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March 26, 2019 Trae Dorn Live Show, No Brand Con

Nerd & Tie LIVE Podcast at No Brand Con This Friday!

Nerd & Tie is going to No Brand Con this weekend at the Chula Vista Resort in the Wisconsin Dells!

March 25, 2019 Trae Dorn Con Scene, Conventions, Daman Mills, Jason Douglas, Josh Grelle, Kameha Con, Monica Rial, Sarah Wiedenheft, Vic Mignogna

Multiple Guests Cancel After Kameha Con Announces Vic Mignogna Appearance

Irving, TX based Kameha Con has been making some waves this week, and not in a good way. The event,

Convention News The Mega-Blog

March 23, 2019 Trae Dorn Con Scene, Conventions, James Harknell, James Hartstein, Onezumi Events, Oni Durant, ReGeneration Who

ReGeneration Who 2019 Cancelled Just One Week Beforehand

In a series of events not all that shocking for anyone who regularly visits our convention news section, yet another

Convention News The Mega-Blog

March 22, 2019 Trae Dorn Con Scene, Conventions, geek.kon

Geek.kon 2019 Has Been Officially Cancelled

Yesterday, after twelve years, Geek.kon has officially called it quits. In an announcement made late last night, the Madison, WI

Celeste is Best

March 1, 2019 Celeste Startwin gundam, Gundam NT

Gundam NT First Impressions

Some first impressions of the newest Gundam film. Rena had to work during its one night only debut, but my

BS-Free Witchcraft

February 28, 2019 Nerd & Tie Technopagan, Technopaganism, Technowitch, Technowitchcraft, Witchcraft

On this eighth episode of the podcast, we’re talking about good old Technopaganism. Well, “Technowitchcraft” is probably the better term, but I’m old and from the 90s. In any case, the point is that there’s a lot of ways that technology can be incorporated into Witchcraft, but there are a lot of questions we have to ask along the way.

Or something.

The Nerd & Tie Podcast

February 26, 2019 Nerd & Tie Con Scene, Conventions, Harassment, Vic Mignogna

Vic Mignogna and Missing Stairs (Episode 140)

https://www.nerdandtie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Vic-Mignogna-and-Missing-Stairs-Episode-140-1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | RSSVic Mignogna, one of the biggest names in

BS-Free Witchcraft

January 26, 2019 Nerd & Tie Gatekeeping, Sense of Play, Witchcraft

7. Be Ridiculous

On this episode of the podcast, the topic is the importance of accepting that we’re all ridiculous human beings and that’s it’s a good thing. Witchcraft should be done with a sense of play, and we should all keep that in mind before we take ourselves too seriously. Because when we take ourselves too seriously, none of us are remotely pleasant to be around. Doing witchcraft by rote isn’t the best idea, gatekeeping is bad, and there’s probably not a wrong way to do a spell. Unless you like light yourself on fire or something.

Try not to do that.