BS-Free Witchcraft
Religion & Spirituality Podcas
A monthly podcast on the modern witchcraft movement… minus the usual BS.
Location:
United States
Description:
A monthly podcast on the modern witchcraft movement… minus the usual BS.
Twitter:
@traegorn
Language:
English
Email:
trh@trhonline.com
Episodes
70. It’s Not About Us
4/27/2024
Sometimes in this community folks have a habit of making things about them that… aren’t. So that’s what we’re addressing this time around. Because there are times where we need […]
Duration:00:27:33
69. Cultural Appropriation
3/30/2024
One of the most frustrating conversations we keep having to have in the modern witchcraft movement is about cultural appropriation. And while we’ve repeatedly touched on this before, I’ve never […]
Duration:00:31:10
68. What is Witchcraft?
2/24/2024
A question that is significantly harder to answer than most people think is “What is Witchcraft?” This month I’m going to try to answer that, and if I fail you’ll […]
Duration:00:24:40
67. The Headache of Misinformation
1/27/2024
Combating misinformation has always been one of the primary missions of this show, and honestly? It just gets exhausting sometimes. Why are people in this community so willing to uncritically […]
Duration:00:32:50
66. Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
12/30/2023
Last month Hex Positive‘s Bree NicGarran joined Trae to take a look at the classic witch-centric movie Hocus Pocus (1993). This month, Bree’s back to help review the 2022 sequel […]
Duration:01:13:38
65. Hocus Pocus (1993)
11/25/2023
It’s time to dig back into the VHS tapes that you’ve shoved in a box in your basement (or just open Disney Plus), and talk about the classic witch-centric movie […]
Duration:01:10:36
64. Ask the Question.
10/28/2023
For the first time in five years, we’re breaking the “Trae talks to someone about ghosts for an hour in October” pattern. Instead we’re using this month and the witchcraft […]
Duration:00:26:17
63. Nature and Witchcraft
9/30/2023
One of the most common descriptions of “witchcraft” you’ll find out there will say that it’s a “nature based” practice. That’s also reinforced in so many witchcraft books over the […]
Duration:00:25:02
62. Wrong Way to Witch?
8/26/2023
Variations of the phrase “There’s No Wrong Way to Witch” get tossed around our community, and I think it’s about time we discuss why we say actually say that. But […]
Duration:00:25:50
61. Feedback/Q&A Special 2023!
7/29/2023
It’s July! You know what that means — it’s time for our annual Q&A special! Where you the audience send in your questions for the show, so we don’t have […]
Duration:00:49:57
60. Doubt is Good.
6/24/2023
This month we’re talking about a very important concept: doubt. There are times when we question our beliefs and our witchcraft, and why that’s a good thing. Blind faith never […]
Duration:00:30:27
59. Should There Be Wiccan Clergy?
5/27/2023
The Aquarian Tabernacle Church has announced a new accreditation program to “professionalize” Wiccan Clergy. They’re not the first people to try and set something up like this, and they likely […]
Duration:00:30:25
58. Liminal Spaces and the Crossroads
4/29/2023
This month we’re talking about liminality and the spaces in between. The places that don’t really seem to belong where they are, where that sense of unreality kicks in. Where […]
Duration:00:28:56
57. Change the Wheel
3/25/2023
This month on the show we’re answering a question I get a lot, and that’s how do you celebrate the Wheel of the Year if you live somewhere that the […]
Duration:00:23:38
56. “Finger Waggling”
2/25/2023
This month on the show we’re going down a bit more of an unhinged rant than we’ve done lately, as we discuss “finger waggling,” “sit at the foot of the […]
Duration:00:27:25
55. Lucky Girl Syndrome and the Law of Attraction
1/28/2023
This month we’re taking a look at one of New Age spirituality’s most toxic philosophies: The Law of Attraction. We talk about the history of it, where it came from, […]
Duration:00:24:11
54. A Conversation With Aidan Kelly
12/31/2022
Back in September of 2021, we put out an episode all about Mabon and the person who named it, Aidan Kelly. This last October, just over after that podcast episode […]
Duration:00:48:54
53. Modern Witchcraft History (at CritWitchCon 2022)
11/26/2022
This episode of BS-Free Witchcraft is actually a panel from CritWitchCon 2022 this last October. Spend an hour with Alex Wrekk, Bree NicGarran, Lozzie Stardust and myself as we talk […]
52. Another Spooky Episode
10/29/2022
It’s October, and that means we’re in the spookiest of seasons! With that in mind we continue the podcast’s long standing tradition of doing a ghost stories episode! This year […]
51. Consumerism and Witchcraft
9/24/2022
Consumerism has been a driving force in the witchcraft movement since the beginning, but in the age of social media it’s only gotten more visible. Is this a good thing? […]