Garden of Thought

Professor Rick Spence is back and he's covering a lot of ground. He's a retired Professor, an author, repeat presenter of The Great Courses, and co-host of As Strange As It Seems podcast.We cover the mythos and history of the Templars, how they might relate to Freemasons and others, and try to separate fact from legend. We also learn about the Yezidi, the Druze, and Rastafarianism. We touch on Cathars, Johnians and Manicheism. I'm sure I forgot a few.

Buckley Warde, Esq. met me at one of our firm meetings. I made a reference to the Assyrians and he caught and understood the reference. Thus, he found himself booked on my podcast.Bet you didn't know there were lawyers that did actual fire investigations. Like at the sites. Neither did I. But that's a large part of Warden's practice. From the Florida Sale to the chef who moved too much, we have some tales that usually require CBS or Benoit Blanc to be provided. But that was before I came along.

Phil Marks re-enters the Garden to discuss sigil magick. And we do. But we swiftly entered into the worlds of hidden in plain sight symbology and conspiracy. Phil takes us through Hollywood to Epstein Island and cites names and items that left him wondering if he said too much.

USA Today bestselling author, Dragon nominee, and award-winningjournalist, Jeffery H. Haskell, lives and breathes writing. A passion of his froma young age, he can’t remember a time when he wasn’t telling stories. As afull-time author, he now pursues his life’s calling with the help of his amazingfamily. The only thing he likes as much as spending time with this family,writing, and speaking about writing, is helping other authors be successful. Hewill continue to write until he dies, possibly longer if allowed. Moreinformation can be found about Jeffery at: JHH – Science Fiction AuthorJeff is also a veteran and wanted to write military science fiction. The problem was he wasn't good at it. Turns out he had a disability and once he searched for coping mechanisms, the words tuned good.We discuss his story, his influences. he favorite properties. We have a few disagreements. We also go over some of the science aspects of his works. The story will end up as a 12 book series.

Dr. Stuart Tyson Smith of UCSB joins us to discuss the archeology, science and related aspects of Kush and neighboring regions that existed alongside ancient Egypt and whose histories are intertwined. This is a good companion show to the recent episode with Mogg Morgan.We confirmed where and what is Kush, Nubia, Punt, and some new names. Such as Yam. We settle the grography. We challenge the stereotypes of skin color homogeneity and words like "Kemet" and titles such as "Black Pharoahs". We touch on some things like Sheba and Solomon and Exodus. But our main focus is Kush and the Kushites. There's even talk of a dancing pygmy as part of a historical record. I also spend a minute or two burying Jimmy T.

Welcome to the pilot and proof of concept show that brings reality TV to radio. Or whatever podcasts are. Your host, Jeff Lippman, talks to the planned, but no longer available, star - Shazza McKenzie! About the only podcast that combines the world and challenges of professional wrestling with semi targeting match making efforts, in a competition meets events style dating show called Booking for Love.The originial lyrics are by Jeff Lippman. The music is AI. Shazza is Shazza, and cannot be duplicated by fractals, pixels and ones and zeros.

We are graced once more by Prof. Jon F. White of Crecganford to discuss the mythological stories of Siberia, that made their way into America. We started with some Indo European basics and I got us off track almost immediately. However, we ventured back into the oldest stories including the Cosmic Hunt (not The Wild Hunt) and the Earth Diver. Somewhere along the line I scratched an itch about Cain and Abel being the Indo European twins of husnabdry v pastoralist; or founder and sacrificer. I didn't ask - yet - about Jacob wrestling with El and Gilgamesh and Enkidu. Maybe next time.Constellations came up. But which constellations. They're not the same now as they were then. But some are.Linguistics and story tracing has beaten genetics, but genetics and other science testing has supported what the Humanities already discovered. Now you can discover it too.

Sheri Hoidra, Esquire, joins us again to give us her insights into the lawfare in immigration in the United States. She shares some war stories, frustrations and tales from the front lines. We also discuss some world events and politics. Two radical Centrists who are pretty disgusted with what has become of the rule of law.

Bernie Taylor of beforeorion.com rejoins the show to discuss Gobekle Tepe and Ephesus. But, as always with Taylor, he’s got a swerve. We’re talking Avionoids, whether Artemis was the goddess at “the Temple of Artemis”, what is Anatolia, and more. We talk lions, palm dates, Amazons, Herculean murders, hunter gatherers to agriculturalists, and Hittites! That’s just a sampling. Plenty of zodiac and astronomy too.

Welcome back Rex Bundy. He tells his journey of enlightenment and the purposes of his writings. What could be called Bundyism, is a merger of science and religion. We discuss some specific quantum physics reflected in the Pentateuch, or the 5 Books of Moses. Please enjoy this universal conversation brought down to ground level by your humble straw person (me).

The NWA's AJ Cazana joins me to discuss elections. THE NWA Presidency of course. What did you think? We discuss free and fair elections. how nepotism is a lie, how his father won a free and fair election - easily, and how many ways AJ is over his brother.We also discuss some aspects of the potential new podcast effort between he and Silas Mason. This conversation goes far and wide but sticks tomy core topics of wrestling kayfabe, breaking a little kayfabe, and talking about the alternative parts of the world. There's a fair amount of confusion over the corner store clerk's name and why Hunter Drake is always around.A few shout outs to Aron Stephens may have happened.

Rick Partlow is that rarest of species, a native Floridian. Born in Tampa, heattended Florida Southern College and graduated with a degree in History anda commission in the US Army as an Infantry officer.His lifelong love of science fiction began with Have Space Suit---Will Travel andthe other Heinlein juveniles and traveled through Clifford Simak, Asimov, Clarkeand on to William Gibson, Walter Jon Williams and Peter F Hamilton. Andsomewhere, submerged in the worlds of others, Rick began to create his ownworlds.He has written over 60 books in a dozen different series, and his short stories have beenincluded in twelve different anthologies.He is currently writing the best-selling Drop Trooper series for Aethon Books, a mil-SF alieninvasion series, as well as the Taken to the Stars series for Variant Publishing.He lives in northern Wyoming with his wife and a goofy blackmouth cur. Besides writing andreading science fiction and fantasy, he enjoys outdoor photography, hiking and camping. Moreinformation can be found about Rick at: Rick Partlow | Aethon Books

I never thought a former member of Iran's Republican Guard would reach out to me. But here we are. How does a guy born in Italy, moved to New York then Califormia, end up in Iran, placed on a nofly list, get his passport seized, and ends up in the IRGC? All before age 18? Meet Sherman. He's also half Jewish on his father's side. Oh. He barely spoke Farsi. What could go wrong? 2 years of military brig living, secret police interrogations, and overseen by a religious magistrate. Yet, he ultimately got out..only to have to return again. A story so odd, you have to hear it for yourself. Luckily you can. Just hit play.And yes, we do address the current protests in Iran and the expected state of play regarding regime change.

The Gospel of Thomas - Episode with O'SHAY Edwards📍 Key Timestamps:0:00 - Welcome back Thomas & intro0:38 - The $99 Macallan 18 story2:14 - OSHA Edwards joins the show2:45 - How Thomas & OSHA became friends at MLW6:18 - Road to WrestleMania - are they watching?9:49 - OSHA vs Chodo - why isn't this booked?10:29 - Underrated indie talent shoutouts15:06 - Vanity Project & varsity club wrestling talk17:47 - Super Bowl, Bad Bunny & Kid Rock controversy20:11 - Music evolution & listening habits24:02 - Elephant music & video game soundtracks27:30 - Food talk - steaks, cheese steaks & fast food32:00 - McDonald's Sprite hits different35:30 - Chick-fil-A breakfast appreciation36:55 - OSHA's creepy paranormal stadium story43:28 - Philly & New York MLW show dates teased44:35 - Thomas reviews "Marty Supreme" movie47:28 - Creed & Rocky movies = wrestling matches55:40 - Nintendo 64 nostalgia & gaming memories60:50 - MLB The Show complaints & gaming rant66:37 - OSHA running AXW Wrestling in Pennsylvania71:23 - MLW tour dates & where to find them🎯 Episode Topics:MLW backstage stories & friendshipsCurrent state of wrestling fandomIndie wrestling talent recommendationsMusic, food & pop culture deep divesParanormal experiencesVideo game golden age memoriesBehind-the-scenes wrestling production

Dr. Ed Barnhart is back and we're going to Southeast Asia and the Khmer Empire. Well before the Rouge. We talk Angkor Wat and Thom among other fascinating stops. We touch on history, religions, rivalries, gods on mountains and pyramids of gods and men. We of course talk about that Stegasaurus. A UFO discussion may ensue as well.

Mogg Morgan joins us once again for all things Egypt adjacent. This time we're talking about Kush, Punt and Nubia. Historic, mythic, and geography.

Dr. Stuart Wood joins us to cover two items. One is narcissism. The other is his newest book dealing with escaping such a relationship.My social links are as follows:LinkedIn: Stuart Wood https://www.linkedin.com/in/drstuartwood/Website:  Narcissistic Abuse Network https://narcissistic-abuse.netBook: ‘Escaping The Void (How to Support Victims Out of Emotionally Abusive Relationships)’ Available on all Amazon platforms.e.g., Amazon US:  eBook:  https://www.amazon.com/Escaping-Void-Support-Emotionally-Relationships-ebook/dp/B0CD67ND7LPaperback:  https://www.amazon.com/Escaping-Void-Support-Emotionally-Relationships/dp/139994813X

Vinny Pacifico booked himself to put over a young talent, Not a wrestler. An actor. We talk about Vinny's enormous film success and him getting cast and cast again in horror movies. Along the way, he met this young up and comer. Let's meet Jax Platon.

USA Today Bestselling author, Ann Charles, writes spicy storiesfull of mystery, comedy, adventure, suspense, romance, andsupernatural mayhem. When she's not dabbling in fiction, she's armwrestling with her two kids, attempting to seduce her husband, andarguing with her sassy cats.This is her second appearance on the show. Last time, we discussed her Deadwood series. Now, we get a little more into traditional garden fare.Deep in the Yucatán Peninsula sits a long forgotten, mysterious site—lost totime, swallowed by the jungle, haunted by ancient secrets.Archaeologist Dr. Angélica Garcia is chasing clues, and she will stop atnothing to uncover the site’s history. Was it a sacred center? A place of long-forgotten rituals? Or something far more sinister?Quint Parker, a sharp-eyed photojournalist, is chasing Angélica. He neversigned up for old curses, creepy whispers in the shadows, or man-eatingmosquitoes. He just wants to make sure his girlfriend makes it out of thejungle—alive.The deeper they dig into the past, the more they must confront a deadlytruth: Some places should never be disturbed!

I've often wondered why is someone considered a prophet. Like, good enough to be considered one from a scriptural standpoint. What did they see, dream, write and say? So I turned to a student of scripture. The Torah to be specific. From "Good and Sweet Torah", we welcome back Laivi Schor to go over what is prophect? Why did prophecy end? When does it return? And who were the prophets of what you might call The Old Testament. We go through a bunch, but there's no time to visit them all. Who knew? Turns out, we'll have to do a separate show on Ezekial. I really am fascinated by Ezekial and the Merkaba.We're all going to visit the plagues on a future episode. Those plagues. And others.