The Double Disappearing Act of Parvati and Padma Patil

Professor Julian Wamble kicks off Critical Magic Theory's summer series by unpacking the Ministry of Magic through Half-Blood Prince's opening chapter, "The Other Minister." Starting with Hagrid's off...

29 Jul 1h 5min

Professor Julian Wamble returns to the Half-Blood Showdown listener mailbag to dig into three of the community's sharpest debates: whether Dolores Umbridge outranking Voldemort as the series' worst vi...

22 Jul 42min

Critical Magic Theory closes the book on Half-Bloods with one final superlatives showdown, capping off more than a year spent inside the wizarding world's largest and most varied blood-status category...

15 Jul 1h 17min

In this second Prof Responds episode, Professor Julian Wamble returns to listener comments from Critical Magic Theory's Patreon and Spotify communities for a deeper dive into Harry Potter's heroism, s...

8 Jul 1h 2min

Harry Potter's heroism is contagious — in the best way and the most literal one. This episode tackles the back half of the Harry Potter survey, working through good half-blood, good Gryffindor, hero, ...

1 Jul 1h 11min

This episode of Critical Magic Theory picks up where the last episode left off, this time handing the floor to the CMT community. Listeners push back, dig deeper, and refuse to agree — on whether Harr...

24 Jun 52min

Is Harry Potter a good person? A good friend? A victim? Extraordinary?We heard from over 600 listeners, and the results were more chaotic than you might expect. In this episode of Critical Magic Theor...

17 Jun 1h 20min

What does it mean to call someone a hero, and how much of what we believe about heroism in the Harry Potter series was shaped for us before we ever thought to question it?In this Prof Responds episode...

10 Jun 55min