Best Faith Hamer Podcasts (2024)

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Shadowrun Premier: This is Why We Run pt 2 1:03:10

1M ago1:03:10

1:03:10

Wherein Faith and Lewis discuss the Big 10 AAA Mega Corporations, the Matrix, and how they influence the world of Shadowrun. Content Warnings: Some swears, the usual tangents

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Episode 2: Guest What? We Have a Guest! ft. Cicada 1:32:00

3M ago1:32:00

1:32:00

Wherein Lewis and Faith take a break from Shadowrun and talk about the amazingly awesome mecha TTRPG Lancer with their friend Cicada instead. Content warnings: Tangents, swears, you guys know the drill at this point.

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Shadowrun Premier: This is Why We Run pt 1 1:07:59

4M ago1:07:59

1:07:59

Wherein Faith asks Lewis big questions in small ways about Shadowrun. Content warning: tangents, puns, and swears.

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Lewis's Guide to Monsters- Red Dragons 8:15

6M ago8:15

8:15

Wherein Lewis deals with Dragons, but not in the usual dangerous way.

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Halloween 2023 Special: What Mohrg Could You Want? 50:24

8M ago50:24

50:24

Wherein Lewis and Faith discuss one of the creepiest monsters from D&D 3.0 and the metrics of heroism. Content Warnings: Swears and Puns, per usual.

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DCC Season Finale: Keep Off the Borderlands pt 3 1:00:21

9M ago1:00:21

1:00:21

The conclusion of the epic adventure! Content Warning: Still more puns, still more swears, and another musical interlude.

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DCC Season Finale: Keep Off the Borderlands pt 2 48:30

9M ago48:30

48:30

The adventure continues with Esor, Lure, Tenno, and MJ... Content Warning: More puns, more swears, more musical interludes

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DCC Season Finale: Keep Off the Borderlands pt 1 50:47

9M ago50:47

50:47

Wherein Faith and Lewis play a level 2 one-shot adventure with their friends Esor, Tenno, Lure, and MJ! Content Warning: Swears, puns, musical interludes

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Episode 5: Definitely Not the Thunderdome 37:56

10M ago37:56

37:56

Wherein Lewis and Faith duel it up like wizards and explain how DCC counterspelling operates. Content Warning: swears, jokes, the usual

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Episode 4: Guest What? We Have a Guest! ft. MJ 40:35

11M ago40:35

40:35

Wherein Lewis and Faith talk to their friend MJ about how Warriors are THE BEST class and DCC is great. Content Warnings: Swears and Puns

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Episode 3: Simply the BEST 48:49

1y ago48:49

48:49

Lewis and Faith talk about the best classes to play in DCC. Content Warning: Puns, swears, you know the drill.

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Episode 2: Frodo must go INTO the Funnel 47:50

1y ago47:50

47:50

Wherein Lewis and Faith talk about generating characters and how funnels work! Content warning: Swears and puns, like we usually have.

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Episode 1: 3 out of 5 W's 42:49

1y ago42:49

42:49

Re-launching our podcast under a new name, a new game, and a new schedule! Content Warnings: Bad Puns and Bad Words

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DoCT Presents: Geriatrics and Goblins-- Part 4 27:56

2y ago27:56

27:56

Wherein the intrepid adventurers attempt to infiltrate the Goblin Lair! Content Warnings- A couple of swears, dubious planning, trust issues and betrayal all around Corresponding YouTube Link- https://youtu.be/0WME6aS5Uvo

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Lewis's Guide to Monsters, ep1 Mindflayers 9:10

2y ago9:10

9:10

Do you like Dungeons and Dragons? Well neither are here! we got Mind Flayers, baby! Whether you like your D&D5e or our personal preference of 3.5 or even just a curious Pathfinder fan, we have Illithids aplenty in short form and system agnostic lore for your entertainment!

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Levels of Understanding-- VISUAL AIDE ON YOUTUBE! Link in description 1:25:38

2y ago1:25:38

1:25:38

Wherein the origins of Tabitha VonSplotch are explored and Faith and Lewis level up a character! Content warnings: Swears, Science Facts, Really Bad Accents, and Even Worse Puns Accompanying YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/EJB8vp2Bbcs

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Session 9: War... War Never Mages 58:34

2+ y ago58:34

58:34

Wherein we elaborate on the Warmage class from the Complete Arcane Handbook. Content Warnings: Swears, Dicks Jokes, Puns, Incessant Giggling from the Supposedly Mature Half of this Duo.

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Session 0.1: Story Time with Faith 1:08:18

2+ y ago1:08:18

1:08:18

Wherein Faith reads a bunch of backstories she wrote to stroke her ego. Content Warnings: Swears, Suicide, Puns, and a whole lot of NOT 3.5e stuff.

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Session 8: The War of the Locks 1:01:50

2+ y ago1:01:50

1:01:50

Wherein we make our BIG COMEBACK™ with a technical breakdown and a hot take of an Incredibly Bullshit Class. Content Warning: Swears, Chipmunks, Coupons, Flagrant Use of Old Internet References, and the spell Wall of Text.

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DoCT Presents: Geriatrics & Goblins Part 3 24:14

3y ago24:14

24:14

Wherein we pick up the MAIN QUEST! Content warning: Cruel Irony, More Skin Conditions, and UTTER BETRAYAL Corresponding Youtube link: https://youtu.be/9otEoAf6wUA

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DoCT Presents: Geriatrics & Goblins -- Part 2 33:36

3y ago33:36

33:36

Wherein the party makes it to Barrow's Edge and immediately breaks up because breaking up the party is good policy! Corresponding YouTube footage link: https://youtu.be/y0kn_fZttU8 Content Warning: Swears (probably. I honestly can't remember), Hurtful Comments Regarding Skin Conditions, Skimperdina-Centric Nonsense We now have a Patreon: https://ww…

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DoCT Presents: Geriatrics and Goblins-- Part 1 26:26

3y ago26:26

26:26

Wherein Faith and Lewis are joined by Greg, Adam, and Liam to show you how to actually play D&D 3.5e! This is part 1 of a multi-part adventure that we livestreamed on 6/26/2021. Now that Faith finally has the hang of video editing, you can watch the corresponding video in the link below. Or, you can listen and just use the theater of your mind! Con…

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Apology 1 1:54

3y ago1:54

1:54

Wherein Faith makes a swear-filled apology about why there's no episode this week and is reminded of a certain fundamental law when it comes to doing literally anything.

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Session 7: It Builds Character! 1:11:31

3y ago1:11:31

1:11:31

Wherein Faith uses real dice to put everything we talked about over the last couple of months on a piece of paper. Content Warning: Swears, Theology, and Unicorns

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Session 6: Unskilled and Stinky Feats 37:08

3y ago37:08

37:08

Wherein we explain how skills work, why feats are actually not as terrifying as you'd might expect, and Lewis' mic cuts out a lot and causes a little bit of editing mayhem! Content warnings: Swears, Plane of Fire, Dwarves, Memes, Faith making an egregious error about a book character, and Octodad.

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Session 5: So a Paladin, a Ranger, and a Bard Walk Into a Tavern... 46:11

3y ago46:11

46:11

Wherein we break down the last three of the Core Classes and Faith reminisces about her very first Dungeons and Dragons character. Content Warning: Swears and bitching about the weather and teenagers

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Session 0: We Pulled This From Our Ass of Holding 21:38

3y ago21:38

21:38

Wherein we talk less about D&D and ramble about temperature conversions as was the style of the time. Content Warning: Swears, puns, and a lot of stuff we cut from the regular episodes.

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Session 4-5: Let Us SPELL Out The Wizard For You 37:42

3y ago37:42

37:42

Wherein we talk about school and yell about how great clouds are. Content Warning: Swears and Nerdception

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Session 4: Magic! Mayhem! It's MAGE MANIA!! 25:15

3y ago25:15

25:15

Wherein we try to tackle two classes, the Sorcerer and the Wizard. But these two heavyweight caster classes proved to be a bigger challenge than anticipated! Content Warning: Swears, Potentially Dubious Comments About Wizards, Rhymes.

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What Are Things I Wished My Mama Told Me? 50:34

3y ago50:34

50:34

Is there something you wish your Mama told you? In our final throwback episode from her days at WORT 89.9 FM, Lilada Gee asks: What is some of the best advice your mama ever gave you?, What should Black mamas teach their Black daughters?, and more! For more information about Lilada Gee and her work, visit Lilada.org and subscribe to her mailing lis…

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Session 3.5: Just Druid√ 24:50

3y ago24:50

24:50

Wherein we condense the incredibly THICK (thicc?) class of Druids! There's a lot in there, from animal pals to Druidic society to shapeshifting. And because Druids wander the world, we also wander the subject and circle back quite a bit. Content warning: Baby Shark, Elton John, and Bad Jokes. (Shockingly, no swears this time.)…

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Session 3: Clerical Errors 18:53

3y ago18:53

18:53

Wherein we attempt to discuss the Divine Duo, but only end up talking about Clerics because Clerics are super cool. Also, shorter episode this week due to time constraints, Faith's familiars, and sudden sickness. Content Warning: Swears

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Who Was Fannie Lou Hamer and Other Black Women of the Civil Rights Movement? 53:12

3y ago53:12

53:12

In our next "throwback" episode, Lilada takes a look at her top ten heroines of the Civil Rights movements in honor of Black History Month. Featuring long-time Madison resident and activist, Brandi Grayson. Brandi is the co-founder of Young, Gifted and Black and founder of Urban Triage in Madison, WI. Originally recorded with WORT in Madison, WI Fe…

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Session 2: Back to School with Martial Classes 53:04

3y ago53:04

53:04

Wherein we discuss the more physically minded classes starting with the fairly straightforward Fighter class, through Barbs and Rogues and up to the maddeningly fancy Monk class, with a secret 5th class putting these to shame. Content Warning: Swears and some spoilers for a movie that came out over a decade ago.…

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Why Do We Need Black Woman Heal Day? Back to Ground Zero 11:51

3y ago11:51

11:51

As we prep for Season 3, we thought it important to not only remember where we started, but how this continues to be relevant today. In "Ground Zero," Lilada Gee passionately advocates for the importance of healing ourselves and how, when we heal the Black girl inside of us, we can better defend Black girlhood to come. In honor of Black Woman Heal …

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Session 1: Races and Rambles 45:06

3y ago45:06

45:06

Wherein we begin our epic quest of making Dungeons & Dragons: 3.5 Edition less scary. This week, we go over the Core Races. Content Warning: Swears and reference to nonconsenual relations.

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What is Black Woman Heal Day? 44:33

3y ago44:33

44:33

Black Woman Heal Day (April 1st) was founded by Lilada Gee with a mission to increase prevention, awareness, and healing efforts of sexual abuse throughout the African Diaspora. This throwback episode begins with Lilada's testimony in surviving childhood sexual abuse and why she started Black Woman Heal Day. Featuring Dr. Alice Belcher, Commissione…

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How Has Faith Shaped Civil Rights? with Rev. Dr. Alexander Gee 45:41

3+ y ago45:41

45:41

We're not quite back yet, but as we continue to build Season 3, tune into this oldie, but goodie! In this special segment from Lilada Gee's tenure on WORT's 89.9FM "A Public Affair" (2019), she is joined by Reverend Dr. Alexander Gee. Tune in as they discuss the history of Civil Rights in the Black church. Dr. Gee is the Senior Pastor of Fountain o…

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What Do You Mean Season 2 Is Over?! 29:00

3+ y ago29:00

29:00

We have reached the end of Season 2! In this episode, our host recaps some of the favorite conversations had this season, introduces our new team member and producer - Carla Williams - and previews the exciting conversations to come in Season 3! Also featuring Creative Director, Cassandra Marzette. Subscribe to our newsletter! - Lilada.org We'd lov…

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Can I Love Again After Being Hurt?, Part 2 48:40

3+ y ago48:40

48:40

In part two, Lilada Gee questions the status quo of what it means to function in a relationship - How are we killing ourselves in a "ride-or-die" dynamic? How does historical trauma creep into our relationships? How can we love again after our hurt? - and more. Featuring the powerful testimonies of Paquita Purnell and Adanze Okoronta and profession…

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Can I Love Again After Being Hurt?, Part 1 58:18

3+ y ago58:18

58:18

More often than not, those in abusive relationships often teeter on the line of shame and secrecy. Yet, if we've learned anything from the DBG podcast: there's power in your testimony. This week, we hear from two incredible women - Paquita Purnell and Adanze Okoronta - who decided that they'd not only had enough but that they were enough. Also feat…

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Love the Sh*t Out of Yourself! 50:29

3+ y ago50:29

50:29

As we celebrate Valentine's Day with our loved ones, there is often one person we forget to show the most love to - ourselves! Self-love, or lack thereof, is often the root of the mess created in our lives and is important to master as we work to defend Black girls. This important - and hilarious - conversation with guests Alexandra Gee Lewis, Tama…

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Does Madison Love Black Girls? 1:24:03

3+ y ago1:24:03

1:24:03

As we enter into primary season in Madison, Wisconsin, our local elections have drawn in a historical number of Black women running for office. This week, join our conversation with 3 powerful candidates for Madison City Council - Jael Currie (District 16), Ayomi Obuseh, (District 8), and Nikki Lee Conklin (District 9) - to learn how their Black gi…

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What is the Next Step?: Moving Forward with Cassy Marzette, part 3 23:16

3+ y ago23:16

23:16

As we move into part 3 of our "life coach" series with our Creative Director, Cassy Marzette, we are reminded that our mission to defend Black girls often means that we need to defend the little Black girl inside of us - that little girl who has somehow not healed, been traumatized, neglected, etc. and stop us in our adulthood from moving forward. …

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What is the Next Step?: Moving Forward with Cassy Marzette, part 2 34:27

3+ y ago34:27

34:27

This week we speak with our very own creative director, Cassy Marzette in part 2 of the conversation, "What is the Next Step?" We take the time to explore her creative undertakings as we learn more about the underlying forces she is working to heal and undo. Website: Lilada.org — subscribe to our newsletter We would love your support: patreon.com/L…

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Can Black Girls Be Successful in School? 1:34:15

3+ y ago1:34:15

1:34:15

The mission to defend Black girls is becoming more realized as Black women make history in their run for a seat at the table. This local election season for Dane County, WI boasts more than a dozen Black women running for political office - from school board to judge! Learn how representation and the "Black Mama" persona is imperative in defending …

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Can We Defend Black Girlhoods in This America? 38:18

3+ y ago38:18

38:18

This week we interrupt our normal defense of Black girls to address the act of domestic terrorist insurrection at our Nation's Capitol. It is clear, now more than ever before, that the violent upsurge of white supremacy only fuels the need for the defense of our Black girls. Tune in as our host challenges, "Can we defend Black girlhoods in this Ame…

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What is the Next Step?: Moving Forward with Cassy Marzette, part 1 33:52

3+ y ago33:52

33:52

So we’ve started our healing journey, began to embrace, accept, and share our story, but now what? When we feel stuck for so long, it’s often difficult to figure out what’s our next best foot forward. Throughout several weeks, we will begin to explore how our Creative Director, Cassy Marzette, works to become “unstuck” and discovers strategies to b…

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How Can Sharing My Story Save Another? 44:22

3+ y ago44:22

44:22

Time and time again, we stress the importance of sharing our story - especially the stories of Black girls and women. This is the case for Megan Brown, who reached out after feeling compelled to share her remarkable rise through her trauma, abuse, and sexual assault. Though a difficult conversation, her testimony enforces the importance of our work…

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How Can White Men Help Black Women Heal? 44:31

3+ y ago44:31

44:31

In defending Black girlhood, it is crucial to understand that Black girls thrive when those with privilege choose to be at the defense of Black girls, too. In this inspiring conversation, Dr. Jesse Maupin - a local white doctor - details his gut-wrenching response to our “Ground Zero” episode and how learning about the experience of Black girls can…

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