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Inception for the Doctor. Dom Bettinelli and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this dream-like episode focusing on the Doctor who is stuck in a dream-like state and must decide which reality is real and the Doctor's struggle with identity and conciousness. https://starquest.fm/SST314

Groundhog Day and Doom meet in VR. Jack Baruzzini, Lisa Jones, Fr. Cory Sticha, and Victor Lams discuss this story of early atttudes on VR and AI; the metaphorical use of VR to explore human experience; and Teal'c's confrontation of his overconfidence. https://starquest.fm/SSG159

Some skeptics say that if God were real, then we'd see miracles of amputated limbs regrown and we don't. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine a reported of just that, where a young main 17th-century Spain regrew his leg. https://mysterious.fm/313 Further Resources: • Caleb Jackson’s book Undead: A Historical Investigation into the Most Famous Miracle in History (i.e., the Resurrection of Jesus): https://amzn.to/3HmzegB • Caleb Jackson’s book Searching for a Solution to Suffering: A Christian Response to the Problem of Evil: https://amzn.to/47nIxHo • Cameron Bertuzzi’s Capturing Christianity channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CapturingChristianity • Virgin Birth debate: https://youtu.be/uMYqWDKtn0U • Benedict XIV (Prospero Lambertini): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XIV • 1946 song The Old Lamp-Lighter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG321he48j8 • Vittorio Messori interview about the miracle: https://biblicalscholarship.wordpress.com/2022/03/12/interview-with-vittorio-messori-concerning-the-miraculous-healing-of-miguel-juan-pellicer-severed-leg/ • Salamander Limb Regeneration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byLDgtSMI0w • Why Can We Regrow a Liver?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erMCADOJcHk • Children Regrowing Fingertips: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2013/06/10/190385484/chopped-how-amputated-fingertips-sometimes-grow-back • Can You Regrow Severed Limbs Like a Salamander?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA0drQ25lu4 • Regrowing Human Body Parts—Is It Possible?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnlnBk2nJI0 • Mandy Sellars: Shrinking My 17 Stone Legs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0adrLDblgM

The 15th Doctor and Ruby land in a minefield. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the stories complex attitude toward faith (both positive and negative) and the exploitation of war for profit as well as the mysterious actor who keeps showing up in different roles. https://starquest.fm/WHO373

Portable traveling altars have been used throughout Church and military history. Kathryn Laffrey and Alix Murray explore the use, development, and art of field altars from the early Church, the American Civil War, both World Wars, and today. https://starquest.fm/SSA018 Links from this episode: • The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Portable Altar and Two Side Panels, 9th–12th century: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/464407 • The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Portable Altar with Scenes from the Life of Jesus, German ca. 1160–80: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/464396 • U.S. Army Chaplain Corps: https://armyhistory.org/u-s-army-chaplain-corps/ • Chaplain Corps Museum: https://thechaplainkit.com/history/army-chaplaincy/chaplain-corps-museum/ • St. Martin of Tours - Life Story: https://catalog.obitel-minsk.com/blog/2018/10/st-martin-of-tours-life-story-of-one-of • American Civil War Chaplain - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_chaplains#/media/File:American_Civil_War_Chaplain.JPG • Mass During Wartime - New Liturgical Movement: https://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2011/11/mass-during-wartime.html?m=1 • WW2 Era Chaplain Kits: https://thechaplainkit.com/chaplain-kits/chaplain-kits-displayed-by-production-date/ww2-era/ • United Kingdom Chaplain Kits: https://thechaplainkit.com/chaplain-kits/foreign-kits/united-kingdom-kits/ • Catholic Mass at Iwo Jima - Naval History and Heritage Command: https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nara-series/usmc-series/USMC-100000/usmc-142363-catholic-mass-at-iwo-jima.html • Orthodox Chaplain Kits: https://thechaplainkit.com/chaplain-kits/chaplain-kits-displayed-by-faith-group/orthodox/ • Army Chaplain Corps 244th Anniversary-Fort Wainwright: https://youtu.be/M0HIBpz_LbY?si=5DQYHgolAO7l6oAN • Max Fuchs, the Cantor at Aachen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCn0ZKanKFk • WW2 Era Chaplain Kits: https://thechaplainkit.com/chaplain-kits/chaplain-kits-displayed-by-production-date/ww2-era/ • Violet Oakley - Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_Oakley • Philadelphia Museum of Art - Object 70111: https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/70111 • The Angel of Victory Triptych - Delaware Art Museum: https://emuseum.delart.org/objects/6276/the-angel-of-victory-triptych?ctx=155d2f46f03298e34c94eba91680e2e362a7224a&idx=16 • Madonna of the Sea - Woodmere Art Museum: https://woodmereartmuseum.org/the-violet-oakley-experience/the-church/madonna-of-the-sea-world-war-ii-portable-altarpiece • Madonna of the Sea - Benton Museum of Art: https://bentonart.uconn.edu/objects-1/info/2395?records=60&sort=0&objectName=Madonna%20of%20the%20Sea • Father Kapaun: https://frkapaun.org • BATTLEGROUND - 1949 clip 1: https://youtu.be/XrnB1OMhETI • St. Joseph's Apprentice: http://stjosephsapprentice.com/index

A lot is happening in this episode. Jack Baruzzini, Lisa Jones, Fr. Cory Sticha, and Victor Lams discuss this story, the big budget, and the themes of trust and character relationships amid continual Wraith attacks, setting up a classic mole hunt. https://starquest.fm/SSG158

Sometimes, near death, a person with dementia will suddenly regain clarity and lucidity and give loved ones a chance to say goodbye. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the phenomenon called terminal lucidity, what could cause it, and whether it tells us anything new about the brain, soul, and consciousness. https://mysterious.fm/312 Further Resources: • Alexander Batthyany’s book Threshold: Terminal Lucidity and the Border of Life and Death: https://amzn.to/3wG9jOS • Michael Nahm’s article Terminal Lucidity (Psi-Encyclopedia): https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/terminal-lucidity • Michael Nahm’s paper Terminal Lucidity in People with Mental Illness and Other Mental Disability: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc461761/m1/1/ • Phineas Gage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage • German hymn Wo Findet Die Seele Die Heimat, Die Ruh (recording): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz9aX---1Fs • German text: https://www.deutschland-lese.de/streifzuege/lieder/geistliche-kirchenlieder/wo-findet-die-seele-die-heimat-die-ruh/ • English text: https://hymnary.org/text/o_where_is_the_home_for_the_soul_to_be_f • Jesse Bearing’s article “One Last Goodbye: The Strange Case of Terminal Lucidity”: https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/bering-in-mind/one-last-goodbye-the-strange-case-of-terminal-lucidity/

The 15th Doctor's season begins and Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin discuss the first two episodes, discussing how this Doctor echoes and differs from the 9th; the building mystery of Ruby Sunday; and the potential for a big "Twist" in the season. https://starquest.fm/WHO372

Did your favorites make our Top 10 Star Wars Characters list? Join Mike Creavey, Angela Sealana & Thomas Salerno as they create their list in real-time with some surprising inclusions and omissions as well as some honorable mentions. https://starquest.fm/SSW197

The plot may not be unique, but Dom Bettinelli and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss how this story executes well and raises moral and ethical questions about obligations to our enemies and overcoming prejudices. Plus the introduction of the excellent Andreas Katsulas as Tomalak. https://starquest.fm/SST312

We've seen this before, according to Jack Baruzzini, Lisa Jones, and Victor Lams who discuss the episode's familiar story, including the potential downsides of first contact, religious zealotry, and how alien contact could affect geopolitical tensions, plus Daniel's questionable behavior. https://starquest.fm/SSG157

Last time, Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discussed Joe Fisher's mid-1980s experiences with spirit guides, and they continue to look at what he learned as he researched the guides and their claims and come to their own conclusions about what had entered Joe's life. https://mysterious.fm/311 Further Resources: • Joe Fisher’s book The Siren Call of Hungry Ghosts: https://amzn.to/3OuLlfj • Joe Fisher (Psi-Encyclopedia): https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/joe-fisher • Loren Coleman’s obituary for Joe Fisher: https://www.anomalist.com/milestones/fisher.html • Louis Proud’s article on Fisher’s Death: https://www.scientificexploration.org/docs/edgescience/edgescience-43.pdf • Asian Hungry Ghosts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungry_ghost

The 4th and 10th Doctors together! Dom Bettinellli and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this audio story that brings Tom Baker and David Tennant together in the a monastery outside of time, the Cathedral of Contemplation as they work to keep the Daleks out. https://starquest.fm/WHO371

Come to know the beautiful statue of Our Lady of Walsingham, her tragic history, and the possibility of her silent victory. Alix Murray and Kathryn Laffrey journey across Medieval Catholic England, through the Reformation, and into modern London and beyond. https://starquest.fm/SSA017

As the Enterprise crew gets shrunk to Lilliputian proportions, Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss the surprising metaphysical and theological implications, the practical and scientific discrepancies, and the character dynamics. https://starquest.fm/SST311

Joe Fisher 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. https://mysterious.fm/310 Further Resources: • Jimmy’s course Introduction to Parapsychology: https://RhineEdu.org • Joe Fisher’s book The Siren Call of Hungry Ghosts: https://amzn.to/3OuLlfj • Asian Hungry Ghosts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungry_ghost

The epic conclusion! Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Cory Sticha delve into the final part of this 1st Doctor story, highlighting the tragic sacrifices, the dramatic and tense atmosphere, and the ambitious nature of the 12-part series. https://starquest.fm/WHO370

There's a giant bug on your neck! Jack Baruzzini, Lisa Jones, and Victor Lams discuss this Atlantis episode whose ticking clock creates an urgency. They also note new characters who we come to like and dislike and how the different personalities affect how they react in a crisis. https://starquest.fm/SSG156

Spock and the Enterprise crew stick it to the Man, aka Kirk. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this TOS story that reminds us that there is no utopia outside of heaven; the call of duty; and the contaxt of 1960s counterculture. https://starquest.fm/SST310

Who's the boss now? Jack Baruzzini, Lisa Jones, and Victor Lams discuss this episode that shows how O'Neill is adapting to his new role in charge of the SGC, his internal conflicts, isolation, and the pressures of leadership. https://starquest.fm/SSG155

It's a fifth Friday, 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. https://mysterious.fm/309 FURTHER RESOURCES: • Jimmy’s course Introduction to Parapsychology: https://RhineEdu.org

The Master Plan continues! Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Cory Sticha continue their discussion of this 1st Doctor story, including the return of the Meddling Monk as well as the struggle for power, the consequences of blind obedience, and the complexities of moral decision-making. https://starquest.fm/WHO369

Explore the history and symbolism of angels in sacred art with Alix Murray and Kathryn Laffrey as they draw on Catholic doctrine and history to examine angelic depictions across various art forms and periods, emphasizing their roles as messengers and guardians. https://starquest.fm/SSA016

Is one man's freedom fighter another man's terrorist? Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Cory Sticha discuss this story of Enterrpise getting mixed up in some local conflicts on a desert planet; the ethical implications; and whether Zabral is a good guy or bad guy. https://starquest.fm/SST309

Don't touch that! Jack Baruzzini, Lisa Jones, Fr. Cory Sticha, and Victor Lams discuss this story that shows the consequences of messing with technology you don't understand; as well as the humor, character depth, and camaraderie that will become a hallmark of the series. https://starquest.fm/SSG154