6.17: A Sluggish Memory
There's something about Harry approaching Slughorn that will give good, positive reason for Slughorn to be able to overcome his shame and release the true memory, and Dumbledore is not it. For full sh...
19 Aug 1h 29min
6.16: A Very Frosty Christmas
Everything about what Lupin has been up to is so fascinating, because he says that he has been living amongst werewolves and they don't trust him because he's obviously human-coded. This is so similar...
12 Aug 1h 9min
6.15: The Unbreakable Vow
If anybody is marked to be a failure, it's Crabbe and Goyle, so if almost all the teachers have given up on them, you can be in Snape's position as the one person who hasn't given up on them, knowing ...
5 Aug 1h 37min
6.14: Felix Felicis
It's a beautiful way to teach Ron that whole lesson of, 'Yes, it's taking place in your head, but that doesn't mean it's not real.' You can learn to do things in life without having to go through them...
29 Juli 56min
6.13: The Secret Riddle
JC: Here is finally an adult who can set a boundary that Tom can't cross, and it makes sense then that later on, people say, "Oh, Dumbledore was the only one he was ever afraid of." I was like, "Well,...
22 Juli 1h 32min
6.12: Silver and Opals
JC: It's an interesting point to think, when you're interacting with the author or the creator of any text, that you are interacting with a past version of them that hadn't yet become the person they ...
15 Juli 57min
6.11: Hermione's Helping Hand
Quidditch is used as a metaphor in this series for other ongoing struggles… If he's now Quidditch Captain and legitimate and popular and interesting, and all of these people are showing up out of inte...
8 Juli 56min
6.10: The House of Gaunt
"The house seemed to contain three tiny rooms. Two doors led off the main room, which served as kitchen and living room combined." Where did Merope sleep? For full show notes, transcripts, ways to con...
1 Juli 1h 38min
