the Nintendo universe’s next moves in *The Super Mario Galaxy Movie*.
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Kingpin walks out of Vanessa’s funeral a changed man — and the season has no brakes left. Jeff Haecker, Patrick Mason, and Rob Leonardi break down episode 6 of Daredevil: Born Again Season 2, “Requiem.”
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Darkness closes in on Devon Izara as Maul’s tea ceremony becomes a calculated trap. Mike Creavey, Jeff Haecker, Kathryn Laffrey, and Thomas Salerno unpack Chapter 3 of Maul: Shadow Lord.
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Spock is dying and the only cure is in the hands of Orion pirates willing to blow up an asteroid to protect their neutrality. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler on the TAS episode written by a 19-year-old.
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“Nothing is lost by peace. Everything may be lost by war.” Pope Leo XIV’s Vigil for Peace, just war theory, and the Artemis II lunar mission — Lindsay Sant, Caroline Knight, and Lino Saubolle cover it all.
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A ten-thousand-year-old Wraith Queen lurks at the bottom of the ocean — and she’s been waiting. Victor Lams, Jeff Haecker, and Lisa Jones break down Stargate Atlantis’s “Submersion” and its deep-sea haunted-house thrills.
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Early Christians were no exception in ancient beliefs in ghosts. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss reports of ghostly encounters in the ancient Church, what theologians thought of them, and how Jimmy would evaluate these cases today.
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You don’t need to know how to code to build something useful anymore. Dom Bettinelli, Jack Barruzini, and Thomas Sanjurjo break down AI-assisted coding — and why the real skill is describing the problem.
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Mercy is Daredevil’s North Star — but can it hold when you’re saving the man who killed your best friend? Jeff Haecker, Patrick Mason, and Rob Leonardi unpack the emotion-packed “The Grand Design,” episode 5 of Daredevil: Born Again Season 2.
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Music didn’t just accompany the creation of Middle-earth — it *was* the creation. Jeff Haecker, Alix Murray, and Patrick Mason trace how song, horn, and verse shape everything from the Ainulindalë to the charge at Pelennor Fields.
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Maul’s shadows fall over Devon Izara as her master keeps abandoning her. Jeff Haecker, Kathryn Laffrey, and Thomas Salerno break down chapter 2 of Maul: Shadow Lord — the manipulation, the cell break-out, and whether Maul is still really a Sith.
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A woman who hates her unborn child. A scheming Klingon. A Prime Directive that’s barely an idea yet. Dom Bettinelli, Fr. Jason Tyler, and Jimmy Akin unpack D.C. Fontana’s bold “Friday’s Child.”
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Every apple, pomegranate, strawberry, and almond in sacred art carries theology — and most viewers walk right past it. For episode 50, Kathryn Laffrey and Alix Murray mark the milestone with a guided tasting of fruit hidden in the margins.
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Freeze a brain, thaw it out, watch the neurons fire. Caroline Knight and Lindsay Sant break down the vitrification breakthrough that kept mouse hippocampus tissue functional after seven days at -150°C — and what it could mean for medicine.
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Con man meets Stargate Command — and nearly wins. Lisa Jones, Jeff Haecker, and Victor Lams unpack Vala’s complicated father-daughter story, Fred Willard’s ad-libbed genius, and SG-1’s sly farewell jabs at its own cancellation.
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The story of the exorcism of “Anna Ecklund” in Earling, Iowa, in 1928 as Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli recounted last time was only the beginning. Because there was an account of the exorcism contained in a secret manuscript that was kept private… and Jimmy has a copy. What does it reveal about the real-life Anna Ecklund and about this remarkable case?
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Want AI to actually help you — not confuse or mislead you? Dom Bettinelli and Pat Scott walk through everything a casual user needs: how to prompt well, what to keep private, and which chatbot to use for what.
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A cursed pig, a golden age of flight, and a man still at war with himself. Victor Lams, Jeff Haecker, and Patrick Mason unpack Hayao Miyazaki’s *Porco Rosso* — survivor’s guilt, Ghibli planes, and what honor costs.
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