Two Uhuras, a year apart, and a Scotty who died in one timeline: the Strange New Worlds Season 4 finale (Episode 10) plays like a pilot for Kirk’s Year One. Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin weigh its heart against its physics.

https://youtu.be/61m12IkGchk

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Can one human being possess another? MKUltra tried. Jimmy Akin answers that and seven more listener questions — purgatory when the world ends, fallen guardian angels, brain swaps, and whether lizards were once dragons.

https://youtu.be/jXEIEgXn2gI

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Chapters:

• 0:00:12 – Intro
• 0:00:42 – Why a weird questions episode
• 0:02:11 – The topics Jimmy will cover
• 0:02:51 – Catholic Answers Live: Weird Questions
• 0:03:44 – How to submit a weird question
• 0:06:03 – Can humans possess one another? (Mari)
• 0:07:32 – …MKUltra, LSD and Sidney Gottlieb
• 0:08:13 – …The death of Frank Olson
• 0:11:44 – …The Church Committee and the surviving files
• 0:15:02 – …Telepathy between living people
• 0:16:59 – …Departed human spirits, and the older meaning of "demon"
• 0:21:09 – Souls in purgatory at the end of the world (Jocelyn)
• 0:21:47 – …1 Corinthians 15 and the twinkling of an eye
• 0:24:27 – …Aeviternity: time in the afterlife
• 0:25:26 – …Spe Salvi and praying for the dead
• 0:27:32 – This week on Mysterious World: crisis apparitions
• 0:31:11 – …Hans Berger and the first EEG
• 0:32:02 – Can you ask a ghost to reveal its identity? (Rez Kerry)
• 0:34:08 – …Testing the spirits in 1 John 4
• 0:37:09 – …Aquinas and his sister’s apparition
• 0:39:46 – …St. Martin of Tours and the false martyr
• 0:42:06 – Are there fallen guardian angels? (Severe Famine)
• 0:42:31 – …The common view: the angels fell before man
• 0:45:32 – …The staged-fall view: Genesis 6 and the Nephilim
• 0:46:56 – …Head coverings because of the angels
• 0:49:22 – …God will not leave you unguarded
• 0:50:32 – The Jimmy Akin Podcast: Ascension and Pentecost
• 0:51:50 – Thank you to Patrons
• 0:52:26 – Sponsor: The Grady Group
• 0:52:41 – Sponsor: In Time by Robert Young
• 0:53:53 – Answering the skeptics on near-death experiences (Rafael Figueredo)
• 0:57:17 – …Susan Blackmore and the tunnel
• 1:01:25 – …Veridical information: Maria and the tennis shoe
• 1:02:43 – …The surgeon who flapped his arms
• 1:05:40 – …Psychopomps and shared death experiences
• 1:08:36 – …Living agent psi
• 1:10:33 – Fr. Nathan Castle’s purgatory accounts (F Man)
• 1:15:46 – …Is the fire of purgatory literal?
• 1:20:29 – …Gregory the Great and the bath attendant
• 1:25:47 – Brain swaps and the soul (Roodo)
• 1:28:11 – …Is the brain a filter for consciousness?
• 1:30:26 – …Organ transplants and transferred preferences
• 1:32:02 – …Could a soul animate two bodies?
• 1:33:53 – Were lizards once dragons? (Caleb Henderson)
• 1:36:30 – …Wings are named nowhere in Genesis or Revelation
• 1:39:30 – …Sprawling legs and parasagittal posture
• 1:41:50 – …Birds are dinosaurs
• 1:42:23 – Mysterious Feedback: #425 Voice to Skull Technology
• 1:42:40 – …Hearing voices and schizophrenia
• 1:46:32 – …Analog phone bandwidth and subliminal messages
• 1:47:38 – …Bone conduction and Lucille Ball’s fillings
• 1:50:27 – …DARPA and reverse-engineered technology
• 1:51:32 – …How voices have been interpreted through history
• 1:53:37 – Your mysterious feedback
• 1:54:14 – Thank you to Oasis Studio 7
• 1:54:27 – Jimmy’s YouTube channel
• 1:55:11 – Share the show and write a review
• 1:55:21 – Get your Mysterious merch
• 1:55:29 – Show notes
• 1:55:36 – Become a Patron
• 1:55:45 – Sponsor: Gravetending Solutions
• 1:56:24 – Sponsor: Rosary Army and School of Mary
• 1:56:45 – Outro

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Robert Young’s novel In Time. If you enjoy stories that explore the intersection of faith, mystery, and the unseen forces shaping our lives, you’ll want to check out this gripping speculative thriller. In Time follows a troubled pilot drawn into a secret project that challenges everything he thought he knew about science, reality, and even God. Blending high-stakes adventure with spiritual themes like repentance, providence, and the battle between despair and hope, it’s a story about second chances—and the consequences of the choices we make. Get your copy now at sqpn.com/intime.

Grave Tending Solutions. Grave tending is a professional service and apostolate that brings peace of mind to families by caring for established gravesites. Distance and physical limitations can create barriers to maintaining a loved one’s final resting place. From planting graveside gardens to cleaning headstones, a grave tending professional provides a way for their clients to continue to care for and honor their loved ones. If you’re interested in learning more about grave tending, either as a client or as someone who’d like to enter the profession, please visit GraveTendingSolutions.com.

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This version of The Weekly Leo covers material released in the last week, from 19 June 2026 to 23 September 2026.

Angelus

• 20 September 2026 – Angelus

General Audiences

• 23 September 2026 – General Audience . Catechesis. The Documents of the Second Vatican Council. IV. Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et spes (GS 1–10). 4. The meaning of man’s activity throughout the wor

Letters

• 8 September 2026 – Letter of His Holiness to the Bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean on the occasion of the Third Centenary of the Canonization of Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo

Speeches

• 19 June 2026 – Special Olympics Delegation
• 16 September 2026 – Participants in the Study Conference promoted by the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints
• 18 September 2026 – Diocesan Assembly
• 18 September 2026 – Participants in the Meeting promoted by the Leo XIV International Study Center

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A shadow self is the part you hide, not the evil twin — which gives Season 4, Episode 9 away a mile off. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler on the fairy tale, the Rukiya payoff that never lands, and whether Pike commands like a captain.

https://youtu.be/59JM8uqG3EQ

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A man with no heartbeat knew where the nurse put his dentures. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli look at near-death experiences that came back with facts the patient had no way to know, and ask how they got them.

https://youtu.be/N_VQDkE0lRI

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Links for this episode:

• Titus Rivas et al.’s book The Self Does Not Die
• The Day I Died (BBC documentary, 2002)—featuring the Pam Reynolds case
• Psi-Encyclopedia article on Near-Death Experiences
• International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS)

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• Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world
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Chapters:

• 0:00:12 – Intro
• 0:00:41 – The Setup: No Pulse, No Brain Activity, Yet He Describes the Room
• 0:01:50 – Earlier Episodes on NDEs
• 0:02:10 – What "Veridical" Means
• 0:03:24 – The Source: The Self Does Not Die
• 0:04:02 – The Book’s Standard: Independent Confirmation
• 0:05:28 – A Note for Sensitive Listeners
• 0:06:06 – The Nurse, the Punch, and the Doctor’s Watch
• 0:10:27 – Testing the Watch Case Against the Three Conditions
• 0:12:07 – Confirmation in Writing
• 0:12:51 – Nine Types of Veridical NDEs
• 0:14:31 – Type 1: Nearby Perceptions — The Surgeon Who Flapped His Elbows
• 0:19:53 – The Elbow Habit Confirmed
• 0:21:43 – Type 1: The Night Watchman’s Open-Heart Surgery
• 0:24:03 – Checking the Account Against the Operative Report
• 0:27:49 – Type 2: Distant Perceptions — Maria’s Shoe
• 0:30:37 – Skeptics and the Shoe
• 0:31:13 – Type 2: Major Scull and the Red Pantsuit
• 0:33:41 – Type 3: Perceptions During Cardiac Arrest
• 0:34:10 – The Man with the Dentures
• 0:38:37 – "You Know Where My Dentures Are"
• 0:42:44 – Lloyd Rudy’s Patient and the Post-it Notes
• 0:48:03 – Auto-Resuscitation: The Lazarus Syndrome
• 0:48:47 – What the Patient Saw
• 0:50:39 – A Second Surgeon Confirms It
• 0:51:33 – Pam Reynolds and the Standstill Operation
• 0:56:35 – The Saw, the Arteries, and the High Natural D
• 0:58:53 – Surgeons Confirm Pam’s Account
• 1:00:33 – Pam’s Uncle and the Push Back
• 1:02:57 – Type 4: Telepathy — "And Then You Ate My Lunch"
• 1:05:00 – A Thought Never Spoken
• 1:06:56 – Type 5: Stranger Encounters — Vi Horton’s Baby Brother
• 1:10:30 – Type 6: Familiar Encounters — Peak in Darien Cases
• 1:11:33 – Eddie Cuomo and His Sister Teresa
• 1:13:22 – Type 7: Apparitions — Olga Gearhardt’s Message
• 1:17:14 – Type 8: Miraculous Healing — Anita Moorjani
• 1:22:39 – An Oncologist Investigates
• 1:23:29 – Type 9: Paranormal Abilities After an NDE
• 1:25:47 – Thank you to Patrons
• 1:26:18 – Sponsor: The Grady Group
• 1:26:39 – Sponsor: In Time by Robert Young
• 1:27:16 – Sponsorship Opportunities
• 1:28:18 – Theories: Five Explanations
• 1:29:18 – Reason Perspective …of Fraud
• 1:31:03 – …of Coincidence
• 1:32:45 – …of Prior Knowledge
• 1:34:45 – …of Sensory Reconstruction
• 1:37:25 – …of Mind-Body Separation
• 1:38:22 – Faith Perspective
• 1:39:24 – Bottom Line
• 1:40:42 – Further Resources
• 1:41:16 – Mysterious Feedback: #424 Joseph Williamson’s Tunnels
• 1:47:22 – Your mysterious feedback
• 1:47:56 – Thank you to Oasis Studio 7
• 1:48:04 – Jimmy’s YouTube channel
• 1:49:07 – Next Time: What Are Demons?
• 1:50:13 – Get your Mysterious merch
• 1:50:21 – Show notes
• 1:50:29 – Become a Patron
• 1:50:36 – Sponsor: Grave Tending Solutions
• 1:51:17 – Sponsor: Rosary Army and School of Mary
• 1:51:38 – Outro

This Episode is Brought to You By:

Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts, Rosary resources, videos, and the School of Mary online community, prayer, and learning platform. Learn how to make them, pray them, and give them away while growing in your faith at RosaryArmy.com and SchoolOfMary.com

The Grady Group, a Catholic company bringing financial clarity to their clients across the United States. Using safe money options to produce reasonable rates of return for their clients. Learn more by visiting GradyGroup.us.

Robert Young’s novel In Time. If you enjoy stories that explore the intersection of faith, mystery, and the unseen forces shaping our lives, you’ll want to check out this gripping speculative thriller. In Time follows a troubled pilot drawn into a secret project that challenges everything he thought he knew about science, reality, and even God. Blending high-stakes adventure with spiritual themes like repentance, providence, and the battle between despair and hope, it’s a story about second chances—and the consequences of the choices we make. Get your copy now at sqpn.com/intime.

Grave Tending Solutions. Grave tending is a professional service and apostolate that brings peace of mind to families by caring for established gravesites. Distance and physical limitations can create barriers to maintaining a loved one’s final resting place. From planting graveside gardens to cleaning headstones, a grave tending professional provides a way for their clients to continue to care for and honor their loved ones. If you’re interested in learning more about grave tending, either as a client or as someone who’d like to enter the profession, please visit GraveTendingSolutions.com.

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This version of The Weekly Leo covers material released in the last week, from 7 September 2026 to 16 September 2026.

Angelus

• 13 September 2026 – Angelus

General Audiences

• 16 September 2026 – General Audience . Catechesis. The Documents of the Second Vatican Council. IV. Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et spes (GS, 23–32). 3. The human community

Homilies

• 7 September 2026 – Holy Mass – Shrine of the Mother of Good Counsel (Genazzano)

Speeches

• 10 September 2026 – Participants in the Formation Course for New Bishops
• 12 September 2026 – Participants at the Symposium of the ‘Communio Internationalis Benedictinarum’
• 12 September 2026 – Participants at the ‘Fratelli tutti’ North-South socio-environmental dialogue’ meeting
• 14 September 2026 – Inauguration at the Vatican Apostolic Library of the Series of Exhibitions ‘Catastrophe and Wonder’

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A grieving admiral wants 5,000 people killed to be sure of one cloaked ship, and only Kirk objects. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler take on Strange New Worlds S4E8, and ask why nobody calls it an illegal order.

https://youtu.be/cSQTUYkx1ME

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An EgyptAir 767 fell out of a clear sky off Nantucket in 1999, and two governments read the same black boxes and reached opposite verdicts. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli weigh four theories and one Arabic prayer.

https://youtu.be/Z3w4DwoLFww

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Links for this episode:

• Aircraft Accident Brief, EgyptAir Flight 990 (NTSB/AAB-02/01)
• EgyptAir Flight 990 cockpit voice recorder transcript and summary
• EgyptAir Flight 990 (Wikipedia)
• Gameel Al-Batouti (Wikipedia)
• NTSB blames co-pilot for EgyptAir crash (CNN, March 21, 2002)
• Downing of EgyptAir 990 inspired 9/11 plot, says Al Qaeda newsletter (Fox News)
• EgyptAir Flight 990 clip source: Flashback archival news montage
• EgyptAir Flight 990 clip source: CNN live coverage, October 31, 1999
• EgyptAir Flight 990 clip source: NTSB Chairman Jim Hall press conference

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• Send your feedback or comments to feedback@mysterious.fm or send a tweet to @mys_world
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Chapters:

• 0:00:12 – Intro
• 0:00:42 – The Setup: A Clear Night Over the Atlantic
• 0:01:40 – Jimmy’s Connection to the Story
• 0:03:05 – The Airplane: A Boeing 767 Named Tutmose III
• 0:04:38 – EgyptAir’s Safety Record
• 0:05:12 – What the News Knew That First Day
• 0:07:04 – Vanished From the Radar
• 0:07:59 – Three Cities Waiting
• 0:09:57 – Where the Flight Came From
• 0:10:59 – The Weather That Night
• 0:11:11 – The Search and the Cold Water
• 0:13:09 – A Recovery, Not a Rescue
• 0:14:41 – The Black Boxes Come Up
• 0:15:05 – Who Was on Board
• 0:18:11 – Who Was Flying the Plane
• 0:18:56 – The Investigation and the Two Recorders
• 0:20:18 – Why the Translation Mattered
• 0:21:32 – The Investigation Takes a Turn
• 0:23:30 – Washington and Cairo Collide
• 0:25:54 – "I Rely on God": The Phrase at the Center
• 0:27:51 – Thank you to Patrons
• 0:28:24 – Sponsor: The Grady Group
• 0:28:42 – Sponsor: In Time by Robert Young
• 0:29:37 – Sponsorship Opportunities
• 0:30:21 – Theories: Four Explanations
• 0:31:07 – Reason Perspective: What the Recorder Showed
• 0:34:26 – Theory 1: An Evasive Maneuver
• 0:35:25 – Theory 2: A Bomb
• 0:36:34 – Theory 3: Mechanical Failure
• 0:38:32 – Theory 4: A Deliberate Act, Egypt’s Case
• 0:40:21 – Cross-Examining the Deliberate-Act Theory
• 0:42:15 – Was This Terrorism?
• 0:42:53 – A Possible Motive
• 0:46:00 – How Certain Is the Theory?
• 0:47:12 – The Legacy of Flight 990
• 0:47:55 – The September 11th Connection
• 0:49:33 – Did Flight 990 Cause 9/11?
• 0:50:21 – Faith Perspective
• 0:50:55 – Bottom Line
• 0:51:51 – Further Resources
• 0:52:20 – Mysterious Feedback: #423 Mel’s Hole
• 0:59:37 – Your mysterious feedback
• 1:00:12 – Thank you to Oasis Studio 7
• 1:00:27 – Jimmy’s YouTube channel
• 1:01:00 – Next Time: Veridical Near-Death Experiences
• 1:01:19 – Get your Mysterious merch
• 1:01:34 – Show notes
• 1:01:42 – Become a Patron
• 1:01:50 – Sponsor: Gravetending Solutions
• 1:02:28 – Sponsor: Rosary Army and School of Mary
• 1:02:52 – Outro

This Episode is Brought to You By:

Rosary Army. Featuring award-winning Catholic podcasts, Rosary resources, videos, and the School of Mary online community, prayer, and learning platform. Learn how to make them, pray them, and give them away while growing in your faith at RosaryArmy.com and SchoolOfMary.com

The Grady Group, a Catholic company bringing financial clarity to their clients across the United States. Using safe money options to produce reasonable rates of return for their clients. Learn more by visiting GradyGroup.us.

Robert Young’s novel In Time. If you enjoy stories that explore the intersection of faith, mystery, and the unseen forces shaping our lives, you’ll want to check out this gripping speculative thriller. In Time follows a troubled pilot drawn into a secret project that challenges everything he thought he knew about science, reality, and even God. Blending high-stakes adventure with spiritual themes like repentance, providence, and the battle between despair and hope, it’s a story about second chances—and the consequences of the choices we make. Get your copy now at sqpn.com/intime.

Grave Tending Solutions. Grave tending is a professional service and apostolate that brings peace of mind to families by caring for established gravesites. Distance and physical limitations can create barriers to maintaining a loved one’s final resting place. From planting graveside gardens to cleaning headstones, a grave tending professional provides a way for their clients to continue to care for and honor their loved ones. If you’re interested in learning more about grave tending, either as a client or as someone who’d like to enter the profession, please visit GraveTendingSolutions.com.

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This version of The Weekly Leo covers material released in the last week, from 22 August 2026 to 9 September 2026.

Angelus

• 6 September 2026 – Angelus

General Audiences

• 9 September 2026 – General Audience – Catechesis. The Documents of the Second Vatican Council. IV. Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et spes (GS 12–22) 2. Human dignity’ a gift and a responsibility

Messages

• 8 September 2026 – Video message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the 1st West African Youth Day [7–12 September 2026]

Speeches

• 22 August 2026 – Pastoral Visit to the Republic of San Marino’ Address to the Authorities and Civil Society (Public Palace)
• 28 August 2026 – To the Members of the ‘Institut International des Sciences Administratives’
• 3 September 2026 – Seminarians from the Pontifical Regional Seminary of Puglia ‘Pius XI’ in Molfetta and the Diocesan Seminary of Aversa
• 3 September 2026 – Members of the Conference of Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions (CELRA)
• 4 September 2026 – Delegation from Oriel College, University of Oxford
• 5 September 2026 – Perpetual Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament – Federation of the Holy Spirit
• 9 September 2026 – Bishops who are friends of the Focolare Movement

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Trelane turns the Enterprise into a soap opera for a school project, and only Pike notices. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler ask whether *Strange New Worlds* S4E7 survives a five-minute bit stretched to an hour.

https://youtu.be/zv5u2Ih4DSk

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