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October 25, 2018 Trae Dorn Con Scene, Conventions, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, Marvel, Netflix, Steamposium

Episode 134 – A (Spooky) Halloween

https://www.nerdandtie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Episode-134-A-Spooky-Halloween.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | RSSOn this episode of Nerd & Tie, Nick

Convention News The Mega-Blog

October 24, 2018 Trae Dorn Con Scene, Conventions, Steamposium

Another One Bites the Dust: Seattle’s Steamposium 5 Cancelled Days Before Event

In a series of events which is slowly becoming more and more common, yet another convention has been cancelled shortly

Celeste is Best

October 15, 2018 Celeste Startwin death in comics, Infinity war, Marvel, Spider-Man

Nick Izumi’s Favorite Spider-Man Comic (And Why Death in Comics Matter)

Between Spider-Man PS4 and Venom, I’ve been having Spider-man fever! So I dug out my favorite Spider-man comic to reflect on

The Nerd & Tie Podcast

October 10, 2018 Trae Dorn Arrowverse, Batwoman, CW, DC, Halloween, Hard Rock Zombies, James Gunn, Marvel, Moon Child, Ruby Rose, Sony, Spider-Man, Suicide Squad, Suicide Squad 2, Tom Hardy, Vampire Effect, Venom, Warner Bros

Episode 133 – A (Non-Spooky) Halloween

https://www.nerdandtie.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Episode-133-A-Non-Spooky-Halloween.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | RSSIn the spirit of the spoopy season, on

BS-Free Witchcraft

October 6, 2018 Nerd & Tie British Traditional Wicca, British Traditional Witchcraft, Doreen Valiente, Gerald Gardner, history, Wicca, Witch, Witchcraft

3. The History of Wicca

On this episode Trae digs deep into the history of Wicca, and tries to give the most accurate history of the religion as he can. I mean, yeah, we know this is a general Witchcraft podcast, but Wicca is the most widely practiced form of Witchcraft in the US, UK, Canada and Australia… so how it got started is kind of important for the modern Witchcraft movement.

And trust me, there aren’t any pulled punches here.

BS-Free Witchcraft

September 29, 2018 Nerd & Tie How to Become a Witch, Lee Bradford, Wicca, Witch, Witchcraft

2. How to Become a Witch

In this episode Trae tackles the question “How do you become a witch?” The answer, of course, turns out to be amazingly easy — do some witchcraft.

Of course, there’s more to the episode than that. Dragging fellow witch Lee Bradford onto the show, Trae and Lee tell their personal stories about how they came to their (different forms) of witchcraft. Afterwards they discuss things like gatekeeping and other obstacles new witches might find starting their practice.

The Nerd & Tie Podcast

September 26, 2018 Trae Dorn Batman, DC, Defenders of the Earth, Disney, Exosquad, FIghting Foodons, Ghost Busters, Inhumanoids, Lucasfilm, Star Wars, Telltale Games, Wish Kid

Episode 132 – Your Favorite Cartoon (That No One Remembers)

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BS-Free Witchcraft

September 22, 2018 Nerd & Tie magic, magick, Neopagan, Neopaganism, Pagan, Paganism, pentacle, pentragram, Wicca, Witch, Witchcraft

1. The Basics

In this inaugural episode of BS-Free Witchcraft Trae decides to start at the very beginning. It’s a very good place to start.

Mainly this episode focuses on the basics of the modern witchcraft movement — because how can we have a discussion if we don’t actually define the terms we’re working with? From defining “witchcraft” itself to poking at random corners, we’re covering as much as we can cram into a half an hour.

You know how like every witchcraft website has a FAQ page? This is the podcast equivalent of that.