The Esoteric Book Club

Esoteric News Briefs - Episode 2.11 - Bronze Age War Donkeys

This week we talk about Rainbow Cups, Gladiators, and Bronze Age War Donkeys!     “Horned 'Viking' helmets were actually from a different civilization, archaeologists say”, by Tom Metcalfe: https://tinyurl.com/2p9b9z8n   “A Hungry Badger Discovered a Roman-Era Treasure Trove, Archaeologists Say”, by Agence France-Presse: https://tinyurl.com/ywvuh9u4   “2,000-year-old Celtic hoard of gold 'rainbow cups' discovered in Germany”, by Laura Geggel: https://tinyurl.com/2p8v84p3   “'Exquisite' wooden figurine dating to early Roman Britain found in a ditch in England”, by Tom Metcalfe: https://tinyurl.com/5n9x3tn7   “Last Roman gladiator arena ever built unearthed in Switzerland”, by Laura Geggel: https://tinyurl.com/2p9xedc2   “These Ancient 'War Donkeys' Were Likely The 1st Human-Bred Hybrid Animals”, by Tom Matcalfe: https://tinyurl.com/5n7zsbaw   “Medieval warhorses no bigger than modern-day ponies, study finds”, by Steven Morris: https://tinyurl.com/yckrnx9u   “Biological Activity on Earth Really Is Affected by The Gravity of The Sun And Moon”, by David Nield: https://tinyurl.com/pe4fwtwc   “The Sun Used to Have Saturn-Like Rings That Stopped Earth From Being a 'Super-Earth'”, by Yasemin Saplakoglu: https://tinyurl.com/2jekc75m   “Mysterious Footprints Suggest Neanderthals Climbed a Volcano Right After It Erupted”, by Mike Mcrae: https://tinyurl.com/2s4bvrtz   “Scientists Identify Specific Gene Variant That Protects Against Severe COVID-19”, by Peter Dockrill: https://tinyurl.com/2p8cubuf   “‘(Expletive) Bigfoot!’ Alleged Sasquatch Sighting Adds to Legendary Creature’s Big Year”, by Paul Brady: https://tinyurl.com/2krnkn99 Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub  

Episode 2.10 - Witchcraft...into the Wilds

Tonight we delve into the mysteries of wildcrafted green magic with Rachel Patterson's book Witchcraft...into the Wilds! Witchcraft...into the Wilds, by Rachel Patterson: https://tinyurl.com/pm4kcmrt Theme music is courtesy of Sara Rudy and her band Hello June, and is used with their permission. The song “Fight, Don't Fight” can be downloaded at: https://tinyurl.com/y886ns56 If you want to hear more of their music, you can find them at https://www.wearehellojune.com/or on Bandcamp at https://hellojune.bandcamp.com/ Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Instagram: esotericbookclub Podchaser: https://tinyurl.com/kvkjybum Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub

Esoteric News Briefs - Episode 2.10 - Dinosaur Sword Tail, Denisovan Slumber Party, and a Tennessee Fossil Pit

Tonight we have Dinosaur Sword Tails, Denisovan Slumber Parties, and a Tennessee Fossil Pit.   “Oldest Remains of Mysterious, Extinct Human Ancestors Unearthed in Siberian Cave”, by CHARLES Q. CHOI: https://tinyurl.com/yck68csk   “Mammoths Survived in Canada Until 5,000 Years Ago”, by Ruth Schuster: https://tinyurl.com/s5njdny3   “Woolly mammoths survived on mainland North America until 5,000 years ago, DNA reveals”, by Cameron Duke: https://tinyurl.com/5cv2bmvv   “Mummy with gold-foil 'tongue' found in sealed Egyptian tomb”, by Laura Geggel: https://tinyurl.com/2p9dkfjs   “'Garbage dump' discovered in ancient Egyptian tomb dedicated to fertility goddess”, by Laura Geggel: https://tinyurl.com/2p9ebdvy   “Meat-eating dinosaurs were terrifyingly fast, footprints reveal”, by Mindy Weisberger: https://tinyurl.com/22n63j88   “This 'Very Weird' Newly Discovered Dinosaur Was Armed With a Slashing Weapon”, by Laura Geggel: https://tinyurl.com/yjwb2t95   “Darkness caused by dino-killing asteroid snuffed out life on Earth in 9 months”, by Mindy Weisberger: https://tinyurl.com/yckpucdc   “A fossil site reveals an ancient sinkhole and its enormous occupant”, by Jeanne Timmons: https://tinyurl.com/3npfsees   “Women executed 300 years ago as witches in Scotland set to receive pardons”, by Caroline Davies: https://tinyurl.com/kzft3un6   “NASA wants to put a nuclear power plant on the moon by 2030 — and you can help”, by Brandon Specktor: https://tinyurl.com/3twpfss8   “High-Speed Space Junk Risk Forces NASA Astronauts to Abandon Spacewalk”, by Morgan McFall-Johnsen: https://tinyurl.com/2p9ds9bu   “Imaginary numbers could be needed to describe reality, new studies find”, by Ben Turner: https://tinyurl.com/yck6469h   “Flecks of silver in poop of ancient Cambrian creature baffle scientists”, by Harry Baker: https://tinyurl.com/ycknvb5v   “Crows Are So Smart They Seem to Understand The Concept of Tool Value”, by TESSA KOUMOUNDOUROS: https://tinyurl.com/2p862yjx   “A Weird Paper Tests The Limits of Science by Claiming Octopuses Came From Space”, by Mike McRae: https://tinyurl.com/y762r5m5   Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub  

Episode 2.9 - Haunted Hills and Hollows

As an apology for the late release, I've included the entire Patreon extended episode for everyone to enjoy!   Man, Pennsylvania is WEIRD, and no area is more so than Green County! Find out just how strange this place is in tonight's episode!   Haunted Hills and Hollows: What Lurks in Greene County Pennsylvania by Rosemary Ellen Guiley and Kevin Paul: https://tinyurl.com/yrfv785x   Haunted Hills and Hollows II: Still Lurking in Greene County, Pennsylvania, by Kevin Paul: https://tinyurl.com/2p9emfnr   Theme music is courtesy of Sara Rudy and her band Hello June, and is used with their permission. The song “Fight, Don't Fight” can be downloaded at: https://tinyurl.com/y886ns56   If you want to hear more of their music, you can find them at https://www.wearehellojune.com/ or on Bandcamp at https://hellojune.bandcamp.com/   Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Instagram: esotericbookclub Podchaser: https://tinyurl.com/kvkjybum Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub    

Esoteric News Briefs - Episode 2.9 - UFO Cover-Ups, Jewitches, and Bone Salad

Welcome back to another episode of the Esoteric News Briefs! Tonight we have UFO Cover-Ups, Jewitches, and Bone Salad! Get ready! It's about to get weird!     “Weird cosmic object keeps exploding over and over again, and scientists don't know why” by Adam Mann: https://tinyurl.com/5b2usmkm   “Missile Emergency Provokes Fury After ISS Forced to Take Evasive Action” by Issam Ahmed: https://tinyurl.com/cjwm8put   “Space debris forces astronauts on space station to take shelter in return ships” by Meghan Bartels: https://tinyurl.com/y78e7md8   “A Space Expert Explains Why Russia's Exploded Satellite Is Such a Huge Problem” by Wendy Whitman Cobb: https://tinyurl.com/bdd484mz   “Inexplicable Phenomena Spur Pentagon to Launch New UFO Investigation Force” on Sciencealert.com: https://tinyurl.com/2p85cd6m   “Former US Air Force photographer says he helped cover up UFO sighting” by Becca Monaghan: https://tinyurl.com/2p82dckn   “Could a Radiation Shield Made of Fungus Keep Astronauts Safe During Space Travel?” by Scott Allan Johnston: https://tinyurl.com/2p93p32y   “Mysterious glass in the Atacama Desert may be from an ancient exploding comet” by Yasemin Saplakoglu: https://tinyurl.com/mryt9sca   “Climate Change May Have Done 2 Odd And Contradictory Things to Birds in The Amazon” by by Issam Ahmed: https://tinyurl.com/2p83upwk   “How some ‘Jewitches’ are embracing both Judaism and witchcraft” by Heather Greene and Emily McFarlan Miller: https://tinyurl.com/2s473rur   “Season of the Jewitch: The occultists reviving Jewish witchcraft and folklore” by Rachel Román : https://tinyurl.com/bx2p8ehu   “New Research Reveals Surprising Origins of Millennia-Old Mummies Found in China” by Livia Gershon: https://tinyurl.com/2p8ux53w   “Rare Bronze Age coffin uncovered on UK golf course” by Laura Geggel: https://tinyurl.com/ms7542e2   “Ancient 'hangover prevention' ring found in Israel” by Wendy Weisberger: https://tinyurl.com/2p96tash   “Archaeologists solve mystery of 'bowling alley' under Yorkshire abbey” by Tom Metcalfe: https://tinyurl.com/ymapsxst   “Fossil Breakthrough Identifies What Could Be The Longest Dinosaur That Ever Lived” by Laura Geggel: https://tinyurl.com/29rmryb2   “UNITED KINGDOM DECLARES OCTOPUSES, SQUIDS ARE SENTIENT BEINGS” by futurism.com: https://tinyurl.com/2p88sr68   “Scorpions flood Egyptian villages after storm, sting and hospitalize hundreds” by Mindy Weisberger: https://tinyurl.com/2m7kxaxz     Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub

Episode 2.8 - Where the Footprints End

Bigfoot is a bit more than just a hairy hominid roaming the remote wilderness. Accounts report that he can swim, disappear, phase through solid objects, and sometimes...possess people? Find out more as I am joined by Steven Hawk and Jimmy Kho of the Cosmic Sponge Podcast!   Where the Footprints End: https://tinyurl.com/sh3fmjr5   Cosmic Sponge: http://www.cosmicsponge.com     Theme music is courtesy of Sara Rudy and her band Hello June, and is used with their permission. The song “Fight, Don't Fight” can be downloaded at: https://tinyurl.com/y886ns56   If you want to hear more of their music, you can find them at https://www.wearehellojune.com/ or on Bandcamp at https://hellojune.bandcamp.com/   Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Instagram: esotericbookclub Podchaser: https://tinyurl.com/kvkjybum Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub

Esoteric News Briefs - Episode 2.8 - 16th Century Black Mirror, Football Sorcery, and Ancient Dick Temples

    I think the title is teaser enough! Let's jump right in!   “Runes Found on Seventh-Century Cow Bone Could Change Slavic History”, by David Kindy: https://tinyurl.com/emcx9ya5   “Muti, Juju & 'Witchcraft' in African football – Goalpedia“, by Shina Oludare: https://tinyurl.com/2f46jzcu   “Parliament must pass laws against witchcraft accusations – Researcher” by ghanaweb.com: https://tinyurl.com/pxy6ms3s   “Team takes steps toward historic United Nations Resolution to stamp out witchcraft atrocities”, by Lancaster University: https://tinyurl.com/9wj9t759   “The oldest known tattoo tools were found at an ancient Tennessee site”, by Bruce Bower: https://tinyurl.com/3cnjcxmu   “Scientists Have Found the Earliest Evidence of Leather Clothes”, by Hakim Bishara: https://tinyurl.com/ed9832fa   “John Dee’s spirit mirror has Aztec origins”, by Heritage Daily: https://tinyurl.com/xwd6rhyx   “In tree rings and radioactive carbon, signs of the Vikings in North America”, by Tom Metcalfe: https://tinyurl.com/5ek657rz   “Rich medieval hipster was buried with his fancy beard comb”, by Mindy Weisberger: https://tinyurl.com/hbt637pf   “Human head carvings and phallus-shaped pillars discovered at 11,000-year-old site in Turkey”, by Owen Jarus: https://tinyurl.com/h3azj2a   “Scientists convert plastic waste into vanilla flavoring”, by Yasemin Saplakoglu: https://tinyurl.com/2ve423ra   Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub  

Episode 2.7 - Sex and Rockets

The 60s brought us Sex, Drugs, and Rock N Roll, but the 30s brought us Sex, Black Magic, and Rocket Ships! Learn about the man who was at the forefront of this weird time in California history in “Sex and Rockets: the Occult World of Jack Parsons” by John Carter.   Sex and Rockets: the Occult World of Jack Parsons: https://tinyurl.com/ptf2fu57     Theme music is courtesy of Sara Rudy and her band Hello June, and is used with their permission. The song “Fight, Don't Fight” can be downloaded at: https://tinyurl.com/y886ns56   If you want to hear more of their music, you can find them at https://www.wearehellojune.com/ or on Bandcamp at https://hellojune.bandcamp.com/   Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Instagram: esotericbookclub Podchaser: https://tinyurl.com/kvkjybum Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub

Esoteric News Briefs - Episode 2.7 - Ghost Tracks, Opalised Amber, and Snake-Venom Bandages

On this edition of the Esoteric News Briefs we look at archaeology, paleontology, and some stuff that's just plain weird!   “New fossils of giant rhinos — the largest land mammals ever — are found in China”: https://tinyurl.com/4fm9nsa “Gigantic 'shark-toothed' dinosaur discovered in Uzbekistan”: https://tinyurl.com/ym8dx58z “Fossilized Insect Discovered Not in Amber, But in Opal”: https://tinyurl.com/4xrdyvff “Girl buried with finch in her mouth puzzles archaeologists”: https://tinyurl.com/52catyfp “Fossil footprints show humans in North America more than 21,000 years ago”: https://tinyurl.com/wenkuwbm “Ice age kids squished hands in mud. Are fossilized prints some of worlds oldest art?”: https://tinyurl.com/usfu6uzs “Life-Sized Camel Sculptures in Saudi Arabia Are Older Than Stonhenge, Pyramids of Giza”: https://tinyurl.com/2yxpuhsw “Mexican Archaeologists Forced to Bury an Unusual Discovery Made in Old Aztec Capital.”: https://tinyurl.com/28d78mxe “This Weirdly Smart, Creeping Slime is Redefining Our Understanding of Intelligence”: https://tinyurl.com/49rcvj6k “Bizarre Deep-Sea Creature Bristling with Teeth is 'Totally Unique', Scientist says”: https://tinyurl.com/h89jyfm8 “Police Break up Exorcism at Pa. Home Depot”: https://tinyurl.com/2s56565x “Mysterious Mineral Only Ever Seen in Meteorites Inexplicably Found by the Dead Sea”: https://tinyurl.com/74xfzwtf “Snake-Venom 'Super Glue' Can Stop Wounds Bleeding in Seconds with a Flash of Light”: https://tinyurl.com/38fvmv9b   Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub     10eGVKnC2SPTNqNMBf8G

Episode 2.6 - 365 Days of Hoodoo

Have you ever wanted to learn about the magical tradition known as Hoodoo, but had no idea where to start? This book will set you on the right path!   365 Days of Hoodoo: https://tinyurl.com/cshjevvs   Theme music is courtesy of Sara Rudy and her band Hello June, and is used with their permission. The song “Fight, Don't Fight” can be downloaded at: https://tinyurl.com/y886ns56   If you want to hear more of their music, you can find them at https://www.wearehellojune.com/ or on Bandcamp at https://hellojune.bandcamp.com/   Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Instagram: esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub

Esoteric News Briefs - Episode 2.6 - Interview with Les O‘Dell

     This episode I talk with cryptid investigator and fledgling author Les O'Dell. His group, West Virginia Cryptids and Strange Encounters is hosting an event on October 9th, 2021 at the Cheat Lake Firehall in Monongalia County, West Virginia. He joins us tonight to talk about some of his recent investigations, his first book, and upcoming events.     Resources   West Virginia Cryptids, a Visual Travel Guide to Traversing the Mountain State: https://tinyurl.com/m2shbtc   West Virginia Cryptids and Strange Encounters: https://tinyurl.com/uevmva9m   WV Case Paranormal Expo 2021: https://tinyurl.com/3bt88akm     Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub   Extra Music:On Hold For You by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/6928-on-hold-for-you License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Episode 2.5 - The Zoologists Guide to the Galaxy

What can we expect from our first encounters with aliens? The easiest way to anticipate that is to look at how life has developed on our own planet.   The Zoologists Guide to the Galaxy: https://tinyurl.com/s6u8h3cd   Theme music is courtesy of Sara Rudy and her band Hello June, and is used with their permission. The song “Fight, Don't Fight” can be downloaded at: https://tinyurl.com/y886ns56   If you want to hear more of their music, you can find them at https://www.wearehellojune.com/ or on Bandcamp at https://hellojune.bandcamp.com/   Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Instagram: esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub