Welcome back to the Goblin Lore Podcast and the celebration of  7 years of doing this show (first episode was posted 6/18/2018). The goblins gather to celebrate 7 years for the podcast in the only way we know how.... kind of controlled chaos. All of the hosts separately chose 7... things(?) to talk about that are important to them. This episode is kind of long because there was a fair amount of cheating going on.

Also please stay around until the end of the episode for an announcement from Hobbes as well as information on some side project he will have around Suicide Prevention. He is running the Twin Cities Marathon to raise awareness and funds [https://supporting.afsp.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.participant&participantID=3274869&fbclid=IwY2xjawK-h8FleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHpjOdNr53HF_EnzOnDwCaTNa-3lSDuIdne0DjOGSklqfelzwZFPlNjuogqDL_aem_1MeX--WmsJF5782mxTpqIQ]

We also finally have a Linktree [https://linktr.ee/GoblinLore] with all of our discounts/resources

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As promised, we keep Mental Health Links available every episode. But For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) [https://nami.org/Home] has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article [https://www.nami.org/blogs/nami-blog/october-2017/9-ways-to-fight-mental-health-stigma] on stigma from NAMI's site.

If you’re thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below.

 * National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: [https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/] 988
 * Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line
 * Crisis Text Line: [https://www.crisistextline.org/] Text HOME to 741-741
 * International suicide hotlines [http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html]: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US.
 * IMAlive [https://www.imalive.org/]: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging.
 * TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support) [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/]: 1-866-488-7386, or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200
 * Trans Lifeline [https://www.translifeline.org/] (US): (877) 565-8860

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Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan [https://twitter.com/wintergatan]). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle [https://twitter.com/SteveRaffle])

Episode 257: The Lucky 7th Anniversary filled with 777s

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! Happy Pride Month y'all! Today we are here to discuss the Queerness that appears to be inherent on the plane of Tarkir. This was initially sparked by seeing I Write Robots post on Felothar [https://bsky.app/profile/iwriterobots.com/post/3lltpxm5jyk2y]! Coupled with Jay Annelli's thread [https://bsky.app/profile/vorthosjay.bsky.social/post/3lmfaklekjs2i] updating some of the demographics (and a great response mentioning Trans of Tarqueer) this seemed like a great time discuss some elements of queer representation in Magic.

Also check out The Truth of Names for some fantastic Magic storytelling: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/magic-story/truth-names-2015-01-28

We also finally have a Linktree [https://linktr.ee/GoblinLore] with all of our discounts/resources

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As promised, we keep Mental Health Links available every episode. But For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) [https://nami.org/Home] has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article [https://www.nami.org/blogs/nami-blog/october-2017/9-ways-to-fight-mental-health-stigma] on stigma from NAMI's site.

If you’re thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below.

 * National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: [https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/] 988
 * Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line
 * Crisis Text Line: [https://www.crisistextline.org/] Text HOME to 741-741
 * International suicide hotlines [http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html]: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US.
 * IMAlive [https://www.imalive.org/]: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging.
 * TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support) [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/]: 1-866-488-7386, or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200
 * Trans Lifeline [https://www.translifeline.org/] (US): (877) 565-8860

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Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan [https://twitter.com/wintergatan]). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle [https://twitter.com/SteveRaffle])

Episode 256: Tarqueer is here! Happy Pride!

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! Hobbes and Taya are here to talk about one of Hobbes's favorite things (well many of them and only a tiny bit is about Bolas). We review something Hobbes first enlightened us about back in Episode 38 [https://zencastr.com/z/1lN9yjCX] of the show... S.M.A.R.T. goals [https://www.yourcoach.be/en/coaching-tools/smart-goal-setting.php] as a motivational and achievement too as well as the dreaded concept of planning!

Reminder that at the end of the month there will be a charity event [https://zencastr.com/z/1lN9yjCX] for NAMI that the podcast is greatly committed to helping!

We also finally have a Linktree [https://linktr.ee/GoblinLore] with all of our discounts/resources

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As promised, we keep Mental Health Links available every episode. But For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) [https://nami.org/Home] has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article [https://www.nami.org/blogs/nami-blog/october-2017/9-ways-to-fight-mental-health-stigma] on stigma from NAMI's site.

If you’re thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below.

 * National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: [https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/] 988
 * Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line
 * Crisis Text Line: [https://www.crisistextline.org/] Text HOME to 741-741
 * International suicide hotlines [http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html]: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US.
 * IMAlive [https://www.imalive.org/]: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging.
 * TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support) [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/]: 1-866-488-7386, or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200
 * Trans Lifeline [https://www.translifeline.org/] (US): (877) 565-8860

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Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan [https://twitter.com/wintergatan]). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle [https://twitter.com/SteveRaffle])

Episode 255: Dragons are still SMART

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! Taya and Alex find another excuse to talk about the upcoming Final Fantasy series while Hobbes takes a night off. They cover cards and story beats for several games, mostly the four from the commander decks (6, 7, 10, 14) focusing on cards covering emotional scenes and struggles for the characters involved. The potential mental health impacts of these scenes are explored as part of our commitment to May and Menta Health Awareness Month!

Warning that this episode does have spoilers for FF as we know that some people might be coming to these games (as old as some of them are) through Magic the Gathering!

Reminder that at the end of the month there will be a charity event for NAMI that the podcast is greatly committed to helping!

We also finally have a Linktree [https://linktr.ee/GoblinLore] with all of our discounts/resources

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As promised, we keep Mental Health Links available every episode. But For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) [https://nami.org/Home] has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article [https://www.nami.org/blogs/nami-blog/october-2017/9-ways-to-fight-mental-health-stigma] on stigma from NAMI's site.

If you’re thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below.

 * National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: [https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/] 988
 * Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line
 * Crisis Text Line: [https://www.crisistextline.org/] Text HOME to 741-741
 * International suicide hotlines [http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html]: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US.
 * IMAlive [https://www.imalive.org/]: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging.
 * TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support) [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/]: 1-866-488-7386, or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200
 * Trans Lifeline [https://www.translifeline.org/] (US): (877) 565-8860

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Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan [https://twitter.com/wintergatan]). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle [https://twitter.com/SteveRaffle])

Episode 254: The Emotional Impact of Final Fantasy Story Related Cards

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! It's been a while but we are back! This episode shows what happens when you put three Goblins who got to hang out in person for the first time in 2 years next to a microphone to record about hanging out for the first time in two years

We also finally have a Linktree [https://linktr.ee/GoblinLore] with all of our discounts/resources

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As promised, we keep Mental Health Links available every episode. But For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) [https://nami.org/Home] has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article [https://www.nami.org/blogs/nami-blog/october-2017/9-ways-to-fight-mental-health-stigma] on stigma from NAMI's site.

If you’re thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below.

 * National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: [https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/] 988
 * Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line
 * Crisis Text Line: [https://www.crisistextline.org/] Text HOME to 741-741
 * International suicide hotlines [http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html]: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US.
 * IMAlive [https://www.imalive.org/]: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging.
 * TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support) [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/]: 1-866-488-7386, or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200
 * Trans Lifeline [https://www.translifeline.org/] (US): (877) 565-8860

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Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan [https://twitter.com/wintergatan]). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle [https://twitter.com/SteveRaffle])

Episode 253: We Didn't Start This Episode on the Rails

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! Today Alex and Taya dig into the flavor and story of Tarkir! Someone might even say something nice about Bolas?

We also finally have a Linktree [https://linktr.ee/GoblinLore] with all of our discounts/resources

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As promised, we keep Mental Health Links available every episode. But For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) [https://nami.org/Home] has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article [https://www.nami.org/blogs/nami-blog/october-2017/9-ways-to-fight-mental-health-stigma] on stigma from NAMI's site.

If you’re thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below.

 * National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: [https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/] 988
 * Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line
 * Crisis Text Line: [https://www.crisistextline.org/] Text HOME to 741-741
 * International suicide hotlines [http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html]: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US.
 * IMAlive [https://www.imalive.org/]: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging.
 * TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support) [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/]: 1-866-488-7386, or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200
 * Trans Lifeline [https://www.translifeline.org/] (US): (877) 565-8860

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Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan [https://twitter.com/wintergatan]). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle [https://twitter.com/SteveRaffle])

Episode 252: The Tarkir Story!

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! Today we are joined by former guest Nathan (check out the aetherborn episode) to discuss competitive Magic and how to overcome tilt and guilt

We also finally have a Linktree [https://linktr.ee/GoblinLore] with all of our discounts/resources

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As promised, we keep Mental Health Links available every episode. But For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) [https://nami.org/Home] has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article [https://www.nami.org/blogs/nami-blog/october-2017/9-ways-to-fight-mental-health-stigma] on stigma from NAMI's site.

If you’re thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below.

 * National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: [https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/] 988
 * Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line
 * Crisis Text Line: [https://www.crisistextline.org/] Text HOME to 741-741
 * International suicide hotlines [http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html]: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US.
 * IMAlive [https://www.imalive.org/]: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging.
 * TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support) [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/]: 1-866-488-7386, or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200
 * Trans Lifeline [https://www.translifeline.org/] (US): (877) 565-8860

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Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan [https://twitter.com/wintergatan]). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle [https://twitter.com/SteveRaffle])

Episode 251: Competing and Mental Health

Hello, Podwalkers, and welcome back to another episode of the Goblin Lore Podcast! Today all three hosts are back which is VERY important because we were entrusted (by the folks at Wizards of the Coast) with 2 free preview cards to discuss!! That's like one for each of us we think! (listen math is hard])

We chaotically discuss our favorite things about this plane that inspired so much of this show

We also finally have a Linktree [https://linktr.ee/GoblinLore] with all of our discounts/resources

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As promised, we keep Mental Health Links available every episode. But For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) [https://nami.org/Home] has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article [https://www.nami.org/blogs/nami-blog/october-2017/9-ways-to-fight-mental-health-stigma] on stigma from NAMI's site.

If you’re thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below.

 * National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: [https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/] 988
 * Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line
 * Crisis Text Line: [https://www.crisistextline.org/] Text HOME to 741-741
 * International suicide hotlines [http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html]: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US.
 * IMAlive [https://www.imalive.org/]: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging.
 * TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support) [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/]: 1-866-488-7386, or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200
 * Trans Lifeline [https://www.translifeline.org/] (US): (877) 565-8860

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Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan [https://twitter.com/wintergatan]). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle [https://twitter.com/SteveRaffle])

Episode 250: Goblins, like snowflakes, are only dangerous in numbers

Hello, Podwalkers! We've missed y'all and we are back! Well, we're here at least with a new episode. Today we talk a little bit about what has been going on with each of us and the struggles as well as the coping strategies we are using as best as we can. We cover the Translifeline event from this past weekend and look to the future with how to use our platform

We also finally have a Linktree [https://linktr.ee/GoblinLore] with all of our discounts/resources

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As promised, we keep Mental Health Links available every episode. But For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) [https://nami.org/Home] has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article [https://www.nami.org/blogs/nami-blog/october-2017/9-ways-to-fight-mental-health-stigma] on stigma from NAMI's site.

If you’re thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below.

 * National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: [https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/] 988
 * Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line
 * Crisis Text Line: [https://www.crisistextline.org/] Text HOME to 741-741
 * International suicide hotlines [http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html]: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US.
 * IMAlive [https://www.imalive.org/]: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging.
 * TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support) [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/]: 1-866-488-7386, or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200
 * Trans Lifeline [https://www.translifeline.org/] (US): (877) 565-8860

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Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan [https://twitter.com/wintergatan]). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle [https://twitter.com/SteveRaffle])

Episode 249: Where Have We Been?

Hello, Podwalkers! We've missed y'all and we are gonna be at least one more week before we have full new episodes. But we wanted to share a few things. This weekend is a Charity Event for Translifeline being put on by some amazing creators. There is a Linktree [https://linktr.ee/hatehasnohome] here with all of the information including prizes/pods/auction items/information. Trans Rights are Human Rights.  Recently on Bluesky Rebell [https://bsky.app/profile/rebell.bsky.social/post/3ljfv2rcrf226] posted an excellent post on Political Activism and the Gathering.  As part of this the hosts are reaffirming their commitment to social justice and a mission of finding ways to talk about actionable advice for the topics we cover. If there's ideas people have for future guests where we can amplify our goal of action and not just "doom scrolling" or information fatigue, let us know

We also finally have a Linktree [https://linktr.ee/GoblinLore] with all of our discounts/resources

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As promised, we keep Mental Health Links available every episode. But For general Mental Health the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) [https://nami.org/Home] has great resources for people struggling with mental health concerns as well as their families. We also want to draw attention to this article [https://www.nami.org/blogs/nami-blog/october-2017/9-ways-to-fight-mental-health-stigma] on stigma from NAMI's site.

If you’re thinking about suicide or just need someone to talk to right now, you can get support from any of the resources below.

 * National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: [https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/] 988
 * Veteran's can Press 1 at anytime to be taken to the Veteran's Line
 * Crisis Text Line: [https://www.crisistextline.org/] Text HOME to 741-741
 * International suicide hotlines [http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html]: A comprehensive resource list for people outside the US.
 * IMAlive [https://www.imalive.org/]: Click Chat Now to access a live online network of volunteers through instant messaging.
 * TrevorLifeline, TrevorChat, and TrevorText (LGBTQ+ crisis support) [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help-now/]: 1-866-488-7386, or text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200
 * Trans Lifeline [https://www.translifeline.org/] (US): (877) 565-8860

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Opening and closing music by Wintergatan (@wintergatan [https://twitter.com/wintergatan]). Logo art by Steven Raffael (@SteveRaffle [https://twitter.com/SteveRaffle])

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A Magic:The Gathering podcast that sometimes talks about characters, lore and
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