Jimmy Akin’s

Mysterious World

Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is an exploration of the weird, the strange, and the unusual. Join Jimmy Akin and co-host Domenico Bettinelli for a fascinating look at ancient mysteries, folk tales, urban legends, crimes, conspiracies, and the supernatural from the twin perspectives of faith and reason.

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  • Mysterious Experiences 3

    Mysterious Experiences 3

    To celebrate their 350th regular episode, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli look at more of listener’s mysterious experiences. What have listeners reported, what could explain them, and what does Jimmy make of them?

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  • Is AI A Demonic Illusion? (and More Weird Questions)

    Is AI A Demonic Illusion? (and More Weird Questions)

    It’s a fifth Friday, so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin weird questions from listeners, about topics like whether AI is a demonic illusion; Jewish Nazarene Christians; Alfred E. Newman; time travel and the natural law; and more.

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  • The Kardashev Scale

    The Kardashev Scale

    Humanity has come a long way in the last few thousand years, but we still have a long way to go. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask, as we continue to progress, is there a way of classifying our civilization and making reasonable predictions? Some…

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  • Lost Scriptures: The Death of Adam & Eve

    Lost Scriptures: The Death of Adam & Eve

    The ancient book The Life of Adam and Eve was popular in ancient times and tells a compelling story. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the second part of the work which tells the story of how Adam and Eve died and what happened after.

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  • Alone Together for Christmas 2024

    Alone Together for Christmas 2024

    Continuing his annual tradition, Jimmy Akin held a marathon 4-hour livestream on his YouTube channel on Christmas Day, hanging out and answering questions for anyone who came by. And now we’re sharing it with our podcast audience as well. Merry Christmas!

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  • Lost Scriptures: The Life of Adam & Eve

    Lost Scriptures: The Life of Adam & Eve

    While Genesis gives a short description of the life of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss another “lost scripture” that tells of their life after the Fall and the hidden secrets of their lives together.

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  • Just War Zombie Apocalypses? (and more Weird Questions)

    Just War Zombie Apocalypses? (and more Weird Questions)

    For New Year’s week, Jimmy Akin is answering more weird questions posed by Cy Kellett, including whether Just War doctrine applies to a zombie apocalypse; does a transplanted organ transfer baptismal graces; do Time Lords go to heaven; and more!

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  • Inserting Yourself Into the Bible (Weird Questions)

    Inserting Yourself Into the Bible (Weird Questions)

    During Christmas week, we’re bringing you another round of weird questions for Jimmy Akin posed by Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live, including time travel and inserting yourself into the Bible, Adam and Eve and belly buttons, lost letters of St. Paul, Jimmy’s most wanted…

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  • The Man from Taured

    The Man from Taured

    In Japan, 1954, a man arrives at airport customs with a passport from country that doesn’t exist. He’s arrested, but then vanishes. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask who was the man from Taured and could have come from a parallel world as some claim?

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  • Exorcism (the Old and New Rites of Exorcism)

    Exorcism (the Old and New Rites of Exorcism)

    For hundreds of years, the Catholic Church has had a variety rites to expel evil spirits from people who are possessed by them. But in 1614 and again in 1998, the Church published official rites for the procedure, and in this episode Jimmy Akin and…

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  • A Special Advent Message

    A Special Advent Message

    StarQuest needs your support to continue our mission of bringing faith and culture together in ways that educate, inspire, and entertain with all of our shows.

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  • Join Jimmy and Dom for Livestream Event on 12/12/24

    Join Jimmy and Dom for Livestream Event on 12/12/24

    Jimmy Akin invites you to join him in Italy in 2025 for the Holy Year for a once-in a lifetime, 12-day pilgrimage to the mysterious shrines and holy sites of Rome, Assisi, and more.

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