BS-Free Witchcraft

Trae Dorn
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A monthly podcast on the modern witchcraft movement… minus the usual BS.

  1. 94. Respect

    1 DAY AGO

    94. Respect

    One of the biggest challenges in building a real community in the modern witchcraft movement is, honestly, the lack of respect a lot of folks show each other. From asserting that unverified personal gnosis is fact to spreading misinformation, it's a huge issue. Well, we need to fix that.

    37 min
  2. 93. Gatekeeping.

    28 MAR

    93. Gatekeeping.

    One of the topics I've wanted to cover on this show for the longest time is gatekeeping in witchcraft spaces. It was on my original list of topics when I started the show, and it just kept getting knocked down the list. My opinion has evolved a lot over the years though, and the take I have now is in many ways completely different than what it would have been if I'd made this episode when the show first started. And hopefully it's a journey you're willing to take with me.

    36 min
  3. 92. Curse Your Enemies

    28 FEB

    92. Curse Your Enemies

    A long time ago I made a joke post on Tumblr called "Beginner Witch Tips" where I included the advice to curse your enemies. But just like how the item "Fight a God" went from tongue in cheek to genuine advice, this one was always partially serious too. So this month, I'm going to explain why I think you should just start dishing out the curses to everyone who deserves it. Remember, cursing is self care.

    27 min
  4. 91. “Ancient” Practices

    31 JAN

    91. “Ancient” Practices

    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?

    34 min
  5. 90. Nighttime.

    27/12/2025

    90. Nighttime.

    I'm getting a bit contemplative at the end of the year, and this month we're talking about the importance of the mystery of the night. Everything feels just a little more magical in the dark, and why that just feels right as a witch. That's right, we're talking about an aesthetic this time around. Who would have guessed?

    36 min
  6. 89. What Makes Wicca Wicca?

    29/11/2025

    89. What Makes Wicca Wicca?

    One of the biggest things I think a lot of older witches take for granted is that people understand what makes Wicca, well, Wicca. While we’ve discussed the history before, and last month talked about the weird anti-Wicca backlash, I think there are a lot of misconceptions about how this incredibly diverse religion is practiced. Frankly, just the fact that it is largely an orthopraxic religion and not an orthodoxic one is a concept a lot of folks raised in predominantly Christian frameworks struggle with. So let’s talk about it.

    38 min
  7. 88. Wicca Bad? Featuring Thumper Forge

    25/10/2025

    88. Wicca Bad? Featuring Thumper Forge

    If you spend any amount of time on social media these days, especially TikTok, you'll find a surprising amount of anti-Wiccan sentiment... and a lot of it's pretty weird. Thumper Forge, Gardnerian Wiccan and author of the forthcoming The Chaos Apple, joins me as we, frankly, debunk some of the worst of it and talk about why we think this has happened.

  8. 87. A Season of Change

    27/09/2025

    87. A Season of Change

    This episode marks seven years of this podcast, and as we start the eighth, I decided that it was time we looked back on how much things have changed in the modern witchcraft space since then, along with how different things are since I first became a witch over twenty-five years ago. Because what is witchcraft if it's not change? Also, I'm standing in a park most of the episode, which is why it sounds like that.

    34 min
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About

A monthly podcast on the modern witchcraft movement… minus the usual BS.

Information

  • Creator
    Trae Dorn
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    94
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Trae Dorn
  • Show Website
    BS-Free Witchcraft

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