Episodios

  • Garden of Thought E.320 Africa and Space

    Garden of Thought E.320 Africa and Space
    Sep 17 2025
    Ruvimbo Samaga is an African lawyer with multiple degrees. She currently practices in Zimbabwe, her country of birth. She's achived many accolades and is a frequent speaker, consultant, alumnus of the Space Court Foundation's Lachs Moot Court competition, and has a start up related to space based technology to aid agriculture.

    We discuss her journey and her understanding and involvement with African interests in space. In addition to Africa's approaches to creating space programs and influencing space policy and regulation on an international basis.

    Of course I talk about Bond villains. Of course we talk about treaties and international law and some of my greatest hits. But we mostly focus on Samaga's insights and experience. And the Garden continues it's (unique?) podcast journey into exploring space interests and policies around the world.
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    59 m
  • Gospel of Thomas - Kwon Chronicles II: Joseph J Alexander - a Sinister Minister?

    Gospel of Thomas - Kwon Chronicles II: Joseph J Alexander - a Sinister Minister?
    Sep 15 2025
    Ikuro Kwon & I are joined by Joseph J. Alexander. Joseph has done a lot in wrestling, but it's his non wrestling activities and experiences that we focused on. Like ghost stories. Like being a totem for the dead. Like the haunting of Arena Mexico. The Warrens of "The Conjuring" fame make the show as well.

    We also discuss paganism and certain mythologies, philosophies and esoterica. You don't want to miss this conversation.
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    56 m
  • Garden of Thought E.319 Alice, Oz and the Persephone Archetype

    Garden of Thought E.319 Alice, Oz and the Persephone Archetype
    Sep 12 2025
    Is there esoteric symbolism behind some of our most cherished stories? You bet there is! Once you start, it might be hard to stop but I went through the looking glass and followed the yellow brick road to start on this search. Yes, we're exploring the esoteric aspects of Alice in Wonderland and the Wizard of Oz. In this, we touch on some minor topics like the role of institutions, systems, self and God. Small stuff. We also examine the Persephone archetype and whether it apples. What's a psycho pomp?

    who's "we"? I'm glad you asked. My esoteric dream tag team of the National Wrestling Alliance's Aron Stephens (FKA Damien Sandow, Aron Rex, et al) and the Reverend Doctor (going on three doctoriates) David Parry.

    Bring your third eyes, pineal glands and thinking caps today. We go deep. Like even the 4 cardinal directions are part of this.How could they not be?
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    1 h y 13 m
  • Garden of Thought E.318 A Marine Biologist

    Garden of Thought E.318 A Marine Biologist
    Sep 8 2025
    As any long time listener knows, I've been looking for a Marine Biologist to talk to. Well, the sea was angry that day, my friends, because I found my white whale. Alan Moore is a marine biologist and the President and Director of two accredited Marine Biology programs in Western Florida. They specialize is sharks and rays. So, of course we talked about sharks and rays. We also talk about - queue heroic music - octopusses!. Also, whales, porpoises, dolphins, seals, and lots of other animals great and small. So, don't be an old man trying to return soup at a deli. Pull out that Teistelist. It's to time to enjoy a deep dive.

    Epilogue: This guest revealed to me some days after the recording that he was not a Marine BIologist. He assured me he had the other requisite certifications and did run the school. He asked me not to air the show as he felt he didn't do well. I listened back and thought he was fine. But I agreed not to air the show contingent upon us re-recording limited primarily to sharks, rays and the school AND he'd send over some actual marine biologists. Neither contingency happened. I thought nothing of it until I saw him seeking guest spots on podcasts again. Judge for yourself.
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    1 h y 6 m
  • Garden of Thought E.317 The Grull

    Garden of Thought E.317 The Grull
    Sep 6 2025
    We welcome in former musician and current author, Jonni Jordyn. She's written many books, including two series'. The first involve an isolated clan, forced to venture out of their Eden into a wider world where they encounter new beats, ecologies, and other people.

    The Grull are an ancient clan of people that lived 10,000 years ago. They
    must find a new homeland when their village is destroyed by a flood. They
    also have the option of seeking the home of their ancestors and living
    there, but the journey is perilous and exposes them to the dangers of
    nature and the dangers of other human tribes.
    The Calling of the Grull: Book 1 - Kindle edition by Jordyn, Jonni. Literature &
    Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

    Obviously, the Garden is interested in the research and aspects that went into the story selection. We discuss these areas.

    Jordyn also wrote series on magic. We talk about that as well.


    Jonni Jordyn was born in Oakland, California in 1957. She started writing at
    an early age, writing music, poetry, short stories, radio, film, and stage
    scripts. She didn’t start writing novels until later in life, after she retired from
    playing music, and found herself travelling away from home for extended
    periods. She currently lives in Denver, Colorado.
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    1 h y 1 m
  • Garden of Thought E.316 Opera Spy

    Garden of Thought E.316 Opera Spy
    Sep 3 2025
    Kay Sparling is an international opera and sacred singer. Now
    retired, she lives in the Upper Midwest with her feline writing
    buddy, the invincible Paducah. When not teaching voice lessons
    or writing, Kay enjoys gardening, hiking, adventure travelling, and
    cooking for family and friends.

    More information about Kay can be found at: Kay Sparling – Author

    Near the end of the Cold War, Kaitlyn Stewart lands an
    apprenticeship at the Vienna State Opera. Soon after arriving,
    she is recruited by the CIA as the only female high profile
    operative in Mission: THAW. Both CIA and MI6 are in a race
    against time to uncover a human trafficking cartel set up by
    fascist Western politicians who are in business with the East
    Germans and KGB. They are exploiting refugees from the
    former satellite countries of the USSR. Mission: THAW must
    infiltrate the cartel in order to shut down the trafficking and
    destroy the slave labor in East Germany. If the GDR economy
    fails, the Berlin Wall will come down. Covering as an opera singer, Kaitlyn infiltrates the
    inner circle of the KGB and neo-Nazis, only to find out that they have a much more
    deadly, lucrative plan in the making: blueprints for a dirty bomb. MI6 agent Clive
    Matthews, who is considered the best secret agent in the free world, skillfully guides
    Kaitlyn through the crazy maze of the mission. Based on fact.

    Amazon.com: Mission Thaw: A Kaitlyn Stewart Spy Thriller: 9781779419071: Sparling, Kay: Books
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    1 h y 7 m
  • Garden of Thought E.315 Bayou Geeks

    Garden of Thought E.315 Bayou Geeks
    Aug 29 2025
    We get a little swampy as the Garden is invaded by The Bayou Geeks!

    What makes them Bayou? What makes them geeks?

    What do we talk about? E V E R Y T H I N G. Conspiracies,a little sports, a top 5 list of best movie and sequel, a little spooky stuff. We talk a bunch about New Orleans and get a little real with stuff going on in the real world. This episode probably is a lot closer to the first months of this show; which I drrifted away from rather unintentionally, and surprisingly. Nevertheless, we're going to do stuff like this more often. I think.
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    2 h y 6 m
  • GoT Presents: IKURO KWON/ @The_IkuroKwon & BRETT RYAN GOSSELIN/ @victorious_brg

    GoT Presents: IKURO KWON/ @The_IkuroKwon & BRETT RYAN GOSSELIN/ @victorious_brg
    Aug 25 2025
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