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ScrubMode Podcast

We're ScrubMode, a podcast about gaming, monsters and the intersection there of. Join us bi-weekly as we talk about monsters "real" and imagined, and poke fun at the goofier aspects of the paranormal and Gaming.

  1. 6 SEPT

    Goblins and Gnomes

    On this episode, we're going GOBLIN MODE. We gush about our love for goblins, trace their weird fantasy history and learn about how Hobgoblins went from fireplace guardians to the meanest goblinoids on the block. Then we talk about gnomes, and that one time they destroyed a town in Switzerland. We also ramble about some of the weirder Germanic folklore characters, and that one time Santa's elves drank blood. You're gonne get GNOMED

    1h 4m

  2. 23 AUG

    The Wizard Civil War

    https://linktr.ee/scrubmode Today we talk about the founding of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, all the places it cribbed stuff from, and its hilarious and tragic collapse into WIZARD CIVIL WAR. Alchemists, mages, poets, revolutionaries and maybe the fattest drop kick of all time. We got it all. Thank you Jesse Sanders for making our music. Partisan Review 1948 Witches and Witchcraft, by Dean Miller https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/william-butler-yeats-aleister-crowley-magic-duel https://www.openculture.com/2016/10/aleister-crowley-william-butler-yeats-get-into-an-occult-battle.html https://www.theguardian.com/books/1997/sep/07/biography.wbyeats https://toarumajutsunoindex.fandom.com/wiki/Battle_of_Blythe_Road https://brewminate.com/secretly-metaphysical-the-hermetic-order-of-the-golden-dawn-in-the-19th-and-20th-centuries/ https://www.llewellyn.com/encyclopedia/article_print.php?article=4697 https://www.llewellyn.com/encyclopedia/article/35 https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/36-blythe-road https://mulberryhall.medium.com/odd-this-day-eb0ab552f3b3

    1h 0m

  3. 9 AUG

    Gibbering Mouthers and Gnolls

    https://linktr.ee/scrubmode Today we talk about Gibbering Mouthers, a montrous tool box with a ton of cool abilities. Then we talk about their Lovecraftian inspiration, dunk on HPL, and voice our support for Shoggoth freedom. Plus, the Indie reverse-horror game Carrion. Next we talk about Gnolls, why you shouldn't sell rope to them, the voice stealing Leu/crocutta, tar divers, and real life Dire animals. At the Mountains of Madness, https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/70652 https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/12/lovecraft-joshi-shoggoth-ai-meme.html https://d-infinity.net/posts/fiction/man-who-sold-rope-gnoles  The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles, by Margaret St. Clair, as found in the following collection: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9781907222740/appendix-n/  https://www.amazon.com/Appendix-Eldritch-Roots-Dungeons-Dragons/dp/190722274X https://www.theoi.com/Thaumasios/Leukrokotai.html http://dnd.etherealspheres.com/eBooks/DnD_3.5/Faerun%20Setting/11832%20-%20Monster%20Compendium%20-%20Monsters%20of%20Faerun.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocotta https://abookofcreatures.com/2021/02/22/corocotta/ And the 5th ed Monster Manual. The Views of HP Lovecraft do not reflect the views of the podcast.

    57 min

  4. 26 JUL

    Giants

    https://linktr.ee/scrubmode The gang talks about Giants in this one. The five true giants of DnD, the Giant Cheez-it, and some giants from around the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons) https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/201708/what-are-the-creative-origins-of-the-storm-giant Spooky Archaeology by Jeb Card. https://archive.org/details/LovelockCaveLoudAndHarrington1929 http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Mi-Ni/Monsters.html https://archive.org/stream/senecalegendymyth00curtrich/senecalegendymyth00curtrich_djvu.txt https://sacred-texts.com/nam/ca/dow/dow73.htm https://yokai.com/umibouzu/ https://aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus/en/gentiles/ar-62712/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olentzero https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ispolin https://medium.com/five-guys-facts/carnivorous-plants-d347b9706179 And the 5th Ed Monster Manual

    1h 7m

  5. 12 JUL

    Jinn and Jinn accesories

    https://linktr.ee/scrubmode This episode we're talking the hidden ones, the beings of smokeless fire, genies AKA the Jinn. Fascinating creatures with huge folkloric foot print that stretches from Morocco to Indonesia, and from the pre-Islamic age all the way to today. We talk about traditional ways of placating or defending against the Jinn. Plus, some modern 'tactical' Jinn hunting techniques found on YouTube. We also look at the specific types of Jinn in both DnD and folklore, such as the Efreet, Marid, Hinn and Ghoul. Sources Big thanks to our main source Islam, Arabs, and the Intelligent World of the Jinn Amira El-Zein. https://press.syr.edu/supressbooks/316/islam-arabs-and-intelligent-world-of-the-jinn/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/9k7ekv/what-are-jinn-arab-spirits https://www.islamawareness.net/Jinn/hyjinn.html https://www.birgun.net/haber/ankara-mayor-gokcek-gulen-has-jinns-he-controls-people-with-them-121670 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1181833/ https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofun0000curr/page/196/mode/2up?view=theater And the 5th Ed Monster Manual Some Modern Jinn Defense Techniques https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlCBHMWg1bw https://youtu.be/Gb2BKjebQjI?si=tHvF3Mr7ichmPMnV&t=393 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtq-4iXJaMQ

    58 min

  6. 28 JUN

    Grab Bag of Weird and Spooky Stories

    Jon needs a little more time to research the next episode so we're going to the grab bag for cool monsters and tales that're too short to be their own episodes. We talk about a gurgling tree dolphin, a brain eating bear, friendly vampires, a real-life super villain, and a real-life Scooby Doo case with tragic consequences. For more on the vampires be sure to check out the great CM Kosemen's full lecture on them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxs4dgiItwA

    1h 6m

  7. 14 JUN

    Gargoyles and Ghosts

    https://linktr.ee/scrubmode This week we have some paranormal hot goss for you (at least at time of recording). Then we're talking about gargoyles and their weird path from hyper-local french dragon to DnD monster. We also talk about ghosts. Are these spooks really universal? Also the oldest haunted house story ever recorded, and it's weird connection to Red Lobster. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargoyle  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargoyle_(monster) https://ascholarlyskater.com/2013/12/02/la-gargouille-the-evil-dragon-gargoyle-of-rouen/ https://lainhart.medium.com/legend-of-the-gargoyle-5c30e063a37f https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Gargoyle https://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20211253  https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70288/pg70288-images.html https://www.naturalhistorymag.com/picks-from-the-past/12476/shakespeare-in-the-bush https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7560/725072?turn_away=true

    59 min

  8. 31 MAY

    We Finally Watch the DND Movie

    The three of us finally talk about the DnD movie, and what we thought about it. https://linktr.ee/scrubmode

    1h 8m
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We're ScrubMode, a podcast about gaming, monsters and the intersection there of. Join us bi-weekly as we talk about monsters "real" and imagined, and poke fun at the goofier aspects of the paranormal and Gaming.

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  • Creator
    Julio Adan Villanueva
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2024
  • Episodes
    76
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Julio Adan Villanueva
  • Show Website
    ScrubMode

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