Wallis Snowdon Published:December 21, 2019 -CBC   From potions to podcasts and spells to social media, today's witches are taking stereotypes fuelled by children's stories and making them disappear. Far from the wart-nosed, broom-riding wretches, modern witches can be found in classrooms and cubicles. Growing interest in witchcraft has generated an industry of books, podcasts and social media forums dedicated to all things magical. "Witches have always been cool," said Glen Fairen, a religious studies instructor at the University of Alberta, who teaches the popular course Studies in Witchcraft and the Occult. "[But in] the past four or five years, there seems to be a growing population of folks who are both interested in witchcraft, but also folks who practice what [...]