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28. Let’s Get SPOOKIER!
It's Halloween. Like, literally. And like every other October episode on the BS-Free Witchcraft podcast, that means we're talking about personal ghost experiences. Joining me this episode (from all around the Nerd & Tie Podcast Network) are Gen Prock (from The Nerd & Tie Podcast and Stormwood & Associates), Cris Sass-Council (from Let's Be Legendary), and unsurprisingly Bree NicGarran (from Hex Positive). This jam-packed episode is the longest one we've done, coming in at just over two and a half hours long. It's super sized, super spooky, and super fun.
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27. Pagan Pride Day
On this episode of the podcast we're going towards a more positive note, and talking about a pretty great thing in the larger Witchcraft and Pagan community. I'm joined by Amanda Tomasini, former organizer of Central Illinois Pagan Pride Day, to discuss... well... Pagan Pride Day. Kind of spoiled that one there, didn't I.
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26. Witchcraft in the Time of Coronavirus
So the world is a massive garbage fire at the moment, and we're all trying to cope. Witchcraft right now isn't the easiest thing to do, and we need to take the time and acknowledge that it's okay to not to feel jazzed about it sometimes. Like -- it's okay to not be okay. Also, apparently we're all astral projecting and sleeping with people in their dreams? Why did no one tell me that was the plan?
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25. Feedback/Q&A Special 2020
It's July, and that means we're doing another Q&A special where I answer questions from listeners like you. And this year I remembered to record it before I hid in a cabin for a week! We talk about your questions about Witchcraft, the show in general, and just stuff I guess. Watch what happens when I get fact checked! It's neat!
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24. The Craft (1996)
It's strange to think that a 90s teenage horror/urban fantasy film would be massively culturally important to the modern witchcraft movement, but for a generation of witches that's exactly what The Craft is. In this super long episode of the podcast (seriously -- it's almost an hour and a half), I sit down with Hex Positive's Bree NicGarran for a chat about the film. We tackle the themes, plot, and cultural impact of this movie, along with some fun tangents along the way.
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23. The Burning Times
On this installment of the podcast we tackle probably one of the more controversial topics in the modern witchcraft movement: The Burning Times. What were the actual "Burning Times," where do we get that phrase from, and what really happened? Also, how has this phrase been used in modern witchcraft. It's a heavy one, folks.
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22. Witches 4 Hire
So on last month's episode we talked about would-be-gurus like Leah Steele. This month we're instead going to look at her low-budget cousins though: Spell Farms. What's a Spell Farm? They are websites where the average person can plunk down some money for a "witch" to cast a spell for them. And they're just as reliable and honest as they sound.
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21. A Spiral of BS
So we don't talk about a lot of new age gurus, life coaches, and other "spiritual leaders" on this show. But when so called "Wealth Witch" Leah Steele reached out to me literally out of nowhere this month... I ended up going down the weirdest rabbit hole that ended at an "Australian Sex Wizard." That is a sentence I just typed. Last month we went solidly into the Witchcraft category, this month we're deep into the BS instead.
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20. A Dabbler’s Week
We've talked before about how dabbling in witchcraft is not just perfectly acceptable, but should be encouraged. It leaves the question open though -- just how does one dabble? With that in mind, and at the suggestion of Tumblr user AskSecularWitch, I've gone through and created a "Dabbler's Week" -- a week of activities that someone could do to get a taste of what my form of witchcraft is like.
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19. Citation Needed
While reading a post on The Wild Hunt I got to thinking about the wild world of self publishing and Witchcraft books. How does a new Witch know if a source is good or bad? How can they tell if it's a genuine writer or a pen name optimized for SEO? Why is everything so frickin' complicated?
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18. Fricking Candles.
On this episode of the podcast we are talking about something this show rarely covers -- actual practical spellcraft advice. Specifically, we're just going to talk about candles. Yep, you read that correctly, this is twenty-something minutes of Trae talking about fricking candles. It'll make sense when you listen to it
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