StarQuest Podcasts

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.

Google built an Android laptop to take on the MacBook Air, but who actually wants one? Dom Bettinelli, Tom Grelinger, and Fr. Joseph Sund weigh the Googlebook's price, Gemini features, and app gap, plus the EU's age check app.

Pixar gave Bonnie a tablet and then refused to make it the bad guy. Jeff Haecker, Tom Grelinger, and Patrick Mason dig into Toy Story 5's screen-time message, Jessie's promotion to lead, and the sleepover scene every parent will recognize.

He couldn't stand the sight of a leper. The smell made him physically sick. Then one afternoon he got down off his horse and kissed one, and that was the day Francis of Assisi became a saint. Dom Bettinelli tells the story without the birdbath.

Tolkien wrote books of elven genealogy, then waved a hand at where hobbits came from. On Hobbit Day, the panel takes up the three kindreds, the Shire's missing economy, and a calendar with a day belonging to no week.

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.

Beeswax, a wick, and a flame you can share without losing any of it. Alix Murray and Kathryn Laffrey take the Paschal candle apart, then paint their own: transfer paper, underpainting, and a paring knife that fixes almost anything.

Smile at your dog, and its brain may register a reward. Caroline Knight, Lindsay Sant, and Lino Saubolle unpack a new brain-scan study showing dogs' brains separate happy faces from sad, fearful, and angry ones.

A Replicator that can't replicate is loose on Earth, and Atlantis S4E15 spends the hour at a funeral instead. Jeff Haecker, Lisa Jones, and Victor Lams argue whether backstory without consequence earns its keep.