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 Ca...

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 s...

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-winning journalist, Jeffery H. Haskell, lives and breathes writing. A passion of his from a young age, he can’t remember a time when he wasn’t telling stories. As a full-time author, he now pursues his life’s calling with the help of his amazing family. The only thing he likes as much as spending time with this family, writing, and speaking a...

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 ster...

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 L...

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 Cai...

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...

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...

Rick Partlow is that rarest of species, a native Floridian. Born in Tampa, he attended Florida Southern College and graduated with a degree in History and a commission in the US Army as an Infantry officer. His lifelong love of science fiction began with Have Space Suit---Will Travel and the other Heinlein juveniles and traveled through Clifford Simak, Asimov, Clarke and on to William Gibson, Walt...

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...

The Gospel of Thomas - Episode with O'SHAY Edwards 📍 Key Timestamps: 0:00 - Welcome back Thomas & intro 0:38 - The $99 Macallan 18 story 2:14 - OSHA Edwards joins the show 2:45 - How Thomas & OSHA became friends at MLW 6:18 - Road to WrestleMania - are they watching? 9:49 - OSHA vs Chodo - why isn't this booked? 10:29 - Underrated indie talent shoutouts 15:06 - Vanity Project & varsit...

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.net Book: ‘Escaping The Void (How to Support Victims Out of Emotionally Abusive Relationships)’ Availab...

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 stories full of mystery, comedy, adventure, suspense, romance, and supernatural mayhem. When she's not dabbling in fiction, she's arm wrestling with her two kids, attempting to seduce her husband, and arguing 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...

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...

Stephen Hawley Martin is the author of over 30 books. His publishing company has published dozens more. We discuss his recent book which is about almost everything the human mind and the hive mind that we actually share via some type of cloud. Some call this the Akashic Field. Others simply call it the Universe. The scientific field studying it is called Noeticism. Martin was also an Adept in the...

She's been a guest on The Book of Black. She's a former WCW Nitro girl and professional wrestler. She's been a playboy model and pin up model. She's played football with Carmen Elecktra, An avowed conspiracy theoriist, health and fitness authority, and a content creator. She's April Hunter. And she's also a deep thinker and ongoing student. Her A Show and other ventures explore topics not unlike t...

in 1968, Erich Von Daniken exploded into the mainstream with his bestseller "Chariots of the Gods?". It became a movie 2 years later and Von Daniken wrote over 30 more books. More importantly, he brought to the fore the ancient alien theory that all the Gods, angels and demons, and architecture, glyphs and other wonders were all aliens, or alien inspired. But he didn't come out of no where. We exp...

The darkness lasts longer and the days are short. A gray mist hangs about the horizon. Fairy Tales aren't for the feint of heart. Returning guest, Jennifer Sutherland, goes into the scarier true versions and visions of Fairy Tales. Our award winning Poet and author helps us to revisit some of the well known properties and themes, that lurk just below your subconscious.

We are joined by Ishan Asand of Immigrant's First, PLLC, a law firm prophetically named in 2007. We discuss some of the developments in immigration and the novels issues before the system.  We discuss the $100,000 H1B Visas and how they are different from other work Visas.  We also discuss his firm's near total success in Habeus Corpus suits against the government and some of the distinctions betw...