Garden Of Doom

Nov 18 2024 339 ep. 85 mins 25

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Welcome to the Garden of Doom, where some things grow and others not so much. This is an exploration of our world; the hidden world beneath; and the world beyond. Your hosts, Sha & Jeff will explore current events, pop culture, cryptozoology; Theo-mythology; alien encounters; the historíes of mankind; and the occasional Irish whip into wrestling; and more. So join us, every epic has its beginning.

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Garden of Doom E.256 Hanpoppycock?

Nov 18 2024 111 mins

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 ot

Garden Views E.88 Spycraft

Nov 15 2024 70 mins

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

Garden of Doom E.255 Heracles (Hercules)

Nov 09 2024 85 mins

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

Garden Views E.87 Special Forces Plus

Nov 06 2024 57 mins

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 l

Garden of Doom E.254 The House Filler

Nov 03 2024 73 mins

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 Maois

Garden of Doom E.253 Exorcisms

Oct 30 2024 83 mins

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

Garden of Doom E.252 Witches

Oct 25 2024 92 mins

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 up

Garden Views E.86 The Fall Guy

Oct 22 2024 73 mins

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 ttitle

Garden of Doom E.251 Tech Boom Doom

Oct 19 2024 82 mins

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

Garden Views E.85 Tipping Point

Oct 16 2024 85 mins

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 alo