# Bem (TAS) - The Secrets of Star Trek

An episode of [Jimmy Akin Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/447082020), 22 Jun 2026, 34 min.

Audio: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/jimmyakinpodcast/SST419.mp3?dest-id=70859

An alien observer who detaches his own body parts puts Kirk and Spock through their paces in TAS S2E2. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler weigh whether "Bem" earns its strange premise — and how this episode named James Tiberius Kirk.

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