Goblin Lore Podcast

Hello Podwalkers,   Welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast! For today's episode Alex and Hobbes were joined by regular contributor to the cast Chase (aka ManaCurves ) to discuss what Social Anxiety is and what is not. This episode is a deeper dive into a topic that has come up across multiple episodes. Today we focus on the fight or flight (or freeze) mechanism that underlies anxiety and we...

Hello Podwalkers,   Welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast! It's finally here y'all! Our Big Epic 500 follower giveaway (only 150+ followers later). We definitely made up for it. On this shorter episode we also do a check in on our return and solicit feedback on what is working and what we could improve on! Please reach out with that! ____________________________________________ Remember: We...

Hello Podwalkers,   Welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast! Today's episode focuses on Goblins in Magic with a very special guest. Wizards's own Gavin Verhey! Brief note, we want to thank Gavin for dealing with technical issues which meant that at times he cut out from Alex and I being able to here him. He was gracious about this and allowed us to still get a great conversation going about b...

Hello Podwalkers,   Welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast! Today's episode focuses on Card Names in Magic. It started out as a Goblin Game episode but as we progressed (with minimal tangents) it was clear this episode needed more time. Alex introduces us to the ways in which Names can function within design space, and also how they are a limited resource that Wizards has to manage. This bec...

Hello Podwalkers,   Welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast! Today's episode marks Part 2 of our conversation with 2 time World Series Champion (San Francisco Giants where he is returning this Spring), 4x All-Star, and  Game Shop Owner  Hunter Pence ( @hunterpence ). In this episode Hunter talks more about being a Pro Athlete to play Magic as well as what the Gathering means to him....

Hello Podwalkers,   Welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast! Today's episode is a conversation that tangentially relates to what sports might look like in the Magic Multiverse. Guest for this episode is 2 time World Series Champion (San Francisco Giants where he is returning this Spring), 4x All-Star, and Game Shop Owner Hunter Pence ( @hunterpence ). This is part one as Hunter had a lot to d...

Hello Podwalkers,   Welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast! Today's episode includes a very special guest (Chase @manacurves ) talking with the Gobbos about different approaches to setting Resolutions and learning how to carry those through the year. Alex shares his personal method that he has developed over the last several years. Somehow we end up talking about Scooby Doo?  __________...

Hello Podwalkers,   Welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast! It's been awhile but we are back. What is that going to look like from now on? You'll have to listen to find out! It will be a few weeks until our next episode and we are hoping to improve audio issues before then. But we wanted to make sure people knew what was going on! We miss you and we cannot wait to return with the kind of pro...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome to the Goblin Lore Podcast! In our fifty-ninth episode, the whole goblin crew is battening down the skyship's hatches as they try to get a handle on Impostor Syndrome and how it relates to Tiana's story in the "Dominaria" arc. ____________________________________________ We have a  Patreon ! You can join at the $1 "Goblin Bangchucker" tier, which gets you a...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome to the Goblin Lore Podcast! In our fifty-eighth episode, Joe and Alex discuss Memnarch's Panopticon from the Mirrodin stories, how that relates to the philosophical discipline and surveillance idea of the panopticon by Michel Foucault, and what that all has to do with those handy-dandy video doorbells we all seem to have on our houses now. Because the creepiest...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome to the Goblin Lore Podcast! In our fifty-seventh episode, Joe pitches his idea for a Magic: the Gathering movie, and offers up a rough casting idea that he would love to see. ____________________________________________ We have a  Patreon ! You can join at the $1 "Goblin Bangchucker" tier, which gets you access to our private Discord server where you can ta...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome to the Goblin Lore Podcast! In our fifty-sixth episode, Hobbes and Joe tackle the very uncomplicated issue of evil. Two of your goblin trio take on the nature of evil and good – are they universal or subjective concepts? what are indicators of evil actions? what's the difference between a villain, an antagonist, and an anti-hero? – and sift through some examples...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome to the Goblin Lore Podcast! In our fifty-fifth episode, your favorite goblins discuss the linguistic roots and psychological and sociological purpose of curse words (that's right: cusses and swears) in the Magic: the Gathering Multiverse! Why do we swear? Where do swears come from? How would these "oaths" and "expletives" occur in the Multiverse? Don't worry; th...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome to the Goblin Lore Podcast! In our fifty-fourth episode, your favorite goblins discuss their own personal Magic: the Gathering Color Pie identities and what categorization can (and can't) describe about a person! Do you see your labels as descriptive or prescriptive? In this episode, we discuss why it's okay to be Black-aligned sometimes, how the Guilds, Cl...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome to the Goblin Lore Podcast! In our fifty-third episode, your favorite goblins place common condiments in a color pie, figuring out an ethos for sauces as a Patreon patron request by Zak Leubner (@Zak_SHWAP). Thanks for the excellent suggestion! This episode touches on a fast food restaurant rant, the racism behind MSG fear, "tactical bacon", and more! __________...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome to the Goblin Lore Podcast! In our fifty-second episode, Joe Redemann (@Fyndhorn) celebrates Labor Day by discussing the potential for an Aether Revolt in real life. What do Pia Nalaar and Karl Marx have in common, and where do the Weldfast and modern-day America diverge in their potential for societal reshaping? Class, magic, and social policy merge in this epi...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome to the Goblin Lore Podcast! In our fifty-first episode, Joe Redemann (@Fyndhorn) cracks open the dusty pages of the comic collection and true crime stories while discussing what the preview chapter of Throne of Eldraine: The Wildered Quest means for the return of Garruk Wildspeaker , the introduction of Oko (our first faerie planeswalker), and the assembling of...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome to the Goblin Lore Podcast! In our fiftieth episode, Chase Carroll (@manacurves on Twitter) seizes control of the show and turns it into Faerie Aerie – the Planar Chaos alternate present timeshifted version of our podcast. In the Aerie's debut episode, Chase brings on three lore experts in Hobbes Q. (@HobbesQ), Alex Newman (@AlexanderNewm), and Joe Redemann (@Fy...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome to the Goblin Lore Podcast! In our forty-ninth episode, Alex and Joe discuss a goblin character not yet physically seen in Magic: the Gathering lore – Krark , of the Mirrodin goblins – and the clan he founded and inspired. This clan of goblins was the one that adopted Slobad when he was found cast out into the wilderness, but they are superstitious and irrationa...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome to the Goblin Lore Podcast! cw, tw: suicide, suicidal thoughts, depression In our forty-eighth episode, psychologist-in-training Chase (@manacurves on Twitter) wraps up our discussion on how Magic: the Gathering has handled suicide and suicidal thoughts in its stories – from Gideon Jura, to Chandra Nalaar, to the Primeval dragon Darigaaz. In an  articl...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome to the Goblin Lore Podcast! cw, tw: suicide, suicidal thoughts, depression In our forty-seventh episode, psychologist-in-training Chase (@manacurves on Twitter) comes on to discuss how Magic: the Gathering has handled suicide and suicidal thoughts in its stories – from Gideon Jura, to Chandra Nalaar, to the Primeval dragon Darigaaz. In an article on our web...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome to the Goblin Lore Podcast! In our forty-sixth episode, your favorite frogtossers and bangchuckers pull up their favorite goblin-related flavor text from Magic: the Gathering cards and spend nearly an hour laugh-crying about them. Thank you to Taya Steere, one of our Patreon members at the $3 Goblin Haberdashers level, who recommended this topic t...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome to the Goblin Lore Podcast! In our forty-fifth episode, the goblin crew opens up their mailbag for YOUR QUESTIONS with Australian artist (now in Germany)  Adam Paquette  ( @AdamPaquette )! Make sure you check out the beginning to the mailbag in last week's show . Adam answers the important questions in this one, like how he worked on improving his...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome to the Goblin Lore Podcast! In our forty-fourth episode, the goblin crew opens up their mailbag for YOUR QUESTIONS with Australian artist (now in Germany)  Adam Paquette  ( @AdamPaquette )!  Adam details his personal art – currently exploring the Berlin nightlife and its club culture, which does not allow photography – and discusses how he wa...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome to the Goblin Lore Podcast! In our forty-third episode, the goblins put a bow on their War of the Spark coverage (for now) by discussing what it means to close off story space in narratives. Why would authors ever kill off characters when it means they won't get to use them again? Why do we keep some of the best "big bad" villains around? And, of course, ho...