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<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/MYS393-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" />It's our annual Thanksgiving Weird Questions episode, and this time Cy Kellett is asking Jimmy Akin questions about whether the Holy Spirit has chromosomes, what sacraments angels can perform (if any), whether Zoroaster was a savior before Jesus, and what to make of the sword of St. Michael.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2025/11/the-sword-of-st-michael-and-more-weird-questions/">The Sword of St. Michael (and More Weird Questions)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

The Sword of St. Michael (and More Weird Questions)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Rome-post-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />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.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2024/12/join-jimmy-and-dom-for-livestream-event-on-12-12-24/">Join Jimmy and Dom for Livestream Event on 12/12/24</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

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

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/MYS194-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Dr. Steven Greer for years has led the "Disclosure" movement to have the US government reveal what it knows about extraterrestrials, says he's conducting diplomacy with aliens on behalf of the human race and says he can summon the peaceful aliens and can teach others to do so as well. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask who is Dr. Greer, are the aliens really friendly, and can we really summon aliens?
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2022/02/steven-greer-summoning-aliens-cseti-ce5/">Steven Greer: Summoning Aliens? (CSETI, CE5)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Steven Greer: Summoning Aliens? (CSETI, CE5)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Patreon-banner-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />We need your help to continue to produce our great Catholic shows that explore the intersection of faith and modern culture and look at the world from a uniquely Catholic perspective.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2023/09/a-message-from-dom-bettinelli-of-starquest/">A message from Dom Bettinelli of Starquest</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

A message from Dom Bettinelli of Starquest

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/MYS385-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Was Kenneth Arnold’s 1947 sighting evidence of extraterrestrial craft? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli revisit the case, weigh rival explanations, and assess why his measurements still unsettle skeptics.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2025/10/kenneth-arnold-ufo-sighting-the-first-ufos/">Kenneth Arnold UFO Sighting (The First UFOs)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Kenneth Arnold UFO Sighting (The First UFOs)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/MYS134-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Merry Christmas! Jimmy Akin is answering more weird questions, including whether an insane person confessing sins to a cat could result in forgiveness; whether one could baptize with tea in emergency; and whether some bodily mortification is spiritually healthy.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2020/12/confessing-to-a-cat-satanic-panic-bodily-mortification-baptismal-tea-mortification-more-weird-questions/">Confessing to a Cat? Satanic Panic? Bodily Mortification? Baptismal Tea? &#038; More Weird Questions</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Confessing to a Cat? Satanic Panic? Bodily Mortification? Baptismal Tea? & More Weird Questions

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/MYS350-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />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? 
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2025/02/mysterious-experiences-3/">Mysterious Experiences 3</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Mysterious Experiences 3

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/MYS336-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />We're back with more Halloween-related weird questions as Cy Kellet of Catholic Answers Live asks Jimmy Akin about topics like baptizing Frankenstein's monster, poltergeist phenomena, children seeing ghosts, soul-sucking pumpkins, and more!
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2024/11/baptizing-frankensteins-monster-weird-questions/">Baptizing Frankenstein’s Monster (Weird Questions)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Baptizing Frankenstein’s Monster (Weird Questions)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/MYS173-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />For thousands of years, people have claimed supernatural or natural psychic powers. But do they really exist? What happens when parapsychologists test them? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli take tests that could reveal their own psychic functioning.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2021/09/jimmy-dom-test-their-psychic-powers/">Jimmy and Dom Test Their Psychic Powers?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Jimmy and Dom Test Their Psychic Powers?

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/MYS167-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />A terrifying series of killings in NYC in 1976 included letters to police from the killer calling himself "Son of Sam". Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss what happened, how David Berkowitz was arrested and confessed, and then ask did he really act alone?
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2021/08/son-of-sam-david-berkowitz-true-crime-serial-killer/">Son of Sam (David Berkowitz, True Crime, Serial Killer)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Son of Sam (David Berkowitz, True Crime, Serial Killer)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MYS309-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />It's the fifth episode of the month, so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin weird questions from listeners, about topics like how Adam and Eve relate to other early human ancestors; could dark matter and energy be angelic or demonic; can you pray for souls in hell; and more weird questions.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2024/04/adam-eve-and-early-humans-more-weird-questions/">Adam, Eve, and Early Humans (&#038; More Weird Questions)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Adam, Eve, and Early Humans (& More Weird Questions)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MYS144-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />In Part 1, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discussed the explosive claims by Paul Bennewitz in the 1980s about UFOs in New Mexico. Now, they continue with how the Air Force was involved, what has happened in the intervening years, and the terrible price Paul paid.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2021/03/richard-dotys-shocking-ufo-revelations-paul-bennewitz-dulce-base-project-beta/">Richard Doty&#8217;s Shocking UFO Revelations! (Paul Bennewitz, Dulce Base, Project Beta)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Richard Doty’s Shocking UFO Revelations! (Paul Bennewitz, Dulce Base, Project Beta)

After having considered the faith perspective on whether we must believe the Earth is relatively young, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli now turn to the scientific evidence for whether Earth is young or old, including radiometric dating and changing physical constants. 
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2020/09/does-science-show-were-living-on-a-young-earth-creationism-creation-science/">Does Science Show We&#8217;re Living on a Young Earth? (Creationism, Creation Science)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Does Science Show We’re Living on a Young Earth? (Creationism, Creation Science)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/MYS176-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />What does the scientific and historical evidence say about the Great Flood in Genesis? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss whether there was a worldwide Flood, whether Noah was a historical person, and how we should understand the biblical passage on Noah, the Ark, and the Great Flood.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2021/10/the-great-flood-science-noahs-ark-rainbows-genesis/">The Great Flood &#038; Science (Noah’s Ark, Rainbows, Genesis)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

The Great Flood & Science (Noah’s Ark, Rainbows, Genesis)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/MYS345-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />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!
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2025/01/just-war-zombie-apocalypses-and-more-weird-questions/">Just War Zombie Apocalypses? (and more Weird Questions)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Just War Zombie Apocalypses? (and more Weird Questions)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MYS307-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />After hearing many stories of people reporting After Death Communications from deceased loved ones, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine the reports from the faith and reason perspectives. Are they just imagination? Is it the grief talking? Could it be demons?
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2024/04/analyzing-after-death-communications/">Analyzing After Death Communications</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Analyzing After Death Communications

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/MYS226-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />It's a fifth Friday so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin more weird questions from listeners, including secret societies; binding demons; reenacting Catholic history; killing vampire-human hybrids; Neanderthals in the afterlife; and more.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2022/09/human-vampire-hybrids-and-more-weird-questions/">Human-Vampire Hybrids and More Weird Questions</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Human-Vampire Hybrids and More Weird Questions

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/MYS275a-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Dr. Ben Carson has Jimmy AKin on his show to discuss UFOs and recent claims by retired Air Force officer David Grusch about a secret gov't UFO recovery program, as well as Jimmy's perpsective on the existence of extraterrestrial life and its compatibility with religious beliefs. 
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2023/09/exploring-the-ufo-phenomenon-with-dr-ben-carson/">Exploring the UFO Phenomenon with Dr. Ben Carson</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Exploring the UFO Phenomenon with Dr. Ben Carson

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/MYS314-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />It's a fifth Friday, so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin weird questions from listeners, about topics like getting married after civilization collapses; what is Sh'ol; can Padre Pio still absolve living penitents; and more weird questions.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2024/05/marriage-after-civilization-is-destroyed-more-weird-questions/">Marriage After Civilization Is Destroyed (&#038; More Weird Questions)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Marriage After Civilization Is Destroyed (& More Weird Questions)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MYS186-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />It's Christmas, so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin Christmas weird questions from listeners, including how we would celebrate Christmas on other planets; when Christmas ends; how we got from St. Nick to Santa; and whether the 12 days of Christmas is a secret code; and more.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2021/12/christmas-on-other-planets-when-christmas-ends-from-st-nick-to-santa-12-days-of-christmas-code-weird-questions/">Christmas on other planets, when Christmas ends, from St. Nick to Santa, 12 days of Christmas code? . . . &#038; Weird Questions</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Christmas on other planets, when Christmas ends, from St. Nick to Santa, 12 days of Christmas code? . . . & Weird Questions

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Rhine-Promo-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Jimmy Akin will be teaching a course on an Introduction to Parapsychology at the Rhine Institute starting October 2023 and you can be part of it! Check it out at http://rhineedu.org
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2023/09/study-parapsychology-with-jimmy-akin/">Study Parapsychology with Jimmy Akin</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Study Parapsychology with Jimmy Akin

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2024-Advent-Giving-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />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.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2024/12/a-special-advent-message/">A Special Advent Message</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

A Special Advent Message

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MYS344-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />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 lost books of history, and more.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2024/12/inserting-yourself-into-the-bible-weird-questions/">Inserting Yourself Into the Bible (Weird Questions)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Inserting Yourself Into the Bible (Weird Questions)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/MYS198-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />In the second part of his interview with Dr. Edwin May, who has spent more than 40 years doing parapsychological research, Jimmy Akin asks Dr. May about some his most unique views, they discuss the role of precognition, and he asks what an "entropy bomb" is.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2022/03/dr-edwin-may-psychic-theories-precognition-remote-viewing-entropy/">Dr. Edwin May, Psychic Theories (Precognition, Remote Viewing, Entropy)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Dr. Edwin May, Psychic Theories (Precognition, Remote Viewing, Entropy)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/MYS129-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />For this US Thanksgiving holiday weekend, Jimmy Akin answers more weird questions, including whether Star Trek transports are murder machines, what history would be like without Jesus, is the Holy Grail special, a Good God vs. an Evil God, and the eschatological implications of space colonies.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2020/11/are-transporters-murder-machines-more-weird-questions/">Are Transporters Murder Machines? (&#038; More Weird Questions)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Are Transporters Murder Machines? (& More Weird Questions)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/MYS310-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Joe Fisher's research into spirit guides led him to past life revelations and even a spirit romance. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss how Joe was encouraged to investigate these paranormal claims, the evidence he found, and what he eventually concluded.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2024/05/joe-fishers-spirit-guides-guides-mediumship-channeling-siren-call-of-the-hungry-ghosts/">Joe Fisher’s Spirit Guides (Guides, Mediumship, Channeling, Siren Call of the Hungry Ghosts)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Joe Fisher’s Spirit Guides (Guides, Mediumship, Channeling, Siren Call of the Hungry Ghosts)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/MYS273a-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />In this bonus episode, we bring you this discussion between Michael Lofton of Reason &#038; Theology and Jimmy Akin about the idea of the three days of darkness, where it comes from, and whether it is a legitimate prophecy. Thank you to Michael for letting us share this show with our audience.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2023/08/will-there-be-three-days-of-darkness/">Will There Be Three Days of Darkness?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Will There Be Three Days of Darkness?

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MYS152-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />It's a fifth Friday so Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live is asking Jimmy Akin more weird questions from listeners, including whether the pope would be Bishop of Rome if humans left Earth; the practicalities of sacraments in space; could Grogu (aka Baby Yoda) be baptized?; what are the giants in the Bible?; and more.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2021/04/baptizing-baby-yoda-popes-in-space-sacraments-in-space-time-travel-giants-more-weird-questions/">Baptizing Baby Yoda? Popes in Space? Sacraments in Space? Time Travel? Giants? (&#038; More Weird Questions!)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Baptizing Baby Yoda? Popes in Space? Sacraments in Space? Time Travel? Giants? (& More Weird Questions!)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/MYS383a-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Can science prove psychic abilities and survival after death? Jimmy Akin announces his Introduction to Parapsychology course with the Rhine Education Center, unpacking evidence for telepathy, apparitions, near-death experiences, and more.
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2025/09/introduction-to-parapsychology-october-2025/">Introduction to Parapsychology (October 2025)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.

Introduction to Parapsychology (October 2025)

<img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/MYS362a-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />Learn more and sign up for the course: https://rhineedu.org/
The post <a href="https://sqpn.com/2025/04/study-with-jimmy-akin/">Study with Jimmy Akin!</a> appeared first on <a href="https://sqpn.com">StarQuest Media</a>.