MYS215: The Bible tells us that the Jewish high priest had two mysterious objects known as the Urim and Thummin to help him receive messages from God. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore what they were, how they worked, and what we know about them. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Dictionary of the Old Testament * International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (Q-Z) * Tyrian purple * Murex sea snails * Joseph Smith—History * Jewish Encyclopedia article * A Talmud passage on the Urim and Thummim * Sortilege * Cleromancy * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to mysterious@sqpn.com or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 Mysterious Headlines * How Dogs See the World * Disease-Detecting Dogs as Medical Assistants This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Aaron Vurgason Electric and Automation at AaronV.com. Making Connections for Life for your automation and smart home needs in north and central Florida. Catechism Class, a dynamic weekly podcast journey through the Catechism of the Catholic Church by Greg and Jennifer Willits. It’s the best book club, coffee talk, and faith study group, all rolled into one. Find it in any podcast directory. Fiorvento Law, PLLC, specializing in adult guardianships and conservatorships, probate and estate planning matters. Accepting clients throughout Michigan. Taking into account your individual, healthcare, financial and religious needs.
SCR089: Close Encounters launched the UFO craze of the late 70s and Jimmy Akin, Dom Bettinelli, Thomas Salerno, and Mike Denz discuss the cultural impact, the idea of alien contact, and the connections to reported real world UFO encounters. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Listen to this episode and subscribe on YouTube. Help us continue to offer Secrets of Movies and TV Shows. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Close Encounters Of The Third Kind [Amazon affiliate link] * Deleted scenes video on YouTube * Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Join the conversation at the StarQuest Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Email us feedback or comments to secrets@sqpn.com Want to Sponsor A Show? Support StarQuest’s mission to explore the intersection of faith and pop culture by becoming a named sponsor of the show of your choice on the StarQuest network. Click to get started or find out more.
MYS214: In 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world the brink of nuclear war, 3 times just on one day. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss how we can to the edge of Armageddon and avoided it, as well as the aftermath and ramifications of the crisis. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Sheldon Stern’s book The Cuban Missile Crisis in American Memory * Robert Kennedy’s book Thirteen Days * 2000 movie Thirteen Days (streaming) * Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (streaming, 1964) * Dr. Strangelove (Blu-Ray) * Episode 12 (Dead Hand, Perimeter, Soviet Doomsday Device) * Kennedy Library on the Cuban Missile Crisis (multi-media) * Online archive of secret White House Tapes (JFK, LBJ, RMN) * National Security Archive timeline * John Scali * Aleksandr Feklisov (“Fomin”) * Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty * Moscow-Washington Hotline * Shoe-Banging Incident * Shoe-Banging Incident video * Vasily Arkhipov * Anthony Trollope * Trollope Ploy * William Safire article on the Trollope Ploy * Sheldon Stern’s article on the Trollope Ploy * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to mysterious@sqpn.com or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515
MYS213: Sixty years ago, the world was locked in a 13-day crisis between the USA and Soviet Union. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the Cuban Missile Crisis and the little-known details about how the world came within a whisker of a global nuclear war. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Sheldon Stern’s book The Cuban Missile Crisis in American Memory * Robert Kennedy’s book Thirteen Days * 2000 movie Thirteen Days (streaming) * Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (streaming, 1964) * Dr. Strangelove (Blu-Ray) * Episode 12 (Dead Hand, Perimeter, Soviet Doomsday Device) * Kennedy Library on the Cuban Missile Crisis (multi-media) * Online archive of secret White House Tapes (JFK, LBJ, RMN) * DEFCON * Oct. 26 Secret Khrushchev Telegram * Oct. 26 Castro Telegram to Khrushchev * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to mysterious@sqpn.com or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 Mysterious Headlines * Artificial Wombs Can Change Abortion Debate * Iron Man-like Jet Suits to the Rescue This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Aaron Vurgason Electric and Automation at AaronV.com. Making Connections for Life for your automation and smart home needs in north and central Florida. Catechism Class, a dynamic weekly podcast journey through the Catechism of the Catholic Church by Greg and Jennifer Willits. It’s the best book club,
MYS212a: Mysterious feedback! Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli answer your mysterious feedback on recent episodes, including Bill Ray, Our Lady of Kibeho, Steven Greer, Poltergeists, Dr. Edwin May, Inflation, and Ghost Bride. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Paul Smith on RV and Out of Body Experiences * Bilocation * Bishop on Anne, a Lay Apostle (2006) * Bishop on Anne, a Lay Apostle (2011) * Religion, Magic, Psychic Phenomena, and Science * Thomas Sowell on Why Universities Are So Left-Wing * Investopedia on Inflation * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to mysterious@sqpn.com or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Aaron Vurgason Electric and Automation at AaronV.com. Making Connections for Life for your automation and smart home needs in north and central Florida. Catechism Class, a dynamic weekly podcast journey through the Catechism of the Catholic Church by Greg and Jennifer Willits. It’s the best book club, coffee talk, and faith study group, all rolled into one. Find it in any podcast directory. Fiorvento Law, PLLC, specializing in adult guardianships and conservatorships, probate and estate planning matters. Accepting clients throughout Michigan. Taking into account your individual, healthcare, financial and religious needs. Visit FiorventoLaw.com Deliver Contacts, offering honest pricing and reliable service for all your contact lens needs. See the difference at delivercontacts.com. Want to Sponsor A Show? Support StarQuest’s mission to explore the intersection of faith and pop culture by bec...
MYS212: Bilocation is a mysterious phenomenon in which someone appears to be in two or more locations at once. It’s been reported for thousands of years, including among some Catholic saints. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss what bilocation is and what is really going on. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Bernard Ruffin’s book Padre Pio * Francesco Castelli’s book Padre Pio Under Investigation: The Secret Vatican Files * Paul Smith’s book Reading the Enemy’s Mind * Padre Pio * Bilocation (Wikipedia) * Bilocation (Catholic Encyclopedia) * Paul Smith’s article “Out of the Body… or Out of Your Mind?” * Article on some of Padre Pio’s bilocations * Life of Pythagoras (see n. 27) * Life of Apollonius (see 4:10) * Our Lady of the Pillar * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to mysterious@sqpn.com or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Aaron Vurgason Electric and Automation at AaronV.com. Making Connections for Life for your automation and smart home needs in north and central Florida. Catechism Class, a dynamic weekly podcast journey through the Catechism of the Catholic Church by Greg and Jennifer Willits. It’s the best book club, coffee talk, and faith study group, all rolled into one. Find it in any podcast directory. Fiorvento Law, PLLC, specializing in adult guardianships and conservatorships, probate and estate planning matters.
MYS211: Harriet Tubman is famous as the escaped slave who became a conductor on the Underground Railroad to freedom. But Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli also explore her reported visions and paranormal experiences and what could have caused them. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Kate Larson’s book Bound for the Promised Land * Hauntings of the Underground Railroad * Sarah Bradford’s book Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman * Sarah Bradford’s book Harriet Tubman: The Moses of Her People * The Thomas Sowell Reader * The Complete Autobiographies of Frederick Douglass * Harriet Tubman * Underground Railroad * Narcissus * Frederick Douglass * John Brown * John Brown’s Body (Song) * Thomas Sowell * Slavery in the 21st century * Triangular Trade * Gradual Abolition Act of 1780 (Pennsylvania) * End of Slavery in New York * Emancipation and Manumission * Declaration of Independence * Thomas Jefferson’s original indictment against slavery * Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech * Transcript of speech * Temporal Lobe Epilepsy * Psychic Seizures and Their Relevance to Psychosis in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (journal article) * Super-Psi Hypothesis * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the
MYS210: Is TV ghost hunting anything like the real thing? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli are joined by parapsychological investigator Loyd Auerbach to discuss his work and in particular about a haunted house in Marin County, California. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Loyd Auerbach’s author page * Loyd Auerbach’s book A Paranormal Casebook * Phantasms of the Living (vol. 1) * Phantasms of the Living (vol. 2) * Phantasms of the Living (vol. 1, Archive.org) * Phantasms of the Living (vol. 2, Archive.org) * Loyd Auerbach’s Facebook page * Rhine Research Center * Rhine Education Center * “Environmental Hell” investigation * Housewarming Parties * Ajax White Tornado commercial (1970) * Ajax White Tornado commercial (1978) * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to mysterious@sqpn.com or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 Mysterious Headlines * Episode 59: Mind-Control Parasites May Make You More Attractive * Episode 199: Warren Buffett Says Stable Currency the Best This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Aaron Vurgason Electric and Automation at AaronV.com. Making Connections for Life for your automation and smart home needs in north and central Florida. Catechism Class, a dynamic weekly podcast journey through the Catechism of the Catholic Church by Greg and Jennifer Willits.
MYS209: 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. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Infancy Gospel of James * Bose-Einstein Condensates * Bilocation (Wikipedia) * Bilocation (Catholic Encyclopedia) * Thylacine * DMT Machine Elves * The Bible Code Myth by Michael Heiser * Bible Code * Wisdom 13-14 * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to mysterious@sqpn.com or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515 Mysterious Headlines * Is Information Another State of Matter? * Is Information Dark Matter? * Test for Information as New State of Matter This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part through the generous support of Aaron Vurgason Electric and Automation at AaronV.com. Making Connections for Life for your automation and smart home needs in north and central Florida. Catechism Class, a dynamic weekly podcast journey through the Catechism of the Catholic Church by Greg and Jennifer Willits. It’s the best book club, coffee talk, and faith study group, all rolled into one. Find it in any podcast directory. Fiorvento Law, PLLC, specializing in adult guardianships and conservatorships, probate and estate planning matters. Accepting clients throughout Michigan. Taking into account your individual, healthcare,
MYS208-1: Mysterious feedback! Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli answer your mysterious feedback on recent episodes, including Marian apparitions, D.B. Cooper, aphantasia and synesthesia, Pearl Harbor, demons, and the Hindenburg. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and subscribe on YouTube Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Minifig Brothers – YouTube * Mysterious World Fan Art: Lego Jimmy – Jimmy Akin * The Two Man Gentleman Band The Hindenburg Disaster – YouTube * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord * Send your feedback or comments to mysterious@sqpn.com or send a tweet to @mys_world * You can also leave a voice message on the Mysterious Feedback Line at (619) 738-4515