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Bedknobs and Broomflicks
by Linda Castro & Jane ©️
Join Linda and Jane as they discuss witches, man-witches, sorcerers, wizards, and other magic-practitioners in movies, television shows, history, comics, games, and novels. In the occasional minisode, they discuss a heroic and/or just-plain-awesome animal in their "Favorite Familiar" segment.
Episodes
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Julian Sands and the Woeful Knob - Warlock (1989)
For this episode, we're covering the late international treasure, Julian Sands and reviewing 'Warlock' from 1989. Linda apologizes to Lord Wandsworth College. Our special guest, Donnie (from Cage's Kiss and Donnie's Reviews) shares that he could get behind Julian Sands, but we all know it would…
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CAoSabrina, S2, E6: Poor Melvins
Jane and Linda return to 'The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,' covering Chapter 17: The Missionaries (Season 2, Episode 6). Be prepared because a LOT happened in this episode. Lilith learns that she can't have nice things, Hilda proves to be a bad ass witch with a smile, the Weird Sisters torture...
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T10thK, Ep 5: Off With Her Wig!
We're finally wrapping up on 'The 10th Kingdom'! Jane talks about the amazing book version of 'The Princess Bride' (you can acquire a copy from a local bookshop at https://bookshop.org/shop/broomflicks), the cringiest scene, the real VIPs of the series, and wonders if the best lines (usually from...
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Dayman, Fighter of the Neon Man: Jane's Review of 5th Ave's 'Into the Woods'
Jane saw a production of 'Into the Woods' by Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre and gives her review! Linda and Jane discuss multi-ethnic casting (and how community theater can be so white) and sensory overload. Sorry, Linda didn't realize that she was recording with the her laptop's mic so it sounds...
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T10thK, Ep 4: It's Not a Prediction, It's Murder
We covered the penultimate episode of The 10th Kingdom! We're almost there! In this episode, we discuss the mighty stealth skills of Rutger Hauer (The Huntsman), the moral ethics of kissing lessons, inappropriate dreams, diggy diggy'ing holes, the return of the troll sibs, the worst engagement…
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Beauty & the Beast (1991): That's Too Many Eggs!
We honor the life of the wonderful Dame Angela Lansbury by covering the original, animated version of 'Beauty and the Beast.' Of course, we diverge into a chat about how amazing 'The Righteous Gemstones' is before going into the original story behind the film and some interesting trivia (do you...
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A History Lesson on the Romani ("Gypsies")
We know it's been a while - we plan to get more consistent in 2023. Jane had a baby and Linda still has chronic fatigue and was preparing for some time off from work. Since we covered the episode of 'The 10th Kingdom' wherein a group of 'gypsies' were portrayed as bad guys, Linda's been promising...
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T10thK, Ep.3: God Save Queen
Linda and Jane discuss episode 3 of 'The 10th Kingdom,' wherein Wolf is on his monthly cycle and creates a creepy energy with the ladies; everyone's hoping the wishing well will be a gusher again; an ungrateful magic bird gets prissy; and Virginia shows what an awful person she is by…
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T10thK, Ep2: Racial Slurs, Tramps, and Thieves
WARNING: The episode we cover uses a racist stereotype and slur with a band of trappers they call 'Gypsies'. The girls continue their journey with the 2nd installment of 'The 10th Kingdom' wherein we learn about magical drugs, Tony fingers a fish, Prince becomes a literal good Golden boi, and...
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The 10th Kingdom, Ep. 1
Sorry for yet another hiatus - long story short: Linda lost her internet connect and is always so damn tired, Jane is still creating life, and Donnie is still missing after that scavenger hunt thing he was doing last month. We're coming back with a gift - the gift that is DIANNE WIEST! We're...
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CAoSabrina, S2E5: Blackwood Wives
So sorry for the long gap between episodes! Jane is supposedly pregnant, Linda is supposedly suffering with COVID, and Donnie (Editor) is supposedly being hunted in the Most Dangerous Game 2022. For this episode, we covered The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Chapter 16: Blackwood. Daddy…
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Throne of Glass Series: It's Time to End This
We're finally finishing our coverage of Sarah J Maas's 'Throne of Glass' book series! This is the final episode of 4 on the last book in the series, 'Kingdom of Ash.' We discuss how difficult things have been for Aedion (though he was too harsh on Lysandra), our issue with being pandered to at…
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Kingdom of Ash, Part 3/4: Triple-Knob-Cross
This is part 3 of 4 for our review of "Kingdom of Ash," the last novel in Sarah J. Maas's book series "Throne of Glass." We talk about Dorian infiltrating Morath and possibly getting freaky with a Valg queen (specifically Maeve), Elide delivering a very well-deserved punishment to Uncle Vernon…
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Kingdom of Ash Part 2: Never Go Full Chaol
We're continuing with Part 2 of what will probably be a 4-part episode covering the final book in the 'Throne of Glass' series, 'Kingdom of Ash'. In this episode, we discuss Manon, Queen of the Witches; Dorian, who's just way too powerful; Lysandra, Aedion; and (briefly) the fierce, badass b,...
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Kingdom of Ash: There Will Be Blood
Yup, we're doing this. We are covering the last book in the 'Throne of Glass' series, 'Kingdom of Ash.' Get comfortable cuz it's probably going to be a 4-part series. There is just so much to unpack. We covered Aelin; Rowan; Lorcan (who doesn't care); The Beautiful Kitty-Man, Gavriel; Elide…
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CAoSabrina, S2E4: The Well-Hung Knob
Linda and Jane cover episode 4 of season 2, "Doctor Cerberus's House of Horror," which turned out to be more like "The Chilling Filler Episode of Sabrina." Linda covers the magic of director Alex Garcia Lopez (seriously, check out 'Misfits' right after this), Jane questions the dubious lessons…
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CAoSabrina, S2E3: Lupercalia Cherry Tagging
So...this episode was recorded mid-January, when Linda was scrambling to finish her degree program. Now, she's officially graduated and there will never be a problem again - she's creating a rainbow of knobs as proof of this promise. Also, she's working on not saying 'um' and 'like' as much.…
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CAoSabrina, S2E2: The Passion of the Knob
Okay, so...Linda was so super-focused on her schoolwork that she forgot to send our editor, Donnie, her audio file for this episode and didn't even realize that it was missing. SO, call this one the lost episode. It was supposed to be released before the episode on 'The Legend of the Christmas...
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Christmas Witch Part 2: Don't Grab Her by the Waste
Thanks for returning for the conclusion of our coverage of 'The Legend of the Christmas Witch'! In this episode, we discuss what makes the director, Michele Soavi, a filmmaking legend (hint: it's not what you're thinking...unless, you're thinking, 'Wait, didn't Soavi direct a lot of awesome…
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The Legend of the Christmas Witch Part 1: Swanky Knob Music
We celebrated the holidays by watching Michele Soavi's "The Legend of the Christmas Witch" (aka "La Befana Vien di Notte") from 2018. The movie is about La Befana, who Jane covered in 'Minisode 3: La Befana and Lil BUB', who spends her days as the school teacher, Paola. When a child whose present...
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Sabrina S2.Ep1: Proud Warlocks Bottom Boi
We're back, baby! And it looks like we're just in time to vote for Top Boy! We're finally introduced to Theo, Nick gets a little head, Lilith is finally running the show (at Baxter High), and Roz and Harvey are finally getting close...wait, wut? Linda talks about her lifelong dream of being able…
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The Worst Witch(1986): Tim Curry as The Grand Knob
We've been at the laughing potion again. For her birthday, Linda gets another movie she's wished to cover since we started the podcast: The Worst Witch! It's the original film, made in 1986, based on Jill Murphy's 'Worst Witch' book series. It stars Fairuza Balk (witch goddess) as Mildred, the...
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Into the Woods (2014 film): AGGGOOONNNYYYY
Jane and Linda break down the film version of 'Into the Woods' and figure out where it went wrong. They share their love of the Queen of the Screen, Meryl Streep, and discuss the points where the film adaptation went well. A beloved, humorous, and touching story; excellent and catchy music; a...
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American Playhouse Into the Woods (1991): Wolf Knob
We're back to discuss one of Jane's favorite things: a staged musical production. We're talking about 'American Playhouse: Into the Woods' which stars a goddess of stage and screen - Bernadette Peters as The Witch; the extremely delightful and talented Joanna Gleason; and Howard the Duck, himself…
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Romero's Season of the Witch (1972): Ballin in the Next Room
This week, the Sewer Sisters talk about Season of the Witch. No, not Halloween 3. Not the Nicolas Cage film, either. This is George A. Romero's 2nd movie and it's about just how badly it sucked to be a housewife and Greg's ball-buddy in the 70's. Oh, yeah! The Knob Goblins also learn how to...
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Ass Blade Part 2: Sneaky Freaky in Sewers
Linda and Jane have a serious conversation about Caleana's relationship with Arobynn, pose questions about the relationship between Arobynn and Sam, and wonder how Arobynn came across raising Sam. Arobynn can eat sh*t. Also, they give an important PSA: Don't get sneaky-freaky in sewers. Arobynn…
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Assassin's Blade: Ms. Maas, Are You Okay?
Jane and Linda discuss the prequel novellas of Sarah J. Maas's book series, 'Throne of Glass', 'Assassin's Blade'! They talk about how Ansel's so hot right now, how they stan Sam so hard (he really WAS the best partner for Celaena/Aelin), and create their new bonus podcast series - "You Might Be…
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Simon, King of the Witches w/Chris Roberts!
We're joined by the amazing Chris Roberts from I Saw it on Linden Street (http://lscep.com/) and become #SewerBrosForLife! We discuss moms embarrassing their proud boys at orgies, we talk about the real hero of the story (we stan Stanley), and we create the sensational phenomenon - "Sewer…
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Teen Witch: WHITE Hot Rap Battle
Remember when people used to think that the best way to get kids interested in something was to get white people to rap? Yeah...that's happening. Linda's brother Donnie (her co-host from Videorama and Cage's Kiss) joins us to discuss one of those movies that tainted their childhood - Teen Witch....
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Just a Short Little Bonus
From Adrian at Cage's Kiss Podcast
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Sabrina (A Midwinter's Tale): Got any Gin?
It's Jane's birthday and we're celebrating with an infestation of Yule-time birthday lads and a Yule Cheese Log (TM)! We're finishing out the first season of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina with the Yule/Holiday special episode, 'A Midwinter's Tale'. Sabrina makes one smart statement and we…
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Chilling Sabrina_Ep10: The Engorging Hour
Linda and Jane discuss the season 1 finale of Netflix's The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, The Witching Hour. They cover the importance of using concise wording in curses, how horrifying it would be if it started raining men, and protecting Tom Hiddleston at all costs. Jane can finally relax,...
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Sabrina Ep 9: The Returned Knob
We're back! And we're talking about the 9th chapter of Netflix's 'The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina', The Returned Man. We ask the questions you care about, like 'What happens with souls after being eaten in by the Death Eater? Are they crapped out in Heaven/Hell/Akasha?' and 'Is the Sound of...
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Leather Daddy Blackwood: The Kegeling (Sabrina, Ep 8)
Get out your cat-o-nine tails and get ready to suffer in sweet ecstasy! We are continuing our chat on The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, covering the eighth episode, 'The Burial,' where Ambrose gives Sabrina another great (and deserved) kick in the ass to realize that the universe owes her…
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Sabrina Ep7: I Ate My Fill at the Feast of Feasts
We're finally back and we're continuing with our coverage of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. In this episode, we cover episode 8, 'The Feast of Feasts.' Linda shares her favorite scene, where someone finally calls Sabrina out and off her high horse (of course, it's our favorite witch goddess,...
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Tower of Dawn Part 2: Dr. Yrene Emo Whisperer
We told you we'd come back! But we forgot the smokes...sorry. Tune in for the thrilling conclusion of our episode on Sarah J. Maas's 'Tower of Dawn.'
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Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass, book 6): Part 1
In this episode, we discuss two new creatures introduced into Sarah J. Maas's world of Throne of Glass: Baast cats and ruks; Linda gets way too giggly from the term "ruk riders" (whoa-oh! That's how ruk ryders roll!); we talk about Sartaq being too much man to squeeze through tight spaces; Jane...
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Blair Witch Project: Tossing Knobs in Creeks with Florida Man Wayne
Wayne from the fantastic podcast Florida Men on Florida Man joins us to discuss the found footage classic, The Blair Witch Project! We share behind-the-scenes information on the making of the film and the impact on the actors' lives. Jane shares her scary (she argues that this should read "very...
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Sabrina Eps 5&6: Mommy of Demons
In this episode, we cover episodes 5 and 6 of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, 'Dreams in a Witch House' and 'An Exorcism in Greendale.' We also discuss the amazing, talented Rachel Talalay, a hallway of single shoes, demonic Uncle Jesse, the tragedy of Susie, and incorrect methods of demonic...
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Sabrina Chapters 3 and 4: Broomflicks CSI Magic Unit
In this episode, we're covering episodes 3 and 4 of 'The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.' Join us as we discuss killing familiars by making them watch you during sexy times with their deceased master's partner, boredom at school, Edward Spellman stans, and a writer who definitely knows how to…
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Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Eps 1&2: Messing with Mortal Boys
In this episode, we're finally covering Netflix's 'The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,' episodes 1 and 2! We discuss our love for Jeff from Coupling (Richard Coyle, who plays Father Blackwood), Miss Wardwell (Michelle Gomez), Ambrose, the Weird Sisters, and the Aunties! We give a summary of both...
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Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass Book Series): Part 2
We conclude our discussion on the 5th book in the 'Throne of Glass' series, 'Empire of Storms.' In this episode, we cover how helpful Abraxos would be while your solving puzzles (because of course!), the importance of letting your friends know about your plans to have them sire children that your...
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Empire of Storms - Part 1: We Need a Myrtle in our Lives
Yup! Another two-parter! We're discussing the 5th book in Sarah J. Maas's book series 'Throne of Glass,' Empire of Storms. Join us as we ruin a beach-sex scene and discuss how Elide is preparing Lorcan (for supper) and the need for a Myrtle. Part 2 will be out next week.
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The Witches (2020): Octavia Spencer and the 2020 Pie
We conclude our adventure into the different tellings of the story 'The Witches' with the 2020 film, directed by Robert Zemeckis and adapted by Zemeckis, Kenya Barris, and Guillermo del Toro. It stars Anne Hathaway (who is just giving it EVERYTHING), Octavia Spencer (who we spotlight as our…
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The Witches (1990 Movie):A Boy Gets a Name
We can finally stop doing our best Tall Man impersonations, with calling the child 'BOOOYYEEEE' - He's given a name in a terrifying children's movie that's packed with Henson creatures, Rowan Atkinson, and bald dudes. Join us as we discuss the original movie version of 'The Witches' and the...
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The Witches (novel): Show Your Sources, Grandma!
This week we're talking about Roald Dahl's 1983 story The Witches! Linda discusses a really inappropriate mis-read and we discover Jane's full name and proper titles: Jane Janerson, III, Esq, MBA, MD, DM, Magical Malfeasance Project Manager. Join us while we talk about unloved and unhealthy...
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Queen of Shadows, Part 2: Witchling Knob
Here it is! As promised, part 2 of our Queen of Shadows episode! We finish covering book 4 in Sarah J. Maas's book series, Throne of Glass. In this episode, we discuss the actual magic-practitioner characters and (our favorite) Abraxos, the puppy dragon!
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Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass Series, Book 4) Part 1: Emo Warrior Boy
Our apologies: This episode went way too long so we split it into 2 parts. This first part covers everything that happened in the 4th book of Throne of Glass, Queen of Shadows, with the non-witch and non-wyvern characters (and you guys know how much we love Abraxos). To make it up to you, we…
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Minisode: Kitsune Story Time with Jane
We ran into scheduling conflicts this week so Jane put together something special for you! Listen while Jane tells the story of 'How a Man Was Bewitched and Had His Head Shaved by the Foxes'.
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The Craft: Mac n Cheese, Magic, and Metal
This week, Jane and Linda discuss the 1996 cult classic (and fave among goth kids in the 90's), The Craft! They cover their issues with the story, the racist bs that went on behind-the-scenes, and they spotlight the amazing Rachel True! You can pre-order True's amazing new tarot deck at:...
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Join Linda and Jane as they discuss witches, man-witches, sorcerers, wizards, and other magic-practitioners in movies, television shows, history, comics, games, and novels. In the occasional minisode, they discuss a heroic and/or just-plain-awesome animal in their "Favorite Familiar" segment.
HOSTED BY
Linda Castro & Jane ©️
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Join Linda and Jane as they discuss witches, man-witches, sorcerers, wizards, and other magic-practitioners in movies, television shows, history, comics, games, and novels. In the occasional minisode, they discuss a heroic and/or just-plain-awesome animal in their "Favorite Familiar" segment.
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