6.25: The Seer Overheard
Snape is completely the kind of adult that has no love life and would be really mean to teenagers about theirs, but it's for real; it's topical. His having no love life is because he's in the middle o...
14 Okt 52min
6.24: Sectumsempra
Harry and Draco seeing each other in the cracked mirror: Your fear, your terror, is like my fear and my terror. For full show notes, transcripts, ways to contact the hosts or support the show, and m...
7 Okt 1h 31min
6.23: Horcruxes
Splitting your soul and hiding it away from the rest of yourself so that that part remains unchanged… This is a form of self-harm when there's something in yourself that causes you so much misery that...
30 Sep 1h 28min
6.22: After the Burial
The lure of being told that you could earn back forgiveness (or that you could somehow make repairs or amends) is the fantasy that's powerful enough to overcome a shame that's so deep that you would l...
23 Sep 1h 25min
6.21: The Unknowable Room
The question that Ron's been asking this entire year feels so current and contemporary: "Anyone we know?" Because that is the risk, right? That's been contemporary life. Okay. In the news, who's being...
16 Sep 1h 19min
6.20: Lord Voldemort's Request
This curse really hampers a lot of good learning that those students had been entitled to. This is the "think of the children" fight for the soul of education. Do you want to teach people to be strong...
9 Sep 1h 34min
6.19: Elf Tails
Lorrie: Then we get the line that an entire mammoth AO3 ship lives and dies on. JC: Oh, yes. Yes, we do. "Harry, however, had never been less interested in Quidditch; he was rapidly becoming obsessed ...
2 Sep 55min
6.18: Birthday Surprises
Between the time that this book was first written and now, I've seen consent culture become much more widespread and better understood. That's only a good thing. That's a difference I've seen in our l...
26 Aug 1h 14min
