Masonic Lite Podcast

Thanks for the kind words, for a change, Bro. Moyer at the top of the show! Welcome to Episode 60, with your regular hosts and special guest Bro. Matt Blaisdell, Creative Director for the Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction (AASR NMJ). Matt talks about the recent update to the AASR NMJ’s logos and branding, we have a great conversation about the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction’s Path Forwar...

Join your hosts Pete, Larry, Jack, and Jason for an episode we’re VERY excited about! This episode Pete and Larry interview Jim Gavin and Peter Ocko, Co-Creators and Executive Producers, of AMC’s new series: “Lodge 49”. Jim and Peter were wonderful guests and provide some great insights to their new show. Aside from Lodge 49, we attended Castle Island Virtual Lodge No. 190 with Worshipful Brother...

Howdy listeners! We’re settling into Studio 665 and have our first guest in the new digs: Worshipful Brother Nicholas Laine, Master of Castle Island Virtual Lodge No. 190 (CIVL) of the Grand Lodge of Manitoba Canada. Bro. Nicholas has been on the show before, and your MLP hosts have visited CIVL by virtue of a computer screen, but here he is, in the flesh! If you can make it through this marathon...

Hello faithful listeners, we're back and in our new studio, STUDIO 665. Today's episode is just us breaking in the new place. We hear from Ken Hudson, or "K Dog", one of our previous guest. Apparently if you buy us a door for the studio, you get squatter rights and can come on the show. Jeff Moyer is back with more advice for Larry, and Jack has some news straight from somebody else's satire site....

Join your regular hosts for our last show in Monarch Studios. Studio 665 is near completion, and we'll be calling off from labor until next month to get settled in. In other news we pick up from last episode and move from communication to event planning. Maybe you'll find it useful, maybe not. Leave us a comment and let us know! Until next time faithful listeners and we'll see you in the new digs!...

Hello fans! Join your regular hosts Pete, Larry, Jason, and Jack, this episode as we talk about communication in the craft (or the lack thereof) and brainstorm ideas to communicate more effectively. Speaking of communications, did you know that MLP is building a new studio, currently dubbed, "Studio 665"? Check out the show note links below to see how you can get involved. http://www.masoniclite.c...

Join your hosts Pete, Larry, and Jason with guest host and Deputy State Master Counselor of Pennsylvania DeMolay, Tyler Moyer. Jack had to take a break this episode but Tyler does a great job informing our listeners about Masonic Youth and DeMolay in particular. Tyler will be making a run for State Master Counselor in July and talks with us about his campaign and platform. One small correction, we...

¿Hablas Español? Join your Masonic Lite Podcast hosts, Pete, Jason, and Jack (Larry's on vacation) with guest co-host, Bro. Dan Madrigal. Originally from Mexico, Bro. Dan relocated many years ago to the Central Pennsylvania area. Even after having once served as Master in his original lodge in Mexico, Bro. Dan had to re-take his Degrees in his new Pennsylvania Lodge, as the two Jurisdictions did n...

Tonight we meet with Brother Steven Henry, a dear friend of our previous guest, Ken Hudson. After some banter... ok, a LOT of banter, we sort of get on topic about first responders. Our guest is a veteran EMS, Fireman, and First Responder etc. Somewhere between the laughter and goofing around, there might be some sort of takeaway. Enjoy!

Welcome listeners! Apologies for the delay. Thanks to an extra Monday this month and some technical difficulties, we're sure you were chomping at the bit for this show (insert sarcasm). Thanks to our Facebook memories, we think we're officially 2 years old. HOWEVER, Merris will continue to say we're celebrating 2 years, for the next couple years. We call that "Merris Math". Seth took a bye week, b...

Join your regular hosts Pete, Larry, Jack, and Jason, along with our guest host Brother Kenneth F. Hudson Sr. Ken brings an interesting perspective to Freemasonry. Growing up in Philly and the church community, he had a negative outlook on Freemasonry, only after many years later to have his mind changed and joining at age 67. Join us as we goof around as usual but try to have a somewhat serious c...

Join your MLP hosts Pete, Larry, Jason, AND Jack for a night of discussion about Jack's topic and idea that Masonry is "right where it ought to be" regarding a transitional period in the craft. We have our regular appearance by Seth Anthony and Corpora Obscurum, followed by a somber piece of Masonic News. We hope you enjoy. No special guests tonight, just the four of us bantering, and a healthy do...

After a quick call in from everybody's favorite Masonic Mentor, Bro. Jeff Moyer, join your hosts Pete, Larry, Jason, Jack, and special guest co-host Rev. Matthew Randolph, Pastor of Donegal Presbyterian Church in Mount Joy, PA. The Reverend recently returned from the Knights Templar's Holy Land Pilgrimage. A trip, as the name suggests, hosted and funded by the Grand Encampment Knights Templar of t...

This episode, join us along with a repeat guest, Bryan Hill from the Traditional Observance Kite and Key Lodge No. 811 in Allentown PA. Later in the show we are joined by Shaun Sponagle, member of Lamberton Lodge No. 476 and current Monarch for Ubar Grotto, MOVPER. We recorded this episode in our Grotto meeting place, so please excuse the hum from some pesky lights, but the Ubar Grotto Jingle cour...

Tonight on Episode 046, join Pete, Jason, Jack, and guest host Justin (because Larry's out sick) while our minds explode with information overload from our special guest, Symbologist and author, Michelle Snyder. Our brains are still numb, so we stole her bio and copied it below. "Michelle is a professor of mythology and symbolism, fairy tale author, blogger, and geek. She earned her post-graduate...

After a string of offsite recordings, your fantastic four Masonic Lite co-hosts are back in Pete's basement, err... Monarch Studios! No guest, no topic, just some good old MLP banter. Pete and Larry did go to a Robert Burns supper which recap here. Other than that, we've got some news and the always educational Obscura Corpora with Seth Anthony!

Welcome to 2018 Masonic Lite listeners. Today Pete, Jason, Jack, Jeff, and a cameo from Larry on his death bed are at the Goose and Gridiron Breakfast at the Movable Feast in Mountville with Bryan L. Hill, and the new DDGM of the First Masonic District, Ronald B. Carson. Our first guest, Bryan, is beyond a big-wig in the York Rite, and Jason reads his entire Masonic Resume, all two pages and 3 min...

Well folks, this wraps up another year of Masonic Lite Podcast. Due to our Holiday Schedules, we're recording at the Goose and Gridiron Breakfast Society at The Moveable Feast in Mountville PA. Jack is under the weather so Larry's favorite antagonist, Bro. Jeff Moyer fills in again. Even though this is a Holiday show, Larry's grumpy. We reminisce about the highlights of our 2017 Masonic life in ge...

Keeping with the Scottish Rite theme, this episode we go very local and go on location at our neighbor's "Holiday Happenings" event in the Valley of Reading PA. Pete, Larry and Jason spend some time with our host Bro Scott Helm and other dignitaries from the Valley, including Bro. Jeff Moyer, 32.125° who lined up as many interviews as he could.

Join us this week for a hodge-podge of a show. Pete and Larry tried to do the show on the sly without Jason and Jack, but we found out so we all rerecorded. Turns out we were too grumpy even by our own standards and scrapped it. Then we changed our tune when we read "The Path Forward" survey from the Scottish Rite, NMJ, and recorded our initial thoughts... AND THEN, we had an opportunity to speak...

Join us for Episode 40! How the heck did that happen? Tonight MLP hosts Jack, Larry, Pete and Jason have no guest. Larry thought it should be an open forum, or "open mic" night. Which of course means he wanted to talk about fundraising, as usual. Catch up with the boys after a 5 Monday month where we skipped a week, and hear the usual suspects and segments like Masonic News with Jack, Corpora Obsc...

Episode 39: The show must go on. This show, Pete and Jack were out of town, so Larry and Jason took to the streets, and were guest speakers at Zembo Shrine. We tricked them into recording our intro and outro with us. The rest of the show however; in a series of untimely events and technically difficulties, we've managed to scrap this gem together. Our original scheduled online guest was unable to...

Join us this week as our list of guests gets better and better. Tonight we have Mark Tabbert, Director of Collections at George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association and author of several poplar Masonic titles. We cover topics from George Washington of course, Traditional Observance, technology in the craft, the eras of Freemasony, and more. We trust you'll be as blown away from Mark's...

What should you do with the old minutes! Put them in the basement, lock them in a safe, feed them to the hounds? Join your MLP hosts alongs with guest host Seth Anthony and published and highly recognized Masonic Scholar and Archivist Dr. Heather Calloway, who's credentials include having been on staff at the House of the Temple in the Southern Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite and currently as Ar...

Join your regular cast along with guest host and Masonic Artist W∴ Ryan J. Flynn. We discuss all things regarding art in the craft and finer points like Masters and their need for crockpots. We don't forget our dear friend and brother Seth Anthony for another obscure Corpora Obscurum (that's double obscure for those paying attention). Find more about Ryan J. Flynn and other show related info here:...