Garden of Thought

Gary Wayne re-enters the Garden to discuss The Watchers, Demons and The Four Horsemen of the apolcalypse. In this discussion, he ties in the Annunaki, the Igigi, Titans and Olympians, and many other beings and figures of myth and history. What is a demon? Who is Satan? Why are there more Satans? This forces us to describe the different kinds of Angels, which leads to the Horsemen. I can't do justi...

💬 Show Notes In this episode, we’re diving into the wild world where wrestling meets Hollywood with our awesome guest, Vinnie Pacifico! Get ready for some laughs as we chat about Vinnie's unforgettable moments on the Jumbotron in Times Square, his role in the film 'Frequency of Miracles,' and why mental health awareness is super important. Plus, we’ll tackle everything from spine-chilling horror...

Logan Swanson is the host of The Land Fixer podcast. He's also been in the real estate business for a decade. He went from a career in construction and the services industry to an accomplished buyer and seller of land throughout the United States. There are some similarities to our prior week's guest, but it's mostly an entirely different business model. 

Another curiosity checked off my list. Thanks to Cee the Superior, we finally tackled to Peacock. It's not just NBC that;s proud as a peacock. The peacock is ubiqitous in cosmologies, mythologies, and symbology around the world and across traditions. So, I sent Cee to researching. And research she did! But the unusual happened: I researched too. And acquired someone else's research and actually re...

In this episode, we take a captivating journey into the world of professional wrestling with Max Smashmaster, a veteran wrestler and owner of the New England Pro Wrestling Academy. Max shares his origin story, recounting his early days in wrestling, his time with Chikara, and the lessons he learned along the way. We also explore the importance of branding in wrestling promotions, the creative proc...

This episode we jump into the world of real estate. This might become a bit of a miniseries. You might have heard terms like Family Office; Property Wholesaler; Flipping: We Buy Houses for Cash. What do they all mean? Who are these folks? Lane Kawaoka gives us his views from the top. His book, and methodology, "The Wealth Elevator" explores his journey from traditional employee saving via a employ...

Professor Jon F. White from Crecganford returns to cover the topic of the great serpent. Yes, dragons. Were they always dragons? Turns out probably not. Snakes are the original universal human boogeyman. There's all sorts of evidence for that proposition. But the myths support this too. The snake and the oldest dragons have more in common than the fire breathing children of Kalesi or Smog from Tol...

These show notes were generated by Headliner AI. If you enjoy them please tell other podcasters by giving a shoutout to https://headliner.app in your episode ✨ --- 💬 Show Notes In this episode, we welcome the dynamic Jeremy Prophet, a celebrated Canadian wrestler and current tag team champion. Join us as we explore his journey through the wrestling world, his recent accomplishments, and the chal...

The Garden welcomes back Professor Richard Spence to do deeper dives into some of the well known historic occult groups. From the Essenes to the Freemasons, we touch on many well known groups or schools of thought, and try to draw throughlines where possible. We also discuss some popular media and a bit of fact checking. Is there a direct connection between the Cathars and Templars? What was the r...

Dr. Edwin Barnhart of the Maya Exploration Center. You know him from Season 2 of Netflix's Ancient Apocalypse, Earth Ancients and the ArcheoEd podcast. He previously dazzled us with information about Mezoamerica. Today, the working topic was the Incas. And we did cover the Incas. But we also covered some of the prior peoples. Covered the religions and the continuity of beliefs. We talk about the t...

We welcome back Professor Michael York to discuss Canaanite Gods. This includes the Israelites, Akkadians, Babylonians, and others. Due to proximity, we venture a bit into Sumeria, Egypt, Vedic India and beyond. We even touch upon Hittites, Minoans and Sea Peoples. But it's mostly Yahweh versus Ba'al with a dash of Inanna and Ashura, and other easy to pronounce names. Along the way we discuss soim...

Keegan Dimitrijevic is of Serbian descent, is born and raised in Canada, Studies towards his Masters in Indigenous literature, and has trained with the likes of Seth Rollins and Josh Alexander as he is a working professional wrestler. From the history of Canadian colonization related to the indigenous, to an overview of the Nations, we discuss many items. Dimitrijevic indicated I asked hard hittin...

Jeff and MLW's Mr. Thomas bring you the Gospel of Thomas while PJ is on assignment (OK, he was in Vegas). We bring you the Syren's Song. Syren wrestled for 21 years. Since then, she became ordained while following witchcraft. She is a good witch and does a show with another witch, who is also an empath and psychic. She tells us about her journey from wrestling to witch. As always, Thomas asks the...

Deric Gilliard went from the civil rights and social justice space into the Federal governement, where he worked 25 years. He served under the past 5 administrations and is an expert in health care policy and communications. We discuss the Affordable Care Act, the art of legislation, the polarization of politics, and other topics. Deric A. Gilliard retired in 2022, after 25 years as a federal empl...

Greg Ogles is an independent filmmaker, researcher and bigfoot seeker. He's produced two movies. The first is "The Legend of the Downing Booger" and the newest is "The Land Between the Lakes". Both films explore and document American Bigfoot events. We discuss how he got into these endeavors. We also discuss how one equips themselves and the logistics and planning of such expeditions. Of course we...

Richard Freeman is a cryptozoologist. He searches for animals thought to be extinct, of different sizes than believed, and creatures of legend. He's found compelling evidence of a unknown species of Orangatan. He's been on the trail of the yeti, and some of it's cousin species. He's sough the Caspian tiger. We discuss his exploits, successes, near misses, and continuing goals. This includes a disc...

Jennifer Sutherland is an award winning poet, author and attorney. Perhaps most importantly, she's a multi time guest in the Garden. Christmas is filled with joys and iconic movies and specials that we've cherished for generations. And a lot of them are creepy, concerning and a little terrifying. We visit some of those in this show. Like the Ghosts of Dickensian fame, we take you to your various s...

This episode of 'Garden of Doom Presents' is hosted by Mr. Thomas, filling in for PJ Black. The discussion includes humorous instances, personal anecdotes, and insights into professional wrestling, particularly from MLW. Highlights include an interview with special guest AJ Scales, who shares his experiences and responsibilities within MLW. Topics range from the assassination of a health insurance...

God provides for the blind vulture. The tarantula doesn't toil. White roosters. The Golden Rule. The reap what you sow. Some of these sound familiar. Some probably do not. However, all are aspects of African proverbs. Our guest this episode. Chris Moorehouse, wrote a landmark book entitled "Legacy: Wisdom of African Traditions and the Bible. Moorehouse investigated the proverbs over numerous peopl...

Les Leopold  is the co-founder and executive director of the  Labor Institute . He is a graduate of Oberlin College and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. [1] Books[ edit ] Wall Street's War on Workers: How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are Destroying the Working Class and What to Do About It  (2024) [2] Runaway Inequality: An Activist's Guide to Econom...

We're joined this week by Bernie Taylor. Call it confirmation bias if you like, but I got a lot of validation in this episode. Taylor takes us through cave art found around the pillars of Hercules, among other places, to document the earliest zodiac found. From that and knowledge of which animals are represented, he put together the story which might be the first story. We follow the hero through...

Jim Viera has been everywhere in alternative history and archeology circles. He refers to himself as a non dogmatic centrist. Jim Vieira is a stonemason, author, explorer and host of the History Channel shows "Search for the Lost Giants" (2014) "Roanoke: Search for the Lost Colony" (2015) and "Return to Roanoke: Search the Seven" (2016). He is also co-author of  Giants on Record  with Hugh Newman....

What is a synomym for a red line? Perhaps, a border. What is "The Red Line"? It's the gold standard for geopolitical podcasts. Mike Hilliard, the host of "The Red Line" re-enters the Garden for his most recent visit to the Garden multiverse. When you have a premier expert in international geopolitics, of course you ask for some quick hits on minor issues like the Syrian Regime, Russian hypersonic...

Author of over 50 books, Caroline Lawrence enters the Garden. While we discuss a lot of things, our focus is on Hermes (Mercury for the Romans). We get his origin story. Lawrence makes sense as to why Hermes is the God of so many seemingly disparate things. We venture into Troy and the Aenied, Joseph Campbell, and talk a little Lucifer and Odin. Hermes might be the Mapquest of Gods. Hopefully, we'...