Goblin Lore Podcast

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast! Back in our forty-ninth episode, Alex and Joe discussed a goblin character that we had not physically seen yet in Magic: the Gathering lore –  Krark , of the Mirrodin goblins – and the clan he founded and inspired. This episode looked at the  Gambler's Fallacy  in the real world! Hobbes had been unable to join and...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast! Back in our forty-ninth episode, Alex and Joe discussed a goblin character that we had not physically seen yet in Magic: the Gathering lore – Krark , of the Mirrodin goblins – and the clan he founded and inspired. This episode looked at the  Gambler's Fallacy in the real world! Hobbes had been unable to join and was particularly...

Hello Podwalkers,   Welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast! For today's episode Alex and Hobbes were joined by the now officially sometimes hose of the cast Chase (aka  ManaCurves ) to discuss what Depression using the story of Karn as the jumping off point. This is part 2 of our discussion on this topic though it has been 9 episodes since part 1 ! There is a joke among the cast that ti...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! Today's episode continues our look at the Legends of Commander Legends. Hobbes and Alex return to some Lore with a look back at the state that Magic Story has been. Using this fantastic article the hosts break down who you can hope to see when you crack this amazing new set. Also we are thankful for feedback, e...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! We missed you all week and are back with a bang (and actual story!). Today's episode looks at the Legends of Commander Legends. Hobbes and Alex return to some Lore with a look back at the state that Magic Story has been. Using this fantastic article the hosts break down who you can hope to see when you crack th...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! And we are back with our Third Episode Using The Color Pie to discuss one of our top 3 Topics (Food). With each episode we find ourselves refining our Color Pie Theory for Food/Cooking. So what better way to do this than the Color Pie of Pie.     Again we would like to state that  Black Lives Mat...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! In addition to bringing you part 2 of our Discussion on Psychographics and Personality we also have a giveaway! This giveaway is different than a lot of the ones we have done before. We are joined by Chris (aka Harmless Offering ) who has a new project working at getting decks into players hands. He created a s...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! Alex is back after a few episodes away and he comes back to the podcast with an episode topic he had been wanting us to cover for awhile. Hobbes and Alex take on Psychographics/Aesthetics when it comes to Magic Players. This is a topic that we've talked around, mentioned, and hinted at but realized we had not tackle...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome to the Goblin Lore Podcast! In today's episode Hobbes is back with another solo episode. After a recent thread on Anger in Magic Story we take a look at Greven and Angrath as they both manage their anger in different ways. Today's episode focuses on learning more about Anger as an emotion and dispelling some myths.   Again we would like to state that ...

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome to the Goblin Lore Podcast! In today's episode Hobbes is revisiting a solo episode that he did  (#38) on the importance of S.M.A.R.T. goals as a motivational and achievement tool, while explaining how Nicol Bolas almost certainly used those kinds of goals to help his long-term planning. We all know how that turned out though... which leads us to Problem Sol...

Hello Podwalkers,   Welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast! It's been a few weeks and today's episode is going to talk a little bit about this unplanned break. It also means that we are not quite ready yet for part 2 of Karn in the Time of Cholera. But it is coming soon! Until then Hobbes is going to catch you up to date on the cast and briefly discuss a project he has been doing #EDHBoxingL...

Hello Podwalkers,   Welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast! For today's episode Alex and Hobbes were joined by the now officially sometimes hose of the cast Chase (aka ManaCurves ) to discuss what Depression using the story of Karn as the jumping off point. This episode will be part 1 of 2 as talking about the real world implications needed a fair amount of time devoted to it (and there were...

Welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast and to a different kind of episode. On the day that this was going to be recorded Hobbes was not feeling well, and Alex stepped up to take the lead to discuss Self-Compassion and Self-Care especially in the era of a Pandemic. This was spurred in part by a talk that he had listened to from a local convention that had been canceled and moved to online. After l...

Welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast as we are once again joined by Michelle Rapp (aka KilnFiendPotter ). Michelle was the first guest of the Goblin Lore Podcast way back in episodes  8  and  9  when she discussed the Color Pie and Art with us! We welcomed her back as we were struck by the discussion in  this article she wrote for Card Kingdom. In Part 1 we discussed he...

Welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast and please welcome our guests for today! We are joined by Michelle Rapp (aka KilnFiendPotter ). Michelle was the first guest of the Goblin Lore Podcast way back in episodes 8 and 9 when she discussed the Color Pie and Art with us! We welcomed her back as we were struck by the discussion in this article she wrote for Card Kingdom. In Part 1 we discuss her cat...

Welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast and please welcome our guests for today! We are joined by  Ced  and Ken from One More Mana (aka  ManaSquad ). These amazing creators are here continuing on fro part 1 of a two part discussion of how they approach EDH/Commander Deck Building. Part 1 covered their individual philosophies while Part 2 looks at how building styles may be influence...

Welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast and please welcome our guests for today! We are joined by Ced and Ken from One More Mana (aka ManaSquad ). These amazing creators are here for part 1 of a two part discussion of how they approach EDH/Commander Deck Building. Part 1 covers their individual philosophies while Part 2 will look how deck building styles may be influenced by the narratives we all...

Welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast, pull up a chair and pour yourself a cup of your favorite drink as we stroll down memory lane. In today's episode Alex and Hobbes are taking things back to the very beginning, 2 years ago, when they were both approached by Joe about a new cast idea. This episode pulls back the curtain to talk about the growth and changes that the cast have had over the past...

Welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast as we take a trip into what Science Fiction may look like in the Magic the Gathering Multiverse. Alex and Hobbes are joined by a local Minneapolis writer, nerd, metalhead, karaoke star, and raconteur( Reinhardt Sanchez ) to take a deeper look into this genre and see where Magic has dipped into this topic and ideas on where this could go from a narrative and...

Welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast and strap your selves in. This is a longer episode due in part to the amazing questions that you all sent us to ask  DeQuan Watson  (one of the hosts of the  Color of Magic  podcast). In part one of a two part series the hosts discussed with DeQuan representation of Characters of Color in Magic Lore with a fair amount of tangential seemin...

Welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast. During the introduction to last week's episode our hosts discussed the importance of taking a more active stance when it comes to social issues. DeQuan Watson (one of the hosts of the Color of Magic podcast) had put out a message stating that he is willing to talk with people who might have questions, both about what they can do and about the presence of Co...

Welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast. After finishing up May as Mental Health Awareness, our Goblin Hosts had taken a week off from the cast. The original plan had been to publish a Goblin Games for the first week of June but with the killing of George Floyd and the protests and unrest the host decided to wait. Both Alex and Hobbes live in Minneapolis and this definitely hit close to home. As s...

Welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast. This is our final episode for #MentalHealthAwareness Month! Hobbes and Alex decided to tackle a heavy topic with Stigma and what better way to do this than to revisit one of our favorite Goblins (Slobad). This episode looks at Slobad and Glissa's stories from a new lens than what we did way back in Episode 19! Stigma is a set of beliefs that are held about...

Welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast. Today we have a solo episode with HobbesQ discussing Mental Health Recovery and Asking for Help. We had originally planned to discuss Stigma this week but that topic ended up being bigger than our prep time and also fitting for the end of #MentalHealthAwareness Month! Hobbes also tried out his fancy new microphone sound booth and realized that it works... a...

Welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast and the return of Chase aka ManaCurves ! We revisit the topic of Social Anxiety in the context of now Social Isolation. The cast discusses what they have been doing to cope with the uncertainty and the distancing and we do not keep this episode to a minimum of Tangents. Also apparently you all have homework so... During the episode we briefly discuss this th...