New World Witchery -The Folk Magician's Notebook

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Episode 258 - Witchcraft for Wayward Girls with Grady Hendrix Mar 14, 2025

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Summary:

We interview horror author Grady Hendrix about his latest book, Witchcraft for Wayward Girls. The discussion covers maternity homes, occult paperbacks, fears of satanic feminism from centuries gone by, and so much more!

Please check out our ⁠Patreon⁠ page! You can help support the show for as little as a dollar a month, and get some awesome rewards at the same time. Even if you can’t give, spread the word and let others know, and maybe we can make New World Witchery even better than it is now.

Producer for this show:

Our producing supporter this month is Achija Branvin Sionach, and we’ll be sending you our cursed bookmobile full of haunted tomes to select a favorite as a token of our gratitude soon!

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Find out more about Grady at his website
Pick up Witchcraft for Wayward Girls at bookshop.org and other online stores
Learn more about maternity homes in The Girls Who Went Away by Anne Fessler
Read the Letterboxd review that sparked Grady's story

Music:

Title music is “Woman Blues,” by Paul Avgerinos licensed from ⁠Audio Socket⁠ (#35954). Incidental music by Kevin MacLeod, CC 2.0 license.

Complete shownotes and transcript at ⁠www.newworldwitchery.com

Special Episode - Folk Magicians Notebook - March 2025 Mar 05, 2025

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Summary: We hear about our lunar forecast for March, pull some emotional cards, help a horse get some justice, and get advice from (smug) birds!

Please check out our Patreon page!

You can help support the show for as little as a dollar a month, and get some awesome rewards at the same time. Even if you can’t give, spread the word and let others know, and maybe we can make New World Witchery even better than it is now.

Producers for this show:Elle, Bree, Victoria & Keifel of 1000 Volt Press, Lauren, Cate, Sierra, Lisa, Donna, Liz, Meg, Vee, Mark, Kels, Benjamin, AromaG’s Botanica, DanielKnits, Abbi of Morningstar Coven, Stephanie, Jenna, Donna, Jennifer, Fergus, Heather, Christopher, Ralph of the Holle's Haven Podcast, Jamie, Catherine, Achija Branvin Sionach, Jen Rue of Rue & Hyssop, AthenaBeth, and Conjured Cardea! Our sincere thanks to everyone supporting us!

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We highly recommend that you find an almanac or lunar-oriented datebook to help you with planning out your own magical year. Some we can recommend:

The Witches Almanac

Llewellyn's Astrological Pocket Planner

Writual Planner

Or your local Farmer's Almanac!

You can find a transcript of this episode at our Transcripts page.

Folktale of the Month: "The Silent Plaintiff"

See our article Watching Birds for more bird lore.

Title and closing music are “Runaround (AM Radio),” by Aaron Solomon, and is licensed from Audio Socket. (License #1273). Additional incidental music Kevin Macleod, from Free Music Archive and used under a CC 2.0 license.

Sound effects from Freesound.org and in the Public Domain. Additional "rooster" sound effect from Darina Evstafeva from Pixabay.

If you like us AND you like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, you will love our new show: Myth Taken: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast, now available through all the podcatchers! You can also check out Cory's folklore show, Chasing Foxfire, where he explores the intersection of folklore and topics like history, medicine, science, nature, literature, pop culture, and more!

Complete shownotes available at www.newworldwitchery.com

Episode 257 - Folk Magic of Romanistan Feb 21, 2025

Show notes

Summary:

We chat with Jezmina Von Thiele and Paulina Stevens about their work with preserving Roma traditions, the role of magic in Romani culture, and their work on their show Romanistan.

Please check out our Patreon page! You can help support the show for as little as a dollar a month, and get some awesome rewards at the same time. Even if you can’t give, spread the word and let others know, and maybe we can make New World Witchery even better than it is now.

Producer for this show:

Our producing supporter this month is AthenaBeth. You have our gratitude, and the cards we’ve pulled for you this month are the Three of Swords, the Tower, and…the Happy Squirrel?

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