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
The Horizontal Arc of Severus Snape: Unpacking His Final Lessons
After six deep-dive episodes, Professor Julian Wamble closes our exploration of Severus Snape—one of the most complex figures in the Harry Potter series. This final Prof Responds examines the ethics o...
22 Okt 202555min
The Ends, the Means, and the Man: The Ethics of Severus Snape
In this final chapter of The Severus Snape Trilogy, Professor Julian Wamble takes listeners back into the moral heart of the Harry Potter universe to ask: was Severus Snape a hero, a villain, or somet...
15 Okt 20251h 15min
