The Tauren & The Goblin

Nick and Katie discuss the lore leading into Legion on The Tauren and The Goblin!

Nick and Katie discuss more Legion lore in The Tauren & the Goblin #1.5!

The Tauren and The Goblin #2 looks at Stormheim with a heavy focus on Sylvanas.

Nick and Katie talk about the story of Val'sharrah and the sacrifices made.

The Tauren & the Goblin focus on the Headless Horseman! Happy Hallow's End!

More Blizzcon Hype from Nick and Katie, and then a super spoilery discussion of the Nighthold cinematic!

It shouldn't have taken so long for a Tauren to talk about how awesome Highmountain is. New Tauren & Goblin!

Somehow the Tauren and the Goblin start out talking about Blizzcon stuff and get to talking about the role of Warchief in the game, and Gadgetzan.

Winter's Veil is a time of cheer, yet it pits Tauren reverence vs. Goblin greed.

Nick and Katie wish Anduin, Sylvanas, Jaina, and others a Happy 2017 (but not Genn. Never Genn).

Nick tries going alone this week and talks about why he likes the lore and some of his crazier theories.

New models found in Patch 7.2. Nick is intrigued by Anduin, BUT HEY NEW GALLYWIX MODEL OMG KATIE HOORAY!!!!!!!!

Nick and Katie are back to talk about the Class Hall Champions revealed on the PTR.

Emery from Watchpoint Radio joins us to talk about monks and pandaren, and Katie recaps Love is in the Air.

Alisaunder joins Nick and Katie this week to discuss the rogue and priest questlines and free will for our characters.

Nick & Katie FINALLY discuss the final Legion starting zone. Enter Azsuna!

ARRAKOA. CHRONICLE VOLUME II. LET THE RAMBLING COMMENCE.

Nick and Katie continue their deep dive into Chronicle II.

Nick & Katie welcome the new Hearthstone expansion by discussing Un'Goro Crater.

Emery is back to talk about Dark Mirror and the 7.2 and Anduin cinematics.

Nick and Katie discuss working with the Forsaken. Also, the Riddler's Mind-Worm!

Its a bit late for Mother's Day but Nick and Katie discuss Moms in WoW anyway.

Dravvie joins Nick & Katie to talk about the Running of the Trolls and warlocks!

Join Alisaunder and Klanker as they chat about current events, our love for villanous figures, Anduin, and Khadgars favorite Champion.

Nick's back but Katie's gone, so Kavo from Patch Day steps in to talk WoW music!

Emery joins Nick and Katie to talk about Patch 7.3. THERE WILL BE SPOILERS!

Can you give a planet the Curse of Flesh? Also, Knights of the Frozen Throne!!!

Have Nick and Katie been too hard on Genn Greymane, or is he just a jerk?

We discuss our reactions to the Gamescom movies and then who is Kel'thuzad.

Nick hosts solo talking about Shadow, Argus, Alleria, and asks if WoW is fun.

Katie returns to talk about mounts, Magni, and Turalyon & Alleria.

This time we talk about Turalyon & Alleria and the Audio Drama! Also, Old Gods!

Nick & Katie welcome Dravvie to talk about this weekend's Running of the Gnomes!

Alisaunder joins us to talk about women in Warcraft, mounts, Old Gods, and more!

Katie is traveling so Alisaunder fills in to talk all things Battle for Azeroth!

Kavo from Patch Day joins Katie to talk being two Goblins enjoying Blizzcon!

AJ9Livess is here to talk about classic servers and spoil the rogue class st

Emery is here to talk about Antorus and some PVP thoughts!

We ring in 2018 by sharing our wishes for their favorite Warcraft characters!

Rob and Darryl of The Training Dummies join us to talk about Class Hall lore!

Britzza & Sleepy Gary join Nick & Katie to discuss the Patch 7.3.5 cinematics.

We talk about class stories, the status of Battle for Azeroth, and Allied Races.

We look at the Highmountain Tauren intro quest and deep-dive on Kobold lore!

Kavo and Gooch from 3 Goblins join us to talk about BfA and Vol'jin's ashes.

Nick and Katie go Alliance to shed their Horde bias. Does it work?

Nick & Katie have only just begun Chronicle III and already they have thoughts!

Nick and Katie detour to Chronicle Vol 3 through Hearthstone and BfA lore.

Nick & Katie consider what would happen if Metzen found himself in Warcraft III.

A spoilery look at the Battle for Lordaron after a chat about waste management.

Jaina may be a divisive character, but Magni is a unifying force.

Nick & Katie look at Before the Storm & the E3 Story Panel. (mild spoilers)

Here is the first episode of the Azeroth Book Club, hosted by Britzza from Geeks of Azeroth, with Nick & Katie from the Tauren & the Goblin, as they talk about Richard Knaak's Dawn of the Aspects.

Nick & Katie talk about Heroes of the Storm and lightly look at Before the Storm.

Nick & Katie dive deep into Dalaran and the Kirin Tor, with the usual detours.

Emery joins us as we drift from War of the Thorns to Jaina to Legion and back.

Celebrate Episode 50 early as Kavo, AJ, and Gooch join us to look at Sylvanas.

Kavo, AJ, & Gooch return to discuss Old Soldier, Lordaeron, Teldrassil, and more!

Nick and Katie are back to talk about the Horde introduction to Zandalar!

Nick & Katie redraft the Horde & Alliance. Also, Azshara Warbringers!

This week the lads peruse over the newly released Developer Blog on Weapons for #TheDivision to and discuss briefly why 1.8.3 didn't fix the meta.

Rob & Darryl of the Training Dummies drink with us for Brewfest & Mike Morhaime.

Kaz & Frostee of The Worgen's Howl join us to chat about Worgen, Cosplay & more!

We review Zuldazar and ask why trolls are so vulnerable to backstabs?

We're back with a look at the Blizzcon cinematics and the Wrathgate!

Nick and Katie discuss Nazmir and consider Gallywix as well as turtle wizards!

It’s our first end of the year spectacular! We talk about ghosts of patches past, present, and future. Happy holidays everyone!

We make wishes for what 2019 will bring to Azshara, Xal'atath, Saurfang, & more!

Ali from Dungeon Fables is here to talk THE MOTHERLODE!! Also, Sylvanas!

Nick and Kaite ponder an Azeroth without Orcs. Things are bad to say the least.

We look at Vol'dun, home of the Sethrak, Mythrax, and the Goldtusk Gang!

Nick and Katie discuss Blizzard's changing narrative style. Also druids!!!

We discuss Vol'jin, Horde comments about Baine, and consider a player Lich King.

A Bwonsamdi theory and we look at the Horde War Campaign events in patch 8.0.

We continue reviewing the Horde War Campaign. Also, landsharks in Stormsong?

Nick is alone to talk about Patch 8.2 and Avengers: Endgame. SPOILERS ahead!

This week's The Tauren & the Goblin should be called The Thrall & the Saurfang!

Thoughts on Allied Races, the history of the Darkspear, & Vol'jin's bastard son!

Gul'dan was evil, but at least he was never part of the Lich King...

Lich King Illidan in the West! Fel Arthas in the East! Who will stand and fight?

So much story! Mechagon! Azshara! N'Zoth! Thrall! Jaina! We get to it all!

Toshmifune and Taliep from the Halfhill Report join us to answer "Is BfA MoP 2?"

We celebrate 75 episodes with several friends of the show sharing their favorite quests from their time playing World of Warcraft!

Look back at the stealth pilot for Tauren & Goblin when Nick & Katie go deep on hunters before Legion and then lose their minds over the Chronicle Vol. I preview and that magic chart!

WoW runs back WoW Classic, and we run back our Classic talk with AJ9Livess.

Alisaunder joins Nick & Katie to talk about forgotten races, dreadlords, & more!

In part 1 of a What If focusing on Wrathion as we wonder how things would be if he had been born corrupted. We look at his history and consider his roles in Cataclysm and Mists of Pandaria.

Nick and Katie couldn't wait to speculate on Sylvanas' powers, a death faction, and the new Warchief(s?). Its an special episode on the end of the War Campaign!

We're back talking further about what Azeroth looks like with a corrupted Wrathion. Are the differences more surprising, or is it what's the same???

Back in August, Nick and Katie got hyped with some 8.2.5 datamining and tried to predict how things would be in October. Also, they compare BfA's narrative to other expansions.

We look at Vol'jin's past from his opposition to Garrosh to his death in Legion.

Nick and Katie are back after their hiatus! Katie went to Blizzcon! And they can't help but talk about all things Shadowlands!

This week we look at where mechanics and story clash and how Blizzard's improvement as storytellers has helped to mitigate that, especially regarding death.

We begin a three part marathon of best wishes for 2020! This week: The Windrunner Sisters, Turalyon, Anduin, Genn, Velen, Jaina and Derek Proudmoore, Mekkatorque, and Bolvar!

We continue our Best Wishes for 2020 by talking about Taelia, Calia, Lillian Voss, Thrall, Baine, Mayla, Lor'themar, Thalyssra, Gazlowe, Wrathion, the Dragon Aspects, Azeroth, Magni, and Khadgar!

We conclude our Best Wishes for 2020 series with talk about Tyrande, Malfurion, Azshara, Zek'han, Xal'atath, Gallywix, Flynn Fairwind, Queen Talanji, Vol'jin, Bwonsamdi, Rastakhan, Saurfang, & more!

Nick and Katie talk about their experiences in 8.3 and begin to evaluate Battle for Azeroth now that it is completed.

Nick and Katie look at the Ny'alotha finale cinematic and try to determine how it could have been better.

Nick and Katie look at a recent article on Vice that claims the similarities in Kerrigan, Sylvanas, and Widowmaker mean that Blizzard can't write women.

Nick and Katie get a little silly going over the early history of the Council of Tirisfal, from the poor decisions around their creation, up until Aegwynn went rogue and birthed Medivh.

Ali from Dungeon Fables and All Things Azeroth is here to talk about the history of Torghast and its relationship to Icecrown Citadel and speculate on Shadowlands!

Nick and Katie take a special look at Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker.

Nick and Katie are back to talk about the history of Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker.

Nick talks about the problems with spoilers and then spoils some of the Final Fantasy VII Remake to compare it to Warcraft lore.

Nick and Katie talk about the Old Gods and the Black Empire and their relationship to death and Earthen Ring and Cuttlefish.

Nick and Katie discuss the history of N'Zoth and consider his actions. Also, Nick hates helms with horns.

Frazley joins us to talk about D&D, leveling alts, getting loremaster, and imagining Sylvanas as a gnome.

Nick posits the 2020-Azeroth connection. Also, the Titans do some self-exploration? But mainly, we talk about Lor'themar and Thalyssra!

Spazz Wesson joins Katie and Nick as they compare 8.3 to other end of expansion patches and discuss their experiences leveling and playing alts.

Gin from Morally Grey joins Nick to talk about playing through vanilla, race-changing your main, and podcasting.

Gin and Nick talk about spoilers for Shadows Rising before reading the book and also get into some spoilers for Shadowlands leveling.

Nick and Katie celebrate 100 episodes by talking about Shadows Rising.

Class is in session with Warcraft 101 and Katie brings her boyfriend Bryce and her brother James to be students! Let's test our knowledge!

CognitivePit from Warcraft Reloaded joins Nick and Katie to talk about C'Thun and the opening of the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj.

Nick and Katie were so gobsmacked by Afterlives: Bastion they had no choice but to talk about Uther and the implications of that short!

We look at Draka's life and then claw in the dark at what is actually going on in Maldraxxus! Felguards??? What could they mean?!?!?

Nick starts off at the anger stage of grief while Katie is just sad. Poor Ursoc. He deserved better.

To the good listeners of the Tauren & the Goblin, please enjoy this episode on Afterlives: Revendreth.

The sad part of starting a lore podcast after Warlords of Draenor is that we missed our opportunity to talk about Garrosh Hellscream when he was relevant. That all changes now.

Nick and Katie look over the life of Bolvar Fordragon, from Onyxia to the Wrathgate to the Lich King and now Shadowlands.

Gin and Ali from Live, Laugh, Lore come on to talk about Dreadlords, redemption for Arthas, the nature of souls, and more!

Before we encounter Kael'thas in the Shadowlands, let's set back our sights on his time on Azeroth and Outland.

Nick and Katie discuss the short story "Terror by Torchlight" and then comment on the cinematic duel between Tyrande and Nathanos.

Nick and Katie step through the veil into The Shadowlands and Oribos!

Edanar from Clan of Three joins to talk a little about Bastion and the nature of the overall Shadowlands campaign and fight with Katie over goblins and Wisconsin and Arrakoa.

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

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!

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

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.

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

If Darth Vader can be redeemed, why not Sylvanas?

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

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

Nick talks briefly about Hearthstone mercenaries and introducing new characters.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nick and Katie share their reaction to the Dragonflight announcement.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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