en SQPN: All Shows https://sqpn.com/ A collection of all the SQPN shows Sat, 18 Jul 2026 22:56:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 SQPN, Inc. false episodic SQPN, Inc. info@sqpn.com SQPN Inc. - All Rights Reserved SQPN Inc. - All Rights Reserved podcast SQPN: All Shows https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/sqpn_logo_600x600.png https://sqpn.com/episode-archive/ TV-G c180bfa7-595b-54a2-9eb9-97759d5fb065 Keeping Humanity at the Center of the AI Age https://sqpn.com/2026/07/keeping-humanity-at-the-center-of-the-ai-age/ Sat, 18 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://sqpn.com/?p=107722 https://sqpn.com/2026/07/keeping-humanity-at-the-center-of-the-ai-age/#respond https://sqpn.com/2026/07/keeping-humanity-at-the-center-of-the-ai-age/feed/ 0 Can the Church keep humanity at the center of the AI age? Dom Bettinelli joins Lindsay Sant and Caroline Knight on Pope Leo's encyclical Magnifica humanitas, a radiation-eating Chernobyl fungus, and StarQuest's 20th year.

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]]> full 1:24:33 Tabula Rasa (SGA) https://sqpn.com/2026/07/tabula-rasa-sga/ Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0000 https://sqpn.com/?p=107711 https://sqpn.com/2026/07/tabula-rasa-sga/#respond https://sqpn.com/2026/07/tabula-rasa-sga/feed/ 0 Everyone on Atlantis wakes up with no memory and a deadly clock ticking. In Stargate Atlantis S4E6, "Tabula Rasa," Victor Lams, Jeff Haecker, and Lisa Jones unpack the amnesia mystery, Major Lorne's villain turn, and one very effective Polaroid.

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]]> full 33:41 Mark Twain Super-Psychic: His Shocking Telepathy & Death Dream https://sqpn.com/2026/07/mark-twain-super-psychic-his-shocking-telepathy-death-dream/ Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://sqpn.com/?p=107704 https://sqpn.com/2026/07/mark-twain-super-psychic-his-shocking-telepathy-death-dream/#respond https://sqpn.com/2026/07/mark-twain-super-psychic-his-shocking-telepathy-death-dream/feed/ 0 He spent his career debunking fake mesmerists and mediums — then dreamed his brother's funeral weeks before it happened. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli trace Mark Twain's strange turn toward telepathy and ask what the Catholic has to say about it.

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]]> full 1:17:47 Your Lawn Just Went High-Tech https://sqpn.com/2026/07/your-lawn-just-went-high-tech/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0000 https://sqpn.com/?p=107718 https://sqpn.com/2026/07/your-lawn-just-went-high-tech/#respond https://sqpn.com/2026/07/your-lawn-just-went-high-tech/feed/ 0 The lawn has gone high-tech. Dom Bettinelli and Thomas Sanjurjo weigh battery mowers against gas, robot mowers against your Saturday, and smart irrigation against a soggy guess — plus the gardening gear that actually earns its keep.

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]]> full 58:46 The Secrets of One Last Monster https://sqpn.com/2026/07/the-secrets-of-one-last-monster/ Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://sqpn.com/?p=107694 https://sqpn.com/2026/07/the-secrets-of-one-last-monster/#respond https://sqpn.com/2026/07/the-secrets-of-one-last-monster/feed/ 0 A widowed empress must choose between killing a monster or trusting its warning. Filmmaker Gene Kim talks with Angela Sealana and Jeff Haecker about One Last Monster — his Korean-history sci-fi short on the comfort zone, grief, and faith.

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]]> full 46:11 Monarch, S2: String Theory https://sqpn.com/2026/07/monarch-s2-string-theory/ Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://sqpn.com/?p=107690 https://sqpn.com/2026/07/monarch-s2-string-theory/#respond https://sqpn.com/2026/07/monarch-s2-string-theory/feed/ 0 Two Lee Shaws meet across the decades through a rift — and Monarch finally lets its humans outshine its monsters. Dom Bettinelli, Jeff Haecker, and Patrick Mason unpack the time-travel paradoxes of S2E7, "String Theory."

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]]> full 38:38 Roverandom https://sqpn.com/2026/07/roverandom/ Tue, 14 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0000 https://sqpn.com/?p=107677 https://sqpn.com/2026/07/roverandom/#respond https://sqpn.com/2026/07/roverandom/feed/ 0 A dog bites a wizard's trousers, gets turned into a toy for his trouble, and that's the least strange thing that happens. Thomas Salerno, Rob Leonardi, Rob Story, Fr. Bryan Shackett, and Patrick Mason unpack Tolkien's Roverandom.

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]]> full 1:18:27 The Million-Dollar Boba Fett: A Star Wars Toy Retrospective https://sqpn.com/2026/07/the-million-dollar-boba-fett-a-star-wars-toy-retrospective/ Tue, 14 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://sqpn.com/?p=107673 https://sqpn.com/2026/07/the-million-dollar-boba-fett-a-star-wars-toy-retrospective/#respond https://sqpn.com/2026/07/the-million-dollar-boba-fett-a-star-wars-toy-retrospective/feed/ 0 From Star Wars toy to valuable collectible: One rocket-firing prototype sold for $1.34 million. Jeff Haecker, Jon Koral, Kathryn Laffrey, and Thomas Salerno dig through Kenner history, Expanded Universe figures, and their own childhood toy shelves to explain why Star Wars toys captured our imaginations.

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]]> full 1:14:18 Persistence of Vision (VOY) https://sqpn.com/2026/07/persistence-of-vision-voy/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0000 https://sqpn.com/?p=107654 https://sqpn.com/2026/07/persistence-of-vision-voy/#respond https://sqpn.com/2026/07/persistence-of-vision-voy/feed/ 0 A powerful alien telepath locks Voyager's crew in private hallucinations and then vanishes without explanation. Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin on whether "Persistence of Vision" earns its mystery.

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]]> full 52:24 The Keys of the Kingdom https://sqpn.com/2026/07/the-keys-of-the-kingdom/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://sqpn.com/?p=107650 https://sqpn.com/2026/07/the-keys-of-the-kingdom/#respond https://sqpn.com/2026/07/the-keys-of-the-kingdom/feed/ 0 A Scottish priest spends six decades in China and never once bullies anyone into belief. Kathryn Laffrey and Alix Murray dig into The Keys of the Kingdom (1944) — Gregory Peck's first Oscar-nominated role — and the power of Golden Age faith on film.

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]]> full 1:22:05 The First Dentist Was a Neanderthal https://sqpn.com/2026/07/the-first-dentist-was-a-neanderthal/ Sat, 11 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://sqpn.com/?p=107560 https://sqpn.com/2026/07/the-first-dentist-was-a-neanderthal/#respond https://sqpn.com/2026/07/the-first-dentist-was-a-neanderthal/feed/ 0 Sixty thousand years before modern dentistry, a Neanderthal endured a 35-minute stone-tool drilling procedure — no anesthesia — and survived. Caroline Knight explains what a 59,000-year-old infected molar reveals about prehistoric medicine.

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]]> full 19:18 Travelers (SGA) https://sqpn.com/2026/07/travelers-sga/ Fri, 10 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0000 https://sqpn.com/?p=107646 https://sqpn.com/2026/07/travelers-sga/#respond https://sqpn.com/2026/07/travelers-sga/feed/ 0 A nomadic human fleet, an Aurora-class battleship, and a character study gone wrong. Victor Lams, Lisa Jones, and Jeff Haecker weigh the best idea in SGA S4E5 "Travelers" against writing that can't make Larrin (Jill Wagner) land.

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]]> full 38:52 EXPOSED: The Government’s Patented Way to Put Voices in Your Head https://sqpn.com/2026/07/exposed-the-governments-patented-way-to-put-voices-in-your-head/ Fri, 10 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://sqpn.com/?p=107624 https://sqpn.com/2026/07/exposed-the-governments-patented-way-to-put-voices-in-your-head/#respond https://sqpn.com/2026/07/exposed-the-governments-patented-way-to-put-voices-in-your-head/feed/ 0 The U.S. government holds real patents for putting voices in people's heads — and thousands say it's happening to them. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli separate the real physics from psychiatry, internet lore, and outright fraud.

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]]> full 1:18:05 Monitors: The Last Affordable Computer Upgrade https://sqpn.com/2026/07/monitors-the-last-affordable-computer-upgrade/ Thu, 09 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0000 https://sqpn.com/?p=107642 https://sqpn.com/2026/07/monitors-the-last-affordable-computer-upgrade/#respond https://sqpn.com/2026/07/monitors-the-last-affordable-computer-upgrade/feed/ 0 Your monitor is the last computer upgrade that's still genuinely affordable, and the tech has quietly gotten great. Dom Bettinelli, Pat Scott, and Fr. Andrew Kinstetter decode the specs that matter, then hit two Sony stories about owning what you buy.

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]]> full 55:16 Monarch, S2: Requiem https://sqpn.com/2026/07/monarch-s2-requiem/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://sqpn.com/?p=107637 https://sqpn.com/2026/07/monarch-s2-requiem/#respond https://sqpn.com/2026/07/monarch-s2-requiem/feed/ 0 A funeral becomes the turning point of an entire season, forcing grief, guilt, and a Cold War-style reckoning over Titans onto every character. Dom Bettinelli, Jeff Haecker, and Patrick Mason break down Monarch S2E6, "Requiem."

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]]> full 46:09 Return to Grace (DS9) https://sqpn.com/2026/07/return-to-grace-ds9/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0000 https://sqpn.com/?p=107601 https://sqpn.com/2026/07/return-to-grace-ds9/#respond https://sqpn.com/2026/07/return-to-grace-ds9/feed/ 0 When Klingons destroy the conference she was headed to, Kira ends up teaching guerrilla tactics to a demoted Dukat. Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin unpack DS9 S4E14's moral complexity, Damar's debut, and whether Dukat is tragic or just evil.

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]]> full 53:02 Never Accept a Label in Place of a Story https://sqpn.com/2026/07/never-accept-a-label-in-place-of-a-story/ Sat, 04 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://sqpn.com/?p=107555 https://sqpn.com/2026/07/never-accept-a-label-in-place-of-a-story/#respond https://sqpn.com/2026/07/never-accept-a-label-in-place-of-a-story/feed/ 0 Never accept a label in place of a story. Lindsay Sant brings notes from Melbourne's Proclaim 26 evangelization conference, Caroline Knight reports on 59,000-year-old Neanderthal dentistry, and Lino Saubolle weighs in.

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]]> full 1:11:54 Doppelganger (SGA) https://sqpn.com/2026/07/doppelganger-sga/ Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0000 https://sqpn.com/?p=107594 https://sqpn.com/2026/07/doppelganger-sga/#respond https://sqpn.com/2026/07/doppelganger-sga/feed/ 0 A crystal entity turns Sheppard into every crew member's nightmare in SGA S4E4 "Doppelganger." Lisa Jones, Jeff Haecker, and Victor Lams tackle fear-feeding aliens, Heightmeyer's death, and what Robert C. Cooper called his "Nightmare on Atlantis Street."

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]]> full 45:00 Joseph Williamson’s Tunnels https://sqpn.com/2026/07/joseph-williamsons-tunnels/ Fri, 03 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://sqpn.com/?p=107583 https://sqpn.com/2026/07/joseph-williamsons-tunnels/#respond https://sqpn.com/2026/07/joseph-williamsons-tunnels/feed/ 0 A Liverpool merchant spent 30 years tunneling beneath his own neighborhood and never said why. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli weigh seven theories about Joseph Williamson and his mysterious underground labyrinth.

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]]> full 1:04:04 Computers for College: What You Actually Need in 2026 https://sqpn.com/2026/07/computers-for-college-what-you-actually-need-in-2026/ Thu, 02 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0000 https://sqpn.com/?p=107607 https://sqpn.com/2026/07/computers-for-college-what-you-actually-need-in-2026/#respond https://sqpn.com/2026/07/computers-for-college-what-you-actually-need-in-2026/feed/ 0 Laptop prices are up and RAM is scarce — so how much computer does a college freshman really need? Dom Bettinelli, Fr. Joseph Sund, and Tom Grelinger map Mac, Windows, Linux, and Chromebook picks to every major.

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