Against All Oddities

Yes, this episode is about cars but don’t you dare turn that radio knob, just slow down pull over and hear us out on this one. First off this is actually a very hilarious and great episode all about the many terrible and amazing cars that we have owned over the years. It’s actually funny and not in a gear head sort of way. Unless that’s what you’re looking for, in which case, yes, it’s funny like that too.

In addition to telling extremely amusing and humbling stories about the countless vehicles that we have owned  over the past quarter of a century, and that have ultimately been towed down the river styx and over the rainbow bridge, we also talk about the absurdity of cars and how ingrained they are in our lives and culture, we also talk about odd deaths in automotive history, and well….actually that’s more or less about it but trust us it’s a great episode. Like maybe don’t be so close minded about it, you’ll learn a lot about us and more importantly you’ll  learn about yourself….this episode may even make all your dreams come true. 

Today we are talking about dreams and dreaming and no it is not a boring episode. It is actually a very good and you’ll thank us after you listen to it. We talk about tips and tricks to lucid dreaming, improving memory, initiatory dreams, dream contact, including notable scholars on the subjects like Charley Moorely, Luigi Sciambarella, Bob Monroe, Joe McMoneagle. Dream Manifestation. Dream meditation, the subconscious, reality checking, dream telepathy, and we do all of this while maintaining our reputation for being hilarious! to top it off we also  have listener dream contributions that you don’t want to miss. So hop into you bed and turn down the lights because this is against all oddities!

You know we have a banger of an episode when we start it off with a clip from The 1970 film, Patton which won an award for best picture, was directed by Frank Schaffner and written by Francis Ford Coppola. We thought this was an interesting clip to start with because the poem that was just recited by the actor playing General Patton, was actually written by General Patton who not only believed in reincarnation but really did believe he had died and fought a countless number wars throughout his millennia of past lives.

Which is what we are talking about today. We not only get into the idea of past lives but dig into NDE, OBE, Ensoulment, Clairvoyance, Thomas Campbell, universal consciousness, secret machines, past life regression, and rose readings. And the cherry on top of this sundae of an episode is that all three of the brothers met with a clairvoyant who explained to us some of our past lives.

This is a once in a life-time episode so if you can't listen now, well catch ya in the next one because this is Against All Oddities!

We managed to collectively use enough barbarous words that we were able summon the one and only Douglas Batchelor from the “What Magic Is This” podcast to appear in the triangle that is Against All Oddities. We talk to Douglas about magic, the esoteric, ASMR, magical aptitude, coyote initiation, Justin Bieber, Fear, death hygiene, and optimism within the occult!

Today we will be talking about the oddity that is the Amusement Park. Clearly there is a lot to talk about, but like the infamous rollercoasters of our childhood, we will be covering a variety of twists and turns as we discuss a dizzying amount of topics including: Out of Body experiences, the dead at Disney, as well as, tips and tricks for today’s savvy parents, the theme park as liminal space and the uncanny valley. So stick around because this episode is a total trip!

This episode is about New Year’s resolutions. You may be asking yourself “haven’t you guys already done an episode on that?” Why yes we have! And we will again. Also you may also be thinking to yourself “Sorry, I don’t want to hear about OPRs or Other People’s Resolutions”  To which I say: Stop being so critical, and also obviously we talk about all sorts of other stuff including Lucid Dreams, Blind Dogs, Fasting, Sacred Plants, Brain Health, Babies, Cross-fit and all sorts of things that you love about us….Or at least you used to love about us. Come on. Give it a listen will ya! After all, your new year’s resolution was to listen to more Against All Oddities!

This is a very special episode! It's the A.A.O. second annual Curse-mas special. This year's special centers on the true haunting of Nate's historic house in rural Virginia and features a spirit box communication, EVP sessions, and an in-depth historical look at the life of Mary Ford who lived and died in the house under suspicious circumstances in the 1940s. We brought this one home for the holidays and it's a keeper!

Every Against all Oddities episode is special and this one is no exception. Today’s episode is an updates episode on our pursuit of expanding our consciousness and the ever elusive O.B.E., also known as out of body experiences.  We recorded this episode during one of our Against All Oddities content meetings. Yes, believe it or not, we occasionally meet to plan out our future episodes and to address other matters of AAO state. While we were meeting to plan out the next season of Against All Oddities we spontaneously began discussing our experiments in meditation, remote viewing and O.B.E.s. It was too good to pass up and so we hit the record button. So this episode is a little more impromptu than some of our others. We talk about O.B.E., meditation, shadow people, anesthesia, N.D.E., Death Consciousness, the great Simulation, two-soul theory, The Kaybalion and Hermes Trismegistus, and more. I’m also told that the goetic demon that we have compelled to do our podcast editing makes an appearance too, so stick around this is Against all oddities.

• Focus Levels Explained: https://www.monroeinstituteuk.org/focus-levels/

• Monroe's Books: https://www.amazon.ca/Robert-A-Monroe/e/B000AQ8V5A/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1

• Monroe's Audiobooks: https://www.audible.ca/search?searchAuthor=Robert+Monroe&ref=a_pd_Journe_c4_adblp13npsbx_1_1_1&pf_rd_p=b19c70c6-40df-495c-a63e-41207f208010&pf_rd_r=GQ7AAYNR6G6AKMSNMBND

• TMI Website: https://www.monroeinstitute.org/

• The Monroe App: https://info.monroeinstitute.org/get-expand-app

• Focus Level 10 Track: https://youtu.be/IeWH9u1-lD8

Thank you for choosing to listen to the Against All Oddities, Halloween Special 2022. To honor the official start of spooky season, we have placed on our offering dish to you listeners, a collection of spooky stories that we gathered while dressed collectively as Kenny Rogers (more on that later)… We start this episode off talking about the magical brass bell that we recently cast together, and made from scratch. Then we spend some time diving into some folklore surrounding the devil and the tradecraft of yesteryear. Our closer, this dark and gloomy autumn night, is a collection of ghost stories as told from Nate’s haunted backyard. Folks this one is a keeper, so hurry up and grab another handful of that candy you bought for tricker treaters, because this is Against All Oddities.

Today’s episode is about the dreaded and mysterious Monkey’s Paw and the concept of the corrupted wish. Join us as we briefly discuss the appearance of the monkey’s paw in western pop culture after which we attempt to “paw” each other’s wishes.  If that weren’t enough to wet your oddities whistle, this episode also features a revisit to our last episode on shadow people with some listener contributions that you don’t want to miss. So in true monkey paw fashion we advise you to not meddle with fate, and listen to this episode!