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Odd Fellows Odd Cast #16 - San Francisco Pride Parade Participation

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2022 12:01


The organizer of the Odd Fellows who participate in the San Francisco Pride Parade discusses some of the history and invites those interested to join them on June 26, 2022. Send an email to trbarton743@aol.com if you can attend!

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Odd Fellows Odd Cast #15 - World Champion Odd Fellow Jermaine JJ Soto

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2022 45:19


Newly-minted World Champion Jermaine JJ Soto discusses his time since joining Odd Fellows and what it means to help his neighborhood in a rough area of Los Angeles as well as an upcoming fight to defend his title! We are honored to have him on our show!

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Odd Fellows Odd Cast #14 - Odd Fellows Books

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2022 39:56


Past Grand Master Peter Sellars and host Joseph Benton discuss the rich history of Odd Fellows Books along with a new announcement of Peter's latest book.To purchase a copy of A Reference Book of the Odd Fellows and the California Gold Rush (2022), send a check or money order in the amount of $13.00, plus $3.50 s/h to:“Peter V. Sellars”Odd Fellows Building26 - 7th StreetSan Francisco, CA 94103

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Odd Fellows Odd Cast #13 - Meet the Odd Fellows Professor of the Wilmer Eye Institute

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2022 24:27


The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions' Wilmer Eye Institute is the home of the Odd Fellows Professor. Several generations have passed since the first one and they have received millions from the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and they have accomplished amazing work! Corneal transplant surgery was pioneered here. Many other great advancements in medical science also have been made. Learn what the Odd Fellows have been helping to achieve as part of our mission!

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Odd Fellows Odd Cast #12 - Tips for a New Noble Grand

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2021 52:27


Join PGM Peter Sellars and host Joseph Benton as they discuss tips for a new Noble Grand which can benefit anyone leading a lodge, Encampment, etc.

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Odd Fellows Odd Cast #11 - Where Do Odd Fellows Come From

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2021 36:41


Historians Penelope Ismay and Simon Cordery are both authors of books on Friendly Societies and discuss the early cultural and societal influences that made Odd Fellows well-known and also that made them largely unknown today.

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Odd Fellows Odd Cast #10 - Noble Order of Muscovites!

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2021 30:12


The Noble Order of Muscovites is a secret society that doesn't exist and you can join them! No dues! No meetings! Raising money for charities!Sound too good to be true? Learn more in this Odd Fellows Odd Cast with several Noble Muscovites as we discuss what it's all about. David Scheer, Brett Hurliman and Johanna Norton join host Joseph Benton for a few laughs and Muscovites history that parties back to 1899!

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Odd Fellows Odd Cast 9 - Fundraising with Coins

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2021 33:42


An Interview with Deputy Grand Master of Louisiana and Junior Past Grand Eddie LeBouef about the commemorative coin for their new lodge and for Odd Fellows Rest (a beautiful old cemetery in New Orleans).

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Odd Fellows Odd Cast #8 - IOOF Policy on Non-Discrimination

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2021 43:19


A spirited discussion with a potential member who said no to joining because of the requirement to believe with PGM/PGP Peter Sellers and PGM Rick Boyles discussing possible legislation to enforce the belief requirement.

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Odd Fellows Odd Cast #7 - Odd Fellows Swords

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2021 60:42


A discussion with PGM/PGP Peter Sellers about the three different Odd Fellows Swords and their uses in and outside of Canton and Patriarchs Militant.

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Odd Fellows Odd Cast #6 - Charley Parkhurst

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2020 34:44


An interview with Jim Hobbs, President of the Soquel Pioneer and Historical Association about the legendary tobacco-chewing, hard-drinking, rough and tumble fist-fighting six-horse stagecoach driver Charley Parkhurst who was an also an Odd Fellow. Charley's death revealed a twist that shocked the Soquel Odd Fellows and made headlines across the country.

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Odd Fellows Odd Cast #5 - Masons and Odd Fellows

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 66:06


An interview with two Odd Fellows who are also Masons. Joseph Benton (who is not a Mason but is an Odd Fellow) interviews Eddie LeBoeuf III, Deputy Grand Master of Louisiana (IOOF) and also a founding member of the resurrected Odd Fellows Lodge in New Orleans and S.M. "Sully" Sullivan, Past Grand Guardian of Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia (IOOF) and Past Noble Grand of Abraham Simmons Lodge No. 13.(Check out Sully's hot sauce store at https://www.amazon.com/sp?seller=A71P...)Feel free to leave your questions and comments for them below!

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Odd Fellows Odd Cast #4 - Colma Disgrace and the Lost Odd Fellows Cemetery

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2020 52:25


If you would like more info on the current situation, check out https://oddfellowscemeterycolma.com/Here is an excellent and very detailed article by the LA Times that focuses on who the baby turned out to be and how she ended up being discovered in the former cemetery:https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-miranda-metal-casket-girl-identified-20170509-htmlstory.htmlIf you would like to learn more about the non-profit that helped to re-bury Baby Miranda and read their story about the work they put in, please check out https://www.gardenofinnocence.org/miranda-eve-childs-casket-found-under-home

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Odd Fellows Odd Cast #3 - Gold Hill Seed Swap

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2020 11:19


A great project for times like these when the pandemic is hard on everyone in different ways. With the help of local businesses and gardeners, people can pick up or drop off seeds or produce or plants!

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Odd Fellows Odd Cast #2 - The DMC (Dedicated Members for Change)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2020 53:09


If you would like to join the Dedicated Members for Change, feel free to contact Dave Rosenberg at daverose@jps.net, Rick Boyles at mbhr@ix.netcom.com or Peter Sellars at ioofsf@earthlink.net.For information on the Initiation Dinner, contact Michael Greenzeiger at greenzeiger@gmail.com.

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Odd Fellows Odd Cast #1 - Communicating in the Time of COVID

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2020 22:21


This is an interview with Wayne Guerts of the Sovereign Grand Lodge Communications Committee.

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