Episodios

  • Garden of Thought E.306 Anime Mythology or Schrodinger's Pinocchio

    Garden of Thought E.306 Anime Mythology or Schrodinger's Pinocchio
    Jul 19 2025
    When we ask C The Superior to present on a topic as our apprentice host, she always brings the research.

    She takes me through some of the premier Anime properties and their relationship to mythologies. Primarily Shintoism. But Taoism and Chinese myths are visited. Especially when we talk about how Goku and Dragonball Z is The Monkey King and Journey to the East!

    Along the way, there are the usual diversions and meanderings. Including a restatement on kung fu witches built like Baywatch in school girl uniforms.

    Do we find other mythological parallels? Why is Schrodinger referenced and what does this have to do with Pinocchio or Anime?
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    1 h y 1 m
  • GoT Presents The Gospel of Thomas - VICIOUS VICKI VENUTO

    GoT Presents The Gospel of Thomas - VICIOUS VICKI VENUTO
    Jul 14 2025
    We meet Vicious Vicki Venuto. She's a Jersey Girl. A Jersey Shore girl to be precise. And she'll kick your teeth in if you don't like it.

    Our own Mr. Thomas was a Jersey Shore guy because of course he was. They share tales and stereotypes.

    We explore the Lubabu(?) craze. We talk food. We always talk food. Did she have any supernatural experiences or beliefs? Turns out everyone does.

    What's the New Jersey Devil?

    Why is the University of New Jersey known by a different name? Jets or Giants or are both colonizers?

    All this and some wrestling related content.
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    1 h y 4 m
  • Garden of Thought E.305 Science Based Skepticism

    Garden of Thought E.305 Science Based Skepticism
    Jul 12 2025
    John Michael Godier is a scientist and an avid follower in the UFO phenomena. He hosts the Event Horizon podcast and has a huge YouTube channer of the same name. He's also the author of two science fiction novels. He's spoken to everyone even remotely in field from Professor Avi Loeb to the disclosure skeptics and advocates.

    We discuss many of the recent stories including the disclosure efforts from certain nations, our interstellar visitors, the Ferme paradox, etc.

    We also visit some issues that aren't well reported as they occurred in the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

    I want to thank our mutual friend, Kristaps, for helping to put this together. If you'd like to support his work and The Eastern Border show, he has authentic Soviet era war plan maps recently found in a Latvian warehouse. Prices are reasonable and these are one of a kind authentic pieces of history. Please email Kris at theeasternborder@gmail.com.
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    1 h y 14 m
  • Garden of Thought E.304 DEA

    Garden of Thought E.304 DEA
    Jul 9 2025
    Brian Townsend was in law enforcement for approximately three decades; primarily with the United States Drug Enforcement Agency. Since retired, he's involved with a 501C3 non profit educating and reaching regarding the extraordinary dangers of fetanyl.

    We discuss his upbringing and professional career. He explains the remit of the DEA and we explore how the DEA works in other countries, the chain of command, and separates fact from fiction. Jeffzikastan plays a large role. International law and law enforcemant is discussed. No one knows exactly what Interpol is. How do Ambassadors fit in? Are different Warrants handled differently? What standard of law must be applied?

    Brian is very frank in his answers and we had a lot of fun. But pay close attention to the portions dedicated to his cause and the non profit organization. It's important work. The statistics are staggering. And they need your support.
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    1 h y 46 m
  • Garden of Thought E.303 Dragonriders & Brax

    Garden of Thought E.303 Dragonriders & Brax
    Jul 6 2025
    Arthur Slade was raised in the Cypress Hills of southwest Saskatchewan (on a ranch). He wasn’t
    raised by wolves. It was elves. And one grumpy dwarf. He began writing at an early age. It took
    a few years but he is now the author of more than thirty novels, including Dust (which won the
    Governor General’s award), Dragon Assassin, and The Hunchback Assignments. He currently
    lives in the mythical city of Saskatoon and does all of his writing on a treadmill desk while he
    listens to heavy metal. Really. It’s true.

    Find him online at arthurslade.com.

    Governor General’s Award-winning author Arthur Slade’s latest novel continues his popular
    Dragon Assassin series—and this time, Brax, the dragon, gets to tell his own tale!
    I, Brax: 1. A Battle Divine, the just-released new novel
    by award-winning Saskatchewan author Arthur Slade,
    continues his popular Dragon Assassin series with a
    twist, giving the narrator spot to the wisecracking
    dragon Brax.
    Published by Shadowpaw Press in print, the book will
    be launched online on November 15 at 1 p.m.
    Eastern, with author Marty Chan acting as master of
    ceremonies. This madcap Zoom event is for
    individuals, schools, and, well anyone who likes
    middle grade/YA fantasy and snarky dragons:
    eventbrite.ca/e/i-brax-a-battle-divine-tickets-
    1027248125797.
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    57 m
  • Garden of Thought E.302 Small Business Law

    Garden of Thought E.302 Small Business Law
    Jul 2 2025
    Hillary Johns is a business and trial litigator. Her offices are in Beverly Hills, San Francisco and New York. So, you know she's not messing around. But she's also an attorney that spends a lot of time with new and small businesses.

    We discuss what a new businessperson should consider. What is necessary. What is good to seriously consider. And what are warning signs and items people routinely ignore...until it's too late. If I did this show solo, it would have been 85% identical on substance. But it's better if you don;t hear it from me, but a guest. Of course, this show is not legal advice and is for entertainment and informational purposes only. You should always talk to your own independent counsel.

    Anyway, what do we have to say to you potential to mid-experienced businesspeople? Hit play.
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    1 h y 12 m
  • Garden of Thought E.301 The Silence

    Garden of Thought E.301 The Silence
    Jun 29 2025
    The Sun Runners, the latest young adult/new adult
    science fiction novel from Aurora Award-winning author
    James Bow (Icarus Down), comes out November 12 from
    Shadowpaw Press—alongside Tales from the Silence, and
    exciting collection of short fiction by a diverse group of
    notable authors set in the same future, releasing from
    Shadowpaw Press imprint Endless Sky Books.
    In Bows’s detailed future setting, Earth’s civilization,
    overwhelmed by environmental catastrophe and war, all
    but collapses. To the far-flung residents of colonies on
    Mars, Venus, Mercury and in the Asteroid Belt, it’s the
    falling of the Silence, and in its wake, they must struggle
    to survive.
    The Sun Runners is set on Mercury, where cities on rails
    constantly move around the planet ahead of the deadly
    sunrise. Tales from the Silence tells stories from all over
    the solar system, including on Earth itself, that trace the
    fallout from Earth’s collapse.
    “I’m delighted to have The Sun Runners out in the wild
    after years of work,” James Bow says. “Shadowpaw Press
    has really given their best to this book, and I hope it
    makes a good connection with readers. Tales from the
    Silence was extremely fun to put together, thanks to the
    energy of the contributing authors. I’m grateful they
    accepted my invitation to play in my sandbox, and I am
    especially grateful for their contributions to my universe.
    Thanks to Shadowpaw’s Endless Sky Imprint for making
    this companion anthology a reality.”
    “I’m thrilled to be publishing both of these great science
    fiction titles,” says Edward Willett, publisher of
    Shadowpaw Press. “James’s detailed future world was a
    joy to immerse myself in through both The Sun Runners
    and Tales from the Silence, and I can’t wait to share that
    joy with readers.”

    James Bow writes science fiction and fantasy for both kids and adults. He’s been a fan of
    science fiction since his family introduced him to Doctor Who on TV Ontario in 1978, and his
    mother read him classic sci-fi and fantasy from such authors as Clifford Simak and J.R.R. Tolkien.
    James won the 2017 Prix Aurora Award for best YA Novel in Canada for Icarus Down.
    By day, James is a communications officer for a charitable land trust protecting lands from
    development in Waterloo Region and Wellington County. He also loves trains and streetcars.
    He lives in Kitchener, Ontario, with his two kids, and his spouse/fellow writer/partner-in-crime,
    Erin Bow. You can find him online at jamesbow.ca.
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    1 h y 3 m
  • GoT Presents The Gospel of Thomas - THE Savage Gentleman Victor Benjamin

    GoT Presents The Gospel of Thomas - THE Savage Gentleman Victor Benjamin
    Jun 25 2025
    Wrestler, boxer, MMA fighter, personal trainer, peanut butter afficionado. That describes a particularly savage gentleman. We talk to Victor Benjamin,

    A little about wrestling. A lot about peanut butter, candy, and other really important things.
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    59 m