The World of Jinn with J. M. Hamade

One of the most unique facets of the Jinn, is that they are attested to and given a complete history within both the main and supplementary scripture of Islam. In the Qur’an, the Jinn are there right at the beginning of creation, along with humans and angels. From this special status comes many stories and […]

“Tell me about the time you visited the City of Jinn, Darragh…”

What Magic is This? Podcast will be entering some unfamiliar territory. For the Islamicate world, a whole other group of beings share this reality with us. They are the Jinn, beings made from smokeless fire that share many attributes with us mortals. Yet before we acquaint ourselves with the Jinn fully, it would be good […]

Guest Appearance on The Campfire’s Edge Podcast

For the most part, many Magic and Occult podcasts are in a similar vein. Usually it’s just folks who like magic, talking about magic. While these are all well and good, every once in a while you get a Podcast that is so unique in its ambitions and purview that you have to give it […]

The History of Fairies feat. Francis Young

It always felt somewhat incomplete; the Fistful of Fairies series here on What Magic is This? Podcast was in need of a revisitation. While the series went in many major and important directions, an overarching History of the supernatural entities which we call fairies just wasn’t there. And so, for the 7th anniversary of the […]

Guest Appearance on Radical Elphame

Now this is more like it! Chad from the fantastic Podcast Radical Elphame was apparently quite smitten by the series of episodes here on What Magic is This? regarding Fairies and has produced a show of his own which dives deep on these interesting entities. Having listened to a number of episodes of Radical Elphame, […]