Recap: Episode 210
On this recap we discuss... → Ghosts as punishment → Luna's spirituality → Neville, Luna, and Ginny as a trinity → Draco: a Judas parallel? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support.
21 Jan 201724min
Religion and Fate - Into the Unknown
On Episode 210 we discuss... → Predestination vs. free will in prophesies → Magic as religion → Is there a Wizard God? → Wizards reconciling magic and religious belief → The stigma of Christians against Harry Potter → Resurrection: a common element → Are Horcruxes a perversion of religious symbols? → The importance of choices → Even Quidditch has religious imagery! → Trios and the Trinity → Repentance and Redemption → Ghosts and the afterlifeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support.
8 Jan 20171h 51min
Recap: Episode 209
On this recap we discuss... → Did the diadem bring the DADA curse? → Why murder is the thing that splits the soul → A different take on the food/soul theory → Piggy bank HarryBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support.
8 Jan 201717min
Horcruxes - Voldy-Bits
On Episode 209 we discuss... → Making a Horcrux: How Do You Even? → Horcrux pies and chocolate bars → Body and soul → The first kill → The Seven Horcrux Sins → Hot-Demort → Did Grindelwald make a Horcrux? → Rowling's least favorite Horcrux questionBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support.
24 Dec 20162h 42min
Recap: Episode 208
On this recap we discuss... → Peter and the Hat → "Heads or tails?" → Sorting families → Houses through the yearsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support.
24 Dec 201631min
Sortings - Whatever, Hat
On Episode 208 we discuss... → Why is Hogwarts still Sorting? → The Hat is always right...or it thinks it is → Hat Stall: I do not think that means what you think it means → Should families really end up in the same House? → Controversial Sortings → Lockhart: is he really blue and bronze? → Let's speculate on some Houses!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support.
10 Dec 20162h 24min
Recap: Episode 207
On this recap we discuss... → Dumbledore did what was right, not easy → How could Dumbledore's sexuality have been included in the books? → A balancing of House traitsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support.
10 Dec 201622min
Albus Dumbledore - All Kinds of Love
On Episode 207 we discuss... → No spoilers for Fantastic Beasts! (Well, we tried) → Dumbledore as the archetypal mentor → Is Dumbledore a good person and are his actions justified? → Timelines can be confusing → JKR got Harry's story from Dumbledore's portrait → Would knowing Dumbledore's sexuality have impacted Harry's story? → Everything goes back to that one summer → How does Dumbledore still trust people? → Regret and caution → The Greater Good vs. the one → Love of all kinds → Why do we have more empathy for Dumbledore than other characters?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support.
26 Nov 20161h 34min
