Episodes
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This episode of 'Garden of Doom Presents' is hosted by Mr. Thomas, filling in for PJ Black. The discussion includes humorous instances, personal anecdotes, and insights into professional wrestling, particularly from MLW. Highlights include an interview with special guest AJ Scales, who shares his experiences and responsibilities within MLW. Topics range from the assassination of a health insurance CEO to the joys of ice cream cakes and reflections on classic wrestling events. The episode also explores conspiracy theories related to drones and celebrities, while offering a lighthearted take on potential political changes. Contributions from Jeff Lippman provide additional context and humor, culminating in a promotion for both Mr. Thomas's role and AJ Scales's podcast, 'AJ Presents the Greater Good.'
00:00 Introduction and Host Banter
00:45 Guest Introduction: AJ Skiles
01:56 AJ's Role and Contributions
04:36 MLW and Wrestling Insights
06:10 New York Incident Discussion
11:24 CEO Assassination and Security
12:53 Food and Fast Food Rants
18:13 Cash App and Payment Methods
35:09 Conspiracy Theories and Cloning
39:06 Guns and Their Uses
39:46 Skeet Shooting and Recruitment
41:15 Gun Culture and Cults
42:05 Cult Recruitment and Denzel Washington
45:13 Holiday Plans and Traditions
48:32 Wrestling Events and Nostalgia
54:10 Behind the Scenes in Wrestling
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God provides for the blind vulture. The tarantula doesn't toil. White roosters. The Golden Rule. The reap what you sow. Some of these sound familiar. Some probably do not. However, all are aspects of African proverbs. Our guest this episode. Chris Moorehouse, wrote a landmark book entitled "Legacy: Wisdom of African Traditions and the Bible. Moorehouse investigated the proverbs over numerous peoples and languages throughout Africa and the results speak for themselves. We discuss those aspects and I successfully divert him into some tangents and meanderings of my own.
Chris Morehouse holds a Master’s of Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh, where he focused on economic and social development in Africa. He has long admired the way that African proverbs encapsulate profound wisdom in vivid ways. A legacy for all, African proverbs often accord with Judeo-Christian teachings. He serves as a deacon at Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, where he lives with his family.
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Les Leopold is the co-founder and executive director of the Labor Institute. He is a graduate of Oberlin College and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.[1]Books[edit]
Wall Street's War on Workers: How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are Destroying the Working Class and What to Do About It (2024)[2]Runaway Inequality: An Activist's Guide to Economic Justice (Labor Institute Press, 2015)[3]How to Make a Million Dollars an Hour: Why Financial Elites Get Away With Siphoning off America's Wealth (John Wiley and Sons, 2013)[4]The Looting of America: How Wall Street's Game of Fantasy Finance destroyed our Jobs, Pensions and Prosperity, and What We Can Do About It (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2009)[5]The Man Who Hated Work and Loved Labor: The Life and Times of Tony Mazzocchi (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2006)[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
We talk politics, policy and economics. This covers deregulation to the opiods cisis. It's a little doomy, but if the world listens to us, we may just preserve the union. -
We're joined this week by Bernie Taylor. Call it confirmation bias if you like, but I got a lot of validation in this episode. Taylor takes us through cave art found around the pillars of Hercules, among other places, to document the earliest zodiac found. From that and knowledge of which animals are represented, he put together the story which might be the first story. We follow the hero through the horizon and the directions, to reveal the heroe's journey. Perhaps the holy or noble diver. The origin of the winged gods, the mer-gods, cerebus, most of the labors of Hercules. And, if you listen carefully, you'll probably hear echoes of Gilgamesh and Beowulf and life emerging from mountains or turning into natural features. The real lack of Atlantis might also be established. We go back at least 34,000 years to answer many of the questions we've been asking for eras.
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Jim Viera has been everywhere in alternative history and archeology circles. He refers to himself as a non dogmatic centrist. Jim Vieira is a stonemason, author, explorer and host of the History Channel shows "Search for the Lost Giants" (2014) "Roanoke: Search for the Lost Colony" (2015) and "Return to Roanoke: Search the Seven" (2016). He is also co-author of Giants on Record with Hugh Newman. He's done many videos with his brother and has worked with Andrew Collins, among others.
We started with Edgar Cayce and his visions. From there we discussed more or less everything. From political philosophy to Zacharia Sitchin, to the androgenous mercreatures of so many pre-history to early history cultures. In there, we visited upon the Tepes, the ages of men and only men. Where legends and myths might be used for racist propaganda. Of course we discussed giants, polydactyls, and megalyths. -
What is a synomym for a red line? Perhaps, a border. What is "The Red Line"? It's the gold standard for geopolitical podcasts. Mike Hilliard, the host of "The Red Line" re-enters the Garden for his most recent visit to the Garden multiverse. When you have a premier expert in international geopolitics, of course you ask for some quick hits on minor issues like the Syrian Regime, Russian hypersonic missiles, North Korean adventurism, the world reacts to a Trump re-election, etc. But our main event is bribery. What's the etiquette of international bribery if you are hypothetically an international war correspondent who needs to make it from Turkey to Tajiskitan? What shouldn't Australian citizen journalists do when confronted by Iranian police? Who do you talk to at the borders? And, of course, more. Don't try this at hom...abroad. This is for informational and entertainment purposes only.
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Author of over 50 books, Caroline Lawrence enters the Garden. While we discuss a lot of things, our focus is on Hermes (Mercury for the Romans). We get his origin story. Lawrence makes sense as to why Hermes is the God of so many seemingly disparate things. We venture into Troy and the Aenied, Joseph Campbell, and talk a little Lucifer and Odin. Hermes might be the Mapquest of Gods. Hopefully, we'll hear more from Caroline in the future on Gods, Aesops Fables, our mutual love of Deadwood,etc.
An excerpt from Caroline Lawrence.com
Hi! I’m Caroline Lawrence and I write books for kids. I’m best known for my 17-book Roman Mysteries series (which was televised by the BBC in 2007 & 2008) but I have also written books set in the American Wild West and Ancient Greece. I love history, movies, London and the craft of writing. Click on the links to see more information about me, my books and my public appearances.
Her newest book is "Pantheon:An Illustrated Handbook to the Greek Gods & Goddesses". I'm told there are heroes and monsters in there also. -
This episode, I interview Maggie Mills. She's a ghostwriter, writing coach, editor and more. And while we did cover some ground that I intended, at some point the interviewee became the interviewer. We discussed Copyrights and the industry and "work made for hire" status, but she got too much out of me. Me! Who even knows what I revealed? So you're getting two shows for one this week. Hopefully, you'll learn a bunch about her and not too much about me.
Maggie MillsGhostwriter /author coach / editor /accountability partnerVisit and subscribe. Please and thank you … Let’s connect … [email protected]/in/maggiemillswriter https://www.youtube.com/@take-maggies-word-for-itMaggieMills.comTakeMaggiesWordforIt.com -
What is mystical Islam? Sufism is a lot of things, but it's not alchemists conjuring Djinn and casting spells based on numerology. Instead, it's more similar to a spiritual path through arts and contemplation to make one a better Muslim and citizen of the universe. That's my oversimplyfied description. Our guest is an expert in the subject. Ilma Qureshi hails from Pakistan and received a Fulbright Scholarship to University of Virginia. She is working on her Ph.D. at present. She tells us the fundamentals.
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Professor John Hoopes returns to continue our conversation about pseudoarcheology and ideas spearheaded by Graham Hancock. What did we talk about? What didn't we talk about? Giants - check. Hybrids - check. Yes, both nephilim and Homo Sapiens with other hominids. Megalythic structures - check. Pyramids on several continents and Baalbek and Henges. Nazca Lines - check. Vamanas or other flying machines - check. THE Crustal Skull - check. Nuclear glass and tectites - check. Huge regions of India unlivable due to nuclear radiation - check. White Gods and Lost tribes - check. Atlantis and other lost continents and lands - check.
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This episode we welcome back returning guest Daniele-Hadi Irandoost. He's written two books on spycraft and is working towards his Doctorate in the subject. We discuss the ethics of espionage and what versions in the media are accurate or fantastical. Most of all, we discuss surveillance State and the surveillance culture.
Rahab's House of Spies: https://a.co/d/4MSRVHK A New Vision of Spycraft: https://a.co/d/epY2gZz Bio: Daniele-Hadi Irandoost is a professional author and currently reading for his doctorate in the sociology of surveillance at the University of Glasgow. -
The Garden visits Mt. Olympus and the Greek world with our sometimes cohost, Cee the Superior, and New York Times bestseller, George O'Connor. Disclaimer: The show did not get a proper ending as I lost internet, but the vast majority of the topic was covered. The better news is George has agreed to come on again and we'll visit some of your favorites and mine.
George O'Connor is an author, illustrator and cartoonist. Above all, George is a Greek mythology buff and a classic superhero comics fan, and he's out to remind us how much our pantheon of superheroes (Superman, Batman, the X-Men, etc) owes to mankind's original superheroes: the Greek pantheon. Now he has brought his attention to OLYMPIANS, an ongoing series retelling the classic Greek myths in comics form.In his New York Times bestselling Olympians series, O'Connor draws from primary documents to reconstruct and retell classic Greek myths. But these stories aren't sedate, scholarly works. They're action-packed, fast-paced, high-drama adventures, with monsters, romance, and not a few huge explosions. O'Connor's vibrant, kinetic art brings ancient tales to undeniable life, in a perfect fusion of super-hero aesthetics and ancient Greek mythology. George's first graphic novel, Journey Into Mohawk Country, used as its sole text the actual historical journal of the seventeenth-century Dutch trader Harmen Meyndertsz van den Bogaert, and told the true story of how New York almost wasn't. He followed that up with Ball Peen Hammer, the first graphic novel written by playwright Adam Rapp, a dark, dystopian view of a society's collapse.
In addition to his graphic novel career, O'Connor has published several children's picture books, including the New York Times best-selling Kapow!, Sally and the Some-Thing, If I Had a Raptor and If I Had a Triceratops. George lives in Brooklyn, NY with five terrible cats and one Olympian goddess. -
J.L. Hancock is the author of a military techno thriller and the sequel is pending Pentagon approval. Prior to becoming an author, he spent two decades in the United States Navy, and was cryptologoist specialist. This put him in the Special Forces domain and he explains his origin, his path and his trainings. He also describes what his role was as a member of the armed forces and later, as a contractor. He has been deployed in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Phillipines.
We of course discuss his books. But we also discuss Havana Syndrome, high cancer rates within the Special Forces, the current situation involving North Korean Troops in Ukraine, Russian military doctrine and issues, and a lot more. -
We don't usually cover historical fiction in the Garden, but this opportunity was too good to pass up. Tong Ge has already won one award for best new fiction, but she's a finalist for yet another prestigious award. Ancestrally biographical (I think I made this term up), she takes us through the Chinese experience of the Japanes invasion and occupation, and how that led to the Maoist Revolution. Tong takes us through those scenarios through the eyes of one family and the protagonist, Golden Phoenix. During the course of our discussions, we cover history, the politics of China, the military of China, the Taiwan issues, the cultural and socio-economic status, and religion in China. We discuss the Uiygars and other matters as well.
Born and raised in China, Tong Ge came to Canada in the late 80s as an international
student. She has obtained a Master of Science degree from University of Saskatchewan
in 1992. Since 2012, she has written under both her real name and the pen name Tong
Ge, publishing poems, prose, and short stories in both English and Chinese across North
America, England, and Taiwan. Her works can be found in publications such as PRISM
International, Canadian Stories, Ricepaper, Academy of the Heart and Mind, FLOW
magazine, Vineyard Poetry Quarterly, 渥水, 远方的诗, Polyglot Magazine, Aloka
Magazine, Magnets and Ladders. With four literary prizes already received, she is also a
finalist for four others. Her debut novel, "The House Filler," was published in Canada in 2023 and is among the five
finalists worldwide for the 2023 Eyelands Book Awards historical fiction + memoir category and is the winner of the
2024 Independent Press Award for new fiction. It is also a finalist for the 2024 Canadian Book Club Award.
To request additional review copies or an interview with Tong Ge, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at
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With the veil between the living and the dead so thin, The Garden thought it appropriate to bring you an episode on exorcisms. To do this properly, we call upon the host of Southern Demonology, and all around scholarly and learned man, JJ Johnson. We discuss when exorcisms became something formal and ritual based in historic times. We discuss when an exorcism is appropriate and the vetting process. Is the exorcism over a person or place? Are there non Catholic exorcisms? Why is it important to know the Demon's name...or is it important? What did Hollywood and the media get right and wrong, and so much more.
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What's more Halloween then witches? Maybe next week's show topic. But, probably not. From shamans mizing herbs and bat wings, to goddesses, to green faced crones, to hags luring children into the forest for supper. Skinwalkers are witches. Shapeshifters are witches. Cannibals are witches. Hippies are witches. Homeopaths are witches. Or are they?
To answer hard questions, we call upon our part time cohost, full time smartie: Cee the Supeior. And our return guest who knows pretty much everything, Mark Olly. Archeologist, author, historian.
And we cover witches. From our pre-historic roots around the world to modern constructs and the notions of covens, etc. We tackle questions regarding cats and nine lives, cauldrons, Templars, Salem, Hecate, Circe, Morgana le Fay, and JK Rowling's world. Follow the trail of candy. The Garden boasts lovely woods. -
Emmy nominated Jett Jansen joins the show. Jett tells his story and how he blended a love of theater with a love or combat sports to make his way to Hollywood. He started more or less as a runner for an extreme sports team and parlayed that into a role in an ongoing production. Since then, he's been stuntman, actor, writer, producer, action coordinator and all sorts of other ttitles. His Emmy nomination was fron "The Righteous Gemstones" and he's worked on movies and TV shows including "Stranger Things". He was the spirit and brains behind a Pluto TV channel dedicated to independent wrestling and he's even done body work on video games, including for World Wrestling Entertainment.
More than that, he's a first generation American of Cuban descent who is the American dream. He even taught John Goodman a few moves. But for more, you have to listen. -
Sean Haas enters the Garden. He hosts the "Advent of Computing" podcast, Described as: the show that talks about the shocking, intriguing, and all too often relevant history of computing. A lot of little things we take for granted today have rich stories behind their creation, in each episode we will learn how older tech has lead to our modern world.
We discuss what technology does have doom potential, and what's being exagerrated? So, should we fear robot overlords like Terminator or Ultron? Is HAL going to lock us all out? Is there another Y2K looming?
In addition to the above, we discuss viruses, malware, spyware. What's the big deal about TikTok? Should you pay more attention to Terms & Conditions and Personal Data Privacy policies? -
Richard Anderson is the acclaimed author of Nautilus Award winner "The Evolution of Life" and "Outbound Islands in the Void". He's a researcher par excellance and a three time guest of the show. Our topic is climate change. Is the Earth at a tipping point? Or has it past that tipping point? Many argue climate change is cyclical or not man made. Others argue we are not near, let alone past, any tipping point. Others feel science and technology will resolve these issues. Anderson believes we are mostly past the point of no return. Not necessarily because we can't reverse and address certain key problems; but because we won't. Our politics are too divided. The nations of the world are too divided with differing priorities and resources. Science is no longer respected and anything establishment has been undermined by the YouTube citizen researcher culture. This almost made it into Garden of Doom but since we stuck mostly to science and real politique, Views it is. In this case, the water being warm is one of the problems.
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