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Garden of Thought

Hey there, welcome to the Garden of Thought! It"s a place where we plant seeds of curiosity and see what sprouts. We"ll be exploring all sorts of fascinating topics with your host, Jeff Lippman: the news, pop culture, those weird creatures you hear about, old myths, alien stories, human history, and, yeah, maybe even a little wrestling. Come along for the ride, because every great story has to start somewhere.

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84:56

Garden of Thought E.343 Goddess Game On

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2025/12/23

By way of Lithuania to Australia to the Garden, comes Kristina Dryza. She's a master of archetypes and mythology with a new age flair. Of course, new age is really just ancient age. Dryza helps us with our goddesses. Especially, those of Greece and Egypt. We discuss Hera and Athena. A bit about Demeter and Aphrodite. A touch of Artemis. Toss in a little Romanization too.We go across that pond and visit Hathor and Isis. Then we make stops at Inanna and some others.But we really explore archetypal

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66:37

GoT presents the Chronicles of Kwon with Isaiah Broner

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2025/12/19

Thomas is on assignment. Which typically means travelling and galavanting. So, we call in the lucha hunter, Ikuro Kwon, to meet Isaiah Broner. Topics discussed:$100 haircutsSneakersKwon's babyThomas' whacky plans of keeping his numerous girlfriends closeBroner's wrestling journey and plansBroner explains to me why my Ravens are so frustratingFootball philosophies are exploredA little bit of Derryoh yeah. John Cena's retirementp.s. How I finally accepted that the Nexus would not be involved and why

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72:21

Garden of Thought E.342 Lord of the Rings

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2025/12/15

We welcome Nick Patch of Strange Pages. He's creating a 64 issue comic book series featuring Roy Beckwith, an adveture through the cursed continent.And you can be in on the action through the Kickstarter (kickstarter.com/projects/demon). While we discuss that project, our agenda was to discuss J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth epics. Especially, Lord of the Rings. So of course we start with Game of Thrones. After covering plenty of Westeros fun, we turn to Endor and Andor and Middle Earth. Is it

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97:25

Garden of Thought E.341 State of Diplomacy

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2025/12/11

Daniele Irandoost is the author of four books and may have guested on this show as many times. One of his books was vetted and can be found in the CIA's libraries. He's a citizen of the UK, recently relocated from Britain to Scotland, and an outspoken critic of the surveillance State. His heritage is half Iranian, half Romanian and he's earned several degrees.We discuss diplomacy in it's current state and embark on an in depth, and hopefully, interesting discussion on whether diplomacy needs to

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87:31

GoT presents The Gospel of Thomas: The First Lady of...

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2025/12/08

Faye Jackson finally makes her Gospel of Thomas debut! I was hoping for funny Thomas stories and a mini roast. Did that happen? You have to listen.We talk their history together and the odd conspiracy board that leads to Stokely Hathaway. We talk the world wide phenomenon that Bomaye Fight Club shall become. We went 90 minutes and Thomas never told me to wrap it up! Not once! Thomas on travel.We talk Thanksgiving traditions and dishes we can live without. We get a little into Christmas etiquette etc

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68:41

Garden of Thought E.340 Equinox

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2025/12/06

I know him as Jay. Jay of the UFL America Facebook group. Then he was Jay who collaborated on UFL podcasts. Then Jay started listenting to the Garden shows and it turned out, he enjoyed the strange and voluminous landscapes of the Garden. He never mentioned he was a musician. Well, Jay is also known as Equinox and he's been part of the Philadelphia music scene for some time. He's now a signed artist in the rap and hip hop genre. This is his story.We also chat about football and the aspects of the

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81:26

Garden of Thought E.339 Baltimore Joint

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2025/12/03

He was a quiet guy. Then some confused podcasters encouraged him and he hasn't stopped since. I was one of those podcasters.He started with hot sauces. Then moved on to other foods. He's not from the Bayou, but he's a Bayou Geek. Somehow, he's cohosting with Hey Now Rich Dow. He's a Baltimore guy and we've never met. But he's here now. He's Chris Matthews. And this is a Baltimore Joint, but we talk about most everything except Baltimore. Note: since we recorded, the Bayou Geeks ended as a show

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85:39

Garden of Thought E.338 Egyptian Watchers

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2025/11/29

A few months sgo Mogg Morgan booked himself for this episode. We're delving into Egupt once again. We'll visit some friends but we focus on the "time of the nameless gods" and the "old ones". There were variations on the Watchers tales in Egyptian mythology. There were demigods and Nephilim. And Mogg & I had a lot of fun discussing and debating this. Including the definition of a demigod. A little teaser for some new interests I hope to explore. We talk a little Kush and even Punt. IYKYK

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59:19

Garden of Thought E.337 OUTSIDE THE THALSPARR

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2025/11/26

Bjorn Leesson has always been fascinated with many topics to includehistory, the supernatural, and writing. These interests combined led to theOutside the Thalsparr series, with the first book in the series, "Runes of theDokkrsdottir." Bjorn was not formally trained as a writer and has worked inthe industrial manufacturing field his entire life. Writing his stories and hopingothers enjoy them is a passion and not a career.He's written an entire series and we discuss the first several and more

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93:34

Garden of Thought E.336 Talking the Indo in...

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2025/11/22

I've been pretty proud about the journey we've taken together learning about the Indo-Europeans. The linguistics versus the cultures versus the religions. We've done a lot of comparing and contrasting, and a lot of deep dive exploration. But we've spent a lot more time on the European side of the term. Today we put the focus on the Indo aspects.To do so in an academic manner, we welcome back Professor Michael York. From the heart of the Steppes, we go in many directioms, but mostly stick to the

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67:58

Garden of Thought E. 335 Gods of a New World

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2025/11/19

We welcome in author Ryan Melsom for a wide ranging discussion centered on his newest techno thriller in the cyberpunk tradition.Set in the near future after the world we know collapsed andwas rebuilt through new AI-powered technology, Gods of aNew World is a a mind-bending cyberpunk thriller of rebellionand redemption."I think we’re all wondering what the explosion of artificialintelligence means for the future of humanity, and that’sexactly what Gods of a New World explores,” says Melsom.“I’ve

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71:11

Garden of Thought E.334 Cleric of Arcana

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2025/11/16

The Cleric of Chaos rejoins the Garden to discuss and educate on the more modern aspects of the Left Hand side. Including a working origin of that descriptor.We start with the no very ancient symbol known as Baphomet. It's likely origins and it's misuse over the last few centuries. We also address the Chruch of Satan, Luciferians, the Satanic Panic - then and now, and some prominent names.Perfect for year round, but especially during spooky season.

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75:09

Garden of Thought E.333 Bask in Basque Mythology

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2025/11/12

Bernie Taylor's back and he's bringing the knowledge. He doesn't just have the writings, he actually has the cave paintings. Thousands of years old. In the mysterious Basque territories. For those who don't know, the Basques are a people who live along the borders of Spain and France. They have wanted an independent state for a long time.But it's just that, their language is not related to any neighboring or nearby languages. A quasi-isolate. They also have a different general appearance than many

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114:16

GoT Limited Series Dark (Season 3)

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2025/11/09

Dina, Joey and myself complete our review of Dark. Season 3. Do you agree with our conclusions?

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68:48

GoT PRESENTS: BRICK SAVAGE

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2025/11/06

Mr. Thomas and myself meet Brick Savage. Remember this name. You've seen the footage of his one armed power slam. Now you'll hear his story. Listen while Thomas tries to entrap me and Brick meanly assists. Learn about Bomaye Fight Club. We also talk about horror movies like Weapons. Yes, PWI rankings are raised. Yes, there's a paranormal experience. And we introduce something called "crazy thing a family member has done".

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74:25

Garden of Thought E.332 Celtic, Slavic, Romani and More

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2025/11/04

We welcome back on Joseph J. Alexander, a veteran of many hats in pro wrestling, He's also clergy of a religious organization and a student of many areas of the esoteric, arcane, historic and religious. He's on a prior episode under a Gospel of Thomas title if interested.Today we talk about the numerous waves of Celtic mythology, as well as Celtic history and folklore. The overlaps to Norse and Germanic are addressed and acts as a natural bridge into the less known Slavic mythos. From there, we

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98:58

Garden of Thought E.331 Atlas 3i, Mars and Aliens

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2025/11/01

Dr. John Brandenburg is an astrophysicist who's worked for two Department of Energy Nuclear labs, and spent over a decade working with the military and intelligence departments in the United States. He's back in the forefront in researching anamolies about Mars and other matters regarding space.We discuss Atlas 3i and it's predecessor, Mars itself, chemistry and physics, and aliens. Specifically, three races that are involved with Earth. Why does he think Atlas is technology and not natural? Why is

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59:42

Garden of Thought E.330 MLB Agent

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2025/10/30

David Pasti is a Maryland attorney who also happened to be a Major League Baseball Agent for a number of years. We discuss his story, his practice and the A to Z of becoming and being an Agent for one of the premier sports leagues in the world.

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62:51

GoT PRESENTS: MLW Champion Mads Krule Krügger

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2025/10/27

Thomas & I welcome in our first reigning world champion, MLW Heavyweight champion Mads Atrosity Krule Krugger. The black hlove of Contra Unit. Sure we chit chat about wrestling and all his many names. We make sure to establish that he and Thomas hit each other very hard. We establish Krule is producing mini Krules to establish a Krule dynasty. We might have broken some news. A spoiler: CW Anderson isn't dead. That one is free. You have to listen for the rest. No, I did not ask about Baba

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68:02

Garden of Thought E.329 King Solomon

Garden of Thought ·

2025/10/25

This show was to be about King Solomon and the ring and the demons. And it is. But we covered so much more that we may have to do a part two. Who was Solomon? When was Solomon? What led to Solomon?Well, that takes us back to Adam and Eve. Our old friend, Lilith. A whole lot on The Satan. A touch of Cain. Some parts on Moses. A whole bunch on angels, Archangels, Fallen Angels (Nephilim). Bethsheba, Ben Yohada, The ring, other rings, mountains as prisons, underground lairs, and the Scarecrow. Oh yeah,

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