Garden of Thought

“The Simpkinson NASA UFO: The NASA Photography That Rewrites the Story — A Special Episode of Garden of Thought”Host Jeff Lippman welcomes author Ed Wilson and technical director Seth Lamancusa for a deep and informed conversation about NASA mission photography, the preserved lithograph from a NASA founding engineer, cloud-pattern alignment, and scientific confirmations across multiple NASA camera...

Steven Kubacki vanished without a trace in 1978, only to walk out of a field 15 months later, claiming no recollection of anything that happened to him. In the decades since, millions of people have speculated about what happened, but Kubacki has never spoken about that “lost” time… until now. The Disappearance is the dramatic and never-before-revealed true account of how an idealistic college stu...

By way of Lithuania to Australia to the Garden, comes Kristina Dryza. She's a master of archetypes and mythology with a new age flair. Of course, new age is really just ancient age.  Dryza helps us with our goddesses. Especially, those of Greece and Egypt. We discuss Hera and Athena. A bit about Demeter and Aphrodite. A touch of Artemis. Toss in a little Romanization too. We go across that pond an...

Thomas is on assignment. Which typically means travelling and galavanting. So, we call in the lucha hunter, Ikuro Kwon, to meet Isaiah Broner.  Topics discussed: $100 haircuts Sneakers Kwon's baby Thomas' whacky plans of keeping his numerous girlfriends close Broner's wrestling journey and plans Broner explains to me why my Ravens are so frustrating Football philosophies are explored A little bit...

We welcome Nick Patch of Strange Pages. He's creating a 64 issue comic book series featuring Roy Beckwith, an adveture through the cursed continent. And you can be in on the action through the Kickstarter (kickstarter.com/projects/demon).  While we discuss that project, our agenda was to discuss J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth epics. Especially, Lord of the Rings. So of course we start with Game of...

Daniele Irandoost is the author of four books and may have guested on this show as many times. One of his books was vetted and can be found in the CIA's libraries.  He's a citizen of the UK, recently relocated from Britain to Scotland, and an outspoken critic of the surveillance State. His heritage is half Iranian, half Romanian and he's earned several degrees. We discuss diplomacy in it's current...

Faye Jackson finally makes her Gospel of Thomas debut! I was hoping for funny Thomas stories and a mini roast. Did that happen? You have to listen. We talk their history together and the odd conspiracy board that leads to Stokely Hathaway. We talk the world wide phenomenon that Bomaye Fight Club shall become. We went 90 minutes and Thomas never told me to wrap it up! Not once!  Thomas on travel. W...

I know him as Jay. Jay of the UFL America Facebook group. Then he was Jay who collaborated on UFL podcasts. Then Jay started listenting to the Garden shows and it turned out, he enjoyed the strange and voluminous landscapes of the Garden. He never mentioned he was a musician. Well, Jay is also known as Equinox and he's been part of the Philadelphia music scene for some time. He's now a signed arti...

He was a quiet guy. Then some confused podcasters encouraged him and he hasn't stopped since. I was one of those podcasters. He started with hot sauces. Then moved on to other foods.  He's not from the Bayou, but he's a Bayou Geek. Somehow, he's cohosting with Hey Now Rich Dow.  He's a Baltimore guy and we've never met.  But he's here now. He's Chris Matthews. And this is a Baltimore Joint, but we...

A few months sgo Mogg Morgan booked himself for this episode. We're delving into Egupt once again. We'll visit some friends but we focus on the "time of the nameless gods" and the "old ones". There were variations on the Watchers tales in Egyptian mythology. There were demigods and Nephilim. And Mogg & I had a lot of fun discussing and debating this. Including the definition of a demigod.  A l...

Bjorn Leesson has always been fascinated with many topics to include history, the supernatural, and writing. These interests combined led to the Outside the Thalsparr series, with the first book in the series, "Runes of the Dokkrsdottir." Bjorn was not formally trained as a writer and has worked in the industrial manufacturing field his entire life. Writing his stories and hoping others enjoy them...

I've been pretty proud about the journey we've taken together learning about the Indo-Europeans. The linguistics versus the cultures versus the religions. We've done a lot of comparing and contrasting, and a lot of deep dive exploration. But we've spent a lot more time on the European side of the term. Today we put the focus on the Indo aspects. To do so in an academic manner, we welcome back Prof...

We welcome in author Ryan Melsom for a wide ranging discussion centered on his newest techno thriller in the cyberpunk tradition. Set in the near future after the world we know collapsed and was rebuilt through new AI-powered technology, Gods of a New World is a a mind-bending cyberpunk thriller of rebellion and redemption. "I think we’re all wondering what the explosion of artificial intelligence...

The Cleric of Chaos rejoins the Garden to discuss and educate on the more modern aspects of the Left Hand side. Including a working origin of that descriptor. We start with the no very ancient symbol known as Baphomet. It's likely origins and it's misuse over the last few centuries. We also address the Chruch of Satan, Luciferians, the Satanic Panic - then and now, and some prominent names. Perfec...

Bernie Taylor's back and he's bringing the knowledge. He doesn't just have the writings, he actually has the cave paintings. Thousands of years old. In the mysterious Basque territories. For those who don't know, the Basques are a people who live along the borders of Spain and France. They have wanted an independent state for a long time. But it's just that, their language is not related to any ne...

Dina, Joey and myself complete our review of Dark. Season 3. Do you agree with our conclusions?

Mr. Thomas and myself meet Brick Savage. Remember this name. You've seen the footage of his one armed power slam. Now you'll hear his story. Listen while Thomas tries to entrap me and Brick meanly assists. Learn about Bomaye Fight Club. We also talk about horror movies like Weapons.  Yes, PWI rankings are raised. Yes, there's a paranormal experience. And we introduce something called "crazy thing...

We welcome back on Joseph J. Alexander, a veteran of many hats in pro wrestling, He's also clergy of a religious organization and a student of many areas of the esoteric, arcane, historic and religious. He's on a prior episode under a Gospel of Thomas title if interested. Today we talk about the numerous waves of Celtic mythology, as well as Celtic history and folklore. The overlaps to Norse and G...

Dr. John Brandenburg is an astrophysicist who's worked for two Department of Energy Nuclear labs, and spent over a decade working with the military and intelligence departments in the United States. He's back in the forefront in researching anamolies about Mars and other matters regarding space. We discuss Atlas 3i and it's predecessor, Mars itself, chemistry and physics, and aliens. Specifically,...

David Pasti is a Maryland attorney who also happened to be a Major League Baseball Agent for a number of years. We discuss his story, his practice and the A to Z of becoming and being an Agent for one of the premier sports leagues in the world. 

Thomas & I welcome in our first reigning world champion, MLW Heavyweight champion Mads Atrosity Krule Krugger. The black hlove of Contra Unit.  Sure we chit chat about wrestling and all his many names. We make sure to establish that he and Thomas hit each other very hard. We establish Krule is producing mini Krules to establish a Krule dynasty. We might have broken some news. A spoiler: CW And...

This show was to be about King Solomon and the ring and the demons. And it is. But we covered so much more that we may have to do a part two. Who was Solomon? When was Solomon? What led to Solomon? Well, that takes us back to Adam and Eve. Our old friend, Lilith. A whole lot on The Satan. A touch of Cain. Some parts on Moses. A whole bunch on angels, Archangels, Fallen Angels (Nephilim). Bethsheba...

Ricky Reyes is a veteran of Ring of Honor among other promotions. In fact, he was CM Punk's roommate and assumed a lease for ole' Chick Magnet. Yes, we will discuss that.  But most importantly to me, he was a henchman wrestler working for the very corrupt Dario Cueto, while also being an undercover cop infiltrating Dario's odios organization.  We get a unique PJ story, We also discuss Ricky's care...

Aaron Hynes is an explorer, researcher, former resident of Peru, tour guide, future resident of Peru, and the host of Breaking Ancient News.  Aaron has a fascination with ancient civilizations and the unanswered gaps left by accepted archeology. While we spend most of our time discussing the Andean civilizations, we're not limited to that region. Hynes believes there was a root culture that harnes...

We are joined by author and researcher Patrick Chouinard, who discusses his work on the Lost Giants of Atlantis. Let's get this out of the way: he doesn't believe in a physical place named Atlantis. He uses the common word as a placeholder for an advanced civilization lost to history. He also uses the word Aryan, but not in the corrupted way that's become the common use. Rather, the ancient use wh...