Books and Broomsticks
By Frankie Castanea & Matt Hatter Plays
Winner of the "Outstanding New Podcast of the Year" and "Exceptional Podcast Episode of the Year" awards in the 2022 Witchies.
Books and BroomsticksDec 16, 2021
Our Practices - Then vs Now
Follow ChaoticWitchAunt and MattHatterPlays today as they chat about what each of their practices look like now vs back in the day! (Disclaimer Matt has drastically changed his work schedule and Frankie had a injured foot so this episode is a little more LOFI in vibe.)
Working with the Seasons
Join the co-hosts as they discuss the changing of the seasons, deity work with the seasons, and more about tuning in to the world around you and utilizing it in your practice.
Ukrainian Folk Magic with Madame Pamita
Join Matt and Frankie and guest Madame Pamita as they talk about Ukrainian magic, history, practice, and more in this episode of Books and Broomsticks.
Academic Articles in your Practice
Join Matt and Frankie as they discuss the importance of academic articles, sourcing and reading academic articles, and more in this episode of Books and Broomsticks.
Incense Crafting
Join Matt and Frankie as they discuss creating incense and the importance of smell. They chat about everything from gathering materia to favorite smells and even share a couple recipes for you to try if you wanted.
Italian Curses
Join Matt and Frankie as they discuss malocchio, jettature, fatture, and other maledizioni as well as whether or not it's appropriate to utilize these spells within the context of the folk magic.
Oil Making with the Death Witch
Join Matt and Frankie as they welcome their newest guest, The Death Witch of Death Witch Oils, to discuss oil crafting and crafting other magical items.
r/Witch: Does Technology Attract Negativity?
Join Matt and Frankie on their second r/Witch episode, discussing land spirits, the term "baby witch", if technology attracts negativity, and more.
High John the Conqueror Root w/ HoodooMoses
Join Matt and Frankie as they welcome back Hoodoo Moses to talk about High John the Conqueror root, the story of High John, working with roots, and more.
Find Hoodoo Moses:
https://www.hoodoomoses.com/
https://www.instagram.com/hoodoomoses/?hl=en
Disability-Friendly Witchcraft
Join Matt and Frankie as they discuss disability-friendly witchcraft as two disabled folks.
Dybbukim w/ Jewitches
Find Jewitches:
Website: www.jewitches.com/
Blog: www.jewitches.com/blog
Instagram: www.instagram.com/jewitches/?hl=en and www.instagram.com/shopjewitches/?hl=en
Our Ten Favorite Witchy Movies
Join Matt and Frankie as they discuss their favorite witchy movies, least favorite, and everything in between.
Italian American Folk Medicine w/ Lisa Fazio
Join Matt and Frankie as they welcome their newest guest, Lisa Fazio of the Root Circle, to discuss Italian American Folk Medicine in the newest installment of their Regional Folk Magic series.
r/Witch
Join Matt and Frankie as they dive into the r/Witch subreddit and dole out advice for three particular questions.
Burnout and the Craft
Join Matt and Frankie as they discuss burnout and how it affects our practices.
Jewish Folk Medicine w/ Jewitches
Join Matt and Frankie as they talk to Jewitches for the next installment of their Regional Folk Magic series!
Find Jewitches:
Website: https://www.jewitches.com/
Blog: https://www.jewitches.com/blog
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jewitches/?hl=en and https://www.instagram.com/shopjewitches/?hl=en
Unexpected Entities: St Guinefort
Join Matt and Frankie as they discuss the next installment in their Unexpected Entities series, Saint Guinefort, the Greyhound Saint!
B&B After Dark: Matt and Frankie Figure Out Astrology
Join Matt and Frankie as they welcome Warrior Witch Nike to discuss all things astrology for a very special Books and Broomsticks After Dark episode. Do you know what void of course moon is? We certainly don't!
Anniversary Episode: New Year's Eve & Day Magic
Join Matt and Frankie as they celebrate the one year anniversary of the birth of Books and Broomsticks, as well as discuss New Year's Eve & Day magic for the masses!
Christmas vs Yule
Join Matt and Frankie as they discuss the differences between Yule, the Winter Solstice, and Christmas, talk about their winter holiday plans, and give an answer to the age-old question: Can pagans celebrate Christmas?
Pet Magic
Join Matt and Frankie as they discuss pet magic, including Saints ruling over pets, spells with your pets, and more!
Meditation 101 w/ Mx Kant Even
Join Matt and Frankie as they welcome their newest guest, Mx Keshav Kant Even, to discuss meditation 101. Tune in to hear them discuss their definitions of meditation, meditation in the Western world versus Dharmic faiths, starting meditation, and more.
Find Mx Kant Even:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mxkanteven
Website: https://www.mxkanteven.com/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mxkanteven/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MxKantEven/
The Problem with New Age Spirituality
Join Matt and Frankie as they discuss their qualms with New Age Spirituality, including starseeds, indigo children, cultural appropriation, antisemitic conspiracies, and more.
Want early access to our content, unedited video episodes, and more? Support us by pledging on Patreon!
Italian Folk Magic w/ Dr Angela Puca
Join Matt and Frankie as they welcome Dr Angela Puca to discuss the tradition of Segnature, Italian witchcraft and folk magic, and more.
Find Dr Puca:
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPSbip_LX2AxbGeAQfLp-Ig
The Tradition of Segnature: https://jisasr.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/the-tradition-of-segnature-underground-indigenous-practices-in-italy-pdf.pdf
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/angela_symposium/?hl=en
Unexpected Entities: Delilah
Join Matt and Frankie as they discuss entities that people don't usually think to work with, or "Unexpected Entities" for short. Have an entity you feel is unexpected? Let us know on Twitter or Instagram!
Folk Catholicism w/ the Red Text Podcast
Join Matt and Frankie as they welcome Fonzie and Ryan, co-hosts of the Red Text podcast, to discuss folk Catholicism.
Listen to the Red Text: https://open.spotify.com/show/3iBuU4BZ390BiSrfTna58n
Find Fonzie: https://www.instagram.com/witchilumicente/
Find Ryan: https://www.instagram.com/themestizomystic/?hl=en
Is Folk Magic Witchcraft?
Join Matt and Frankie as they discuss a nuanced and hot button topic - is folk magic witchcraft?
Korean Folk Magic & Shamanism w/ Neo Mudang
Join Matt and Frankie as they welcome their newest guest, Ji Hae aka NeoMudang, to discuss Korean folk magic & Shamanism. Tune in to hear them talk about toilet goddesses, toenail goblins, hungry ghost offerings, and more.
Misconceptions of Ingredients
Join Matt and Frankie as they discuss misconceptions of ingredients, such as rosemary, lemons, jars, and getting creative with your spells.
Welsh Witchcraft w/ Mhara Starling
Join Matt and Frankie as they welcome Mhara Starling, author of "Welsh Witchcraft" to discuss their book, Welsh folk holidays and practices, and more!
Get Mhara’s Book: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/welsh-witchcraft-mhara-starling/1139562959
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkc4iRymvz4t619FEk5dFfA
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mhara_starling/?hl=en
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MharaStarling?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
Haunted Items: Annabelle
Join Matt and Frankie as they debut their second Haunted Items episode on Annabelle the doll, including backstory, ideas on cursed items, and their hot takes on the Warrens.
German Folk Magic w/ A Hearth Witch
Join Matt and Frankie as they welcome A Heart Witch for their next episode of Regional Folk Magic. Tune in as they discuss German vs Germanic, the roots of German folk magic, some German American traditions, and how to start connecting and practicing German folk magic.
Spirit Work 101
Join Matt and Frankie as they discuss starting spirit work, relationships with spirits, ideas around spirits, practical things to help you begin spirit work, and more.
Irish Folk Magic w/ Eoin an Cailleach
Join Matt and Frankie as they welcome Eoin an Cailleach as their guest to discuss Irish Folk Magic as the second installment of their Regional Folk Magic series! Tune in to hear them chat about the Sidhe (the Fair Folk), “Celtic” deities and pantheons, An Morrigan versus Na Morrigna, the importance of politics in Irish folk magic, and Catholicism in Irish folk magic.
Books and Broomsticks After Dark: F*ck, Marry, K*ll - Cryptids
Welcome to Books and Broomsticks After Dark, Episode 2 - F*ck, Marry, Kill with Cryptids.
Disclaimer: This video is purely for entertainment purposes. Bestiality is bad and not tolerated by our podcast. Please do not take this episode seriously and seek out any of the listed cryptids (except for maybe Mothman) to f*ck.
Slavic Witchcraft w/ Vlasta
Join Matt and Frankie as they welcome their guest, Vlasta of @gentleheartsunite to discuss Slavic folk magic and witchcraft. Tune in to hear them talk about Rasputin, village witchcraft, domovoys, and more.
Sources mentioned by Vlasta:
The Bathhouse at midnight by W.F. Ryan
The World of Russian village Women by Laura J. Olson and Svetlana Adonyeva
the Folklore of Owls
Join Matt and Frankie as they dedicate an episode to owls - the folklore of owls, the usage of symbols of bad luck as protective charms, the civette and the guffo, the Guardians of Ga’hoole, and more.
Ancestor Work & Veneration w/ That Honey Witch
Join Matt and Frankie as they welcome their newest guest, Honey, to discuss ancestor veneration & work. Tune in to hear them talk about who the ancestors are, ways everyone can venerate their ancestors, ceramic pots, and their experiences with working with their ancestors.
Our Patreon is now live! Support us here.
Find That Honey Witch:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thathoneywitch/
Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thathoneywitch?lang=en
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thathoneywitch
Colorado Cryptids
Join Matt and Frankie as they discuss land whales, dinosours, and vampires, oh my!
Support us through our Patreon.
Queer Witchcraft w/ Southern Bramble
Matt and Frankie welcome the co-hosts of Southern Bramble Podcast, Marshall (Witch of Southern Light) and Austin (BanexBramble) to discuss queer witchcraft. Tune in to hear us talk about:
- queerness & witchcraft
- how our queerness affects our Craft
- divine feminine & masculine in the paradigm of queer identity
- our favorite queer witchcraft authors and podcasts right now
- & more!
Our Patreon is now live! Support us here!
Land Veneration and Working with the Land
Join Matt and Frankie as they discuss land veneration and working with the land, including why you should venerate the land, experiences they’ve had after honoring and working with the land, the ethical harvest, how to tell that things are going well with the land, and Frankie’s first experience seeing a raven.
Our Patreon is now live! Support us HERE.
Ethical Astrology w/ Nike the Warrior Witch
Join Matt and Frankie as they welcome their guest, Warrior Witch Nike to discuss ethical astrology, modern vs traditional astrology, rising signs and appearance, calling astrology “space racism”, planetary relationships, and more.
Our Patreon is now live! Support us here.
Find Nike:
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/WarriorWitchNike?app=desktop
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/warriorwitchnike/?hl=en
Twitter: https://twitter.com/warriorwitchn?lang=en
Tripwire Spells
Join Matt and Frankie as they discuss "tripwire" spells, if/then statements, proactive warding, and more.
Thanks to our Patreon for choosing this episode!
Our Least Favorite Witchy Takes
Join Matt and Frankie to discuss their least favorite witchy takes, porn on Tumblr (or lack thereof), strongly worded emails, and more.
Our Patreon is now live! Support us here!
B&B After Dark: Musings w/ Moses of the Holy Mountain
Join Matt and Frankie as they welcome Moses of the Holy Mountain for their first ever Books and Broomsticks After Dark episode, discussing all of the following topics and MORE:
- Magical formulas
- Ritual vs. ceremony
- The etymology and history behind the term “witch”
- Raven Grimassi
- Where your body goes when you donate to science
- Minding your own business
- What is Holy Mountain?
- Algorithms
- Elemental Mercury
Find Moses on Instagram @holymountain.co https://www.instagram.com/holymountain.co/?hl=en
Support Moses through the Holy Mountain Temple Store, Books, Classes, and More: https://www.hoodoomoses.com/
We now have a Patreon! Support us here: https://www.patreon.com/booksandbroomsticks
Folklore and Witchcraft
Join Matt and Frankie as they discuss folklore and witchcraft including some light conversation on fake-lore, mythology vs folklore, and more.
Our Patreon is now live! Support us HERE.
Practical/Daily Magic 101
Join Matt and Frankie as they discuss practical witchcraft, daily practices, and all the nuances in between.
Our Patreon is now live! Support us HERE.
White Supremacy and Witchcraft w/ That Honey Witch
Join Matt and Frankie as they welcome their guest, Honey, to talk about white supremacy and witchcraft.
Support the podcast through our Patreon, HERE.
Support Matt & Honey
Matt's venmo: MattHatterPlays
Honey's venmo: Thathoneywitch
Online Resources
Antisemitic history of witches: https://www.heyalma.com/the-antisemitic-history-of-witches/
Antisemitism education: https://www.jewitches.com/antisemitism-education
Hate Symbol Database: https://www.adl.org/hate-symbols?cat_id%5B146%5D=146
Roma Unraveled Podcast: https://www.audible.com/pd/Roma-Unraveled-Podcast/B09XJ9SDFG
Jewitches Podcast: https://www.jewitches.com/podcast
Articles & Books
The Nazi Magicians’ Controversy: Enlightenment, “Border Science,” and Occultism in the Third Reich by Eric Kurlander
Bringing Race to the Table: Exploring Racism in the Pagan Community
The Altar Within by Juliet Diaz
White Supremacy and Me by Layla Saad
Bodies in Contact: Rethinking Colonial Encounters in World History
'"I’m a Citizen of the Universe”: Gloria Anzaldúa’s Spiritual Activism as Catalyst for Social Change’ by AnaLouise Keating, 2008
The Expectations of Witchcraft vs. the Reality w/ The Witch of Wonderlust
Join Matt and Frankie as they welcome Olivia, the Witch of Wonderlust, onto this episode to discuss the expectations of witchcraft vs the reality. Tune in to hear them talk about their own expectations, their current daily/weekly practices, meditation, prairie dogs, and more.
Our Patreon is now live! Support us HERE.
Find the Witch of Wonderlust
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/thewitchofwonderlust
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewitchofwonderlust/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewitchofwonderlust
Valentino's Ring
Join Matt and Frankie for their very first Haunted Objects episode discussing Valentino's tiger's eye ring. Tune in to hear the co-host's discuss whether or not it's Valentino or the ring that was cursed, their UPG around haunted objects vs. cursed objects, and their own methods for cleansing objects that may or may not have a little yucky energy attached.
Our Patreon is now live. Support us HERE.