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November 30, 2015 Trae Dorn DC, Gal Gadot, Warner Bros, Wonder Woman

Leaked ‘Wonder Woman’ Set Picks Show Gal Gadot in Period Attire

While Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman will first appear in 2016’s Batman v Superman, what we’re most excited about is her

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November 25, 2015 Trae Dorn Andrew Miller, Blumhouse Productions, Kevin Bacon, Tremors, Universal Cable Productions

Kevin Bacon May Star in a New ‘Tremors’ TV Series

Kevin Bacon may have co-starred in the cult favorite Tremors, but he’s avoided showing up in any of the sequel

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November 25, 2015 Trae Dorn Black Friday, Con Scene, Conventions, Nerd & Tie Expo

The Nerd & Tie Expo is Having a Black Friday-Cyber Monday Sale!

So are you as excited about the Nerd & Tie Expo (September 23-25, 2016 in Eau Claire, WI) as we

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November 25, 2015 Trae Dorn Captain America, Captain America 3, Civil War, Marvel, trailer

So the ‘Captain America: Civil War’ Trailer is Finally Here

Civil War? Civil War. Captain America? Captain America. Captain America Civil War? Captain America Civil War. Captain America: Civil War.

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November 24, 2015 Trae Dorn Arrow-verse, CW, DC, Legends of Tomorrow

‘Legends of Tomorrow’ Gets a New Trailer, Release Date Revealed

We’re big fans of the CW’s shared DC Television Universe (most commonly referred to as the “Arrow-verse” around these parts),

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November 23, 2015 Trae Dorn Baron Vaughn, Felicia Day, Hampton Yount, Jonah Ray, kickstarter, MST3K, Mystery Science Theater 3000

Felicia Day, Baron Vaughn and Hampton Yount Join the New MST3K Cast

Last week we learned that comedian Jonah Ray would be taking over hosting duties on the revived MST3K (which has

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November 23, 2015 Trae Dorn Candle Cove, Channel Zero, Syfy

Syfy Launching New Horror Anthology Series ‘Channel Zero’

With Syfy’s new push towards doing more serious genre programming, it’s no surprise that they’ve also decided to jump onto

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November 20, 2015 Trae Dorn E4, Jamie Mathieson, trailer, Tripped

First Look at British Science Fiction Comedy ‘Tripped’

A preview trailer of Tripped, Jamie Mathieson’s new TV series for British channel E4, has come out — and it

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November 20, 2015 Trae Dorn Daisho Con

Find Nick and Pher at Daisho Con!

Want to see Nick and Pher in person? Like right now? Because they’re both doing panels at Daisho Con this

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91. “Ancient” Practices
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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?

So I thought about calling this “Older Doesn’t Mean Better Part 2” or “Older Doesn’t Mean Better Redux” since this is some of the same territory we covered back in episode 17, but I think I’ve gotten more surly on the topic over the last six years, and wanted to talk about it again. Also, I kind of forgot I’d recorded an episode on this when I was prepping the episode, but I like this version better.

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