Modern Goat Rider: an Odd Fellows podcast
Modern Goat Rider is an Odd Fellows podcast for members and people curious about Odd Fellows in modern times. Billy, Josh, Tara and their guests take listeners on journeys to connect Odd Fellows membership and Oddfellowship to daily life. Hear them discuss the ways Odd Fellows' principles find their way into conducting business in a Lodge room, running fund-raising events, and making stronger connections with their community. Check out www.moderngoatrider.com.
Episodes
58 episodes
Ep. 57 - Two Lodges Communicating
For the second show in a row, Chaplain Eric Bramble join Tara and Billy to continue the lively conversation, this time it's about Grand Lodge Sessions in BC for 2024 and how well the messages of progress and change travels from Grand Lodge to t...
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Episode 57
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58:28
Ep. 56 - The Heavy Volunteer Baton
Tara and Billy are joined by Chaplain Eric Bramble for a frank conversation of the burdensome situations they have seen when the professionals could be called in, but volunteers full of FLT take on the tasks. Sometimes with amazing outcomes, an...
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Episode 56
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Ep. 55 - Crossover - What is going wrong - pt 1
It’s that wonderful time again, when two podcasts become one. Well, actually, when MGR gets connected with friends at The Three Links Oddcast it become two shows. Part one is here and part...
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Ep. 54 - A Grand Chat
Oh my the Goat Riding got a little of track this episode. Tara and Billy were honored to be hosts to the venerable Vice Grand Andy Bernhart of Columbia Lodge #2. Brother Andy is no stranger to Modern Goat Rider as he is part of the behin...
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Episode 54
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Ep. 53 - Odd Q&A Banter
Tara and Billy reconnect after a busy Summer of Odd Fellows fun to answer questions received during Question & Answer polls. You, listeners, should go along with them and think about how their answers would differ from yours. The hosts do t...
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Episode 53
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1:01:27
Ep. 52 - FOMO for HeroWork
FOMO means Fear Of Missing Out and Tara and Billy have been missing out on time in Studio FLT. A new show was needed!! Guest Selena Roberts from HeroWork Victoria joined the MGR show to give the inside sc...
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Episode 52
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1:09:52
Ep. 51 – Crossover with 3LOC
Once again Tara and Billy welcome Toby Hanson, Ainslie Heilich and Mike Duminiak from Three Links Odd Cast to chat away through topics across the two shows, one here and the ...
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Episode 51
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Ep. 50 - Grand Takes
MGR has the perfect guest. Surprise! It’s Billy!! Tara leads the Q’s & Billy provides the A’s about his trip to Chilliwack, BC for the Grand Lodge Sessions of BC. Out come the hot-takes of the good parts and the more challenging parts of ju...
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Episode 50
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Ep. 49 - Getting Primed with Michael and Ainslie
After a rather long summer break Tara and Billy are back to the mic to catch up on their returns to the Hall and meetings; but they have to have a guest, so why not two??! The return of Bros. Michael Greenzeiger and Ainslie Heilich to discuss t...
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Episode 49
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Ep. 48 - FLT Banter
Tara and Billy are back! The hosts catch up on all the interesting events and charity work that has been going on in Victoria over the past couple months. There are some good ideas for your Lodges in there. They also look forward into the Summe...
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Episode 48
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Ep. 47 - What are we doing here
Tara and Billy get California fever again with a call down the coast to Oceanside Lodge #346 where PG and current DDGM Brother Ed Burns has help build back a Lodge from 10 members in 2016 to close to 80 members in 2022. Ed gives t...
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Episode 47
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Ep. 46 – Grand Lodge Three
Tara and Billy welcome in representatives of the three Victoria lodges who are Grand Lodge of British Columbia officers and participants. Together the hosts tug at the curtain that conceals the function of jurisdictional Grand Lodges, and they ...
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Episode 46
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Ep. 45 - Chaplain Bramble Rambles
NOTE: The episode includes occasional strong language.When joined by the divine Bro. Eric Bramble, hosts Billy and Tara strap themselves in for a flowing discussion about the role of Chaplain when it’s tuned into the mighty station: WFLT...
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Episode 45
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Ep. 44 - Degree Lodges
Need to take your degree work up a notch? Listen in to Tara and Billy, along with special guest host Bro. Stephen Coulson of Vancouver Lodge #90 as they interview members of the Seattle Degree Lodge #1 to get an inside look a...
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Episode 44
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50:17
Ep. 43 - The Important Crossover - part 1
*** After Listening to part 1, download part 2 on the Three Links Odd Cast ***Spurred on by a listener email, the forces of the
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Episode 43
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58:27
Ep. 42 – Talking to Friends
WARNING: This is another feel good podcast! Episode 42 does not address the Order’s problems, nor does it investigate the frustrating politics that might be at a Lodge level. Instead, this show is about Tara and Billy taking a few minute...
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Episode 42
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Ep. 41 - Rebekahs Victoria with Sandra Martin
On a National Day of Remembrance in Canada, the UK and USA, Tara and Billy welcomed Sister Sandra Martin of Rebekah Lodge Unity #145 in Victoria, BC to take them down memory lane over her 47 years as a member of Rebekahs. Sandra r...
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Episode 41
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Ep. 40 – Organizational Odd Fellows
Tara and Billy call upon all three Odd Fellows Lodges in Victoria to get a full representative samples of organizational challenges and solutions from their lodges. Sure, they are all well experienced British Columbia provincial government empl...
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Episode 40
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Ep. 39 - Odd Fellows Heart with Morey Holzman
Did someone say Hockey and Odd Fellowship? Yes we did! Journalist, author Morey Holzman joins Billy and Tara to discuss his second book, The Odd Fellow’s Heart, on the history of Hockey’s origins, but this one has a discovered Odd Fellow...
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Episode 39
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41:26
Ep. 38 – Thinking Like an Odd Fellow with Scott Moye
The written word is not Dead! Brother Scott Moye, co-founder of the Heart In Hand blog joins Tara and Billy to discuss his new book,
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Episode 38
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52:45
Ep. 37 – A Successful Lodge
The Summer keeps cooking along, when Tara and Billy get together to talk about what could make a Lodge look, feel and be successful. Covering many areas of what a member might consider, they segue through “doing it wrong, while doing it right”,...
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Episode 37
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1:24:35
Ep. 36 - Rules of the Order with Justin Bailey
Who is Robert’s and why is he still around? Tara and Billy welcome PGM Justin Bailey of Pennsylvania Odd Fellows Grand Lodge to discuss all the fun a Lodge can have when employing Robert’s Rules of Orders and proper governance to maximiz...
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Episode 36
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Ep. 35 – Progressive FLT
Why not spend this traditional holiday weekend learning about something Progressive? Jessica Dickinson Goodman and Sinead Toolis are back for part two of their powerful interview from the end of May. [Their introductions are i...
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Episode 35
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44:05
Ep. 34 - The Painters Lodge with Hemlock 8
Vancouver, BC members continue to be doing good things inside their Hall. This time, Tara and Billy welcome members of Hemlock Lodge #8 to discuss the work completed to redesign much...
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Episode 34
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Ep. 33 - Mountain View Reaching Out
Wondering how to build your Lodge? We do not mean just build it, we mean invest in its growth and then invest in those members to onboard them. Two wonderful members from Mountain View Lodge #244 in California join Tara and Billy to explain how...
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Episode 33
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