thunderwudgie podcast: Recent Episodes
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Do you love Harry Potter? Are you searching for meaning in life? Do you find yourself asking unanswerable questions? Then, this is the podcast for you.
Join three friends, Annie, Reese, and Teej, chatting in the most informal setting sharing a mutual love of The Boy who Lived.
Moving, a baby and a pandemic have changed the lives of our hosts dramatically. Thus, we passionately discuss the RCTGeek videos about sorting saints into Hogwarts Houses!
And have you visited Harry Potter at Home?
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDIVZWN-1C1-wavyr_-WJw/videos
https://www.wizardingworld.com/collections/harry-potter-at-home
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A lot has been going on lately and sometimes we just need a laugh. Join our hosts as they fumble through the world of podcasting!
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Look what we found in the Room of Requirement - a hidden episode!
Annie, Reese and Teej discuss how they were introduced to Harry Potter and how often they read the books. And how would our gang handle Hogwarts holiday feasts?
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Your lovely hostesses talk about which characters they would be interested in playing in the movies.
They also muse about what it's like to be around wizard kids and Reese uses a naughty word.
Finally, they realize that time is flying and this is the end of Season 1!
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H-Bomb joins Reese, Annie and Teej and tells us when she first read Harry Potter.
The gang discuss fan theories, being Hermione and the train ride.
And of course we ask, what is the meaning of life?
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Is it harder to be a saint today than in the past? Reese, Annie and Teej let the #Catholic flag proudly fly as they explore the deeper questions.
Finally, discussions about tattoos (why not?) and Harry Potter backstory questions follow to lighten the mood.
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Reese is a Gryffindor! She’s shook so she also retakes the Ilvermorny and Patronus tests.
Annie reads some Harry Potter in an amazing British accent and then the gang talks about books and striving to be a saint.
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Reese’s Pottermore account was lost. The obvious solution is to have her retake the sorting hat quiz live on the podcast, DUH
While she takes the quiz, Teej and Annie go over the attributes of various houses and all 3 talk about who they would play in the movies.
Tell us which house is home for Reese!
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Why are certain maladies fixed by magic and others aren’t?
Do the Harry Potter characters go to counseling?
Annie talks about being angsty on LiveJournal, which is still a thing!
Would the HP characters be on social media?
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Our hosts have further evidence and speculation regarding houses and family members
A 2018 Harry Potter Fest in Ohio is reviewed and Reese shares her excitement about costume contests. We then brainstorm great costume ideas.
Teej reviews how to pronounce various HP words and questions life. https://www.pottermore.com/features/harry-potter-names-and-words-we-got-wrong-for-years
Finally Annie shares her pride regarding Deathly Hallows
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Reese, Annie and Teej discuss their desire for backstories and love for Alan Rickman and Maggie Smith in childhood.
Reese says Ron should have died and Harry & Hermione end up together. Teej = NO
Everyone rejects Cursed Child and Annie admits she dressed up as George.
Finally, we contemplate the most important question: What is the WORST flavor of Bertie’s Beans? The answers will horrify you and make you snort!
Why does Teej have compassion for Bellatrix but not for Pettigrew?
An analysis of this question produces a psyche-shaking realization!
Which deaths were the hardest for you?
And finally Harry’s angst and UMBRIDGE!!!!
Annie, Reese and Teej discuss old email addresses and AOL screen names.
You’ll find out the importance of turtles, manatees and animals in general and learn that emus are SCARY.
Finally, we reveal costumes for movie showings and All Saints Parties.
Margaret of Castello = hunchbacked saint https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_of_Castello
Endangered Love (Barbara Manatee) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpcf_qD3GW4 This song is even better than I remembered! “I have a new dress and shoes … and new manatee lipstick!”
Song of the Cebu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uv8Ej4CEoQ “In a sequential image stereophonic multimedia event”
We find a link to a literary tattoo convention so naturally Annie, Reese and Teej discuss tattoos... especially nerdy and Catholic ones.
Most ridiculous HP tattoo ideas include The U-Bend and TREVOR
This podcast inspired by https://www.literaryink.co/
Arschgeweih (German) translated as “Ass Antlers”
Tattoos in Harry Potter https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Tattoo including the infamous Pygmy Puff!
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Annie, Reese and Teej discuss feeling conflicted about Harry Potter characters including Xenophilius Lovegood and James Potter.
Did Snape love Lily, or was it just a strange obsession?
What do the books say about your family and the choices you make in you life? Are there different ways to be spoiled?
Should Hermione and Ron end up together? What about Harry and Ginny? Are these characters fully fleshed out?
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https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/08/post-olympic-depression/496244/
The ladies of the Thunderwudgie podcast continue to explore life’s biggest questions…
What animal would you bring to wizarding school?
Who are the heroes of the Battle of Hogwarts?
Learn more about the charisms https://siena.org/called-gifted
Harry Potter - promoting virtue, the occult or something else? What about LOTR?
Finally, is Dumbledore a terrible, scheming, puppet master? Teej ruins Annie’s opinion of the Headmaster.
Why Annie should be more careful on the Pilates ball https://cultureofsafety.thesilverlining.com/fitness/stability-ball-injuries/
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Annie tells us her House test results and we give shout outs to our Twitter followers (follow us @thunderwudgie)
We talk about the age of various characters and Teej mentions lectures by Ted Sherman
Horror movies and accents are discussed (too bloody right!) and we close with life’s biggest questions. What Color is Your Parachute?
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Reese and Teej welcome Annie to the show!
They discuss Harry Potter in the news, JKR's Harvard commencement speech and making time for your interests and passions. Finally, we wonder, do kids in school pass notes?
Dementor trash bag article https://on.freep.com/2FfiPMe
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
Reese on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGK-WjmnjK8&index=14&list=PLPc-eKzKvNKVqmwyTm-QAsOLvkGMfIe9P
Motosis Ho-Down https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCL6d0OwKt8
TJ plays her trombone (badly) & talks about getting in trouble in school. We also discuss how technology has changed communication and reveal a secret about TJ’s past. Finally, we discuss drinking and riding a broom / apparating.
In this episode, Reese and TJ discuss the benefits of dry shampoo, Australian delicacies, dementors and chocolate, Twitter handles, investing money as women, Bilbo's Pizza in K-Zoo, and then we decided to not talk about politics. So, naturally, we spend the rest of the podcast talking about politics.
http://www.bilbospizza.com/
https://www.quora.com/Where-can-you-buy-vegemite-in-the-U-S
Smart Women Love Money by Alice Finn
TJ and Reese begin the podcasting journey with a general and rudimentary chat. As always we touch on Harry Potter lore and myth... a lot.
Topics discussed in this episode:
Xena, Sorting Hat, job hunting
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