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The Three Links Odd Cast
The Three Links Odd Cast is an exploration of and discussion about issues in Odd Fellowship for members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. It provides a fun, light-hearted look at the history, traditions, customs, and practices of Odd Fellowship as well as an examination of where the fraternal order is today. NOTE: there will be *NO* discussion of The Unwritten Work or any of the signs, grips, or passwords of Odd Fellowship.
Episodes
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Growth In The Garden State
Joe Miczak is a formidable fraternalist and dedicated Odd Fellow. Now that he's Grand Master of New Jersey, he's charging full steam ahead building up his…
The Three Links Odd CastThe Tragedy Of Comet Lodge Cemetery
There's a little corner of South Seattle that has been a burial ground for centuries, starting with the Duwamish Tribe and continuing through years of changing…
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State-Of-The-Art Grand Master
Jody Jedlicka just finished her term as Grand Master of Illinois. She was the first woman to hold that position. As such, she got a great insiders' view of the…
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AI Music For Odd Fellowship
In the last couple years, a new frontier has opened up in the culture of Odd Fellowship: music. There has always been music by, for, and about Odd Fellows, but…
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Live From SGL III: Deep In The Heart
Sovereign Grand Lodge is over for another year and we did another live recording. This year, we were asking the attendees in Frisco, Texas about whether their…
The Three Links Odd CastLearning Series: Secretary
One of the questions that comes to us frequently is if we have any training materials to help prepare members to step up and serve in an elected office. To…
The Three Links Odd CastLearning Series: Treasurer
One of the questions that comes to us frequently is if we have any training materials to help prepare members to step up and serve in an elected office. To…
The Three Links Odd CastLearning Series: ViceGrand
One of the questions that comes to us frequently is if we have any training materials to help prepare members to step up and serve in an elected office. To…
The Three Links Odd CastLearning Series: Noble Grand
One of the questions that comes to us frequently is if we have any training materials to help prepare members to step up and serve in an elected office. To…
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Season Six Wrap-up
Season six brought some exciting developments to the Three Links Odd Cast. The biggest one was Meredith Moore joining as co-host and Director of Institutional…
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Sovereign Grand Master Calabrese
Odd Fellowship is built around the principle of mutual aid, which implies that we should all be of service to one another. Our current Sovereign Grand Master…
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A Few Degrees Hotter In Wisconsin
Brother Aiden Brink returns to the podcast to share some insight that he has gained about his lodge, degree work, regalia, robes, community involvement, and a…
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Volunteers For A New Lodge
There are many historical connections between Texas and Tennessee, from country music to Davy Crockett to Willie Nelson to the many brave Tennesseans who…
The Three Links Odd CastDipping Into Rebekah's Well
For nearly 150 years, prior to 2001, the Rebekahs were a strong and vital companion organization to the Odd Fellows. However, once women were allowed to be Odd…
The Three Links Odd CastA Song Of Old San Antone
Odd Fellowship has a long, proud history in the state of Texas, dating back to Lone Star Lodge No. 1 in Houston, the first lodge chartered outside the United…
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Another Minnesota Revival
Pine Island, Minnesota is the kind of idyllic Midwestern farm town that most people picture when they think of anywhere in the middle of the country: friendly…
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Small Town; Big Creativity
Coulterville, California is a relic of the Gold Rush; a small mountain community nestled in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. There are 110…
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Odd Market
The annual Odd Market hosted by Tuscola Lodge #316 in Illinois has become a community mainstay. It didn't start out that way, though. The beginning had a lot…
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Burnout
The new year finds us with a new co-host: Sister Meredith Moore of Dallas Lodge #44 in Texas. Meredith brings a wonderful background in Odd Fellowship and in…
The Three Links Odd CastHow The Grand Master Stole Christmas
What exactly is a Grinch, anyway? Is it a person? A creature? An outlook on life that sours every interaction? The Three Links Odd Cast does another adaptation…
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Guardian, Secure The Door!
Odd Fellowship isn't something that can be joined casually. It requires a certain amount of effort to be expended on behalf of those joining the lodge to fill…
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WaxaTATchie
Waxahachie Lodge No. 80 is one of the largest and best-known lodges in North America. Because of their excellent promotion on social media, they have become…
The Three Links Odd CastBurying The Dead
We always like to do a cemetery episode during October in keeping with the "spooky" theme of the season. This year, however, we're not playing up the spooky or…
The Three Links Odd CastOddtistic
Mike fills two roles on this episode: one as host, and one as guest while we discuss his newest book, "Oddtistic." The book looks at how Odd Fellowship has…
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Young Leader In The Heartland
Looking to get his life on a better track, Bro. Niles Schumm took his mother's suggestion and joined the Odd Fellows. That led him to his local lodge where he…
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The Cave Degree, Part II
When we last spoke about the Cave Degree, it's fate was left uncertain. The deck in the cave was in disrepair and there was a fundraising effort underway to…
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Live From SGL II: Almost Heaven
Season six kicks off in Grand—or, should we say—Sovereign Grand style! We recorded this episode of the podcast live from the historic hall of Kanawha Lodge #25…
The Three Links Odd CastBehind The Links
Five years ago, a new podcast emerged on the fraternal landscape, the Three Links Odd Cast. Shrouded in mystery, the reclusive hosts have done their best to…
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Intro to Odd Fellowship
As more and more people are searching the Internet for Odd Fellowship, many of them are finding this podcast. As a service to them, we put together this…
The Three Links Odd CastHelp! The Grand Master Is Coming!
Spring is here and many jurisdictions are having their Sessions, which means electing new Grand Masters who will be traveling around to visit lodges. In…
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Evangelicals And Odd Fellowship
Not everyone understands fraternalism or takes the groups at face value. The suspicion of Freemasonry by the Roman Catholic Church is well known. Lesser known…
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New Perspectives On Odd Fellowship
Brothers Aiden Brink and Will Sparks both joined their respective lodges in the past couple of years. Each have become very active and spurred growth in their…
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Ritual And Regalia Changes
Although it's tempting to think that Odd Fellowship has been handed down from the past completely unchanged from some visionaries at an ancient building site…
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Mystery And Benevolence
In 2016, an exhibit opened at the American Folk Art Museum showcasing various artifacts from American fraternal orders, most notably the Odd Fellows and…
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How Global Are We?
Most of us know about our local lodge and may be familiar with a couple other lodges in our area. However, Odd Fellowship is global in scope and scale—or is…
The Three Links Odd CastDigging Up Our Roots
We think we all know the story of how Odd Fellowship began in North America: five brave souls, led by Thomas Wildey, held the first meeting in Baltimore in…
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Growing In The Sunshine
Thirty years ago, in a small town in Washington State, a young twenty-something man stood surrounded by five elderly men in a leaky, damp building doing…
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Mixing Old And New Members
Every lodge wants to grow—but how many lodges are actually able to incorporate new members successfully in such a way that the new members feel valued? Brother…
The Three Links Odd CastIt's A Wonderful Lodge
Based on the classic holiday film "It's A Wonderful Life," this year's Christmas episode is an Odd Fellows' retelling of the old favorite in which George…
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Eating Oddly
Eating together is an integral part of Odd Fellowship and has a long tradition of inclusion within our Order, from formal banquets at Grand and Sovereign Grand…
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Growing Prosperity
In high school, Dustin used to wander past the dusty old Odd Fellows Hall in Wenatchee, Washington. Intrigued by the music blaring out on to the sidewalk one…
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Sovereign Grand Master Workman
Our Sovereign Grand Master, the Honorable Gerald V. Workman of West Virginia, sat down with us for a wide-ranging discussion about his path in Odd Fellowship…
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Odd Fellows' Rest Revisited
As has become tradition at the Three Links Odd Cast, we like to take a turn to the spooky for Halloween and talk cemeteries. We're joined by Brother Michael…
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Lodge Is Bustin' Out All Over
Usually, by the time we at the Three Links Odd Cast hear about a new lodge being chartered, it's already meeting regularly. However, in this instance, we got…
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Sovereign Grand Lodge: Reactions
Mike, Toby, and Ainslie are all safely home from their trip to Pittsburgh and back to their usual lodge activities. The brothers got together to discuss their…
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Live From Sovereign Grand Lodge!
The 2024 Annual Communication of the Sovereign Grand Lodge was noteworthy for many reasons, not least of which was our live recording of the first episode of…
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Anniversary IV: More Of The Best
One might think that after four seasons and over 30,000 downloads of the Three Links Odd Cast that there would be nothing left for the hosts to talk about. Au…
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The Lord's Prayer: Reactions
Our recent episode on inclusion of the Lord's Prayer in the lodge opening generated some of the greatest volume of feedback from listeners we've ever received…
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Lone Star Rising
The Grand Jurisdiction of Texas is on an upswing. Its membership is growing and getting younger and they are chartering new lodges. Grand Master Charlie…
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The Lord's Prayer
Odd Fellowship is non-political and non-sectarian. But why, then, do we recite the Lord's Prayer as part of the opening of the lodge? Ainslie and Toby dig into…
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True Fellowship
Like many lodges, True Fellowship No. 52 in San Jose, CA had seen better days. As members got older, the focus of the lodge became more insular and they were…
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Minnesota Miracle
A remarkable convergence of events led to the revival of Friendship Lodge No. 50 in Northfield, Minnesota. A Mason in Red Wing, Minnesota started an…
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What Is Going Wrong? - Part II
Billy and Tara from Modern Goat Rider joined us for a thorough and in-depth discussion about leadership in the Odd Fellows. The first half of the episode is…
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Selling Out
A recent email from a listener prompted this episode's discussion about what happens when a lodge sells its building. A lot can happen, but only a very few…
The Three Links Odd CastAn Odd Fellows Christmas Carol
This year, for our Christmas episode, we present this adaptation of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." Listen along as an all-star cast of Odd Fellows…
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Sovereign Grand Master Interview
Our Sovereign Grand Master, John Cupp, is a very busy man. We were very fortunate when he made some time at the West Virginia Grand Sessions to sit down and…
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Vernon Wolf Memorial Lodge
Pueblo Lodge #8 was down to just four members after the passing of one of the five who was maintaining the quorum that kept their charter. John Jones had…
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Remember Me
We always like to do an episode about cemeteries around Halloween and this year is no exception. Given our command to "Bury The Dead" as Odd Fellows, and how…
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Linked In The Lodge
A life of academic wandering and creation has brought Dr. Heather Calloway to her present position as Executive Director of University Collections and Director…
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The Cave Degree (Part 1?)
In a secluded corner of the wilderness around Mount Shasta in Northern California, a secret rite has been taking place for generations. No, it's not something…