Welcome to Witchcraft 101! In today's episode, we will be discussing representations of witches and witchcraft in western literature and popular culture from the ancient Greece all the way to Harry Potter. We'll be using this discussion to set up our October book club pick, We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry!

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Media Mentioned

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte The Odyssey by Homer Circe by Madeline Miller Jason & the Argonauts Macbeth by William Shakespeare Celtic Blood Series by Melanie Karsak Hansel and Gretel by the Brothers Grimm Witches, Midwives, and Nurses by Barbara Ehrenreich The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum Wicked by Gregory Maguire Loose Canon: The Wicked Witch of the West The Crucible by Arthur Miller Archie Comics Sabrina the Teenage Witch (90s version) Harry Potter by JK Rowling

What We're Reading

Sophie – Ask A Mortician by Caitlin Doughty Courtney – Flyaway by Kathleen Jennings Dom – Hundreds of Americans Planted “Chinese Mystery Seeds” by Jason Koebler