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The Tauren & The Goblin – Warcraft Story & Lore

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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  1. 174

    #163: Time is Money, Friend

    Nick complains about Season of Discovery but there's more pressing stuff you'll want to hear about...

  2. 173

    #162: Not a Normal Expansion Announcement

    Katie returns to talk about the Worldsoul Saga, and ask the important question: Can Nerubians web-swing like Spider-Man?

  3. 172

    #161: The Worldsoul Saga, Azeroth's Butt (feat. Dracoris)

    Nick is joined by Dracoris to talk about their Blizzcon reactions and go over their thoughts on The Worldsoul Saga!

  4. 171

    #160: On Tyr and the Forbidden Reach

    Nick and Katie go over the early Tyr quests and the Forbidden Reach quests from Dragonflight.

  5. 170

    #159: On World Trees and Weddings

    Katie is back to share her throughts on Dragonflight, Amydrassil, and Lor'themar and Thalyssra's Wedding!

  6. 169

    #158: On Negativity and 10.2 Theories

    Nick is back to chat about some of the negativity he is seeing online, as well as theorize about Vyranoth's role to come.

  7. 168

    #157: On the Orc Heritage Armor Questline (feat. Ban'orak)

    This week Ban'orak joins Nick to talk about the Orc Heritage Armor questline. Do you have a favorite orc? They are here.

  8. 167

    #156: Appreciating the Lore (feat. Gin & Ali)

    Gin and Ali from Live, Laugh, Lore join Nick to talk about how to love the lore despite knowing the backstage issues.

  9. 166

    #155: The Dragonflight Observer Awards (feat. Berzerker)

    Nick lets his wrestling geek out with Berzerker of Unshackled Fury as they give out awards for the best of Dragonflight.

  10. 165

    #154: Best Wishes for 2023 feat. Scrubs vs. the World

    Nick is joined by Cyrub & Projali from Scrubs vs. the World to discuss what they wish for many Dragonflight characters!

  11. 164

    #153: The Primal Incarnates feat. Gershom

    Nick is joined by Gershom from Thrall's Balls to talk about the 10.0.7 cinematic with the Primal Incarnates and more!

  12. 163

    #152: Back After A Timeskip

    Nick returns solo to talk about Dragonflight so far. Also, which heroes best represent their class? NEMSY GANG RISE UP!

  13. 162

    #151: Farewell Sylvanas, Farewell Shadowlands

    Nick and Katie are back to bid farewell to Sylvanas and to Shadowlands.

  14. 161

    #150: Ragnaros' Electric Slide

    You can't go off-topic if you never establish one at the start. Can Ragnaros celebrate 150 episodes by line dancing?

  15. 160

    #149: Calia: Menethil or Mary Sue?

    Katie has some thoughts on Calia Menethil's ascension amongst Forsaken leadership.

  16. 159

    #148: Mobile Games, Unicorn Deathwing, and Sylvanas

    A little chit chat about the recent mobile game news followed by a dive into the first half of Sylvanas.

  17. 158

    #147: On Rexxar (feat. Skoll Shorties)

    Skoll Shorties joins Nick to go through the history of our favorite half orc-half ogre, Rexxar!

  18. 157

    #146: On Dragonflight!

    Nick and Katie share their reaction to the Dragonflight announcement.

  19. 156

    #145: On Yogg-Saron (for Real)

    Nick and Katie are feeling better and talk about Yogg-Saron for real this time.

  20. 155

    #144: On Yogg-Saron

    We apologize for the audio quality. Nick and Katie weren't feeling good when this was recorded.

  21. 154

    #143: On the Raid Cinematics

    Nick and Katie talk about Zereth Mortis and the Sepulcher cinematics. And they keep talking. For a while.

  22. 153

    #142: The Biggest Scrubs of Shadowlands (feat. Cyrub & Projali)

    Cyrub and Projali join Nick and Katie to talk about the biggest scrubs in the Shadowlands and 9.2 hype!

  23. 152

    #141: On (Eliminating) the Faction Divide

    Nick and Katie look at the faction divide and try to figure out if Cross-Faction Raiding fits the current lore.

  24. 151

    #140: Best Wishes for 2022 (The Winter Queen's Salon)

    Its more best wishes for 2022! The Winter Queen should run a salon! Elune needs a clue! Azeroth needs a shield!

  25. 150

    #139: Best Wishes for 2022 (The A-Team!)

    Nick and Katie ring in 2022 by sharing what they wish for several characters in the new year!

  26. 149

    #138: The Sylvanas Cinematic and Arena Headcanon

    Nick and Katie discuss the patch 9.2 Sylvanas cinematic and then take some listener mail!

  27. 148

    #137: On the Patch 9.2 Announcement

    Come for the 9.2 Announcement analysis, stay for the Old God Hershey Kisses and Tauren Pedicures!

  28. 147

    #136: On Elune and the Cosmos

    Katie is back so Nick can share his bizarre theory about Elune as they speculate over her origins.

  29. 146

    #135: On Mercenaries

    Nick talks briefly about Hearthstone mercenaries and introducing new characters.

  30. 145

    #134: On Grimoire of the Shadowlands and Beyond (Part II)

    We look at more of the lore reveals of Grimoire. Could the Sepulcher be on Azeroth? Could it BE Azeroth???

  31. 144

    #133: On Grimoire of the Shadowlands and Beyond (Part I)

    Grimoire of the Shadowlands wasn't quite what we expected, but we still can start digging into the lore it contains.

  32. 143

    #132: Sylvanas, Vader, and Redemption

    If Darth Vader can be redeemed, why not Sylvanas?

  33. 142

    #131: On Folk & Fairy Tales of Azeroth (Part III)

    We finally finish up talking about "Folk & Fairy Tales of Azeroth!" Or is it (Folk & Fairy) x Tales + of Azeroth?

  34. 141

    #130: Episode 130

    Nick and Katie react and discuss the news about Blizzard's toxic culture.

  35. 140

    #129: On Broker Cosmology, Elune, and Pro-Wrestling

    Nick is alone and speculating talking about the Tazavesh Lore Book and wondering about an Elune-Jailer relationship.

  36. 139

    #128: On Folk & Fairy Tales of Azeroth (Part II)

    This week we dive into the Sylvanas story, joke about the Uther story, and enjoy the Forsaken story.

  37. 138

    #127: On Folk & Fairy Tales of Azeroth (Part I)

    A short episode for a week where the biggest news was battle.net is global and flying, like love, won't cost a thing.

  38. 137

    #126: On the Jailer and the Cosmos

    Katie returns and she and Nick go wild wondering about the Jailer and the cosmos and the Brokers and more!

  39. 136

    #125: Patch 9.1 Spoilers (feat. Dracoris & Sirithe from LFR)

    Dracoris and Sirithe from the LFR podcast join Nick and dive into the 9.1 spoilers. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

  40. 135

    #124: On Wandavision and Sylvanas

    Nick compares the arc of Wanda in Wandavision to what Sylvanas' story. Can Wanda's ending suggest Sylvanas' fate?

  41. 134

    #123: On the Kyrian Covenant Campaign

    Nick talks about his experience playing the Kyrian Covenant Campaign. Uther! Pelagos! Emotions?

  42. 133

    #122: On the Venthyr Campaign

    Spazz Wesson returns to fill in for Katie and walk us through the Venthyr Campaign! So much Kael'thas! So little shirt!

  43. 132

    #121: On the Necrolord Covenant Campaign

    Katie returns to go deep on the Necrolord campaign. There are too many people with K, apostrophe, and T in their name!

  44. 131

    #120: The Night Fae Campaign (feat. Spazz Wesson and Kurabara)

    Spazz Wesson and Kurabara join Nick to teach him all about the Night Fae campaign. There are some big spoilers in this one!

  45. 130

    #119: On the Kingsmourne Cinematic

    We go over the Kingsmourne cinematic for the Chains of Domination patch and then debate which zone is smelliest.

  46. 129

    #118: On Revendreth

    Nick and Katie hate Denathrius but love Theotar and the Dredgers and Stonehead! Come have a tea party while we consider the Light's presence in Revendreth!

  47. 128

    #117: On Ardenweald (NICK HATES THE GORM)

    Nick considers a Night Fae-Naaru connection, then he and Katie run through the Spriggans, Drust, and Gorm to point out that each is more annoying than the last. Finally they gush over Ysera's return.

  48. 127

    #116: On Maldraxxus

    This week we recap the Maldraxxus portion of the campaign and talk about the great characters you meet, like Marileth, Vashj, Emeni, and more!

  49. 126

    #115: Best Wishes for 2021 (Part 2)

    Nick and Katie continue their best wishes by talking about Ysera, Vol'jin, Uther, Arthas, Draka, Garrosh, Kael'thas, and more! Come for the wishes, stay for the crazy theorizing!

  50. 125

    #114: Best Wishes for 2021 (Part I)

    Nick and Katie share their best wishes for the new year for Sylvanas, The Jailer, Bolvar, Tyrande, Anduin, Jaina, Thrall, and more!

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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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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...

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