4.22: The Unexpected Task
My friend Lokifan wrote a meta about how Rowling writes friendship as romance and romance as mystery, because we don't know at this point who Hermione is going with. When friends are separated, their ...
16 Apr 202538min
4.21: The House-Elf Liberation Front
Oh, Winky. She's nothing but pain, but I love her so much. She has, for me, some of the greatest pain of any character in this series, because she has all of the anxiety and burden of being a caretake...
9 Apr 202545min
4.20: The First Task
Not all of your strengths have to be in being academic, right? And that's really true for Harry. He's got a lot of things that he's good at, but that idea of playing to your strengths and having someo...
2 Apr 202558min
8.3: Lily Reevaluating HP After 2020
I've been a fan of the Harry Potter series for a long time, and have been reevaluating my relationship with it as a trans woman over the last few years. I think that despite herself, J.K. Rowling crea...
29 Mar 202544min
4.19: The Hungarian Horntail
The Invisibility Cloak felt like such a symbol of escape and safety in this way that Harry was able to put it on and briefly escape from all the awfulness that's coming his way. And it was such a reli...
26 Mar 202553min
4.18: The Weighing of the Wands
The thing about Voldemort is that he doesn't connect with people, except that there's this wand that makes it possible that somebody else has. All of this about second chances and the Christian symbol...
19 Mar 202550min
4.17: The Four Champions
All right, JC, let's hear it! JC: "Did you put your name into the Goblet of Fire, Harry?" Lorrie: "He asked calmly." For full show notes, transcripts, ways to contact the hosts or support the show, an...
12 Mar 202536min
4.16: The Goblet of Fire
Mad-Eye Moody shows up and says, "Yeah, that's Harry Potter," and the color drains from Karkaroff's face. "A terrible look of mingled fury and fear came over him. 'You!'" This shows why Merlin took in...
5 Mar 202550min
