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The Tauren & The Goblin – Warcraft Story & Lore

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The Tauren & the Goblin is Mash Those Button's podcast that focuses on the story and lore of the World of Warcraft. Each episode, hosts Nick and Katie discuss topics ranging from recent in-game events to Azeroth's titanic history, usually with the added perspective of playing Tauren and Goblin characters, respectively. New episodes are released every other Tuesday.

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#113: On Bastion and Beyond (feat. Edanar) 17.12.2020 1:18:46

Edanar from Clan of Three joins to talk a little about Bastion and the nature of the overall Shadowlands campaign and fight with Katie over goblins and Wisconsin and Arrakoa.

#112: Shadowlands Initial Reactions 03.12.2020 1:15:33

Nick and Katie step through the veil into The Shadowlands and Oribos!

#111: On "Terror by Torchlight" and Nathanos' Return 19.11.2020 1:18:01

Nick and Katie discuss the short story "Terror by Torchlight" and then comment on the cinematic duel between Tyrande and Nathanos.

#110: On Kael'thas Sunstrider 05.11.2020 1:24:03

Before we encounter Kael'thas in the Shadowlands, let's set back our sights on his time on Azeroth and Outland.

#109: Living, Laughing, and Loring (featuring Gin & Ali) 23.10.2020 1:09:56

Gin and Ali from Live, Laugh, Lore come on to talk about Dreadlords, redemption for Arthas, the nature of souls, and more!

#108: On Bolvar Fordragon 08.10.2020 1:00:57

Nick and Katie look over the life of Bolvar Fordragon, from Onyxia to the Wrathgate to the Lich King and now Shadowlands.

#107: On Garrosh Hellscream 01.10.2020 57:47

The sad part of starting a lore podcast after Warlords of Draenor is that we missed our opportunity to talk about Garrosh Hellscream when he was relevant. That all changes now.

#106: On Afterlives: Revendreth 23.09.2020 38:50

To the good listeners of the Tauren & the Goblin, please enjoy this episode on Afterlives: Revendreth.

#105: On Ursoc and Afterlives: Ardenweald 14.09.2020 46:38

Nick starts off at the anger stage of grief while Katie is just sad. Poor Ursoc. He deserved better.

#104: On Draka and Afterlives: Maldraxxus 07.09.2020 1:03:03

We look at Draka's life and then claw in the dark at what is actually going on in Maldraxxus! Felguards??? What could they mean?!?!?

#103: On Uther and Afterlives: Bastion 31.08.2020 1:09:27

Nick and Katie were so gobsmacked by Afterlives: Bastion they had no choice but to talk about Uther and the implications of that short!

#102: On C'Thun and Ahn'Qiraj (feat. CognitivePit) 27.08.2020 1:02:26

CognitivePit from Warcraft Reloaded joins Nick and Katie to talk about C'Thun and the opening of the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj.

#101: Warcraft 101 (feat. Bryce & James) 21.08.2020 1:15:19

Class is in session with Warcraft 101 and Katie brings her boyfriend Bryce and her brother James to be students! Let's test our knowledge!

#100: On Shadows Rising 29.07.2020 1:30:04

Nick and Katie celebrate 100 episodes by talking about Shadows Rising.

Where We're Going (feat. Gin) 24.07.2020 39:49

Gin and Nick talk about spoilers for Shadows Rising before reading the book and also get into some spoilers for Shadowlands leveling.

#99: Where We've Been (feat. Gin) 15.07.2020 1:11:19

Gin from Morally Grey joins Nick to talk about playing through vanilla, race-changing your main, and podcasting.

#98: On Alts (with Spazz Wesson) 01.07.2020 1:11:43

Spazz Wesson joins Katie and Nick as they compare 8.3 to other end of expansion patches and discuss their experiences leveling and playing alts.

#97: On "A Moment in Verse" 17.06.2020 1:11:34

Nick posits the 2020-Azeroth connection. Also, the Titans do some self-exploration? But mainly, we talk about Lor'themar and Thalyssra!

#96: On Loremaster feat. Frazley, Loremaster of Guests 03.06.2020 1:11:36

Frazley joins us to talk about D&D, leveling alts, getting loremaster, and imagining Sylvanas as a gnome.

#95: On N'Zoth 20.05.2020 1:21:38

Nick and Katie discuss the history of N'Zoth and consider his actions. Also, Nick hates helms with horns.

#94: On the Old Gods and Black Empire 06.05.2020 1:05:01

Nick and Katie talk about the Old Gods and the Black Empire and their relationship to death and Earthen Ring and Cuttlefish.

#93: Just the Tauren IV: Spoilers and FFVII 22.04.2020 47:22

Nick talks about the problems with spoilers and then spoils some of the Final Fantasy VII Remake to compare it to Warcraft lore.

#92: On Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker (For Real This TIme!) 09.04.2020 1:07:35

Nick and Katie are back to talk about the history of Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker.

On Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker 01.04.2020 1:01:08

Nick and Katie take a special look at Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker.

#91: On Torghast, Dreadlords, and Shadowlands (feat. Ali) 25.03.2020 1:23:19

Ali from Dungeon Fables and All Things Azeroth is here to talk about the history of Torghast and its relationship to Icecrown Citadel and speculate on Shadowlands!