The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope

The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope is a secret society devoted to sharing strange stories and amazing facts. No topic is off limits -- if it's interesting or entertaining, we'll do an episode about it.

The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope is a history podcast hosted by David White, with 143 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

David White hosts The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope, a history show with 143 episodes published.

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  Episode #120

  #123: No Heretic Has Suffered Less [Immanuel Velikovsky and Worlds in Collision]

  Aug 2, 202658 minS16

  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. https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/no-heretic-has-suffered-less Key sources for this episode include Immanuel Velikovsky's Worlds in Collision , Earth in Upheaval , and Ages of Chaos ; Alfred de Grazia's Cosmic Heretics ; Kendrick Frasier's Paranormal Borderlands of Science ; and Michael D Gordin's The Pseudo-Science Wars . But most importantly: the collected works of Henry H. Bauer, includng "The Velikovsky Affair," Beyond Velikovsky , and Science or Pseudoscience? The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope is a secret society devoted to the idea that that which is least known is best to know. Each episode we share a strange story or amazing fact, and no topic is off limits -- if it's interesting or entertaining, we'll cover about it! Email: jackalope@order-of-the-jackalope.com Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/order-of-the-jackalope.com Discord: https://discord.gg/uEVrmKZzq2 YouTube: https://youtube.com/@orderjackalope

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  Episode #122

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

  Apr 26, 20261h 8mS16

  Thomas Lake Harris channeled the greatest poets in history to produce some of the worst poetry you've ever read... 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. https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/with-fairies-wise/ Key sources for this episode include Adam Morris's American Messiahs: False Prophets of a Damned Nation ; Arthur A. Cuthbert's The Life and World-Work of Thomas Lake Harris, Written from Direct Personal Knowledge ; Joseph W. Slade's "Historical Sketch of Thomas Lake Harris, Laurence Oliphant, and the Brotherhood of the New Life"; Margaret Oliphant's Memoir of the Life of Laurence Oliphant and of Alice Oliphant, His Wife ; Philip Jenkins' Mystics and Messiahs: Cults and New Religions in American History ; the collected writings of Thomas Lake Harris; and contemporary newspaper reports, especially from the San Francisco Chronicle . The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope is a secret society devoted to the idea that that which is least known is best to know. Each episode we share a strange story or amazing fact, and no topic is off limits -- if it's interesting or entertaining, we'll cover about it! Email: jackalope@order-of-the-jackalope.com Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/order-of-the-jackalope.com Discord: https://discord.gg/Mbap3UQyCB YouTube: https://youtube.com/@orderjackalope

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  Episode #121

  #121: Mutiny on the Storozhevoy [a second Communist Revolution] presented by #42 Alex Baumans

  Mar 1, 202635 minS16

  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. https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/mutiny-on-the-storozhevoy/ Presented by #42, Alex Baumans. Alex is pathologically interested in anything unusual and obscure. He's a closet goth, armchair general and amateur theologian. His favorite animals are ducks, octopodes and pigs. You will also find him surprisingly knowledgable about K-Pop girl groups. Key sources for this episode include Michael Fredholm Von Essen's The Hunt for the Storozhevoy and Gregory D. Young and Nate Braden's The Last Sentry. The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope is a secret society devoted to the idea that that which is least known is best to know. Each episode we share a strange story or amazing fact, and no topic is off limits -- if it's interesting or entertaining, we'll cover about it! Email: jackalope@order-of-the-jackalope.com Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/order-of-the-jackalope.com Discord: https://discord.gg/Mbap3UQyCB YouTube: https://youtube.com/@orderjackalope

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  The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope

  #120.1: All that Glitters [MFA Boston's golden hoard]

  Feb 22, 202615 min

  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. https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/all-that-glitters Key sources for this episode include articles published by Cornelius Vermeule III and Emily Vermuele in Horizon and the Illustrated London News ; and contemporary newspaper reporting in the Boston Globe , expecially by Robert Taylor and Edgar Driscoll, Jr. We are appearing at Intelligent Speech 2026 on February 28, 2026! This year's theme is "Companions & Rivals" and it's not too late to get tickets! https://intelligentspeechonline.com The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope is a secret society devoted to the idea that that which is least known is best to know. Each episode we share a strange story or amazing fact, and no topic is off limits -- if it's interesting or entertaining, we'll cover about it! Email: jackalope@order-of-the-jackalope.com Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/order-of-the-jackalope.com Discord: https://discord.gg/Mbap3UQyCB YouTube: https://youtube.com/@orderjackalope

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  Episode #120

  #120: Not Science, But Vendetta [the Dorak Affair]

  Feb 1, 202645 minS16

  Thanks to a chance meeting on a train James Mellaart stumbled across a treasure trove that challenged everything we knew about ancient Anatolia... only to be left holding the bag when it disappeared under mysterious circumstances. (Or maybe he just made it all up.) https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/not-science-but-vendetta/ Key sources for this episode include Kenneth Pearson and Patricia Connor's The Dorak Affair; Michael Balter's The Goddess and the Bull ; numerous articles by Susan Mazur; and several academic papers by Eberhard Zangger. We are appearing at Intelligent Speech 2026 on February 28, 2026! This year's theme is "Companions & Rivals" and it's not too late to get tickets! https://intelligentspeechonline.com The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope is a secret society devoted to the idea that that which is least known is best to know. Each episode we share a strange story or amazing fact, and no topic is off limits -- if it's interesting or entertaining, we'll cover about it! Email: jackalope@order-of-the-jackalope.com Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/order-of-the-jackalope.com Discord: https://discord.gg/Mbap3UQyCB YouTube: https://youtube.com/@orderjackalope

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