Ring Composition, Part Trois: There It Is!

Ring Composition, Part Trois: There It Is!

On Episode 297 we discuss... → Turtleback storytelling → This is structured writing. Character-driven? Baloney! → We know that C.S. Lewis used this technique because of Rowling! → What do Twilight and Star Wars have in common with Potter? → OOTP = OCD → J.K. Rowling has a tattoo? → Literary alchemy is here to blow your mind → What does Order of the Phoenix have to do with Ewoks? → GoF = the crucial book containing the crucial chapter → While Harry is being torn down, Neville is rising up → Deathly Hallows Structure??

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Introducing "Alohomora!: Full Circle"

Introducing "Alohomora!: Full Circle"

You asked for it, you got it! After years of requests from our loyal listeners begging us to start another re-read, we are very happy to introduce Alohomora!: Full Circle. Created and hosted by Kat Mi...

25 Loka 20209min

The Department of Mysteries: Unspeakably Vague

The Department of Mysteries: Unspeakably Vague

On Episode 307 we discuss… → Hagrid definitely couldn't work there → Whose brains do they have in the Brain Room?? → "Thoughts could leave deeper scars than almost anything else" → The Death Chamber -...

24 Loka 20201h 27min

HBP 12 Revisit: Questionable Morality

HBP 12 Revisit: Questionable Morality

On Episode 306 we discuss... → Harry reading Cliff Notes → Fandom theories from back in the day → "Eh, it's Half-Blood Prince. Things get a bit sexy." → Why did Aberforth buy a sketchy mirror? → Was R...

10 Loka 20202h 26min

Cho Chang: Social Distance From Swans!

Cho Chang: Social Distance From Swans!

On Episode 305 we discuss... → Cho's name... lazily written, alliteration love, and/or downright offensive? → The only girl on her Quidditch team! → Written to be a love triangle character/self-insert...

26 Syys 20201h 49min

PoA 15 Revisit: Quidditch Is Life

PoA 15 Revisit: Quidditch Is Life

On episode 304 we discuss... → What was Buckbeak's favorite part of London? → Hermione at her breaking point... crying, slapping, quitting → Hermione's slap = SO GOOD... but, don't do that → Fowl or F...

12 Syys 20201h 37min

Patronuses & Dementors: You Fail, Maggots!

Patronuses & Dementors: You Fail, Maggots!

*Trigger warnings for this episode: suicidal thoughts and death of a loved one On Episode 303 we discuss... → "Azkaban Guards" = magical policemen? Not quite → Why are parents not concerned that their...

29 Elo 20201h 28min

DH 26 Revisit: Live Your Best Life

DH 26 Revisit: Live Your Best Life

On Episode 302 we discuss... → Grace’s famous last words, “I don’t think there’s anything controversial in this one!” → Action set-piece + character growth all in one → The trio forms a good plan for ...

15 Elo 20201h 51min

The Anthropology of Harry Potter, Part One - Wicked Fascinating

The Anthropology of Harry Potter, Part One - Wicked Fascinating

On Episode 301 we discuss... → How has Potter shaped your own personal or social environment? → "The Harry Potter series is a massive lesson on the notion of death" → Which character deaths got send-o...

1 Elo 20202h 18min