BS-Free Witchcraft
A monthly podcast on the modern witchcraft movement… minus the usual BS.
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In any movement or group there’s always a pull to do certain things to fit in. There’s an unspoken (or I guess sometimes spoken) peer pressure to do certain performative […]
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April 24, 2021
On this episode, I sit down with Hex Positive‘s Bree NicGarran to talk about openly being a Witch in the modern world. How accepted are witches really these days? What […]
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March 27, 2021
After two fairly depressing episodes, it’s time to move on to something a little less bleak. This time around we’re talking about The Wheel of the Year! Well, at least […]
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February 27, 2021
A couple of years ago we did an episode on the history of the Satanic Panic of the latter half of the twentieth century, but recent events have led us […]
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January 30, 2021
This month we’re attempting to tackle a topic I’ve had on the list for a while: Norse Paganism’s Nazi problem. It’s not exactly the most fun thing in the world, […]
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December 26, 2020
This month on the BS-Free Witchcraft podcast we’re tackling ghosts — which may sound like an October topic, but instead of spooky stories we’re instead going for practical advice on […]
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November 28, 2020
Earlier this year, Hex Positive‘s Bree NicGarran and I sat down to talk about the 1996 movie The Craft. It was a hugely influential film for a whole generation of […]
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October 31, 2020
It’s Halloween. Like, literally. And like every other October episode on the BS-Free Witchcraft podcast, that means we’re talking about personal ghost experiences. Joining me this episode (from all around […]
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September 26, 2020 • 29 min
On this episode of the podcast we’re going towards a more positive note, and talking about a pretty great thing in the larger Witchcraft and Pagan community. I’m joined by […]
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August 29, 2020 • 28 min
So the world is a massive garbage fire at the moment, and we’re all trying to cope. Witchcraft right now isn’t the easiest thing to do, and we need to […]
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July 25, 2020 • 40 min
It’s July, and that means we’re doing another Q&A special where I answer questions from listeners like you. And this year I remembered to record it before I hid in […]
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June 27, 2020 • 84 min
It’s strange to think that a 90s teenage horror/urban fantasy film would be massively culturally important to the modern witchcraft movement, but for a generation of witches that’s exactly what […]
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May 30, 2020 • 31 min
On this installment of the podcast we tackle probably one of the more controversial topics in the modern witchcraft movement: The Burning Times. What were the actual “Burning Times,” where […]
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April 25, 2020 • 34 min
So on last month’s episode we talked about would-be-gurus like Leah Steele. This month we’re instead going to look at her low-budget cousins though: Spell Farms. What’s a Spell Farm? […]
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March 28, 2020 • 35 min
So we don’t talk about a lot of new age gurus, life coaches, and other “spiritual leaders” on this show. But when so called “Wealth Witch” Leah Steele reached out […]
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February 29, 2020 • 30 min
We’ve talked before about how dabbling in witchcraft is not just perfectly acceptable, but should be encouraged. It leaves the question open though — just how does one dabble? With […]
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January 25, 2020 • 26 min
While reading a post on The Wild Hunt I got to thinking about the wild world of self publishing and Witchcraft books. How does a new Witch know if a […]
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December 28, 2019 • 26 min
On this episode of the podcast we are talking about something this show rarely covers — actual practical spellcraft advice. Specifically, we’re just going to talk about candles. Yep, you […]
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November 30, 2019 • 23 min
I got a question in my inbox from a listener asking if whether or not knowing a lot of Wicca was created less than a hundred years ago made it […]
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October 26, 2019 • 66 min
It’s that spooky time of year again. With Halloween and Samhain coming up in a few days, it’s time to talk about ghost stories again. This time around I’m joined […]
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