Garden of Thought

Jeff Lippman
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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.

  1. 2h ago

    Garden of Thought E.398 Golem for Broke

    Deborah Wilde is a global wanderer and hopeless romantic. After twelve years as a screenwriter, she was also a total cynic with a broken edit button, so, she jumped ship, started writing funny, sexy urban fantasy books and never looked back. She loves writing smart, flawed, wisecracking women who can solve a mystery, kick supernatural butt, banter with hot men, and still make time for their best female friend, because those were the women she grew up around and admired. Granted, her grandmother never had a to kill a demon at her weekly friend lunches, but Deborah is pretty sure she could have. Smart (ass) heroines. Epic magic. Red-hot romance. Tovah Silver runs Mad Queens Inc., an unlicensed magical problem-solving agency with her three best friends. They've built their reputation on grit, loopholes, and unrepentant competence, ignoring those who think their perimenopausal magic tops out at party tricks. They’re wrong but correcting them would be a felony. Every one of the Queens has a forbidden second magic buried deep—until an assassin golem forces Tovah to unleash hers. She thinks she got away with it. Then Nikolai Azarov shows up. Vancouver’s only golem-maker would call her story creative if he wasn’t too busy calling BS. Worse, once he figures out what she actually did to that golem, he doesn’t turn her in. He names his price. Now Tovah must honor a dangerous bargain with a man who’s already insufferable without leverage, outmaneuver the magic cops circling her agency, and hunt down whoever left a hand- delivered clay effigy on her bed. Middle age isn't a crisis. It's a weapon. Published by Te Da Media Inc and available worldwide in e-book, paperback, and audiobook on October 12, 2026. Purchase links: Deborah Wilde Books: https://www.deborahwildebooks.com/collections/mad-queens-inc Other retailers: https://books2read.com/u/3GB9vL

  2. 6d ago

    Garden of Thought E.397 Story Time with a Scream Queen

    Horror and thriller actress, Amber Brooke, joins the Garden to talk about her projects and first hand spooky stories she's experienced.  She's also a model, cosplayer and frequent attraction at Horror Cons.  There's also a companion show on Sports Jedi (out of Character podcast) with Vinny Pacifico and Amber Brooke.

  3. Aug 11

    Garden of Thought E.396 Civilizations before Civilization

    What's a Younger Dryas? What's a Glacial Maximum? Who was living in civilzations before Egypt and Sumeria? Turns out we have some names, places and archeology. So, Professor Emeritus John Hoopes breaks it down for us. Mezolythic, Neolithic, Holocene. among others are all terms we'll define and we'll fit some of those puzzle pieces between transforming to agriculturally based settlements from mobile hunters and gatherers.

  4. Aug 6

    Garden of Thought E.395 AI Fear and Hope

    J Scott Christianson is both capitalist and do gooder. He enjoyed great success in the private sector and has been a Professor at the University of Missouri. We discuss current events and trends surrounding this issue. Tech lords. Data centers. The threat from China. Job loss. Robots. Elon. It's all in here.

  5. Aug 3

    Garden of Thought E.394 The Dark Tower

    Stephen King is the most prolific horror author of the last several generations. Embedded within his works, is the connective tissue of The Wheel of Ka, or the King-a-verse. The dfining works that exemplifies this most is the Dark Tower series.  There are at least 7 novels and it's inspired numerous other multiverses. In orderr to discuss this series, I call upon Matt Vincent. You might remember him from our Caprica episode.

  6. Jul 31

    Garden of Thought E.393 American Main Street Party

    A lot of people feel America's political system is broken. Tom Joseph believes he found a legal solution. This is that discussion.

  7. Jul 28

    Garden of Thought E.392 A Crecganford Odyssey

    Jon F. White of Crecganford returns to the show. The primary topic was what is a typical Indo-European pantheon of gods. Whilst we did cover that, we also learned and explored many related items as we navigated this Bronze Age world. Turns out, Greek mythology is not exactly typical for Indo European pantheons, although there is overlap. Ancient pre-Greece was very near East influenced.  We - mostly me - keep jumping back and forth into the Bible. And yes, there's a lot of parallels and root stories there too.  And for months, I've been asking Jon about my theories on the Odyssey and the Bible. No spoilers - of the discussion. We totally discuss aspects of this 3000 year old plus story. But neither of us saw the movie at date of recording so no Nolan alteration spoilers of significance.

  8. Jul 19

    Garden of Thought E.391 The Paradox of Parallel Dimensions

    Alex Coquito joins the Garden. He's a streamer, content creator, and independent thinker. He has a channel called Rican Reactions where he covers the current events and issues on Puerto Rico. We start with things we should know about Puerto Rico, and then move into our esoteric main event. We cover hive consciousness, parallel dimensions, deja vu, precognition, aliens, and much more.

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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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  • Creator
    Jeff Lippman
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    525
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright Jeff Lippman
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