Prof Responds: Dumbledore, Necessity, and the Myth of “No Other Choice”
In this Prof Responds episode of Critical Magic Theory, Professor Julian Wamble returns to Harry Potter to engage listeners’ reflections on Albus Dumbledore. Rather than asking whether Voldemort had t...
18 Dec 20251h 7min
The Fears, Fallacies, and Folly of A.W.P.B. Dumbledore
In this penultimate episode of our Critical Magic Theory series on Albus Dumbledore, Professor Julian Wamble takes a deep look at one of the most complicated figures in the Harry Potter universe. Is D...
10 Dec 20251h
Prof Responds: If Not Him, Then Who? Dumbledore & the Pitfalls of Wartime Necessity
In this Prof Responds episode of Critical Magic Theory, Professor Julian Wamble takes a critical look at Albus Dumbledore’s most morally complicated choices in the Harry Potter series. Drawing on list...
3 Dec 20251h 8min
Dumbledore, the Great & (Reluctantly and Ignorantly) Powerful
In this episode of Critical Magic Theory, Professor Julian Wamble revisits Albus Dumbledore through a very different lens: not as the wise, whimsical Headmaster we grew up with, but as a leader whose ...
26 Nov 20251h 4min
Prof Responds: Dumbledore’s Schemes & Scams, Plots & Plans
In this Prof Responds episode of Critical Magic Theory, Professor Julian Wamble dives into your discussion about Albus Dumbledore and asks some of the biggest questions in the Harry Potter series: is ...
19 Nov 202555min
THIS is a Dumbledore Episode
In the first installment of our Albus Dumbledore series, Critical Magic Theory host Professor Julian Wamble unpacks the contradictions that define Albus Dumbledore—the most beloved and baffling figure...
12 Nov 20251h 8min
Prof Responds: Hogwarts & the Fallacy of Equity
In this Prof Responds episode, Professor Wamble tackles the fallacy of equity at Hogwarts: the idea that sharing wands and classrooms means sharing opportunity. Building on listener insights, he trace...
5 Nov 20251h 5min
WTF is Hogwarts doing???
What is Hogwarts actually for? Beyond floating candles and talking portraits lies a school with deeply entrenched ideologies—one that prepares students less for life and more for assimilation into mag...
29 Okt 202538min
