Garden of Thought

Iran. The Caribbean, Ukraine. Serbia. Israel. Brazil. Protests and riots in Europe. Islands in Albania. We live in interesting times. Listen to an interesting person who taught at NYU and West Point, has been around the world, worked for and with the DoD and a Joint Chief, among other places.

Professor Emeritus John Hoopes is back again. This was initially going to be part 2 of the Civilations Before Civilation episode. And it was. But is was so much more. From the origins of music to pet theories, we cover a lot of territory. Could there be a root culture or cultures? Why is phonetics a trap so often? What does currencies have to do with this? Why is Lapis Lazuli an important clue? And so much more. 

F.K. Sterling is the author of numerous novellas and non fiction ancient mysteries books. His works explore giants from around the world, Dragons and serpents, reptilians, the hollow Earth, and other topics.

His fiction includes the Deer Man of Derring Hollow and numerous tales in and around Eureka Springs, Arkansas. 

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Dr. Doug Cardell is an economist and he's worried about Socialism. He doesn't believe most people properly understand what socialism means. He opines they also don't understand history. And he brings the data to back his opinions up.

However, he also differentiates between capitalism and greed. He proposes a several point solution to make government more responsive and a better guardrail against abuse and excess. 

We also discuss his newbook "Why Socialism Struggles". 

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We are rejoined by the author of the international bestseller, "The Secret History of the World", Mark Booth. Since that time, Mark as recently published "The Secret History of the Universe". I hope you'll listen to the earlier episode, but these are stand alone. This subject matter is a blending of esoteric thoughts, philosophy. physics, and other related theories and laws. 

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Bob Pondillo was a kid that stumbled into becoming a deejay. He's also been a university professor, screenplay writer, author, had films in Cannes, and won 4 Emmy Awards. His latest book is a psychologocal thriller/horror novel entitled "The Confession". It's got child abuse, mean nuns, mysterious visitations, and violence. Tune in and learn aboutthat this man and his mostly midwestern journey. Except the songwriting in Nashviile.

Bruce Fenton returns into the Garden after a long hiatus. And lucky you because for unknown tech issues, about halfway through, he couldn't hear em so you got largely a solo show from the guest.

The topic was about the UFO/UAP disclosure, or lack thereof.

Alexander G. Carrion was a self described F up and went to law school. Six months out of law school, he realized he loved helping people via immigration law. Since that time, he founded a law firm with a nationwide practice. 

We discuss the increasing complexities in practicing law in an era where the rules are constantly shifting. 

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We welcome back Professor Rick Spence formerly of the University of Idaho, and currently host of the Strange As It Seems podcast. He's also been a multi time presenter of The Great Courses. 

We discuss quite a list of religions many may have never heard of, or thought extinct, or a mystery. Well, we got through a good part of that list. Yes, the Beta Israelites are up first. Bogomils? We've got Bogomils. And so much more,

The Garden welcomes in Ray Godleski to discuss methods of building wealth, with an aim towards retirement and retirement according to your priorities. It's an enormous topic but we tried to hot the high points and make it clear that no one glove fits all and issues like taxes and estate planning are involved.


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Bernie Taylor is back! And this time we explore the School of Athens through the works of Raphael. This leads us to Gods and legends and giants of history.

Many of you might have wondered where has The Gospel of Thomas episodes gone. Thomas and I do another podcast now and that show has been transformed into the Out of Character podcast. It's on the Sports Jedi Network (Sports Jedi Media Network onYouTube) with an expanded roster of cohosts and an expanded remit. 

This episode could have been out the OOCP. Returning Garden guest Keegan Demetrijevic is a professional wrestler, Master's Degree holder, PhD student, and comic book creator. We discuss all those things. New listeners may want to check out his prior episode which centered primarily o...

Terry M. Adair, author of Where are the Little
Green Men?, and his newly published book
Earth: The Goldilocks Planet.
Building upon the famous Drake Equation,
Adair introduces a compelling framework that
examines not only how life begins, but how it
survives, evolves, and eventually becomes
intelligent.
From the structure of galaxies and the nature
of stars to planetary systems, photosynthesis,
biological complexity, and technological
civilization, this book traces the remarkable
chain of events that made Earth possible.
Blending astronomy, astrobiology,
evolutionary science, geology, and
...

Brace McKoy spent 11 years in the army after attending West Point. Thereafter, he was primarily in the defense industry. He authored a book in addition to other papers on the issues surrounding AI's emergence, the probability of aliens among us, and the forced reduction of population partly due to AI induced mass unemployment. He opines governments will have to take more control over the citizenry and consider a basic subsistence income. He also speaks on the role of religion. Specifically, his faith in Christianity. It's a conversation you don't want to miss.

In the latest crossover simulcast with Sweet and Good Torah, Laivi Shor rejoins us. Or did we join him? The chat says the latter. Anyway, you might not have thought that the Torah, Talmud, or Kabbalah opines on UFOs, Aliens, and the possible divine relationship. You were wrong.

Paul Skorpen has done a lot of things and has learned a lot of languages. He's learned Nepali. He's studied with a Shaman. He leads VIP tours. 

He also has a theory that relates from the Bronze Age back to the dawn of the Tepes. We discuss those theories. But along the way, we have to learn a bit about both Goddesses and Tepes.

Deborah Wilde is a global wanderer and hopeless romantic. After twelve years
as a screenwriter, she was also a total cynic with a broken edit button, so, she
jumped ship, started writing funny, sexy urban fantasy books and never looked
back.
She loves writing smart, flawed, wisecracking women who can solve a mystery,
kick supernatural butt, banter with hot men, and still make time for their best
female friend, because those were the women she grew up around and admired.
Granted, her grandmother never had a to kill a demon at her weekly...

Horror and thriller actress, Amber Brooke, joins the Garden to talk about her projects and first hand spooky stories she's experienced. 

She's also a model, cosplayer and frequent attraction at Horror Cons. 

There's also a companion show on Sports Jedi (out of Character podcast) with Vinny Pacifico and Amber Brooke.

What's a Younger Dryas? What's a Glacial Maximum? Who was living in civilzations before Egypt and Sumeria? Turns out we have some names, places and archeology. So, Professor Emeritus John Hoopes breaks it down for us. Mezolythic, Neolithic, Holocene. among others are all terms we'll define and we'll fit some of those puzzle pieces between transforming to agriculturally based settlements from mobile hunters and gatherers.

J Scott Christianson is both capitalist and do gooder. He enjoyed great success in the private sector and has been a Professor at the University of Missouri. We discuss current events and trends surrounding this issue. Tech lords. Data centers. The threat from China. Job loss. Robots. Elon. It's all in here.

Stephen King is the most prolific horror author of the last several generations. Embedded within his works, is the connective tissue of The Wheel of Ka, or the King-a-verse. The dfining works that exemplifies this most is the Dark Tower series. 

There are at least 7 novels and it's inspired numerous other multiverses. In orderr to discuss this series, I call upon Matt Vincent. You might remember him from our Caprica episode.

A lot of people feel America's political system is broken. Tom Joseph believes he found a legal solution. This is that discussion.

Jon F. White of Crecganford returns to the show. The primary topic was what is a typical Indo-European pantheon of gods. Whilst we did cover that, we also learned and explored many related items as we navigated this Bronze Age world. Turns out, Greek mythology is not exactly typical for Indo European pantheons, although there is overlap. Ancient pre-Greece was very near East influenced. 

We - mostly me - keep jumping back and forth into the Bible. And yes, there's a lot of parallels and root stories there too. 

And for months, I've been asking Jon ab...

Alex Coquito joins the Garden. He's a streamer, content creator, and independent thinker. He has a channel called Rican Reactions where he covers the current events and issues on Puerto Rico. We start with things we should know about Puerto Rico, and then move into our esoteric main event.

We cover hive consciousness, parallel dimensions, deja vu, precognition, aliens, and much more.

My special guest is Ram's Fan and he suggested we each pick some creatures from myths, legends, lore and media, and discuss them. And that's exactly what we did. From Trolls to the Kraken. And way beyond. Casual and deep. As you'd expect from the Garden.

Our guest is Dr. Athena Lorin Hall and we discuss several aspects that are problematic in healthcare. Not necessarily limited to the US. 

With over nine years of experience as a pediatric hospitalist and two years in a global health fellowship serving resource-limited communities, I’ve gained an invaluable perspective on both the strengths and shortcomings of our healthcare systems—and the opportunities to reimagine them.I am deeply committed to advancing a community-centered, humanized, and equitable approach to healthcare, one that prioritizes mental health, prevention, and connection.Grounded in collaboration, trauma-informed care, and meaningful community engagement, my work...

It's the 50th anniversary of Logan's Run. Me and Joey Restivo re-watched it and discuss it. Does it hold up? What issues does it explore? Hit play for a fun and interesting discussion.

The mental health crisis is an epidemic. Blame is cast while safety nets and resources or withdrawn. Those involved often feel like there's no way to get help. But there are routes. We talk to one of those routes.


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Jennifer Sutherland re-enters the Garden to discuss Greek plays. The history, the cultural context, some of the seminal playrights, and we discuss the myths and messages of many Greek comedies and tragedies. As always, your humble host asks questions both germane and often, goofy.

Raymond E. Foster went from the US Coast Guard to the LAPD (yes, we discussed the OJ case briefly), and joined the Freemasons. We discuss symbology, esoterica, and discuss many details ofthe Freemason Order(s). We also discuss his several books; including the latest: "The Temple Within".

White Chocolate is neither of those things. But he is my former cohost on the Evolve podcast I used to do. He's also a really interesting, smart and funny guy. And he picked Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. A story that never quite felt like a happy little children's story. We explore that and I introduce many Garden meanders.

Professor Michael York rejoins the Garden. We are discussing the Hittites and how their lands became known as the Land of a Thousand Gods. From the Indo European roots to the creation myths, we cover their pantheon(s) and the influences upon them and that they influenced upon. Of course, we get the many kids of cides and human taboos. We also get into cataclysms and AI. It'll all make sense when you listen.

Dr. Joe Wilson is an archeologist who wants to believe. There's even some alternative theories he gives due consideration to. But he keeps butting heads with...well, buttheads.

Anyway, we start with an analysis of the Siberian to North America connections. The arrow he follows is actually a type of bow. This same bow that started in Asia and moved West with the steppe horse peoples. But it also moved East. 

Along the way, we discuss white indians, double toothed giants, red haired giants, skin color, skull alterations, and other favorites.

What about alien m...

We are joined today by David Hirschfield of Consumer Escalation Services.

Consumer advocacy is a subject I care deeply about, especially helping people understand practical options before they assume their only path is a lawsuit. Through Consumer Escalation Services and my book, The Consumer Escalation Playbook, my goal is to help consumers organize their facts, document their issues, communicate professionally, and escalate complaints in a clear, structured, nonlegal way.

I think this could be a strong conversation for your audience. We could discuss common consumer mistakes, why emotions often hurt complaints, how documentation changes outcomes, when...

George Mitrovic returns after a long hiatus and he's brought his opus with him.He compiles and coalates data. And what he's discovered might change the future of research into the unexplained. Turns out it doesn't matter whether it's a cryptid or a UFO or any number of things we catehorize as paranormal, there's always a signal. The signal is before, during, and immediately after. Mitrovic has tracked this for 200 years over 4 continents and has found changes in harmonics and vibrational frequencies. 

Using proper detection devices,investigators could be prepared to know where and when to point their i...

She has a mixed ancestry of different faiths and she found her way towards her own journey. Kardela Mohamed joins us to discuss the titular topic of divination. But we didn't limit ourselves to that. From French Cajun influences to Islam and the Caribbean mix of Puerto Rico, we find a discovery of spiritualism and enlightenment. From there, we get to being a medium, reading tarot and divination. We also meet Hecate and you'll find out why she's involved.

When you're trying to do a show on a show that almost no one watched, and no one wants to watch it now, you find out who your friends are. Several tried. But despite my assurances, no one made it past episode 3. Until my favorite faux daughter, Cee The Superior said yes. And she got her fiance involved too. Bonus, he already loves Battlestar Galactica! He probably loves her too, but we don't care about that. Anyway, they watched it and picked up the threads I was picking up too. Plus, at least one I missed entirely!

Listen...

Elgin and Larissa cohost the "Into the Desert" podcast on YouTube which seeks to inspire honest discussion without derision and name calling. 

Obviously, with your flawed host here, the only way to accomplish that was to have them take over the show. I mean almost. Kind of. Sorta. 

But I mostly followed their lead and we discussed political issues, questions of theology, and all sorts of things without anyone insuitling anyone. But I may have caught one of them doing a shot. I'm not saying which one and I'm probably lying. But I'm being truthful when I...

Laiva Shor from Sweet and Good Torah joins us again to continue our Yeshiva exploartion into prophets. The interesting ones. To me anyway.

Daniel is up. What's the deal with being in a den full of lions? Was that part of the prophecy? If not, what was the prophecy? How are some circles interpreting it? Is it coming true now? What in the ten horns am I reading? Oh yeah, there are indeed 10 horns. Not those 10 horns. Or maybe they are. 

Dr. Kim Nugent is the author of 10 books and started her career in hospitality, and worked her way into academia and became a College President. 

She developed a program that both increases the safety in maximum security prisons whilst reducing post release recidivism. We discuss this as well as other issues surrounding the prison systems.