Against All Oddities

In today's episode, we drop into the still, pulsing void of Transcendental Meditation. That's right—mantras, Maharishi, and the vibrational highways of the inner cosmos. But in true AAO fashion, we can't just Om and go home. We veer off the meditation cushion to share a few ghost stories, then take a soft right turn into Jokesville, USA. And heads up—this is part one of a two-part journey into TM. In this episode, we introduce the practice and explore what drew each of us to it. Part two will document the results after a full month of daily practice. Will we transcend—or just trend-scend?

Today's episode, we dive headfirst into the lesser-known concept of Loosh. That's right—energy farming, emotional harvesting, inter-dimensional snack food… whatever you want to call it, we're going there. From Robert Monroe's wild astral adventures to the increasingly popular theory that Earth is one big cosmic Loosh buffet, we explore the idea that maybe—just maybe—your existential dread is someone else's amuse-bouche... or as we like to call it, amuse-loosh. And of course, in classic AAO fashion, we spiral into adjacent rabbit holes: Archons, The Matrix, manifestation, initiatory dreams, and all sorts of other tasty tangents to keep the Loosh flowing strong enough to reach even the most distant inter-dimensional interlocutor.

Today's episode we take a collective walk down memory lane to discuss all things “Mall”. From Dawn of the Dead to orange Julius, from Nate's job at a mall arcade to today's obsession with backrooms and liminal spaces, we leave no fake plastic stone unturned. Also in typical AAO form we spend a decent amount of time randomly talking about manifestation, black holes, Tom Campbell, Simulation Theory, Chat GPT learning to remote view, and more!Find us at: www.aaopodcast.com

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Welcome to the 3rd annual Against all oddities - Cursemas Special! A s tradition dictates, on this special episode we discus several curses and yuletide hauntings to help you set the mood as you relax by the yule log and sip your homemade against all oddities eggnog. And if you don't have a cozy chair pulled up to vigorous yule fire and no less than a liter of George Washington's finest eggnog? Then this episode isn't FOR you. Go get that stuff and come back!

On today's special episode the Against all oddities brothers talk about the second UAP congressional hearing with podcaster and author extraordinaire Erik Slader. Join us as we collectively geek out about everything UAP, including the recent congressional hearings, non-biological intelligence, the Immaculate Constellation program, drone swarms, and our adventures with remote viewing. Long live the Tridactyls!Watch the second UAP Congressional Hearing: https://www.youtube.com/live/MFgXUXeGh6g?si=Z-XyDiCNzF-5nhbkCheck out our guest Erik Slader here: https://www.erikslader.com/

As you know every year Against All Oddities, by way of oldest brother Nate, throws a massive party at his 10 acre haunted estate in rural Virginia. This annual tradition brings nearly a hundred people come together to dress up in costume, eat tons of food, and party with the against all oddities team. We often use this opportunity to reconnect with each other, form treasure hunts, do some sketchy metal casting, erect large portals, and tell ghost stories around a variety of camp fires. In honor of this year's festival we are dedicating this episode to talk about a favorite topic of ours, ghosts and apparitions. So join us as we discuss thoughts about life beyond the veil with each other and with some of the many guests gathered for October-Feast 2024!

Today we have a special episode that we are calling History's mytereries, volume 1. In today's episode each brother brings with them a spooky historical mystery to ponder over. Nate brings us a true murder mystery from the 1940s in a segment called who put Bella into the witch elm, Tim digs deep into the first ghost story, and Chris reflects on the Hidden Hand mystery of the theosophist and the Hermetic brotherhood of Luxor.

Today we will be talking about those that walk among us…what does that mean? Well, we're not sure ourselves, but we wanted to have a fun episode and this is what we ended up with. Actually it turned out pretty great. In the episode we not only talk about the possibility of aliens eluding our detection during the mundane hours of our lives, but we also discuss movies and personal anecdotes surrounding time travelers, spirit possession, sleep walking, Vampires, para normal apathy, Indrid Cold and the men in black, spies like us, and of course those sneaky wizards and occult mages that you pass on the street every day without ever getting noticed. So put on your trainers and grab your “they live” sunglasses because you're about to start seeing the strangers that are walking among us.

In today's episode, we're diving into the world of artificial intelligence—a realm where science fiction meets science fact, and where the line between human and machine is increasingly blurred. From the cutting-edge algorithms that drive our favorite apps to the robots that might one day walk among us, AI is shaping our world in ways we never imagined.We're not just talking about the basics here. We'll dig into everything from the origins of AI and its wild predictions to the ethical conundrums and futuristic visions that make us both excited and a bit unnerved. We've got some intriguing guests lined up and a few unexpected twists that will challenge your perception of what AI really is.And don't worry, while we're diving deep into some seriously complex topics, we promise to keep the conversation lively and light-hearted. So, get ready for a mind-bending journey into the algorithms and artificial minds that are changing the fabric of our reality. Now, buckle up and prepare for an exploration into the extraordinary and the enigmatic.

Today's episode is all about the concept of intention based manifestation. Join us as we talk about everything from Bob Proctor, The Silva Method, New Thought, Mitch Horowitz and his 30 day mental challenge and so much more. We are super into this topic because not only does it work, and we give you the examples to prove it, but give you some solid tactics and strategies that you can try out for yourself. Don't worry, despite us getting weirdly sincere in this episode we also made sure to keep some humor in the mix. Also, since we don't mention it in the episode if you try any of this stuff out and it works please let us know by writing us at wizard@dorfyou.com. Now get your mind ready and manifest me to shut up and start the episode.Bob Proctor MeditationMitch Horowitz: 30 Day Mental Challenge

So for this month's episode we talk about the end of the world through the lens of cinema and to sweeten the deal even further we offer legitimate tips regarding our actual bug-out bags (go ahead and skip to 1hr, 13 minutes into the podcast if you're here for the brass tacks) and of course it wouldn't prudent to skip talking about the philosophy of loss including the concept of virtue vs. value because after all this is not a drill, this is Against all oddities.

This month we are talking about Near Death Experiences or NDEs if you want to save some time, and we're doing it the only way we know how, by cramming together a bunch of jokes, personal anecdotes, and a several hilarious stories out of left field, including, Time Perception, Squirrel attacks, Michael Stipe and train hopping. Of course we also dig into the topic at hand and discuss the Monroe institute field test for NDEs, first hand NDE accounts, book and TV recommendations, and NDE fails!Also for all of our super fans out there you might notice that this episode was recorded back in November when we punted it to the Spring. So if it seems like we're giving you some quick updates about our lives that seemingly happened months ago it's because we are. You most likely…won't notice…but we wanted to warn you anyways because we are AGAINST ALL ODDITIES!!!

I shit you not we bend spoons this episode and so will you after you listen. So Unlike Uri Geller who may or may not have bent spoons with his mind, today's physconaught actually bends spoons using both hands. It may not impress your friends as much at a party but something is still happening. Try it. Right now, go grab some spoons and forks…..Ok are you ready, first trying bending them into a knot with your strength alone…see you can do it but it's hard and it hurts. Now start sending that spoon some energy, refine your focus and listen to this episode of Against All Oddities. If you get it right the cutlery will bend with no effort at all.

This episode is all about Time-slippin'…slippin'…slippin'…slippin'. What's a time slip you ask? Well that's what we're here for. In today's episode we try to define time-slips and we report on several supposedly true stories. This is Against all Oddities.

Welcome to another edition of A.A.O. New Year resolutions! Why would you wanna hear 3 brothers talking about getting into shape for an hour you ask? Well stay tuned and find out! In addition to publicly announcing our new years resolution we talk about all sorts of things that will inspire you to keep on - keeping on with your own New Year's resolutions, including concepts of New Thought, Positive Thinking, and pooping at Home Depot.

Welcome to Against All Oddities Annual Curse-mas Special. So join us as we get festive and talk about the ghosts of Yule. This year we take on Charles Dickens by talking about the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future. So pour yourself some wizard nog, grab some sugar plums and a barrel of oysters because this is against all oddities.

Today's episode is call “punt” why? What's that mean? Well without going to much into detail we, the three brothers, tragically lost a close member of our family and the episode that we had recorded and planned to release for our November episode had some subject matter that seems inappropriate to talk about in light of this terrible loss, let alone for us to joke about while we grieve as a family. So we're punting, we're punting that episode that we had recorded into the future and are instead bringing you a little shorty episode to fill the silence. Basically in this episode we each talk briefly about something paranormal that we've been thinking about recently. Tim talks about scary ants, Chris talks about an old book, and Nate recounts a hilarious story with copious amounts of bathroom humor, to end with a little bit of levity during a very sad time for us.

On today's episode, my three adorable boys give you their official spooky season movie recommendations in 22 different spooky categories. I'm their mother and I'm here to tell you that I literally haven't seen any of the movies they talk about on todays episode, nor will I watch any of them in the future. But I guess that shouldn't stop you from taking their advice. Although they may not know what they are talking about they sure do get enthusiastic about spooky movies. I did notice that they already posted all of their movie selections on their website Dorfyou.com so I don't see why you really even need to listen to this episode at all. You could just spend one minute reading the selections. This is… Against all Oddities.

On today's episode we focus on the notorious Skinwalker ranch in the deserts of Utah. Been there done that you say….well…hold your mysteriously mutilated horses for just one second! Not only do we talk about mysterious phenomenon that is Skinwalker ranch, we went the extra couple of thousand miles and camped out there, on location, and lived to tell the tale. In this episode we talk about the lore surrounding this nefarious location but we also spend an equal amount of time roasting the place with our unique brand of humor. We also talk about aliens, coverups, and ranch dressing of all things so saddle up and keep your eyes pointed at the skies because this is Against all Oddities!

What is Conspiracy Roulette? Well it's an episode where each brother picks a random conspiracy to bring to the group for discussion. It's fun and no one loses any money. We talk aliens and the Bible, Shakespeare, gnosticism, Bard-core, and so much more. So step on up and watch us spin the Against All Oddities mysterious wheel of Conspiracy Roulette.

Welcome loyal listeners to the 2023 updates episode, we psychically knew that you psychically knew that it was important for you to click on this episode in order to change your life. Since we are about half way through the year 2023 we thought we would dedicate and episode catching up with each other and with our paranormal interests.The big news is that Tim turned 40 which is big enough to warrant a discussion not to mention all of the exciting new developments in this truthfully odd world of ours. In this episode we talk about the ecology of souls, lucid dreaming, raw-dogging marathons, getting old, remote viewing, ufo of God, UAP updates, the alien egregore theory, David Grushch's recent revelations, Ufo recovery, the men who stare at goats, circling Waldo, the linearity of consciousness and we even dip our toes into the consequences of chasing pigs. To name but a few of the topics we cover on this special updates episode of 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!

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. In honor of the official start to 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!

We have a very very special end-of-summer episode for you because not only are we talking about Shadow People but Jeremy and Zack from The Neatcast join us to discuss this super interesting topic. We obviously talk in length about shadow people, Sleep Paralysis, and trans-dimensional beings but we also dip our toes in the cool waters of  ancient aliens, Göbekli Tepe, Joro spiders, Running the puppy, the Dog-man and Domentor sniffing to name a few. The cherry on top this shadowy Sunday Smörgåsbord are several particularly haunting personal and true ghost stories told by Tim and Jeremy. This one is a keeper folks!

On this episode of against all oddities we are talking about the Monroe institute. What is the Monroe institute you ask, Why, it's just the world leader in human consciousness exploration. Founded in the early 1970s as an educational and research organization by Robert A. Monroe and has a large campus based in Faber Virginia. To spice this episode up even further, Nate enrolled in their program and just got back after spending the last week hooked up to their machines and methodologies. We have a ton of questions for him and he gave us a ton of answers and then some. We talk about the Monroe institute, consciousness, remote viewing, Joseph McMoneagle, Project Stargate, brain waves, the hive mind, the Vietnam War, shamans, and the magical war of England. So stick around and found out how deep the rabbit hole went for Nate.

In case you didn't read our show's meta-data we are a philosophy and comedy talk podcast, and although it is impossible to forget that we are hilarious it does occasionally get missed that we are also interested in the many weird, wonderful, and odd modes of thought out there. So in true AAO form we give you a delightful episode on the concept of Intuition. Obviously our conversations covers a lot of things from toe movement, sad cats, bad instincts, and aliens for good measure.

On today's episode we'll be traveling down some conceptually treacherous roads as we explore the meaning of “the road trip”.  We discuss many things including Crawfish Swarms, The Pink man of West Virginia, Peanut butter toilets, long distance biking, creepy motels, south of the border, the Sheline's remix, the state of Florida, Marshal McLuhan and Joseph Campbell and everything in between. So grab your gear and jump on shotgun, this is Against All Oddities.

You must have turned on “no clipping” because you found it, the AAO episode on backrooms. Of course when we say backrooms we're mainly just talking about secret rooms as we have experienced them in our complicated and mystical lives. In true Against All Oddities fashion we cover a lot of ground here, from George Washington's toenail clippings, to cave systems, OTO temples, Freemasonry, decapitated hands, hidden grave yards, and nihilism. You found us so you might as well stick around and see how deep this dark room goes.

Today we will be talking about the many nodes of human consciousness within the great simulation. Yes, this is a big one so join us as we dive as deep as meager monkey perception will allow us to go. We cover a lot of topics in a short amount of time including binaural frequencies, astral projection, hypnotism, out of body experience, the matrix, lucid dreaming and 3rd grade plays. So strap in because you are the universe experiencing itself and this is against all oddities.

This episode of Against All Oddities is all about the concept of treasure, and the treasure adjacent. We aren't just talking about simple trinkets here, we cover all sorts of stuff related to treasure including Joseph Campbell, Jacques Lacan, and the repressed subconscious, Tolkien, The ark of the Covenant, Oak Island, and the lost city of Atlantis to name but just a few of the golden nuggets of wisdom buried within this very episode.

On this episode of Against All Oddities we'll be talking about New Year Resolutions. Obviously we thoroughly cover the cultural oddity that is the New Year Resolution but this episode is so much more than that. We talk about systems of motivation, Death, Cheddar Brats, Edgar Cayce, Tony Robbins, The Source Family, and we even get into the subject of Goth Ska. We have it all, so make a resolute attempt at listening to this episode of Against All Oddities. 

This episode is the official Against All Oddities Curse-Mas special. What's a Curse-Mas special you ask? Why, its an episode entirely dedicated to the art of hexing and cursing and just so happens to also be the winter holiday season of course! So Stick around and listen to the brothers discuss all things Curse-as. As usually we get into a little bit of everything from the rule of three, Wicca vs traditional witchcraft, movies about curses and cursed movies, topped off with a couple of personal anecdotes about curses that started it all. So join us as we get into the spirit of giving, curses that is, this is against all oddities.

This extremely humbling episode features hilarious stories of personal failure including tales of electrocution, fireworks disasters, British engineering, and the lost art of self body-piercing, amongst others. Between the three of us, we've messed up just about everything, so stick around and hear the juicy details.

Well, It's that spooky time of year again and although we here at Against All Oddities celebrate halloween all year long, we appreciate the importance this season may have for all of you muggles out there who only dress up as wizards and ghouls once a year. This year we aim to honor and celebrate Samhain by telling some spooky stories and by dropping some death bombs (more on that later). So stick around while we talk about black eyed children, haunted Richmond, death by turnips, and so much more. When you are ready simply lift the veil, pass the guardian at the threshold, and follow us a little further down the rabbit hole.

On this episode we talk about project Stargate [no not the 1994 classic sci-fi adventure starring Kurt Russell and James spader...tho we do recommend you watch that….] the secret, now defunct, CIA program. This program was de-classified in 1995 after 17 years of doing some really interesting experiments with remote viewing and physic espionage. We talk about all sorts of things related to these topics, Tim reads our favorite remote viewing account from the Stargate project and Chris shows off his astral projection abilities in real time. So please; swallow the rest of your entheogen, climb into your sensory deprivation tank, and crank up the volume because this is against all oddities.

Welcome to against all oddities. The podcast about three brothers coming to terms with the oddly true and the truthfully odd. Today's episode focuses on the oddity that is the experience and perception of time. Be warned that this episode of against all oddities is a little bit different than normal and may very well blow your mind. As a way to illustrate the enigmatic nature of time we decided to break the fourth wall of podcasting by recording our conversation in the past, present and future. So the first part of the episode Tim and Nate converse about the nature of time along with a future version of Chris who inserted himself back in time with Nate and Tim. The second half of the podcast all three brothers engage in conversation about time simultaneously. This episode is also available on our YouTube channel, so if your brain can't handle the complexities of time theories via our podcast then you can try watching our discussion and it may make more sense, and if it still doesn't then “Don't try to understand it”

Today's episode will focus on Stephen King. However, we here at the Against all oddities mega-corporation are not your average Steven king fanboys. So join us for a discussion that includes references to the Dark Tower series, Carrie, Creep show, Cat's Eye, The Shining, Cujo, The long Walk and Talisman, but stay for our unique and mystical insight into, The early works of John Bellairs, H.P. Lovecraft, The Multiverse and fear itself.

Today we'll be talking about teeth, those odd little pointing things that we store in our mouths…well most of us anyways. We also tell a sad cat story and discuss the benefits of punching one's younger brother in the face during childhood. This episode is our 31 episode and is episode 1 of season 4. We classify everything as season 1, however secretly this is our 4th season and to celebrate we have posted the video version of this podcast on our site. So for our super fans out there you can now watch the podcast as well as listen to it. Find out more at Dorfyou.com

The theme of todays episode is unexplained aerial phenomena and it's a doozy! We cover everything from U.A.P.s and U.S.O.s to Chaos Magick and Robert Vince. 

Today we will be splashing headfirst  into the concept of icebreakers. We’re not sure what the bigger oddity, the complexities of human social interaction, or the fact that all three Carroll brothers are master icebreakers.

On this episode the brothers talk about the oddity that is human beings desperately trying to transmute their fear of death by preserving and posing the bodies of dead animals, a.k.a, taxidermy. Be warned we do talk about some slightly graphic things in this episode so listener discretion, is advised. This is Against all Oddities.