Episodes
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On Episode 398 we discuss...
β How the Weasleys don't care about Harry yet
β Turquoise is an odd choice for a car
β Lockhart is a "watered down soda"
β We need to see the tax slips
β So many holes in the plan
β Ginny in the wild
β Same day, different story -
On Episode 397 we discuss...
β Hagrid's arrested development
β Dragon eggs
β The actor who plays the girl in Damsel
β Held back students
β What is stoat?
β Ron impresses us, again
β Subway Cloak
β Dragons, Lions, and Bears -
Missing episodes?
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On Episode 396 we discuss...
β Molly and vehicular manslaughter
β Grunge era, 90s' cool, Bill
β Hermione, torn between amusement and anxiety
β No one cares about Bertha
β The complicated relationship between Molly, George, and Fred
β A plea for Percy
β Ginny is just awesome -
On Episode 395 we discuss...
β How the movie did it better
β Elves who work in houses
β Lavender needs to read the room
β Geoff REALLY doesn't like Cormac McLaggen
β Snape teaches in a way that makes people remember
β Dumbledore is the puppet master of Hagrid
β Fred and George are smart little bullies -
On Episode 394 we discuss...
β the maturity of the Trio
β The longing tension between Harry and Ginny
β 90s tropes
β Everybody Loves Molly
β "We're coming with you"
β The number of towers at Hogwarts
β The slimy goo inside of all of us
β Death, Horcruxes, and the meaning of life -
On Episode 393 we discuss...
β Voldemort's soft launch
β Dueling clubs to get back in practice
β Instructional DVDs
β Hugs for Harry
β In our feelings
β Street cred for Filch
β Summer break plans at Hogwarts -
On Episode 392 we discuss...
β Moaning Myrtle just a lonely child
β Piggy Wiggly
β Filch's redemption
β Cats chose violence
β Fleur might be a big softy
β Snape's store of potion ingredients
β Le-ion -
On Episode 391 we discuss...
β Best line: "Your hand is all sweaty"
β Wizard plummers
β Menacing ellipses
β Pausing for effect
β Voldemort is a dramatic B
β The adventures of Tommy and Bianca
β Grace Candido-Beecher shout out
β Fawkes or convenient plot point
β It's not weird, it's funny -
On Episode 390 we discuss...
β Adverbs and potentially bad writing
β Sprouting it all up
β Prophetic knives
β Unbreakable Vows as kids
β The origins of oranges in stockings and Saint Nick
β Chris Tingle
β In-depth look at godparents
β Christmas time with Fleur
Read below to for information on how to contact our guest, Emily Strand.
Her website is emilystrand.com and my Academia.edu site is here: https://carmelcollege.academia.edu/EmilyStrand
Potterversity: https://www.mugglenet.com/mugglenet-family/potterversity/
New book (just out!) is Potterversity: Essays Exploring the World of Harry Potter available from publisher McFarland Books here: https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/potterversity/
Her essay "Said Hermione Earnestly: Harry Potter's Prose and Why It Doesn't Matter" in Open at the Close: Literary Essays on Harry Potter, is available here: https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/O/Open-at-the-Close
She also edited these pop culture collections:
Star Trek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier: https://vernonpress.com/book/1672
Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away: https://vernonpress.com/book/1751 -
On Episode 389 we discuss...
β Let's go to the hospital
β Hermione puts the "camp" in camping
β McGonagall's Caturday with Mrs. Morris
β Dumbledore's Pager
β Festive in death
β Accio baby
β Portrait powers activate! -
On Episode 388 we discuss...
β Cringe moments from our past as teens
β Professor Bitter at the holiday staff meeting
β Go forth and find a partner, McGonagall
β What happened to pogs?
β Patty Parkinson
β Drawn out drumrolls
β Holding out for Harry
β Dialogue Alley Podcast -
On Episode 387 we discuss...
β We are not a fishing podcast
β Also not on Shark Tank
β People just don't go out and get tents
β Grawp Pt. 2
β Ronald Weasley and the checked privilege
β Desk Pig all over again
β Why did the Trio catch a pike of all things?
β If Ron and Hermione's relationship will stand the test of time -
On Episode 386 we discuss...
β XoXo,Gossip Girl
β Who's playing the long game?
β Pansy Parkinson is Draco
β Nerf balls and teachers
β Harry is not James
β Paw print in the sky -
On Episode 385 we discuss...
β Americans don't know what "punting" means
β It's a good episode to be Ron lover
β Passive agressive professors
β The twins are really smart
β the nightmare of teacups with legs
β Everyone is worried about Harry's restless sleep
β We are not a Twilight podcast
β What came first, Hogwarts or the forest?
β Free Grawp -
On Episode 384 we discuss...
β The cheeky mirror
β No working papers or labor laws
β Lower level homework
β Harry and his fear of the unknown
β Ron & Hermione's plot point birthdays
β "Bang on the counter" doesn't mean what you think it means
β The trio starts to pair off
β Team Molly or Team Arthur
β It got better, then it didn't - series mantra
β #justice for Binky -
On Episode 383 we discuss...
β Alfie & Alby
β AOL AIM Mirror
β Weird metaphors and the afterlife
β Harry's hitch in that giddyup
β Why didn't the goblins win
β The end of childhood
β Dudley and Draco are two sides of the same coin
β The ghost of Voldemort -
On Episode 382 we discuss...
β Secret celebrity
β Mrs. Norris: she is widowed
β Being chill and strict at the same time
β Voldemort's smelly head
β Quidditch is McGonagall's love language
β Yum-bledore
β Africa is a continent not a country
β Hagrid is the farm to table coordinator of Hogwarts -
On Episode 381 we discuss...
β "Weird" ways to love Horace Slughorn
β Ranking Harry's school years from best to worst
β Preferred method of magical travel
β Doge's suspected crush on Dumbledore
β Add Beginners to your must watch list
β Kat Miller, confirmed bachelor
β Slughorn's secondary house debate
β Generational divide on stopping by unannounced
β "They" say we fall in love with our parents
β Ginny is the new Lily -
On Episode 380 we discuss...
β Porto's hats
β Operation "pig for slaughter" is a go
β "I regret Lily's death" - Google it
β Why can't they just pick up their brooms?
β Oliver Wood, razzle-dazzle
β Harry has a strong core
β To drink unicorn blood
β Quirrell's study abroad opportunity -
On Episode 379 we discuss...
β Geoff is haunted by this song
β Learn how the hosts like to read
β "Oh Potter, you rotter:" the mixed tape
β Ghosts are transparent
β The never ending Thestral debate
β Neville lost Trevor on purpose
β Madam Hooch needs to do more
β Why Cho is really a #girlboss
β Percy stans
β Hogwarts is a security nightmare
β Hermione & Ron are hypocrites - Show more