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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope @order-of-the-jackalope.com · 10/10/2026

A surprising chunk of the first volume is a line-by-line listing of a FORTRAN program to calculate plot the propagation of shock waves through various types of rock, so that's fun. (Let's see BYTE magazine do that!)

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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope @order-of-the-jackalope.com · 08/10/2026

The things I read for this podcast. (That's the proceedings of the 1970 symposium on Engineering with Nuclear Explosives, if you care. LEGO minifigure for scale.)

two volumes of the proceedings of the 1970 Symposium on Nuclear Engineering; each volume is hardbound, about 10" x 13" x 2". the damn things weigh like ten pounds in total.

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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope @order-of-the-jackalope.com · 02/09/2026

Ah, the fun of researching while unemployed. Do I spend $10 to unlock this paywall, or do I have ramen for dinner the next two days?

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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope @order-of-the-jackalope.com · 31/08/2026

For a long time it was just a hole in the ground. Then, for twelve months, it was the fifth-largest city in Pennsylvania and the largest oil field in the world. And then, just as abruptly, it was a hole inthe ground again. order-of-the-jackalope.com/skeedaddled-...

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Skeedaddled and Gone to Hell [Pithole]

It was the fifth-largest city in Pennsylvania and the largest oil field in the world. And then, abruptly, it was an empty field.

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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope @order-of-the-jackalope.com · 17/08/2026

I would make a Second Coming joke but they did that in the podcast itself.

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Chocolate Snobs @chocolatesnobs.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

In this episode we ask the hard-hitting question: is one of Britain's premier craft chocolatiers secretly working for SPECTRE? sites.libsyn.com/626020/3-wil...

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Chocolate Snobs: #3: Willie's Cacao San Agustin Gold

The Chocolate Snobs ask: Is Willie Harcourt-Cooze a James Bond villain? Because his biography sure makes him sound like one. That hasn't stopped us from sampling the

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Kate Chainshaw / Tigerbat Tails @tigerbattails.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

This episode is brilliant and really entertaining! I highly recommend it, and the entire podcast.

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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope @order-of-the-jackalope.com · 03/08/2026

This one is chock full of unbelievable things -- hundreds of years of missing time, planets bouncing around like they were on rubber bands, frogs and locusts falling from comets, Carl Sagan trying to be funny... Check it out!

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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope @order-of-the-jackalope.com · 03/08/2026

Hey! It's been a few months, but we're back! In the 1940s, while trying to rebut Freud, psychoanalyst Immanuel Velikovsky decided the reason ancient history didn't make any sense was simple: it was all the fault of the planet Venus. order-of-the-jackalope.com/no-heretic-h...

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Chocolate Snobs @chocolatesnobs.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Last week we reviewed the least amount of chocolate you can have and legally be called chocolate. This week it's the other end of the spectrum. sites.libsyn.com/626020/2-ven...

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Chocolate Snobs: #2: Venchi 100% Dark Blend

For their second outing, the Chocolate Snobs try to tackle something a bit darker (and maybe too dark): The . 

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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope @order-of-the-jackalope.com · 02/08/2026

Well. Time to crack open a Lobsta Juice and start editing this beast.

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Chocolate Snobs @chocolatesnobs.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

If you're going to start, you might as well start from the bottom. sites.libsyn.com/626020/1-her...

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Chocolate Snobs: #1: Hershey's Milk Chocolate

The Chocolate Snobs kick things off by trying the most ubiquitous chocolate bar in America: .

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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope @order-of-the-jackalope.com · 27/04/2026

Thomas Lake Harris channeled history's greatest poets to produce some of history's worst poems... and then those same poets told him he was the new Messiah, who would unite the physical and spiritual worlds and usher in a new cycle of the ages. order-of-the-jackalope.com/with-fairies...

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With Fairies Wise [Thomas Lake Harris and the Brotherhood of the New Life]

Thomas Lake Harris channeled history's greatest poets to write history's worst poems... and the poets told him he was the new Messiah.

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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope @order-of-the-jackalope.com · 02/03/2026

In 1975, an idealistic Soviet political officer decided it was time to restart the Communist Revolution, and that the best way to do that was by fomenting mutiny on a state-of-the-art anti-submarine destroyer with nuclear capabilities. Presented by #42! order-of-the-jackalope.com/mutiny-on-th...

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Mutiny on the Storozhevoy [a second Communist Revolution]

In 1975, an idealistic Soviet officer decided it was time to restart the Communist Revolution by fomenting mutiny on a state-of-the-art destroyer.

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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope @order-of-the-jackalope.com · 23/02/2026

BONUS EPISODE TIME! As part of its centennial celebration in 1970 the Museum of Fine Arts Boston acquired a spectacular trove of golden bronze age jewelry... The problem was they had no idea where it came from and showed no interest in finding out. order-of-the-jackalope.com/all-that-gli...

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All That Glitters [MFA Boston's golden hoard]

In 1970 MFA Boston acquired a trove of golden bronze age jewelry... The problem was they had no idea where it came and did'nt care.

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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope @order-of-the-jackalope.com · 04/02/2026

Your friendly reminder that I will be speaking at Intelligent Speech 2026 at the end of the month! Still plenty of time to get tickets!

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Intelligent Speech Online @intelligentspeech.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

We are extremely pleased to announce INTELLIGENT SPEECH ONLINE 2026! Join us on February 28th, 2026, for History's greatest Companions and Rivals! Tickets are on sale now: intelligentspeechonline.com Your ticket covers live attendance, as well as all sessions recorded to watch at your leisure.

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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope @order-of-the-jackalope.com · 04/02/2026

Working on a future episode and trying to decide how much bad poetry is too much. (For a story where the poetry is not the main focus.)

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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope @order-of-the-jackalope.com · 02/02/2026

Also, please don't cancel me for my opinions re: Sherlock Holmes.

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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope @order-of-the-jackalope.com · 02/02/2026

As part of its centennial celebration in 1970 the Museum of Fine Arts Boston acquired a spectacular trove of golden bronze age jewelry... The problem was they had no idea where it came from and showed no interest in finding out. order-of-the-jackalope.com/all-that-gli...

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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope @order-of-the-jackalope.com · 11/01/2026

A great episode as always... But I feel it is my responsibility as a pedant to inform @jaredstern.bsky.social that the Centralia mine fire has been burning since 1962.

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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope @order-of-the-jackalope.com · 07/01/2026

...which also gives me an opening to say that tickets for Intelligent Speech 2026 are available, and I'll be presenting again this year! intelligentspeechonline.com

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Intelligent Speech Conference 2025 - Deception - Podcasting Conference

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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope @order-of-the-jackalope.com · 07/01/2026

If you want to see an earlier version of this with the unfortunate downside of having to look at my ugly mug, the presentations from Intelligent Speech 2025 are now on YouTube... youtu.be/-7eNNzY-4YI?...

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IS 2025: The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope. There’s Gold in Them Thar Waves

YouTube video by Intelligent Speech Online

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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope @order-of-the-jackalope.com · 05/01/2026

Thanks to everyone for patiently waiting during our hiatus!

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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope @order-of-the-jackalope.com · 05/01/2026

In 1897 "the Reverend Electrolycist" Prescott Ford Jernegan claimed he could extract gold from seawater for pennies on the dollar. It was a classic something for nothing scam... So why did so many people fall for it? order-of-the-jackalope.com/theres-gold-...

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There's Gold in Them Thar Waves [The Electrolytic Marine Salts Company]

Prescott Ford Jernegan claimed he could extract gold from seawater. It was a classic something for nothing scam... So why did so many people fall for it?

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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope @order-of-the-jackalope.com · 11/09/2025

Actually, the dirty little secret of Trix and Froot Loops is that they all taste the same, regardless of color.

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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope @order-of-the-jackalope.com · 03/09/2025

Well, Malcolm, you have finally managed to convince me to unsub from the Pushkin shows you aren't on.

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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope @order-of-the-jackalope.com · 02/09/2025

Where I live it is "Love Your Library" month (www.loveyourlibrary.org) but it's a good time to show your love wherever you live. Well-funded public library systems create worlds of opportunity and build communities.

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ACLA - Love Your Library

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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope @order-of-the-jackalope.com · 01/09/2025

Don't be silly, RFK Jr. would make him head of some nutrition program and Trump would make him the ambassador to Agharta.

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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope @order-of-the-jackalope.com · 01/09/2025

Dr. Walter Siegmeister believed we could create a psychic master race if we stopped having sex, took off our clothes, movied to the jungle, and ate only fruit and megadoses of lecithin. That wasn't even the weirdest thing about him. order-of-the-jackalope.com/they-came-fr...

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They Came from Inner Space [Walter Siegmeister]

Walter Siegmeister wanted to create the master race by moving to the jungle and consuming only fruit. That wasn't even the weirdest thing about him.

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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope @order-of-the-jackalope.com · 28/08/2025

It is weird to edit down an episode and see long gaps of mostly silence, then remember that was when my cat jumped up on the desk and I had to stop for a minute, pick him up, give him hugs, then put him down in the next room and tell him to cut it out.

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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope @order-of-the-jackalope.com · 19/08/2025

"Vril" is from Edward Bulwer-Lytton's THE COMING RACE and is basically a type of psychic life energy used by the intraterrestrials in the book. Then a bunch of Theosophists decided the book was non-fiction written in code and tried to make Vril a thing.

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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope @order-of-the-jackalope.com · 06/08/2025

Argh. I may need more volunteer voice actors if anyone is interested. One female voice, a variety of male voices.

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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope @order-of-the-jackalope.com · 26/07/2025

The real shock here is that the Jared Stern who is a massive Superman fan hasn't seen the movie yet, and the Jared Stern who is not has.

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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope @order-of-the-jackalope.com · 21/07/2025

This episode is brought to you by #42 (Alex Baumans) and is a friendly reminder that we are always looking for new initiates! Also, a million apologies to Alex for my terrible French pronunciation. I have no excuses.

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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope @order-of-the-jackalope.com · 21/07/2025

In February 1973, French right wingers broke into the grave of of fascist dictator Philippe Pétain and made off with his mortal remains. This is the tragicomic story of what led them to that moment... and what happened afterwards. order-of-the-jackalope.com/the-marshal-...

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The Marshal is Missing! [the heist of Marshal Pétain's remains]

In February 1973, French right wingers broke into the grave of of fascist dictator Philippe Pétain and made off with his mortal remains.

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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope @order-of-the-jackalope.com · 16/07/2025

Nothing like sitting down to do a little editing only to discover nothing you did yesterday got saved or backed up. Even though you explicitly hit save at several points.

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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope @order-of-the-jackalope.com · 15/07/2025

It's very disorienting to read a biography of a cult leader, written during his lifetime by one of his devout followers. The writer is in so deep that he doesn't seem to know how weird he sounds or why his priorities seem so askew to outsiders.

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The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope @order-of-the-jackalope.com · 10/07/2025

Just now realizing I should have called this episode "I Love Your Bread."

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