The After Lodge Podcast

WARNING: This show was recorded live from a city fair . . . on cell phones, so, be nice The After Lodge Crew decides to broadcast Friday night from the big fair Nick starts broadcasting before the crew is ready, because, why not? Everyone ends up hiding in Tony's car . . . except for Cartman A police officer rage quits mid-fair We manage to run a fair and record a podcast at the same time, doing b...

Opening: Mr. Brightside (The Killers) Bro. Bryan Simmons joins the crew to discuss leveraging social media and bringing a Lodge to the modern era The most popular Masonic Facebook page in the world Bro. Simmons succeeds in making the After Lodge Lodge self conscious Harlan reviews his time on Masonic Jury Duty (it was about Facebook) Don't represent yourself . . . you have a fool for a client In o...

Opening: Little Honda (The Beach Boys) Bro. Nathan (irc; Mytos) shows up to harass the crew Broken promises and missed opportunities What ever happened to Solfire?! An introduction to the Widow's Sons Motorcycle Rider's Association Tony shows up late and asks if he can join on his moped Misconceptions about the Widow's Sons Charitable works of the Sons The sign catastrophe - what happens when you...

Opening: My Name is Human (Highly Suspect) Bro. Anthony Silvia, Fr. joins us to hang out After Lodge Bro. Silvia discusses an introduction to Gnosticism The crew admonishes Nick to go to Red Bull Addicts Anonymous Harlan gets summonsed to (Masonic) jury duty, and Bruce can't get him out What is the Johannite Church ? The "Ultimate Goal" of the After Lodge Podcast, and how it ends Why is Mr. Robot...

Opening: Rocket Man (cover by Iron Horse) Nick ( /u/swimbikerunrun ) has a personal coach . . . a lady coach Freemasonry niche-clubs, chess, running, etc. Which Bing Bang Theory characters represent the guys from your Lodge? Do you have wi-fi at your Lodge? Bruce's plans to carry the milk on the Martian colony We cause our usual ruckus at the District Meeting Tony begins texting the cast throughou...

Opening: White and Nerdy (Weird Al Yankovic) Jorge is back for more After Lodge good times! Harlan plays the accidental racist . . . again Learning "illicit metrics" and how to convert them to standard measurements Jorge shaved his beard and is no longer mistaken for I.S.I.S. Where did we (Freemasons) come from, anyways?! Closing: Wake Up Call (Maroon 5) Email us at afterlodge@gmail.com Hang out w...

Opening: Ain't No Rest for the Wicked (Cage The Elephant) Someone should explain to Nick ( /u/swimbikerunrun ) what a "Carpet Bagger" is Bro. Riley calls in sick Harlan explains the absence of show postings recently The Lodge put together a " Meal Train " for Harlan's family during the hospital stay, it's a cool idea for your Lodge Harlan reflects on his "single dad" experience . . . he wasn't fon...

Opening: Long Hard Times to Come (Gangstagrass) Why does Tony get to have all the fun with the most awesome job ever?! What happens when your Lodge turns back in to a pumpkin at midnight? Ass. Producer Marshall physically drags Harlan out of open Lodge G.P.A.C. attempts to ask Harlan if the Lodge can spare $15k - you can imagine the rest Cracker Jacks are the reason that people do heroine Harlan d...

Opening: The Catalyst (Linkin Park) We're back on the air with Nick after an extended hiatus Harlan's son was born last week . . . and apparently the show does not go on without him Nick is made an official part of the crew by Harlan's daughter Harlan's daughter has a big crush on Worshipful Producer Bruce Move over old dog, the new dog is moving in (to your office) Plugging for the Scottish Rite...

Opening: Sabotage (Beastie Boys) We had big plans for the evening, but had to settle for R.W. Landscaper Josh Tony gets snowed in on the wrong side of Pennsylvania Chili Cook off fallout Harlan's daughter plays "Lodge" Lifetime memberships and demits Freemasonry and emotions What is Martinism anyways? Using Masonry for profit Are we Masonic charlatans? An analysis provided by /u/jason_mitchell Wil...

Opening: Move it on Over (Hank Williams) Intern Producer Nick (/u/swimbikerunrun) joins us again for another round of After Lodge banter G.P.A.C. continues shedding tears about his electoral defeat to R.W. Landscaper Josh Jeff Cartman is back, and somehow made it past the extensive balloting process for our Lodge Harlan begins the process of hounding Jeff about his dues money (he's been a member f...

Opening: Crossroads (Matisyahu) R.W. Landscaper Josh returns for another show, and he brought a friend Jorge W. Washington, the seasoned ladies' favorite milk man Our industrious Brother stops by and rebuilds the Lodge shed . . . correctly! Jorge shows off his Templar sword collection, but he looks like a Muslim? A humorous review of the 6,000 Masonic sub-organizations and their respective stances...

Bro. Jeff (or Todd, or Steve . . . henceforth "Cartman") hangs out After Lodge with us There's a mutiny brewing in Worshipful Producer Bruce's Lodge, and it's not even the second month! Our Lodge's shed is gone . . . just gone with the wind Harlan is heading to the National Carnie Convention this weekend Cartman describes why he started hanging out at the After Lodge Lodge The crew reminds him tha...

Right Worshipful Landscaper Josh joins us after a long hiatus The R.W. has been busy constructing the first "new" (read: not merged) Lodge our jurisdiction has seen in many men's lifetime Josh describes the dedication ceremony and the construction process of the new Lodge A unique place for our elder Brethren who are residents at our Grand Lodge "Villages" They spent $20,000 on the mosaic tile?! T...

Matt is back from the Ruins of Detroit to catch Ass. Producer Marshall How many producers does this show have? Ass. Producer Nick is back as well G.P.A.C. confounds Harlan with the YouTube! live stream Since Marshall is the Tiler, is Tyler the Marshall now? We discuss the various things you can expect when you're expecting . . . Initiation How does our Lodge find candidates? How many? What do we d...

Bro. "Big" Matt returns after a multi-year hiatus to hang out with us in the ruins of Detroit Worshipless Producer Bruce is "Worshipful" Producer Bruce for the next 12 months G.P.A.C. (Grumpy Past Angry Chaplain) shows up in a Santa suit - with a bottle of whiskey Gift ideas from G.P.A.C. Santa Matt offers his condolences/congratulations to Bruce, as he just ended his term in the East Harlan spend...

Worshipless Producer Bruce is still out delivering packages (thank you for your service) Bro. Chuck Dunning, author of Contemplative Masonry (Amazon) joins us this week Bro. David Riley and /u/swimbikerunrun (Nick) return for another show Harlan struggles over what to call the Angry Chaplain after he is no longer a Chaplain Why did (soon-to-be-Worshipful) Producer Bruce fire the Chaplain? Harlan's...

Ill. Robert Davis, 33° joins us to co-host this week Harlan falls apart on show preparation, Worshipless Producer Bruce lets him flounder Christmas time is the merriest time of year with the Postal Service Bro. David Riley schools Florida Lodges on "impermissible innovations in the body of Masonry" What caused the decline in twentieth century in Freemasonry? The Masonic Journey towards enlightened...

Bro. Nick ( /u/swimbikerunrun ) joins us again this week And our special guest for the evening: Bro. David Riley, PM After exchanging pleasantries, Bro. Riley shares his history with the Craft "A Highly Spiritual Initiation Experience" Lodge buildings - and why we need to invest in them or get rid of them The "fraternal bubble" is continuing to pop, but the fraternity is not "dying" Millennials ar...

Conspiring for better guests in the future What's happened since the last show? Diagramming the Deity Did we really refer to Muslims as "Mohammadians" back in the day? The Chaplain discovers the difference between Hindus and Pakistanis Snack time - Culver's Ice Cream, Oreos, and plundered Halloween candy Local ghosts leave Bruce a present to let him know that he's "t"errific Our Master moved a deg...

Tonight is Election Night, so we celebrate the occasion with an "IRC Free for All" Some guys from the IRC channel pop in, others watch the live stream for off-air comment What actually happens in the channel? A lot of idling, until someone pipes up, then it gets awesome (especially if you're there at work) There's no avoiding us monitoring election returns as they come in . . . so far, as everyone...

This is a re-release of Episode 13 from the archives, published on March 31, 2014. It was the first of our (misguided) "special segment" weeks. Warning: This show was made prior to Grand Censor Bob's appointment, and consequently contains language/themes that he would not approve of. Harlan's blue collar abilities Introducing the SRWWiYCaFyOWaVaP (Scottish Rite Where When You Commit a Felony You O...

Our guest this week: Worshipful John Cissell from Kentucky All about Kentucky's Grand Lodge communication this week Of course, the big thing: A resolution allowing inter-visitation with M.W. Prince Hall affiliated Lodges How the Masonic system of recognition causes chaos when you have overlapping jurisdictions . . . it's not really that hard Other news: Kentucky stays legislation to allow business...

Our guest this week: /u/Brother_Coke_Guy The Chaplain arrives "on time" for the first time . . . still late Rev. Chaplain is a "sheep in wolf's clothing" down in Gatlinburg, TN - pushing the Trump agenda Accelerated membership pins for older members? Bro.^2 gets hitched in an old-timey movie themed wedding What to do when a Brother dies and everyone is out of town during the funeral? The Chaplain'...

Our guest this week is The Millennial Freemason : Bro. Nick Johnson (33-29) . . . and we immediately present him with the list of show topics: His Masonic triggers Nick's sad, fruitless corn dog stand We discuss some kind of round table . . . thing? The merits of varying forms of interactive media available to Freemasons Nick's Bernie Sanders impression is almost too good Provincialism in lodges c...