The Mystery of Radiation

Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

Jimmy Akin

Christianity, Science, Documentary, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2026

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

From 1895 to 1900, a burst of discoveries transformed science's understanding of matter itself. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli trace the full arc of radiation's discovery — from Röntgen's X-rays to Becquerel's uranium rays to Marie Curie naming radioactivity — and examine its dangers, benefits, and significance.

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0:00.0	Jimmy Aiken's Mysterious World is brought to you by the StarQuest Production Network
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0:07.2	If you'd like to support the podcast, please visit givemysterious.fm.
0:12.6	Coming soon on Jimmy Aiken's Mysterious World.
0:16.3	Godzilla, King of the Monsters, alive, surging up from the depths of the sea on a tidal wave of terror to wreak vengeance on mankind.
0:25.6	Godzilla, king of the monsters, it's alive.
0:28.6	A gigantic beast, dotting the earth, crushing all before, in a cyclonic cavalcade of electrifying horror,
0:36.6	raging through the streets
0:38.3	on a rampage of total destruction.
0:40.3	Godzilla, King of the Monsters.
0:43.3	Incredible Titan of Terror.
0:46.3	Wiping out a city of six million
0:48.3	and a holocaust of flame.
0:50.3	Jet blades cannot destroy it.
0:52.3	Bombs cannot kill it.
0:55.0	All modern weapons fail.
0:57.0	Is this the end of our civilization?
1:00.0	Can the scientists of the world find a way to scotch this creature?
1:04.0	Or the answer?
1:06.0	See Godzilla.
1:08.0	King of the monsters.
1:10.0	The Godzilla, King of the Monsters.
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