The After Lodge Podcast

Opening: The Pink Panther (Mancini) Why Tony always gets introduced last We welcome Sir John to Pennnnnnn-sylvania The two token white guys - a review of the Black Panther Harlan was the senior past master. There was much wailing. A kid's first birthday party at our Lodge . . . it was a splash! Harlan's daughter becomes a Scottish Rite icon How to lawyer up a tendered order to "go suck eggs" - rep...

Opening: Every Breath You Take (The Police) Happy (very) belated Valentine's Day! Our Lodge takes an outing to a charity gala - with formal attire and everything Worshipful Bro.^2 steals all the wine from other tables Silent auctions . . . some of us discover that they have consequences Tony has the flu but gets on the show anyways to get us all sick Whoopee cushion for the Senior Warden Some geek...

Opening: Blame Canada (South Park) Bro. Josh ( /u/AnonymooseReddtr ) joins us from Canada to hang out After Lodge, eh We discuss how Canadian Freemasonry is its own thing Canada's own version of Bro. George Washington Alcohol in North American Lodges?! "Metric money" a.k.a. dues in the north A brief foreign policy tangent - why doesn't everyone hate Canada? Wait . . . we brought Bro. Josh here to...

Opening: Tell Me Baby (Red Hot Chili Peppers) Worshipful Bro. Squared returns with nothing better to do We were out last week crashing Three Distinct Knocks (perhaps literally?) The adventures of our social club's annual shareholder's meeting Bro. Nipples decides to run for City Council Another late, late night at After Lodge Our Master schedules "the [whole] day of Freemasonry" Chili Cook-off sma...

Opening: The Minstrel Boy (The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem) Our American Hero, and a damn good man, puts down the working tools Tony is running for Mayor/Supreme Commander of our town Harlan got a cat . . . yeah, it's that bad We survived Worshipful Bro. Squared's first meeting! Discussions on how Tony can combat the "Deep County" Bruce takes the Junior PM's seat, just like every other P...

Opening: I Fought the Law (The Clash) Why does the Grand College of Rites logo look like a Playstation icon? Talking crypto-currencies Bruce resigns his man card "Sharing" space with our spouses Poor kid gets bashed for asking about where to buy a Commandery uniform Scottish Rite hates and mandatory retirements Tony finally shows up . . . post-op Can you be an American and have never seen Star War...

Opening: Has Been (William Shatner) Bruce is uninstalled as Master (like PC bloat-ware) Sir John's ugly Christmas jacket . . . still not as bad a Bruce's replacement's Being re-installed in the East for the THIRD time?! Worshipless-again Bruce receives a George Washington Masonic tie from the Craft Tony tries to do something nice for Bruce, for real "Mason of the Year", does your Lodge really do t...

Opening: Down Under (Men at Work) We're back after losing (yet another) beloved Brother Nick popped in before the show . . . from Austrailia Harlan goes to the Education Association to harass Scotty from the Block Prince Hall installations and Black & White dress code John stirs the pot with some internet racists (with dues cards) Tony pops in . . . Without costume this time Amazon's Alexa...

Opening: As Good As I Once Was (Toby Keith) Scotty from the Block returns to hang out After Lodge It's a full house tonight: Scott, Tony, Bruce, John, Jeff, and Harlan Our Tiler masses an arsenal so Scott will come visit us Scott is going out and Bruce is coming in Bruce's secret to success in the East Harlen's political commitments take him over - he's back to the box Tuxedo fashion tips for the...

Opening: What's My Age Again? (blink-182) Bruce cites to the bylaws of the show - that could be dangerous Sir Helcl returns and continues to insist that Minnesota is important Times are changing, kids these days like baseball? We conceive StopEmail.org What is a Banana Hammock? Is it a special kind of apron? Harlen doing show notes in the middle of the show BBC Documentary on Female Masons Why co-...

Opening: Safety Dance (Men Without Hats) Nick is back . . . and Sir John is still here; Cartman never left Unpaid shout outs to the Gibson Research Corporation Tales from the big Tony Halloween party (the ones we can remember) Harlan decided not to wear a flag suit for Halloween, but not because he found sense Why does John wear a 3-piece suit on the show? Harlan doesn't even wear a suit on the sh...

Opening: Dude (Looks Like A Lady) (Aerosmith) We're practicing our parliamentary procedure - and we're all out of order The good news is: Bruce survived Grand Lodge Just how exactly DO you tune a pipe organ?! Why there is no distance too far when it comes to burying our Brothers Tony shows up . . . almost at the beginning To answer last week's question: no, we will not be opening on the appropriat...

Opening: All For One (Gangstagrass) All of our friends have abandoned us . . . Tony rigs the "favorite hosts" Facebook poll just like the Chili Cookoff Where we're doing next week - doing something awesome with a Lodge patron Harlan cooks challah - maybe Can you buy good ritual work with food? Will we finally allow our Lodges to open on the appropriate degree? Probably not . . . Is it worse when a...

Opening: Dirty Little Secret (The All-American Rejects) Nick survived the hurricane . . . are we happy about it? Bruce decides his PC doesn't need a heat sink and records hot Masonic podcasts are no longer a novelty What it's like being "internet famous" Harlan's daughter trolls Bruce in front of our Lodge, guests, etc. The After Lodge Lodge bankrupts itself on a parking lot Landscaper Josh and Co...

Opening: My Evil Ways (The Nearly Deads) We're sheltering in Nick's basement, waiting on Hurricane Harvey Harlan accidentally sends the show link to #python (FreeNode IRC) - "this is how you get cowans!" We spend most of the show hassling Nick about why he is still in Florida Some of the hassling was deserved . . . he ate the food stash before the rain came Guns in Lodge but not in a hurricane aft...

Opening: Jerusalem (Matisyahu) Where is Nick?! Busted!!! Welcome Sir. John E. Helcl, from Minnesota, our special guest for the evening Technical difficulties make it . . . rough, for a while Sir. Helcl explains his tenuous connections to "Nikky Johnson" Nick left us with a big York Rite figure, and none of us are York Rite Masons Other Nick ( /u/millennialfreemason ) joins us and brings more techn...

Opening: A Little Less Conversation (Elvis Presley) Bro. Bryan Godwin joins us from the "good" State of California Masonic education and the fallout from Harlan's foot-in-mouth presentation Should you do education during the stated meeting? Bro. Godwin's vision of "the perfect Lodge" Harlan gets called to another Masonic trial Brewing with Brothers . . . and then, dues Instagram, is Bryan shadow b...

Opening: Cover of the Rolling Stone (Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show) Bro. Nick Johnson ( /u/millennialfreemason ) returns for Part 2 of hanging out After Lodge Also . . . the usual crew + Tony; oh, and Nick, Jr. Harlan announces his plans for "edutainment" at the next Lodge meeting The statue nazis target Ill. Albert Pike. It's not funny anymore Harlan goes on the defense for General Lee (an...

Opening: Take the Money and Run (Steve Miller Band) It's a crowded Hangout tonight We have Chris (/u/bobatspears) back And Nick Johnson (/u/millennialfreemason) joins us to speak to his recent spark of controversy Nick-Ur-Buddy fills us in on what he's been up to since his last foray on the After Lodge Podcast Why has our fraternity failed to capture the full societal spectrum in the modern era? M...

Opening: Pretty Fly . . . For a White Guy (The Offspring) Just the usual crew tonight . . . plus Truman "Social media" guy Nick takes us back on the Facebook - and now we're accountable We raise some new Brothers at Landscaper Josh's other Lodge and he orders Bruce around Our numbers are up (but it's not about quantity)! Tony comes up with a brilliant funding scheme Aannnnd - we're back on dues. W...

Opening: Sugar, We're Goin' Down (Fall Out Boy) Harlan's wife gives in and he gets (another) desk . . . but he has to move it Passing the meridian of existence "Do you even Freemasonry, brah?" "Do you even David, brah?" Why are FL Master Mason degrees so short? /u/captain-fartcicle , where are you?! Bro. Squared heads off to Pokemon-Fest Bruce actually did something producer-y Nick discovers the R...

Opening: In The End (Linkin Park) Worshipful Producer Bruce survives Prime Day! Nick and Cartman are back Chris ( /u/BobatSpears ) joins us to hang out after Lodge Harlan bids farewell to his beloved Rottweiler . . . what color is his hat? Nick makes pink aprons for his York Rite chapter Watching us record the podcast, our number one way to loose fans What is with Grand Lodges and the alcohol trig...

Opening: Come with Me Now (Kongos) Harlan returns to broadcasting from the Secretary's desk Cartman comes back to hang out After Lodge Nick crashes the party with his 3DK pals Harlan debates the merits of Templary and other baseless fancifulness with Jason M. The 3DK hosts ridicule Libertarians for a while "In the before times . . . " (anytime before 1988) The Chaplain crashes the party, and Harla...

Opening: Seven Nation Army (The White Stripes) The crew broadcasts from new and interesting places The first fair proves fruitful on the new membership front Sometimes you can't win as Secretary - the story of the failed good deed It's G.P.A.C.'s birthday, nobody remembered, so he tries to be subtle Harlan does a visual demonstration of the Knickerbuddy Bar . . . on audio A Brother's first Lodge c...

Opening: Clint Eastwood (Gorillaz) Bro. Payne joins us (Scotty from the Block) to hang out after lodge Harlan's son, the future Grand Master, makes an appearance Scotty tries to scalp our guest hosts for his own Lodge The importance of meeting Brothers outside of Lodge, as told by Tony Children and carnies . . . Scott pushes another of Harlan's buttons: guns in Lodge . . . and that goes on, for a...