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January 31, 2026 Nerd & Tie Cord Cutting, Witch Wound, Witchcraft

91. “Ancient” Practices

There’s an annoying thing in the witchcraft community where every new idea or trend gets cast as an “ancient” practice even if it’s just a few years old. Time and time again, we see people constructing false narratives about the supposed historicity of ideas, spells, and rituals in witchcraft spaces, and all of it is bad for us. Why do people feel the need to lie? Why does something being a new idea make it less credible in people’s eyes? Why have we been doing this as a community from the start?

The Famicom Dojo Podcast

January 30, 2026 Nerd & Tie Import Gaming, Super Mario World, Things from Japan, Unlimited Saga

186. Retro Game Shopping in Japan

It used to be true, and still is to some extent, that visiting a video game store in Japan is a rite of passage for foreign visitors to Japan, but if you pull out a camera to take a video you may find you are no longer welcome.

Stormwood & Associates

January 30, 2026 Nerd & Tie Campaign 3, Trial Period

C3E3. The Client (Trial Period Part 3)

The team’s together, one of them’s gotten robbed, and now it’s time to meet their first client. Everything hinges on this meeting going well. Maybe, for once, it will.

Stormwood & Associates

January 23, 2026 Nerd & Tie Campaign 3, Trial Period

C3E2. As Quick as Smoke (Trial Period Part 2)

Eloise Stormwood has assembled her team, so it’s time to start with the basic, new hire orientation — which consists of filling out a bunch of paperwork and taking a tour of the new office.

Ask a Medievalist

January 21, 2026 Nerd & Tie

99. Respect My Authority

What exactly is authority? Where does it come from? How do you get it? Can you move authority from St. Paul, MN to the south side of Chicago? Join Em and Jesse for a wide-ranging chat on the subject.

Casual Trek

January 19, 2026 Nerd & Tie Deep Space Nine, Star Trek, Star Trek: Discovery

Casual Trek Rewind: Mirror Universe Episodes

Due to various medical emergencies, our Starfleet Academy episodes are going to have to wait a little while. Instead, here’s an old favourite episode: “They Exploded Odo!”

We experience the original Mirror Universe episode and try to understand a system of government entirely based around betrayal (that isn’t the Romulans’), also a fantastic episode of DS9 with some shock as there’s a pretty brutal explosion of one cast member!

Stormwood & Associates

January 16, 2026 Nerd & Tie Campaign 3, Trial Period

C3E1. The Interviews (Trial Period Part 1)

There’s a new office of Stormwood & Associates. There’s someone named Stormwood. There just aren’t any “associates yet.” Which is, y’know, a solvable problem.

N&T News Stormwood & Associates

January 9, 2026 Nerd & Tie Actual Play, Campaign 3, trailer

A Stormwood & Associates Campaign 3 Trailer!

Nerd & Tie is excited to announce the beginning of the third campaign for Stormwood & Associates! Trae, Becca, Gen, and Celeste are back at the table for a new adventure, and starting Friday, January 16th episodes will release here weekly on Nerd & Tie.

Ask a Medievalist

January 5, 2026 Nerd & Tie

98. In Rome for the Calends

It’s January, the first month of the year, ruled by the god Janus, who looks both ways. But a week ago it was December, the…tenth month of the year? What the heck was up with Roman calendars? Join Em and Dr. Jesse to explore why this otherwise competent civilization just fell apart when it came to tracking what day it was.