Pop Culture: Harry Potter is EVERYTHING
On Episode 250 we discuss... → What is popular culture anyway? → J.K. Rowling made bank! → Harry Potter’s YA ancestors → From Baby-Sitters Club to Shakespeare → What’s Potter got that the others don’t? → The fan fiction springboard → “Snape… Snape… Severus Snape…” → The diminishing return → Can Potter really be everything?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support.
21 Jul 20182h 20min
CoS 4 Revisit: Forget Me Not
On Episode 249 we discuss... → Foreshadow maxima! → Ghouls: pests of the after-life → Arthur Weasley’s Muggle World Podcast → Honest portrayals of poverty → Is fire travel unique to Potter? → Ring theory epicness! → Draco unmasked → Burke, the body snatcher → What was Hagrid really doing in Knockturn Alley? → So much Harry love → Did Lucius target the Weasleys or was Ginny a convenience? → Mr. and Mrs. Granger - blissfully ignorantBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support.
7 Jul 20181h 57min
Magic's Inner Workings: We're All Squibs
On Episode 248 we discuss... → Guessing about Gamp's Law → Can you conjure air?! → Turns out you can study Alchemy at Hogwarts → Could the plague actually be dragon pox? → Mandrakes are real and science = magic → Flying brooms are less conspicuous than flying bathtubs → Revisiting the desk pig! → No such thing as too many Star Trek references → There actually is a math class at Hogwarts → We pull out our punnett squares to talk genetics in HP → Wizards can use electronics...just not at school → Are wizards really space aliens?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support.
23 Jun 20182h 22min
PS/SS 16 Revisit: Traps Everywhere!
On Episode 247 we discuss... → JKR told us Harry would live, it’s okay → Wizard cards answer exam questions! → The things the trees have seen → “...after they kill Neville...” → Can ghosts become invisible? → Fluffy went to the Forest... or back to Greece? → Muggle medicinal uses for Devil’s Snare vs. wizard death plant → Where is the Stone from July to December?? → Absurdly easy keys → Chess symbolism on point → Troll wrangling suspicions → One potions riddle, many versionsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support.
9 Jun 20182h 15min
Hogwarts Houses: A Little Bit Phlegmatic
On Episode 246 we discuss... → We’ve got all four Houses here for a discussion on the four Houses! → The Four Temperaments or “Humors” that make up all of humanity → Katy’s Shoutout Maxima tackles nightmare fuel, Luna love and YouTube → What do the Sorting Hat songs say are each house’s key attributes? → Which students embody the stated attributes of each House / which do not? → Who does Pottermore say were Hatstalls, and what does that mean? → Would Cedric Diggory, Hogwarts Champion, ever be a Death Eater? → The benefits and pitfalls of Sorting too soon → Do Hogwarts Houses overlap with Ilvermorny ones, a la this chart?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support.
26 Mai 20182h 9min
DH 36 Revisit: Exploding a Moment
On Episode 245 we discuss... → Let the tears flow with Michael's reading of the chapter! → Untested magic → A moment for parallels → Harry's cadaver career → James is important too, guys! → "I'm Spartacus!" → Everything but the Ford Anglia → Other ways to kill a wizard → Stupid movie → The Master of Death → 19 years of recovery → What is the Flaw?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support.
12 Mai 20182h 17min
Death: It Does Not Do to Dwell
On Episode 244 we discuss... → JKR's admissions of how the death of her mother shaped the series → Immortality and the fear of death → Voldemort: The most useless, magic-dependent wizard ever → Grief over death and loss → How unresolved grief can stunt growth → Acceptance of death and its inevitability → The Flamels are Hobbits → What was on Dumbledore's bucket list? → Church Grims bring out Katy's angst → Death is more trustworthy than God or the Devil → Quotes to grieve by → Listener experiences using Potter to help them grieveBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support.
28 Apr 20182h 11min
HBP 22 Revisit: Felix: The Master Manipulator
On Episode 243 we discuss... → Best HBP chapter EVAR!! → Leaving Hagrid to grieve alone? Rude. → Half-Blood Prince: a metaphor for being 16 → Slughorn: B+ teacher, A+ motivator → Half an eyebrow now, half an eyeball later! → Felix has no morals... and kind of makes you drunk → Did Tom Riddle get lucky? → Spiders are so ungrateful → Wizard minors can drink alcohol... no biggie → Actors' names in literature → We need more drunk men hugging, crying, and singing → Odo the non-hero... which is sadBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support.
14 Apr 20181h 26min
