Rainmaker Charles Hatfield (San Diego Flood!)

Could Jesus have incarnated on a Klingon world while he walked in Galilee? Jimmy Akin takes that question and eleven more from patrons — telekinesis, the Mary Celeste, Salem, ley lines — with Dom Bettinelli. The post Klingon or Time Lord Jesus? Mary Celeste? Salem Witch Trials? A ...  Show more

Early Christians read it in church beside the Gospels; a fourth-century Bible bound it in after Revelation. Then it vanished. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli open the Shepherd of Hermas — a tower, a beast, and a question about forgiveness. The post The 100-Foot Beast an Early Chris ...  Show more

In January 1916, San Diego, California was hit by a deadly flood. Nobody had foreseen just how catastrophic the storms would be… including the City Council, who’d just hired the renowned “rainmaker” Charles Hatfield to fill the Morena dam with rainwater. Conspiracy Theories is no ...  Show more

Rain is good for California, but the state was not prepared for what might be a megastorm. KQED’s Dan Brekke assesses the damage from the San Francisco Bay Area and the Pacific Institute’s Peter Gleick explains how we can be better prepared for future storms. This episode was pro ...  Show more

Northern California is hit with a huge storm and torrential rain after declaring a drought emergency last week, while Democrats are inching towards a deal on the spending bill. Stephen sits down with Bruce Springsteen to talk about his new book “Renegades: Born in the USA,” and w ...  Show more

For weeks, a string of major storms have hit California, causing extreme flooding. While it might seem as if rain should have a silver lining for a state stuck in a historic drought, the reality is far more complicated.

Today, how California’s water management in the pas ...