Episode 9: Professor Cecilia Konchar Farr: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of the Academy: Reading Harry Potter as Serious Literature
Readers love the Harry Potter series, but is it a classic? Hosts Katy and John discuss Harry Potter’s relationship to the Academy and the importance of readers with special guest Dr. Cecilia Konchar F...
9 Apr 20181h 22min
Episode 8: Dirt and the Dark Arts; Tackling Taboos in Harry Potter
In this episode, Katy and John talk with Associate Professor of Literature Dr. Beth Sutton-Ramspeck (The Ohio State University in Lima) about Rowling's "literary housekeeping" in the "Harry Potter" se...
12 Mar 20181h 20min
Episode 7: The Beast Within: Chiasmus and Ring Composition in Fantastic Beasts
Come along with cohosts Katy and John, along with special guest Brett Kendall to explore the structure and meaning of the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them film.
12 Feb 20181h 29min
Episode 6: 2017 Chestnut Hill Harry Potter Conference
Where can Harry Potter scholars and fans meet and share ideas, and where can fans be scholars and scholars be fans? The Harry Potter Conference at Chestnut Hill College, in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania...
8 Jan 20181h 38min
Episode 5: Writing Magic: New Insights from Lev Grossman’s Interview with J.K. Rowling in 2005
Discover new information about J.K. Rowling’s writing process, her intentions with the Harry Potter story, and her commentary on other fantasy writers in Episode 5.
11 Des 20171h 2min
Episode 4: Amy H. Sturgis: Fantasy, Imagination, and Indigenous Futurism
In this episode, Katy, John, and their guest Dr. Amy H. Sturgis discuss J.K. Rowling’s work as it relates to Native American culture and Indigenous writing.
13 Nov 20171h 25min
Episode 3: Tracy Bealer: Oppression and Subversion in Harry Potter
Have you ever wondered about the power relationships in the wizarding world? In our third episode, John Granger and Katy McDaniel talk with Dr. Tracy Bealer (Assistant Professor of English at Borough ...
9 Okt 20171h 2min
Episode 2: Beatrice Groves And Literary Allusion In Harry Potter
Professor Beatrice Groves discusses references to other literary works in Rowling's "Harry Potter" series.
11 Sep 20171h 7min
