The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope
@order-of-the-jackalope.com
We are the Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope, a secret society devoted to unearthing and sharing forgotten knowledge. In podcast form. They/them.
Actually, the dirty little secret of Trix and Froot Loops is that they all taste the same, regardless of color.
It's Episode 148! The Jareds Stern talk show regularity, reality show virginity, long walks on the beach, and pretentious wine snobbery. Enjoy! promocards.byspotify.com/api/share/a0...
Ep 148: The Stern Must Flow
Check this out! Listen now on @Spotify.
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September 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Actually, the dirty little secret of Trix and Froot Loops is that they all taste the same, regardless of color.
Well, Malcolm, you have finally managed to convince me to unsub from the Pushkin shows you aren't on.
September 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Well, Malcolm, you have finally managed to convince me to unsub from the Pushkin shows you aren't on.
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.
ACLA - Love Your Library
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September 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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.
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.
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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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September 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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.
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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.
August 28, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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.
Come hear the tale of the Q Shaman of 1940. order-of-the-jackalope.com/kulopus/
Kulopus [Elwood Towner, aka "Chief Red Cloud"]
The strange, sad, and hate-filled story of Elwood Towner, aka Chief Red Cloud, who spoke at Nazi rallies in full Native American ceremonial regalia.
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August 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Come hear the tale of the Q Shaman of 1940. order-of-the-jackalope.com/kulopus/
Reader Robert Lifson was going through his collection of old mug shots when he stumbled across a familiar face and just had to share. order-of-the-jackalope.com/mug-shots/
Mug Shots [Ann O'Delia Diss Debar smiles for the camera]
Reader Robert Lifson sent along these mug shots of Ann O'Delia Diss Debar and they were so good I had to share.
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August 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Reader Robert Lifson was going through his collection of old mug shots when he stumbled across a familiar face and just had to share. order-of-the-jackalope.com/mug-shots/
Argh. I may need more volunteer voice actors if anyone is interested. One female voice, a variety of male voices.
August 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Argh. I may need more volunteer voice actors if anyone is interested. One female voice, a variety of male voices.
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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Ep 145: Cliffhangry
Check this out! Listen now on @Spotify.
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July 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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.
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.
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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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July 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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.
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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.
July 16, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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.
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.
July 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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.
@jaredstern.bsky.social The signature burger you're looking for is the Double R Bar Burger.
July 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
@jaredstern.bsky.social The signature burger you're looking for is the Double R Bar Burger.
Just now realizing I should have called this episode "I Love Your Bread."
She was the meandering metropolitan mystery, the famous will-o'-the-wisp of the continent, who fooled police and the public from Abilene to Akron. Who was this mysterious and alluring woman, and why did she love bread so much?
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Fluffy Raffles Comes to Town [who?]
She was the meandering metropolitan mystery who fooled police across the nation. Who was she, and why did she love bread so much?
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July 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Just now realizing I should have called this episode "I Love Your Bread."
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Ohio is weird. That's all.
July 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Ohio is weird. That's all.
She was the meandering metropolitan mystery, the famous will-o'-the-wisp of the continent, who fooled police and the public from Abilene to Akron. Who was this mysterious and alluring woman, and why did she love bread so much?
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Fluffy Raffles Comes to Town [who?]
She was the meandering metropolitan mystery who fooled police across the nation. Who was she, and why did she love bread so much?
order-of-the-jackalope.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
She was the meandering metropolitan mystery, the famous will-o'-the-wisp of the continent, who fooled police and the public from Abilene to Akron. Who was this mysterious and alluring woman, and why did she love bread so much?
order-of-the-jackalope.com/fluffy-raffl...
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Between having to record tomorrow's episode four times for various reasons and Libsyn being down for most of the evening, this has been a hell of a day.
June 30, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Between having to record tomorrow's episode four times for various reasons and Libsyn being down for most of the evening, this has been a hell of a day.
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"If you have a seven figure income..." I am pretty sure most people with that much money aren't taking financial advice from podcast ads, even if they are host reads.
June 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
"If you have a seven figure income..." I am pretty sure most people with that much money aren't taking financial advice from podcast ads, even if they are host reads.
In 1903 Pennsylvania found the recipe for disaster: two of the greatest political cartoonists of the day and an easily caricatured governor with no sense of humor. Their battle went to some... unexpected places.
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Unhuman Animals [the Salus-Grady Libel Act of 1903]
The greatest political cartoonists of the day, vs an easily caricatured governor with no sense of humor.
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June 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
In 1903 Pennsylvania found the recipe for disaster: two of the greatest political cartoonists of the day and an easily caricatured governor with no sense of humor. Their battle went to some... unexpected places.
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I hate that every month I look at my stats overview and go, "Oh no, why are my listener numbers in freefall" until I remember, oh, duh, it's a new month, idiot.
June 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I hate that every month I look at my stats overview and go, "Oh no, why are my listener numbers in freefall" until I remember, oh, duh, it's a new month, idiot.
Just going to resurface this in the hopes that someone new will see it! Want to hear your voice on our show?
So, every now and then I need more voices than I can reasonably make myself. This is one of those times.
Who wants to hear their voice on a silly podcast episode? Message me if you're interested!
Who wants to hear their voice on a silly podcast episode? Message me if you're interested!
May 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Just going to resurface this in the hopes that someone new will see it! Want to hear your voice on our show?
Milton D. Hays had two things: a dream of a railroad linking Pittsburgh to the coal fields of southwestern Pennsylvania, and a lack of ethics that would allow him to realize that dream. This is the story of the Castle Shannon Railway War.
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Such Was Railroading [the Castle Shannon Railway War]
Milton D. Hays just wanted to run a railroad like a tyrant, and his complete lack of ethics allowed him to realize that dream.
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May 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Milton D. Hays had two things: a dream of a railroad linking Pittsburgh to the coal fields of southwestern Pennsylvania, and a lack of ethics that would allow him to realize that dream. This is the story of the Castle Shannon Railway War.
order-of-the-jackalope.com/such-was-rai...
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So, every now and then I need more voices than I can reasonably make myself. This is one of those times.
Who wants to hear their voice on a silly podcast episode? Message me if you're interested!
Who wants to hear their voice on a silly podcast episode? Message me if you're interested!
May 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
So, every now and then I need more voices than I can reasonably make myself. This is one of those times.
Who wants to hear their voice on a silly podcast episode? Message me if you're interested!
Who wants to hear their voice on a silly podcast episode? Message me if you're interested!
There's only only thing more disappointing than finally tracking down a source and discovering that it does not, in fact, have any new information on the topic you're researching: discovering that it also has at least three obvious and glaring factual errors.
April 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
There's only only thing more disappointing than finally tracking down a source and discovering that it does not, in fact, have any new information on the topic you're researching: discovering that it also has at least three obvious and glaring factual errors.
Octavius Valentine Catto was truly a man for all seasons: scholar, activist, politician, baseball star. He could have been the inspiring black leader Reconstruction-era Philadelphia needed... if he hadn't been murdered.
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There Must Come a Change
Octavius Valentine Catto was a man for all seasons. He could have been the leader Philadelphia needed... if he hadn't been murdered.
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April 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Octavius Valentine Catto was truly a man for all seasons: scholar, activist, politician, baseball star. He could have been the inspiring black leader Reconstruction-era Philadelphia needed... if he hadn't been murdered.
order-of-the-jackalope.com/there-must-c...
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