Dark Arts & Beasts: Justice for Basilisks!
On Episode 319 we discuss… → Does Dark Magic only depend on the intent of the witch or wizard using it? → Dark Magic is magic for which there is no good use → All dark magic are curses, but not all cu...
10 Apr 20212h 41min
HPB 26 Revisit: The Dueling Aesthetics of Dumbledore and Voldemort
On Episode 318 we discuss… → First all-male episode?!? → The chapter that inspired the book's cover art → Young Tom Riddle was incredibly focused and powerful → Everyone agrees... Half-Blood Prince is...
27 Mar 20212h 21min
The Anthropology of Harry Potter, Part Two: Bloody Brilliant
On Episode 317 we discuss... → Localization of the Harry Potter text (British vs. American English) → Why butcher cultures for the sake of ethnocentrically Americanizing text? → Hooray for fans fighti...
13 Mar 20212h 36min
GoF 26 Revisit: This is Traumatizing!
On Episode 316 we discuss… → Would aqua lungs have functioned at Hogwarts? → We need more info regarding the limits of transfiguration → Madam Pince is THE WORST librarian → Powers you never knew you ...
27 Feb 20211h 59min
"Alohomora!: Full Circle" Sneak Peek
Created and hosted by Kat Miller, Alohomora!: Full Circle is a re-read of the Harry Potter through the lens of Ring Composition. Enjoy this sneak peek from the show featuring clips from Books 1 - 4 an...
22 Feb 202113min
Love: Ride or Die
On Episode 315 we discuss… → Love types: Agape, Philia, Eros, Storge, Xenia, Philautia → From Lily to Narcissa, mothers' love is everything in Potter → A child's love for their parents is not to be ig...
13 Feb 20212h 24min
OotP 28 Revisit: Fresh Horror
On Episode 314 we discuss... → Leaving a broken vanishing cabinet on the 1st floor... totally fine → Tragic Filch - the half-person → Fear of kittens makes a lot more sense than pigeons → What do fire...
30 Jan 20212h 2min
Memories and the Pensieve: Drowning in French
On Episode 313 we discuss... → Where did the brains in the Brain Room come from? → We hope there are individual education plans for struggling students → Rex schools us on memory types, formation, sto...
16 Jan 20211h 50min
