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Episode 261 – Cunning Folk with Tabitha Stanmore

Best. Road Trip. Ever.

Summary:

We get to sit down and chat with Dr. Tabitha Stanmore, author of Cunning Folk and historian of folk magic and service magicians in the Early Modern period! We chat about missing spoons, modern service magic, and just which of the cunning folk she’d slap with a fish given the opportunity. It’s a wonderful chat so we hope you enjoy!

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Producer for this show:

This episode is sponsored in part by listener Pretty Poisons Witch. We’ll be sending along several itinerant magicians with our thanks to perform some spells on your behalf shortly! Thank you for your support!

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Links for our guest:

You can buy Cunning Folk at bookstores everywhere (and we highly recommend it!)
You can find out more about Dr. Stanmore and her work at her website
Cory also mentions Euan Cameron’s Enchanted Europe in this episode

Books and Things:

Please consider ordering our collaborative book Conjuring the Commonplace: A Guide to Everyday Enchantment and Junk Drawer Magic from 1000Volt Press! It’s available for purchase on Bookshop, Amazon, or from your local bookstore!

You can now buy Cory’s book, New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic! (also available from Amazon) and the recent release Llewellyn’s Complete Book of North American Folk Magic as well (also available on Amazon)!

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Promos and Music: Title music is “Woman Blues,” by Paul Avgerinos. All music is licensed from Audio Socket (#35954) or used under CC 2.0 license (from Kevin Macleod).

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Episode 250 – The Last Witch with Annika Hylmo

Exonerating Elizabeth Johnson, Jr.

Saving Elizabeth Johnson, Jr.

Summary: This time around we’re chatting with filmmaker Annika Hylmo about her work documenting a middle school class that exonerated the last convicted witch in the Salem Trials, Elizabeth Johnson, Jr.

Producer for this show: This episode is sponsored in part by listener AthenaBeth. We’ll be providing you with magical dry erase markers for all your enchanted chalk-talk needs!

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The transcript for this episode is available on our Transcripts page.

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Promos and Music: Title music is “Woman Blues,” by Paul Avgerinos. All music is licensed from Audio Socket (#35954).

Episode 200 – Folk Magic in Court

Summary:

We hexed the law and the law…turned into a lot of Disney references? We look at the history of witchcraft and the law in North America, a variety of court case workings, and discuss spells that keep one far away from the long arm of the law. Plus our monthly card reading and a listener email about a crafty and creative mirror box!

Producer for this show:

Our Patreon supporter for this episode is listener Jamie, whom we have deigned our official Witches’ Tribunal Bailiff (which also makes them liable for wrangling any and all flying monkeys). Our immense appreciation goes out to Jamie, and to all of our listeners and supporters!

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We call order in the court by talking about a few different books. Cory discusses the history of witchcraft and its legal entanglements based on material in historian Owen Davies’ America Bewitched as well as David Hall’s Worlds of Wonder Days of Judgment. We also get into court case workings found in Judika Illes’ Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells and Backwoods Witchcraft by Jake Richards, too. (As well as mentioning a few of the examples from Cory’s book, of course)

You can now buy Cory’s book, New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic! (also available from Amazon)

Please note that clicking on links may provide some monetary compensation to New World Witchery.

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Promos and Music:

Title music is “Woman Blues,” by Paul Avgerinos. All music is licensed from Audio Socket.

Please consider supporting us by purchasing our promotional items in the New World Witchery Threadless shop or by joining our Patreon supporters.

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!

Please think about checking out our Audible Trial program. Visit Audibletrial.com/newworldwitchery to get your free trial of Audible, where you can download over 180,000 titles (including some narrated by Cory). Your purchases help support this show, and there’s no obligation to continue after the free trial