BS-Free Witchcraft

Bullshit-Free Witchcraft is a monthly podcast on the Modern Witchcraft movement, minus any extraneous, well, bullshit. Look, aesthetics are great, and none of us would be here if we didn’t love the mystery — but there’s a lot of misinformation floating around, and this podcast aims to dispell it.

It’s a show designed to cater to all ranges of experience — from those who have been witches for decades to those just starting out. We hope there’s something here for everyone.

New episodes come out the last Saturday of the month.

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.

BS-Free Witchcraft

December 29, 2018 Nerd & Tie Charmed, CW, Netflix, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Wicca, Witch, witchblr, Witchcraft

6. Witchcraft on Television

How witches are represented on television and media has always been a controversial topic in the modern witchcraft community, and 2018 has seen several high profile series launch with the reboot of Charmed and the adaptation of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. In this episode, Trae looks at these new shows and how they represent witchcraft in popular culture — and how they fall short.

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November 24, 2018 Nerd & Tie Folkloric Witchcraft, How to Become a Witch, Religious Witchcraft, secular witchcraft, Wicca, Witch, Witchcraft

5. Building Your Own Path

On this episode of BS-Free Witchcraft, Trae attempts to cover a topic from one of the show’s listeners: How the heck do you get started in Witchcraft in the first place? What we end up with is twenty minutes of Trae attempting to cover this exceptionally broad topic which is, at the very least, entertaining… and hopefully informative.

Hopefully.

BS-Free Witchcraft

October 27, 2018 Nerd & Tie Ghost, Ghosts, Halloween, Hauntings, Lee Bradford, Poltergeist, Samhain, Spooky, Witch, Witchcraft

4. Let’s Get Spooky!

With Samhain and Halloween just around the corner, the show is going full on spooky this episode. Joining me again is Lee Bradford, and we spend the whole show talking about ghost stories, personal experiences, liminal spaces, murder, and so much more.

This episode is also over an hour long, so strap in for this deluxe, extra podcasty edition of the show!

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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.

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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.

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.