Alohomora!: A Global Reread of Harry Potter: Recent Episodes

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On Episode 284 we discuss...

→ Lockhart should have been the Hogwarts Drama teacher...or a Siren
→ What really happened to the Wagga Wagga Werewolf?
→ The Not-So-Restricted Section
→ Hermione's one track plan
→ Symbolic Quidditch
→ Alison (and everyone) just really, really, really loves Oliver Wood
→ Fred and George, ultimate protective Beaters
→ Where are the adults with this Bludger?
→ "Breathing in Harry's bones"
→ How does Skele-Gro work?
→ Complications of Dobby's magic
→ Sock foreshadowing
→ British hospital grapes

On Episode 283 we discuss...

→ Is Lily Evans a Mary Sue?
→ Irvin recommends the “Lily Evans” web series by Apple Juice Productions
→ What was the turning point for Lily and James coming together?
→ Lily’s unusual inter-house friendship with Snape, and how much you can forgive your friends
→ Would Harry be spoiled if he had been raised by Lily and James?
→ Harry gets his bravery from James and his love from Lily… and so do Potter fans!
→ Ring theory: the Lily & James edition!
→ Why is it so hard for fans to forgive James Potter his transgressions against Snape?
→ James matured beyond his teenage years, while most of his peers didn’t
→ Everything about The Forest Again is beautiful and makes us cry!

On Episode 282 we discuss...

→ Tom Riddle the pun master
→ Harry doubts expelliarmus for the first and last time
→ Harry's journey with unforgivable curses
→ Voldemort's psychological torture backfires
→ Mechanics of fighting the imperius curse
→ Harry's quidditch training is very applicable
→ All Voldemort talks about is killing Harry
→ Does it hurt to die?
→ Lots of ring composition
→ More than one mistake in this chapter?
→ Not a single complete sentence in OotP
→ THE mistake
→ Bring my body back…if convenient

On Episode 281 we discuss...

→ J.K. Rowling - the master of reprise
→ Even Jo's tweets are written in rings!
→ A quick history of ring composition study in the HP fandom
→ Geeky glee
→ Literary alchemy in Potter
→ Too many parallels to list
→ Lethal White is Goblet of Fire
→ More internal book rings
→ OH MY GOD/WHAT/WOW/STOP IT!
→ Alison stops breathing
→ Would Voldemort have won if Lucius hadn't been a moron?
→ But wait, there's more!

On Episode 280 we discuss...

→ Dudley vs. Draco - who's worse?
→ Eleven-year-olds flying - no parental approval required
→ Rememberalls must have some useful purpose...that we never learn
→ Is Madam Hooch a metamorphmagus?
→ Did Neville fall off his broom on purpose?
→ Go Parvati! You tell him!
→ McGonagall, the queen of hyperbole
→ Filch and Petunia would get along GREAT
→ Gryffindor hasn't won since when now?
→ "Can't a person eat in peace in this place?" No.
→ Why doesn't anyone befriend the Fat Lady?
→ Madam Pomfrey, healing more than just broken bones

On Episode 279 we discuss...

→ Controversial ideas
→ Who you are vs. what you value
→ Self-fulfilling prophecy
→ McGonagall's fully developed brain
→ Sorting Hat Chats (Check out Sorting Hat Chats here!)
→ Irvin wants to talk about Dumbledore
→ We explore our house journeys
→ Why be one thing when you can be everything else?
→ Does a person's house define them?
→ Spot on house mottos
→ Sorting characters from the books

On Episode 278 we discuss...

→ Consent of Scent is important!
→ How do Dobby and Winky know each other?
→ Barty Crouch Jr. is eavesdropping on the Trio in the Top Box - what information does he glean?
→ How do Omnioculars work?
→ There's now a muggle equivalent to Omnioculars in existence!
→ Ron is touchy about Harry buying him the Omnioculars, and about being poor in general.
→ What does the Bulgarian Minister of Magic know about Harry and Voldemort's conflict in Britain?
→ What nefarious ends does Lucius Malfoy have in mind when making donations to St. Mungo's?
→ Does Draco even like Quidditch?
→ Is the text discriminating against Viktor Krum?
→ Does Krum frown the British way or the American way?
→ Why didn't Harry go into professional Quidditch?

On Episode 277 we discuss…

→ What makes a Muggle a Muggle and a Squib a Squib?
→ Focus on Filch
→ Why Magic needs Muggles
→ Othering and Norms
→ Weasleys' Non-Wizarding Worries?
→ Canon Squibs and Muggles
→ Magic accessibility aids for Squibs

On Episode 276 we discuss…

→ Whomping Willow Woods
→ A little bit of everything for the discerning Potter fan
→ Foreshadowing full circle
→ The Tonks Family
→ Genius takes work
→ Terror and Tension
→ Lupin has a lot to lose
→ More cheerful topics?
→ Let’s talk about Moody
→ Underdeveloped frontal lobes
→ I don’t like you Mundungus Fletcher
→ The last best hope.

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On Episode 275 we discuss…

→ He fought the hat, and the hat won
→ "Young squib dies due to meringue."
→ Raised by tough love and post-war reality checks
→ The ultimate Gryffinpuff
→ Neville, the slow burn we all need
→ Young Augusta vs. young Minerva - the story we all want to read
→ The perfect role model for all late bloomers
→ What if Neville had been the Chosen One?
→ Brave AF
→ Neville, the Hagrid of Herbology
→ The Leaky Cauldron, that's in London
→ Thanks for proving that Cursed Child isn't canon, Neville!

On Episode 274 we discuss...

→ Starting in the middle
→ Is it foreshadowing or a happy coincidence?
→ Strap in for a lot of Lupin Love
→ Dumbledore's plan and wizarding community selective amnesia
→ The details of werewolf habits and contamination
→ Being an Animagi is complicated and gross
→ Should Lupin take some of the blame for Peter's betrayal?
→ Everybody in these books needs therapy, but mostly Lupin
→ This chapter is not visually appealing, or, lessons from the Michael Harle School of Film
→ Trying to answer age old questions about the Marauder's Map
→ Animagi gone bad!
→ OGM everywhere

On Episode 273 we discuss…

→ Draco Malfoy was almost Draco Smart
→ Always tickle a sleeping Draco
→ Did the Malfoys think Harry was the next Dark Lord?
→ Blood lives matter
→ Nature vs nurture
→ Irvin’s next book may or may not be about the Malfoys
→ Draco’s insides are a little squishy
→ A person of dubious morality
→ Was Lucius an abusive father?
→ The worst thing Draco ever did
→ The Mortal Instruments is HP fanfic
→ A very special announcement!

On Episode 272 we discuss...

→ Dedications and Epigraphs worth reading
→ If you haven't read the other books, screw you!
→ Jo's writing at its peak
→ Showing the bomb under the table
→ Harry Potter vs. Game of Thrones
→ Yaxley? Who dis?
→ Disdain for the peacocking Malfoys
→ Cursed Child - "Yeah, we just did that."
→ Did Pettigrew lose his voice along with his hand?
→ Worst marriage announcement ever
→ Let us all toast the bravery of Charity Burbage
→ DH pt 1: Just as much Hermione's movie as Harry's?

On Episode 271 we discuss…

→ The other other other minister
→ What happens to Fudge?
→ A literal frog wearing a wig
→ Is the gerbil alive?
→ Wizarding condescension towards muggles
→ Exhonorating the innocent
→ Fudge is an issue
→ Wizarding think tank
→ Jim the dementor returns
→ A Star Trek nerd-out break
→ Dementors could be marsupials
→ Telepathy isn't real

On Episode 270 we discuss...

→ The Gateway to Reading
→ Why This Book is Emo by Kat
→ Physical changes
→ Who's the bully?
→ Magic Fisticuffs
→ A shock of magic
→ It's too real when you're 15
→ Things we don't hashtag
→ Death Clues
→ Patronus size doesn't matter

On Episode 269 we discuss...

→ Laura is back!
→ Good in depth discussion, kick ass usernames
→ Delving into some magical science
→ Struggling to keep track of timelines
→ Once again the trace has questionable mechanics
→ The significance of the Riddle house to Voldemort
→ Looking for an ounce of Wormtail's morality
→ Noah was nearly prophetic about Nagini
→ Nagini's back story came out of nowhere
→ A totally different format than previous first chapters
→ Voldemort is basically a Batman villain
→ An honorary sorting for Frank

On Episode 268 we discuss...

→ Welcome back, Micah!
→ Holiday homework?
→ The themes are all here
→ Owls are dumb
→ Weasley Winnings
→ Sneakoscopes are terrible gifts
→ Trusting Rowling
→ Furry books were a thing
→ The failures of adults
→ "Lumos Maxima!"

On Episode 267 we discuss...

→ Is this actually Harry's worst birthday?
→ Cinnamon roll Harry
→ Hedwig vs. Dobby - who would win in a fight?
→ Book one skippers unite!
→ Our first glance at physical abuse from the Dursleys
→ Sassy Harry...how we love thee
→ Did the Dursleys acknowledge Harry's early birthdays?
→ What homework could Harry have actually done?
→ First glance into Harry's PTSD and horcrux dreams
→ Ring composition time!
→ Why does Dobby pick this day to show himself?
→ Underestimating House Elves 101

On Episode 266 we discuss...

→ Why does this chapter turn off so many new readers?
→ Rainy days and Tuesdays always get me down...or not
→ I assert our inalienable right to party!
→ How much magic can one do in animagus form?
→ The mystifying missing 24 hours
→ How did Dumbledore figure out the blood protection so quickly?
→ Harry's numerology
→ Ted, the magical newscaster!
→ Cigarette lighters that talk to your soul
→ Sinister, uncaring, cold Dumbledore?
→ Privet Drive: the best place for Harry
→ How did McGonagall know? And how has their relationship changed?

On Episode 265 we discuss...

→ Hermione’s Crushin’
→ The Filch Liberation Front
→ Meet Jack Valentine
→ Happy accident or deeply layered genius?
→ Is Riddle Ginny’s ghostwriter?
→ Ron’s prophecies
→ “Oops! He’s Hitler”
→ Bad basilisk!
→ Snakes, not spiders
→ Horcruxes, Hallows and Half-Blood Prince

On Episode 264 we discuss…

→ Welcome Head Prop Modeller, Pierre Bohanna!
→ Behind the Props of Potter
→ The theory of adaptation
→ Other adaptations
→ How close should we stay to source?→ One person's vision?
→ Columbus and the early years
→ Cuarón and the need for change
→ Newell and the turning point
→ Yates and the build to the battle.

On Episode 263 we discuss...

→ Morfin Gaunt = malnourished Steve Buscemi?
→ Insensitive Ron is insensitive
→ Floo problems
→ Oh Harry, if only there was someone out there who believed you
→ Sassy Flitwick and Dumbledore are on point
→ When did Dumbledore start collecting memories?
→ Did Hagrid know that Voldemort was Tom Riddle?
→ Traceless Tom
→ "I shouldn't have said that, should not have said that."
→ Modifying your own memories vs. modifying others'
→ What if Harry had not retrieved the real memory?

On Episode 262 we discuss…

→ What is mythology?
→ The real and magical worlds sitting side by side
→ Harry Potter as a Death myth
→ What do Rowling and Disney have in common?
→ The mythology of Fantastic Beasts→ The story of the White Heart
→ “Merlin’s beard!” and more Wizard slang
→ The dangers of folklore
→ Let's eat! The symbolism of food
→ Harry Potter and the Appropriation of Culture

On Episode 261 we discuss...

→ Mad-Eye is putting ideas into Harry's head...again
→ Rosie has an OGM!
→ Harry is clueless about magic
→ In what ways could Harry be a weapon?
→ Phineas Nigellus should have had a Fantastic Beasts cameo
→ Hermione chooses the magical world over the Muggle world and her parents...again
→ Foreshadowing abounds with Kreacher's den
→ The BEST Ginny chapter in the series
→ Is Molly slightly anti-Muggle?
→ Nagini and the complications of maledictions
→ The tragedy of Neville's family life

On Episode 260 we discuss…

→ Luna and Newt definitely hung out
→ Is Luna a manic pixie dream girl?
→ Casually talking about death
→ How close were Ginny and Luna?
→ Hermione's ultimate foot-in-mouth moment
→ Pair the spares syndrome
→ Luna's emotional intelligence
→ Her belief in oddities is genuine
→ Nature vs nurture
→ Katy makes cosplay plans
→ The anti-Luna

On Episode 259 we discuss...

→ Find us on Pandora
→ The most insane challenge
→ Is Crouch Jr. trying to be caught?
→ Humble Harry
→ "Oh no, it's sports day."
→ Irresponsible adults
→ Magical 3D printing
→ Did Harry cheat?
→ The pros and cons of widening the Wizarding World
→ The Life and Lies of Rita Skeeter

On Episode 258 we discuss…

→ First Impressions
→Do you HAVE to see the original cast?
→ 30 Crescendos
→ Main character confusion
→ The Search for Scorpius
→ Thor Cups for Poppy Miller
→ Nomione
→ Move along, timeline
→ “That sheep is on fire!”
→ Trains and . . . sewing machines?
→ The dementor’s hug
→ Crying hangover
→ Another Human Horcrux?
→ Cursed Child: The First Draft
→ Will the play last?

On Episode 257 we discuss...

→ I don’t like puzzles, I’m a Gryffindor!
→ Hermione gets acknowledged! Gasp!
→ Harry’s wand, a crutch and a rebirth
→ Grindelwald vs. Voldemort: who was worse?
→ Did Dumbledore create his own enemy?
→ Possibly projecting power’s pull onto Harry
→ Five years? Are we seeing a possible retcon?
→ Can veritaserum break through dementia?
→ S! S! S***!
→ The depths of despair
→ Why didn’t Rita interview Grindelwald?
→ Do we want to know everything about Dumbledore?

On Episode 256 we discuss…

→ Ghost rules - personality, portraits and progression
→ Ghost Amazon
→ Historical ghosts around the world
→ Ghost festivals
→ More haunted than Hogwarts?
→ Ghosts on camera
→ The Hogwarts Ghosts

On Episode 255 we discuss...

→ Hermione gets no birthday love
→ Does Jo hate cats?
→ The unforgivable vanishing spell
→ Sirius is an angel from on high
→ How close are the Dumbledore brothers?
→ Luna has a temper!
→ Harry, the next Lupin
→ Was the Hog’s Head the best meeting place?
→ Are we any better than Zacharias Smith?
→ Read the fine (invisible) print!
→ Hermione - brilliant but manipulative
→ Political or escapist fantasy?

On Episode 254 we discuss...

→ Ring Theory vs. Ring Composition: Wizards don't do math
→ Shoutout Maxima: Percivals; supporting a large family; what's going on in Percy's head?; Does Percy have anxiety?
→ What is Ring Composition? (Hint: Turtles!)
→ Immediate chapter parallels: Peeves's water balloons and the lake task?!
→ A handy visual from John's book
→ Kat has a new podcast idea
→ Latches and turns
→ Privet Drive by motorcycle
→ The obviousness of "Owl Post" and "Owl Post Again"
→ Speculation about the rings in the Fantastic Beasts series
→ Alison has a major new academic project
→ The literary value of Rowling's work
→ Internal book rings

On Episode 253 we discuss...

→ Lupin, chocolate, and rain...all Michael needs to be happy
→ Love potions and pimps named Posie
→ Are we getting our first glance at the Order of the Phoenix?
→ Double hugs all the way!
→ Carriage vs. Compartment - a lesson on British trains
→ How good of an actor is Lupin? Asleep or faking?
→ Sneakoscope are useless
→ LUPIN LOVE
→ Watch out Willy Wonka...here come Lupin Bars!
→ Flitwick sortings
→ Hagrid’s a teacher! Hallelujah!
→ One of the best movie adaptations of a chapter

On Episode 252 we discuss...

→ Shoutout Maxima: Ireland; Potter as a Netflix series; poems!
→ Percy's namesake, meaning, and tangled wizard family lines
→ Percy and Ron: astrology match - or maybe not?
→ Secret Hufflepuff inter-house make-out rooms
→ Percy is the Weasley that tries the hardest
→ What might Percy's wand be?
→ Sibling relationships
→ Is Percy a coward?
→ Coping through family
→ Redemption arc parallels
→ Should Percy have died?
→ Slytherin or Gryffindor?

On Episode 251 we discuss...

→ Happy birthday, Harry!

→ Too bad wizard google doesn’t exist

→ Harry doesn’t know he’s in a 7 book series

→ Twelve Fail-Safe Ways to Charm Witches

→ Scrimgeour’s relationship with Dumbledore

→ Elections for the Minister of Magic

→ Could the deluminator be a tracking device?

→ The sign of the deathly hallows as Grindelwald’s sign

→ Horcrux lessons carefully curated to build

On Episode 250 we discuss...

→ What is popular culture anyway?
→ J.K. Rowling made bank!
→ Harry Potter’s YA ancestors
→ From Baby-Sitters Club to Shakespeare
→ What’s Potter got that the others don’t?
→ The fan fiction springboard
→ “Snape… Snape… Severus Snape…”
→ The diminishing return
→ Can Potter really be everything?

On Episode 249 we discuss...

→ Foreshadow maxima!
→ Ghouls: pests of the after-life
→ Arthur Weasley’s Muggle World Podcast
→ Honest portrayals of poverty
→ Is fire travel unique to Potter?
→ Ring theory epicness!
→ Draco unmasked
→ Burke, the body snatcher
→ What was Hagrid really doing in Knockturn Alley?
→ So much Harry love
→ Did Lucius target the Weasleys or was Ginny a convenience?
→ Mr. and Mrs. Granger - blissfully ignorant

On Episode 248 we discuss...

→ Guessing about Gamp's Law
→ Can you conjure air?!
→ Turns out you can study Alchemy at Hogwarts
→ Could the plague actually be dragon pox?
→ Mandrakes are real and science = magic
→ Flying brooms are less conspicuous than flying bathtubs
→ Revisiting the desk pig!
→ No such thing as too many Star Trek references
→ There actually is a math class at Hogwarts
→ We pull out our punnett squares to talk genetics in HP
→ Wizards can use electronics...just not at school
→ Are wizards really space aliens?

On Episode 247 we discuss...

→ JKR told us Harry would live, it’s okay
→ Wizard cards answer exam questions!
→ The things the trees have seen
→ “...after they kill Neville...”
→ Can ghosts become invisible?
→ Fluffy went to the Forest... or back to Greece?
→ Muggle medicinal uses for Devil’s Snare vs. wizard death plant
→ Where is the Stone from July to December??
→ Absurdly easy keys
→ Chess symbolism on point
→ Troll wrangling suspicions
→ One potions riddle, many versions

On Episode 246 we discuss...

→ We’ve got all four Houses here for a discussion on the four Houses!
→ The Four Temperaments or “Humors” that make up all of humanity
→ Katy’s Shoutout Maxima tackles nightmare fuel, Luna love and YouTube
→ What do the Sorting Hat songs say are each house’s key attributes?
→ Which students embody the stated attributes of each House / which do not?
→ Who does Pottermore say were Hatstalls, and what does that mean?
→ Would Cedric Diggory, Hogwarts Champion, ever be a Death Eater?
→ The benefits and pitfalls of Sorting too soon
→ Do Hogwarts Houses overlap with Ilvermorny ones, a la this chart?

On Episode 245 we discuss...

→ Let the tears flow with Michael's reading of the chapter!
→ Untested magic
→ A moment for parallels
→ Harry's cadaver career
→ James is important too, guys!
→ "I'm Spartacus!"
→ Everything but the Ford Anglia
→ Other ways to kill a wizard
→ Stupid movie
→ The Master of Death
→ 19 years of recovery
→ What is the Flaw?

On Episode 244 we discuss...

→ JKR's admissions of how the death of her mother shaped the series
→ Immortality and the fear of death
→ Voldemort: The most useless, magic-dependent wizard ever
→ Grief over death and loss
→ How unresolved grief can stunt growth
→ Acceptance of death and its inevitability
→ The Flamels are Hobbits
→ What was on Dumbledore's bucket list?
→ Church Grims bring out Katy's angst
→ Death is more trustworthy than God or the Devil
→ Quotes to grieve by
→ Listener experiences using Potter to help them grieve

On Episode 243 we discuss...

→ Best HBP chapter EVAR!!
→ Leaving Hagrid to grieve alone? Rude.
→ Half-Blood Prince: a metaphor for being 16
→ Slughorn: B+ teacher, A+ motivator
→ Half an eyebrow now, half an eyeball later!
→ Felix has no morals... and kind of makes you drunk
→ Did Tom Riddle get lucky?
→ Spiders are so ungrateful
→ Wizard minors can drink alcohol... no biggie
→ Actors' names in literature
→ We need more drunk men hugging, crying, and singing
→ Odo the non-hero... which is sad

On Episode 242 we discuss…

→ A role model for teenage activism
→ Why is Harry so determined to be a "good guy?"
→ Harry, listen to Michelle Obama
→ Why does he insist on going it alone?
→ Harry is Batman... and Luke Skywalker
→ Why should he NOT be angsty?
→ No, Harry is not his Horcrux... or a Cylon
→ A sensitive male protagonist? Wicked!
→ Why isn't Harry a favorite character?
→ Daniel Radcliffe, we love you!
→ Harry is brown AF
→ Cursed Child Harry... WTF?

On Episode 241 we discuss...

→ Does Harry finally learn from his shortcomings?
→ A perfect moment for Dumbledore to mention his family
→ Voldy is watching you, always watching
→ The Fidelius Charm has so many freakin' loopholes
→ Four claps for you, Severus Snape; you go, Severus Snape
→ When do phoenixes actually die?
→ Harry breaks a bunch of cool stuff
→ Petunia's complicated feelings for Harry
→ The flaw in the plan
→ Would Dumbledore have killed Harry?
→ "Thrice defied" - how?
→ Why does Snape not spill about the plan?

On Episode 240 we discuss...

→ Jack Russel terriers should be renamed Ron terriers
→ Could Ron ever turn to the dark arts?
→ Ron's wands reveal a lot about him
→ Is Ron mean?
→ Pottle
→ The "fwoopers and the billywigs" talk
→ Ron = Nessie
→ Nose picking on endless repeat
→ Newsflash: Ron is hilarious
→ Ron is a voracious eater
→ Is Ron Aragorn or Gimli?

On Episode 239 we discuss...

→ Hermione’s got nothing
→ Who’s the Half-Blood Prince? Who cares?
→ Dumbledore’s secret Maxima Spell
→ The ghost pigeons of Hangleton
→ The Gaunts are NASTY!
→ Slytherin Monkeys
→ "Can I borrow your Deathly Hallow?"
→ Merope the Grey Lady
→ Tom Riddle, Sr. can’t even
→ Wuv...twue wuv?
→ Don’t forget Bob Ogden

On Episode 238 we discuss...

→ Hermy-own? Herm-own-ninny?
→ Just who are Hermione's parents?
→ Does Hermione’s wand core fit her personality?
→ Otters fall asleep holding hands and we’re verklempt
→ Minister of Magic in Hermione’s future
→ Without Hermione, would Harry be dead?
→ Women in fantasy tropes
→ Hermione as a role model for young women
→ Hermione vs. the Lovegoods
→ Morality of S.P.E.W.
→ Hollywood-ized Hermione
→ Bring on diverse Hermione!

On Episode 237 we discuss...

→ Is Butterbeer alcoholic?
→ Where do House Elves come from anyway?
→ You is nosing!
→ Hermione's hate mail
→ NIFFLERS ARE SO FLUFFY WE'RE GOING TO DIE
→ This chapter breaks our hearts
→ Don't mess with Molly's boys
→ Percy Weasley defense squad
→ Crouch's addled brain
→ Did Dumbledore invent Patronus communication?
→ Snape and Karkaroff suck

On Episode 236 we discuss...

→ Harry Potter and the Translator's Nightmare
→ Names go Rogue
→ The Smasher, the Steamroller and the Golden Lightning
→ Translation Strategies
→ Localizing “Muggle”
→ Newt Scamander’s French alias
→ Universal spell-casting
→ “I am Lord Romeo”
→ Shopping for the audiobooks
→ Dubbing’s so yesterday
→ How do the translations measure up?

On Episode 235 we discuss...

→ Self-worth, yay!
→ Needling Hagrid
→ “Chess! That’ll do it!”
→ Ancient artifacts for Christmas
→The library is always an exception
→ A malicious mirror
→ Hearts’ desires by the hour
→ Dumbledore’s secrets
→ What’s your Erised?

On Episode 234 we discuss...

→ Facts about Ginny
→ Ginny's ties to Tom Riddle
→ What else could Ginny have grown to be?
→ Degrees of Ginny love
→ Do we only define Ginny by her bond with Harry?
→ Our Ginny feelings: Thor-smash cups and Valkyrie walks
→ Movie Ginny: a failing of writing or acting?
→ Is Cursed Child Ginny ineffectual?

On Episode 233 we discuss...

→ Vindicitive overload - Snape at his worst
→ At first I was afraid, I was petrified
→ Did Snape know about Sirius and Peter back in the day?
→ Time-Turner Apparition
→ Does your chain hang low? Does it wobble to and fro?
→ Laws (and lack thereof) of time travel in the Potterverse
→ Would they have been successful without omniscient Dumbledore?
→ Closed loop! Closed loop! Closed loop!
→ So how old actually is Hermione?
→ Buckbeak is THE BEST
→ White stags in mythology
→ Lunar lessons

On this recap we discuss...

→ Platonic and romantic balance
→ Platonic examples in fiction
→ Gay panic
→ Are Hinny really soul mates?
→ Is Ron good enough for Hermione?
→ The destruction of the trio

On Episode 232 we discuss...

→ Book vs Movie Hinny
→ Our OTPs
→ Early Ships
→ Friendships
→ True Love
→ Fan Fiction Ships
→ Dean &; Seamus all the way!
→ Bromances
→ Weird Ships

On this recap we discuss...

→ All the tears
→ Lupin love
→ Bashing on not enough Lupin love
→ Choices
→ Jean Grey comparison

On Episode 231 we discuss...

→ Harry Potter in braille
→ Short but beautiful
→ What more could Dumbledore do?
→ Expecto Patronum Maxima!
→ Deaths of innocents
→ "Harry and Ginny kiss, I guess."
→ Harry becomes Dumbledore
→ Ron, the dude bro
→ What did the Resurrection Stone resurrect?
→ Harry, the Christ child
→ Dead and back again

On this recap we discuss...

→ Snape and Sirius: More alike than you think
→ What if Snape had killed Lupin?
→ Are Fred and George just as bad?
→ Proof of Sirius' Remorse
→ Lupin forgives Sirius. Why shouldn't we?
→ Putting the dog back in the dog house
→ We want to meet Uncle Alphard STAT

On Episode 230 we discuss...

→ Not Snape 2.0
→ Get your learning on - Padfoot and the Pup
→ Does Jo hate Sirius?
→ Who's the leader of the pack?
→ Loyal AF
→ Day to day dog transformations
→ Is Harry his mate or his godson?
→ Sirius gives the best gifts
→ Killed by a curtain
→ Scorpio poster child
→ He seriously needed a good therapist
→ A 36er in the 27 club

On this recap we discuss...

→ Diffindo cuts all the things
→ Overacheiving O.W.L.s
→ Nonverbal spells
→ Quidditch pitch protection please?
→ Hypocrite Hermione

On Episode 229 we discuss...

→ We love Half-Blood Prince but we can’t remember why
→ Do not write in library books!
→ Completely change your thinking for 6th year
→ Poor Ron
→ Why can’t Harry and Lupin be besties?
→ Harry Potter and the Airport Security
→ Hannah Abbott is not a lighter note
→ A beat for humor
→ Cormac's Connections
→ Consequences Schmonsequences
→ Aragog can't come to the phone right now
→ Read your Evening Prophet, kids!

On this recap we discuss...

→ The Trio Recovers
→ Harry's figuring it out
→ Can you be too dumb to become a ghost?

On Episode 228 we discuss...

→ MuggleNet Live! Ninteen Years Later Recap
→ Harry’s new house
→ Ron’s Wizard Wheezes
→ “OMG, my parents! They’re in Australia!”
→ Boring staircases
→ Colin Creevey’s ghost
→ The latest from Potterwatch
→ Expecto Patronum Maxima!
→ Slytherin’s second chance
→ Counselors and statues

On this recap we discuss...

→ Movie Misfires
→ #KrumLove?
→ Put upon Percy
→ Societal Pressures
→ Will boys be boys?

On Episode 227 we discuss...

→ Hermione's not gonna take it anymore
→ Ron can't have nice things
→ Cinderella's back
→ Beauxbatons and Durmstrang
→ The sock chapter
→ Hermione got her groove... for the first time
→ Does the Seeker have a full bladder?
→ Meet the Weird Sisters
→ Is Ron and Hermione's relationship healthy?
→ A giant secret
→ The Goblet of Spectacle
→ "Make it pink!" "Make it blue!"
→ Join us in Diagon Alley on September 1st!

On this recap we discuss...

→ How Queer should Potter be?
→ The Werewolf parallel
→ Queer stereotypes vs. Queer themes
→ Asking more from Rowling

On Episode 226 we discuss...

→ LGBTQIA: Now you know your ABCs
→ Sexuality in the wizarding world
→ Dumbledore seen and unseen
→ Fantastic Gays and Where to Find Them
→ Queerness in fandom
→ “Play him like a gay junkie.”
→ Polyjuice Potion and Drag Culture
→ Protect Charlie Weasley at All Costs
→ Is Cursed Child combating Toxic Masculinity or Queerbaiting?
→ Join us in Diagon Alley on September 1st!

On this recap we discuss...

→ Directionally challenged
→ Marauders Map OS update
→ Don't underestimate Sirius Black
→ The will of James and Lily
→ Sirius is coming to dinner

On Episode 225 we discuss...

→ Layering Halloween 1981
→ Why didn't Hermione reveal her knowledge sooner?
→ Where the Remus/Lily friendship idea came from
→ The power of dementors
→ Lupin doubts his abilities, and we're all sad
→ Pottermore listened to Episode 24
→ What happened to the Map? It's NOT in Cursed Child!
→ Who exactly does the Map show?
→ Welcome to the magical world of Hogsmeade
→ "Those ain't yo mama's shoes!"
→ Sirius question: Would he go to the Dark side?
→ Join us in Diagon Alley on September 1st!

On this recap we discuss...

→ Snape's ideology
→ The lasting effects of childhood and choices
→ Snape's advantages
→ Let's try some gender-bending!

On episode 224 we discuss...

→ How do you feel about Severus Snape?
→ Rowling’s post-Potter thoughts on Snape
→ “Sectumsempra’s not a nice spell.”
→ The Enigmatic Eileen Prince
→ Snape’s sorting
→ Loving and Listening to Lily
→ Dumbledore’s Potions Poking Stick
→ “By the way, I’ve loved your mother forever.”
→ How Snape changed and how we change
→ Alan Rickman’s tight grip
→ Even in Cursed Child, Snape just can’t win
→ Join us in Diagon Alley on September 1st!

On this recap we discuss...

→ Not everyone loves CAPSLOCK HARRY
→ Is the worst character... Arthur Weasley?
→ What makes Grimmauld Place so great?

On Episode 223 we discuss...

→ Living among the Muggles
→ What the Fidelius is going on with the Fidelius Charm?
→ The incestuous Black Family Tree
→ The Portrait Dimension
→ Harry Potter and the All-Knowing Prophecy
→ Judgy Weasley
→ A Sirius Discussion
→ "Angst, angst, angst!"
→ The Daily Prophet's real world applications (and arguments against that)
→ Genuine Ginny
→ Are Percy's actions justified?
→ Join us in Diagon Alley on September 1st!

On this recap we discuss...

→ Riddle's name is his life
→ Voldemort the computer
→ Why did Riddle choose Myrtle?
→ The influence of Love Potion

On Episode 222 we discuss...

→ Born of the Love Potion
→ Life at the Orphanage
→ Could Dumbledore have saved him?
→ Tom at Hogwarts
→ Becoming The Dark Lord
→ Horcruxes and The First War
→ Join us in Diagon Alley on September 1st!

On this recap we discuss...

→ Harry’s uncharacteristic naivety?
→ Mirror Rooms – The Chamber of Secrets and Room of Requirement
→ What really happens to Vanished bodily waste?
→ The Weakness of Voldemort
→ MemoryMort

On Episode 221 we discuss...

→ At least it’s the best video game?
→ “Can we talk about plumbing for a minute?”
→ Timing Riddle's monologue
→ Jurassic Chamber
→ Fawkes’s big secret
→ Two Voldemorts
→ Tom Romeo Elvis Riddle
→ The Hogwarts cold case files
→ Ginny opens the Dumbledore
→ Lockhart will not hijack this chapter
→ Join us in Diagon Alley on September 1st!

On this recap we discuss...

→ Harry’s control over his fantasy

DEPRESSION/SUICIDE TRIGGER WARNING: Skip to the 28:28 mark to avoid this conversation

→ Horcruxes as recovery stages
→ Devolving into chaos
→ Is Dumbledore the therapist or the patient?
→ The theory’s true value
→ McGonagall the therapy cat

On Episode 220 we discuss...

→ Does this theory affect the re-readability of the series?
→ Other examples of dream theory in pop culture
→ Fight or Flight?
→ Is Snape fully redeemable in this theory?

DEPRESSION/SUICIDE TRIGGER WARNING: Skip to around 47:00 mark to avoid this conversation

→ Where do the other characters fit into this theory?
→ Dumbledore sees socks: it all makes sense now!
→ Harry is his own worst enemy
→ Plots holes served their purpose
→ JK Rowling & Steve Kloves discuss the theory

On this recap we discuss...

→ Whose Vault Is This Anyway?
→ Do families really share their wealth?
→ Why is Harry rich?
→ Hagrid the half-giant can apparate?
→ PQOTW Responses

On Episode 219 we discuss...

→ Chapter episodes return!
→ Tornadoes, Wardrobes and Leaky Cauldrons
→ What does your Diagon Alley look like?
→ We miss old Pottermore!
→ Foreshadowing Alley
→ Hagrid: The Native Informant
→ Where's Voldemort?
→ Draco the Braggart
→ The Gringotts vaults are full
→ Let's go shopping!
→ Join us in Diagon Alley on September 1st!

On this recap we discuss...

→ The next generation reads Potter
→ Ron the Seer
→ Crookshanks's secret identity

On Episode 218 we discuss…

→ Host views on the film
→ History of the film
→ We talk awards, production, & premiere
→ How the actors became a part of the film
→ Deleted scenes
→ We talk to fans about specific movie moments
→ Our Final Thoughts on the film
→ Sponsor us on Patreon for as little as $1/month!

On Episode 217 we discuss...

→ What could have been, and what still could be? The potency of theories that still remain plausible
→ The book that started it all, for some of us...
→ How Harry Potter's mystery genre enables many different outcomes as possibility
→ Neville's memory, Peter's hand, and Harry's Gryffindor ancestry
→ Snape, the Overgrown Bat-shaped Man
→ is James Potter trapped inside Remus Lupin's body? (Yes, and here's why)
→ Ron Weasley is Dumbledore, Mark Evans is relevant and Dumbledore IS. NOT. DEAD.
→ False book titles, dropped plot threads like that dreaded red-headed Weasley Cousin and other such things that might have been!

Ultimate Unofficial Guide to the Mysteries of Harry Potter (Analysis of Books 1-4)

On this recap we discuss...

→ The inherent danger in all classes, not just Hagrid's
→ Difficulty of Muggle Studies
→ Cultural influences on schools of magic worldwide
→ Medieval tactics
→ Teachers' continued areas of study

On Episode 216 we discuss...

→ Similarities between Hogwarts O.W.L.s, N.E.W.T.s and Muggle aptitude tests
→ The ever-increasing difficulty of Charms, Transfiguration and Potions in the series
→ Omission of regular school subjects such as math, language, etc.
→ Tertiary education - the lack thereof? - in wizarding society
→ The benefits of Independent Magical Study
→ Those who teach! Is Lupin the best? What about Flitwick?
→ The importance of trust for learning in an educational setting
→ Students who got jobs immediately after Hogwarts. There are more than you think!

On this recap we discuss...

→ The flexibility of Time a.k.a. Schrodinger's Snape
→ Does Jo regret calling Cursed Child canonical?
→ Delphi's redeeming qualities
→ Alison and Eric face off (and come to an agreement!)

On Episode 215 we discuss...

→ The curse moves to NYC
→ Can canon be bias-free?
→ Rowling’s fingerprints
→ Entitlement or constructive criticism?
→ Canonizing Non-Canonicity
→ Choose Your Own 19 Years Later
→ “Let’s make a baby! I love you, Bellatrix!”
→ What we miss from the missing characters
→ What's your canon?

On this recap we discuss...

→ Harry, Riddle and moral grayness
→ Relevance and timelessness
→ Rowling's responsibility
→ Reading Potter with the next generation

On Episode 214 we discuss...

→ Harry’s Cinderella moment
→ “You will be independent because I demand it!”
→ The weird connection of Moaning Myrtle and Ginny
→ Beware nice words and pretty people
→ What’s Prisoner of Azkaban’s secret ingredient?
→ The shock of Goblet of Fire
→ Teachers of the revolution
→ The empathy of Luna Lovegood
→ Dumbledore’s diary
→ The essential sacrifice
→ What has Harry Potter taught you?

On this recap we discuss...

→ A lesson in paper sizes
→ Who’s chasing the Marauders?
→ MockingPhoenixJay
→ James and Sirius support the Moutahora Macaws
→ Can we spot Rowling’s writing?

On Episode 213 we discuss...

→ Read the Prequel!
→ What time of year did this escapade take place?
→ Are James & Sirius in the Order of the Phoenix already?
→ Who exactly is chasing them on brooms?
→ Alternate theories on what is happening
→ WHY James & Sirius?
→ Who else would we want a little prequel about?
→ Elvendork - only appropriate as a Tolkien reference

On this recap we discuss...

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On Episode 212 we discuss...

→ Ilvermorny: A (Brief Recap) History
→ No one got the Salem Witches' Institute joke
→ Connections to the British wizarding world
→ What is Ilvermorny Castle like?
→ Controversy with using Native American culture
→ Are classes different at Ilvermorny?
→ Quidditch and Quadpot and wizard lacrosse!
→ Symbolism of the Gordian Knot
→ "We choo-choose it!"
→ Sorting, wands, and Rappaport's Law
→ Ilvermorny vs. Hogwarts Houses
→ Welcome to Ilvermorny (art)

On this recap we discuss...

→ Raise your wands in memory of John Hurt
→ Did Dumbledore repair Hagrid's wand?
→ Twins and their wands
→ Harry's Horcrux messes up everything again

On Episode 211 we discuss...

→ Our wands say interesting things about us
→ Ollivander's Bespoke Wand Selector questions are fascinating
→ American wand makers vs. Ollivander wands
→ Can you order custom wands?
→ How are wands made? (Magic)
→ Magical affinities between wands and wizards
→ Are wands alive?
→ Inherited and passed down wands
→ Muggles and wands
→ Priori Incantatum: unicorn and dragon edition
→ Characters and their correlations with wands

On this recap we discuss...

→ Ghosts as punishment
→ Luna's spirituality
→ Neville, Luna, and Ginny as a trinity
→ Draco: a Judas parallel?

On Episode 210 we discuss...

→ Predestination vs. free will in prophesies
→ Magic as religion
→ Is there a Wizard God?
→ Wizards reconciling magic and religious belief
→ The stigma of Christians against Harry Potter
→ Resurrection: a common element
→ Are Horcruxes a perversion of religious symbols?
→ The importance of choices
→ Even Quidditch has religious imagery!
→ Trios and the Trinity
→ Repentance and Redemption
→ Ghosts and the afterlife

On this recap we discuss...

→ Did the diadem bring the DADA curse?
→ Why murder is the thing that splits the soul
→ A different take on the food/soul theory
→ Piggy bank Harry

On Episode 209 we discuss...

→ Making a Horcrux: How Do You Even?
→ Horcrux pies and chocolate bars
→ Body and soul
→ The first kill
→ The Seven Horcrux Sins
→ Hot-Demort
→ Did Grindelwald make a Horcrux?
→ Rowling's least favorite Horcrux question

On this recap we discuss...

→ Peter and the Hat
→ "Heads or tails?"
→ Sorting families
→ Houses through the years

On Episode 208 we discuss...

→ Why is Hogwarts still Sorting?
→ The Hat is always right...or it thinks it is
→ Hat Stall: I do not think that means what you think it means
→ Should families really end up in the same House?
→ Controversial Sortings
→ Lockhart: is he really blue and bronze?
→ Let's speculate on some Houses!

On this recap we discuss...

→ Dumbledore did what was right, not easy
→ How could Dumbledore's sexuality have been included in the books?
→ A balancing of House traits

On Episode 207 we discuss...

→ No spoilers for Fantastic Beasts! (Well, we tried)
→ Dumbledore as the archetypal mentor
→ Is Dumbledore a good person and are his actions justified?
→ Timelines can be confusing
→ JKR got Harry's story from Dumbledore's portrait
→ Would knowing Dumbledore's sexuality have impacted Harry's story?
→ Everything goes back to that one summer
→ How does Dumbledore still trust people?
→ Regret and caution
→ The Greater Good vs. the one
→ Love of all kinds
→ Why do we have more empathy for Dumbledore than other characters?

On this recap we discuss...

→ Muggle ailments vs. Magical wounds
→ Flight, Fight, and Freeze
→ Why Order of the Phoenix Harry is exactly who he should be

On Episode 205 we discuss...

→ Magic can’t fix everything
→ SpeakBeasty host, Ariel, has a question
→ How Anne Rowling shaped Harry Potter
→ What Ariana stands for
→ Lupin, HIV and metaphors for disability
→ Silvanus Kettleburn: The Black Knight
→ Disability in the darkness
→ The abuse of memory
→ Taking advantage of the disadvantaged

On this recap we discuss...

→ Fiddling with the Fidelius Charm
→ Is there a secret hiding in the Order photo?
→ Giving Peter some slack

On Episode 205 we discuss...

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On this recap we discuss...

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On Episode 204 we discuss...

→ A little more Patronus talk
→ The brightest witch of her age
→ The love of teaching
→ Being an individual
→ Not conforming to society's needs
→ Small yet powerful
→ A mother's love
→ A mother's desperation
→ Abuse playing into the picture
→ Is evilness related to pleasing a man?
→ The Hogwarts Regina George?
→ All hail the Queen

On this recap we discuss...

→ Delphi's parentage
→ Scorpius nerdish qualities
→ Changing the people's opinions

On Episode 203 we discuss...

→ We reveal our Patronuses!
→ A new interpretive theory of the play
→ McGonagall: Out of character?
→ Awkward hierarchy
→ Ol' Reekie train
→ Who can influence a prophecy?
→ Albus's character progression
→ The need to hear Scorpius's lines in Anthony Boyle's voice
→ Paint, memory, and finally confronted trauma
→ Draco's softening
→ Time Turners and Fawkes and the Elder Wand, oh my!
→Blanket potentially on fire: the joys of live theatre!
→ How is the Fidelius Charm working here?
→ Theories on Delphi's, er...origins
→ We have lots of emotions about the end

→ Amos the "stage dad"?
→ Could Cedric really be a Death Eater?
→ Snape's self destruction
→ Snape and Hermione

→ Seen, unseen and to be seen
→ Taking “The Augurey” seriously
→ Familiar faces for familiarity’s sake
→ Imagination vs. Live Theater
→ The Great Snape Debate continues
→ Polly Chapman and the Missing Direction
→ Scorpius: The Human Pottermore
→ Cedric Diggory goes stupid crazy
→ Ron and Hermione: From teaspoons to ladles
→ Who is the Cursed Child?
→ The Curse of Nineteen Years Later
→ Delphie... something... something

→ Something feels familiar...
→ The origins of Del-FEE
→ Time: Wibbly-wobbly or around in circles?
→ Spinster Hermione has no Oppugnos to give
→ The happy medium of reading Cursed Child

→ More first impressions
→ To what effect are the dream sequences helpful?
→ Delphi's master manipulation
→ Why did Harry listen to Bane? Shouldn't he know better?
→ Scorpius the Cinnamon Roll
→ J. K. Rowling and Where to Find Her
→ The insane strength of Scorpius Malfoy?
→ Legitimizing 101: How to Make Your Fan Fiction Canon
→ Scorbus: to be or not to be?
→ Is Delphi affected by the AUs?
→ Risk isn't risk if it can be undone

→ Does Ginny finally get her "Another! Cup smash" moment?
→ Scorpius and the Slytherin stigma
→ Harry's parenting skills
→ J. K. Rowling's (considerably narrower) Wizarding World

→ Our impressions, both seeing it before reading and reading before seeing
→ Costuming and sets that bring the world to life!
→ Music and sound design: creating the atmosphere
→ Magic is real! (And it's made with illusions)
→ Perfect casting is perfect
→ Our favorite moments in the theater

→ Our initial thoughts on the play as a whole
→ A functionally different epilogue
→ Rose Granger-Weasley: a study in reading vs. seeing
→ Scorpius Malfoy, the greatest nerd to ever nerd
→ Kids these days... er, in 2020
→ The Trio is all grown up!
→ The lasting effects of Cedric Diggory
→ So, about the trolley witch...
→ Draco and his troubled past

→ Why Umbridge decided to not be a Death Eater
→ "Purr"-sonalities of cats
→ Historical roles of birch
→ Umbridge vs. Voldemort as villains

→ Is Umbridge truly a Slytherin?
→ Umbridge v. Lupin: Comparative teaching styles
→ Is Umbridge sleep deprived?
→ Dolores fulfills her own worst fears while at Hogwarts
→ Is Umbridge pitiable?
→ Would she have joined the Death Eaters if recruited?
→ How is Umbridge handling Azkaban prison?
→ Who exactly is more evil? Umbridge, or Lord Voldemort?

→ A new perspective on Remus Lupin
→ The badass within Minerva
→ Can we question her decisions to not marry Dougal?

On this special bonus episode we discuss...

→ Has the brand lost touch with the fandom?
→ The Global Franchise Development team
→ From story and passion to business
→ How much is Jo controlling?
→ Fantastic Beasts and the Script No One Wants
→ What amount of blame does the fandom need to take?

→ Minerva's Hatstall: why wasn't it mentioned in the series?
→ Did James Potter know Martin McGonagall?
→ Just how much did Albus & Minerva share with each other?
→ A tragic love life
→ Did Ron use McGonagall to learn about Hermione?
→ Minerva & Snape; what's the deal?
→ Does McGonagall believe Harry is The Chosen One?
→ What makes McGonagall so akin to felines?

→ Does Salazar have Muggle relatives?
→ Do Ilvermorny wand rules pose serious issues?
→ Why Ilvermorny houses are superior to Hogwarts
→ The choice to live or die makes all the difference

→ Welcome to the new format!
→ The extremist Gaunts
→ “I am Isolt Sayre”
→ Magic for No-Majs
→ Love Magic: More questions than answers
→ Fantastic American Beasts and Where to Find Them
→ Slytherin’s best self
→ We stand before the Ilvermorny sorting statues

→ Beedle the Bard for a new generation
→ Broom games
→ Rediscovering the wizarding world

→ Newt Scamander vs. Kennilworthy Whisp
→ The Holyhead Harpies movie
→ Michael sings Celestina Warbeck’s Quidditch hit
→ Check out the Transylvanian team
→ Devaluing the Snitch
→ Awesome alliteration
→ Quodpot: Hot Potato Dodgeball
→ Which broomstick?
→ Starfish with and without Stick

→ Time turning to 2001
→ Meet Kennilworthy Whisp
→ A visit to London's Museum of Quidditch
→ Medieval history lessons
→ The Bladder Games
→ Finding Queerditch Marsh
→ Nostalgia bombing with Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup
→ Darwin eats a Snidget
→ Harry's Quidditch career that could have been
→ Madam Hooch's secret history
→ Muggle Quidditch

→ Defacing a book
→ About the Author
→ 13-year-old jokes
→ Newt the Weirdo
→ What is a Beast?
→ Magical Laws and Muggle-Sighting Restrictions
→ Fwoopers and Phoenix and Kappas, oh my!
→ The Lethifold, The Plimpy and The Quintaped.

→ Rivers of Death
→ The Three Brothers
→ The Gifts
→ Using the Hallows
→ The Pardoner's Tale
→ A Different Dumbledore
→ Scepticism or Secret Keeping?
→ To Remain a Fool

→ The Warlock's Hairy Heart. A dark fairytale.
→ The Weakness of Love, Power and Possession
→ Chaperones are important
→ Darkness and Disney
→ Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump
→ Alchemy and Magic Spells
→ The Beauty of JKR's Artwork (And her archived sketch of HRH)
→ Trees, Death and Monty Python
→ Trickster Rabbits and Magical Reality

Please note we are giving a trigger warning for brief discussion of rape as an allegory in relation to the first tale. If you would like to avoid this discussion, please skip from 40:34-41:35.

→ Remembering Beedle's release
→ JK Rowling reveals herself
→ Dumbledore revisits Beedle, but why?
→ The Wizard and the Hopping Pot. Is it alive?
→ Medieval Muggles and Magic
→ The Fountain of Fair Fortune
→ A Tale of Tales
→ Morals, Mirrors and Memories

→ The end of the Re-Read
→ Host views on Deathly Hallows Part Two
→ History of the film
→ Facts, Figures, & Awards
→ Actors - New and Old
→ Movie Quirks and Changes
→ We are joined by John Richardson, answering your questions
→ We talk to fans about specific movie moments
→ Our Final Thoughts on the series and the Re-Read experience
→ Check out the Alohomora! store

→ Episode 188 Recap: The burden of being a Potter child; "All was well"; problematic Ron; regards to Rita Skeeter
→ PQOTW Responses
→ A lighting shaped dedication
→ Who reads poetry when you're looking for Potter?
→ For the British, more is definitely more
→ Defacing busts and other publishing facts
→ Book Covers discussion
→ A VERY special surprise from our editors!
→ Check out the Alohomora! store

→ Episode 187 Recap: Voldemort's cruel intention; Diluted Blood Protection; All about the Elder Wand

→ PQOTW Responses

→ Give these kids a baby name book!

→ Was Harry qualified to join the Auror Department when he did?

→ Breaking down Hermione & Ron's relationship: Stronger than ever!

→ Catching up With The Malfoys & Longbottoms

→ The "ships" that never were - but should've been

→ Charlie Weasley, the new poster child

→ Looking "forward" to Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

→ Question of the Week

→ Check out the Alohomora! store

→ Episode 186 Recap: Did Harry really have a choice?; Types of Evil; Why is Voldemort so ambivalent?; Processing dreams; Should Harry have died?
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Was Voldemort in King's Cross with Harry & Dumbledore?
→ WHY HAGRID?
→ Is Neville acting foolishly?
→ Voldemort fears for resurrection
→ Does Voldemort believe Harry knows something he doesn't?
→ How confident was Harry?
→ PTSD, it's real
→ Question of the Week
→ Check out the Alohomora! store

→ Episode 185 Recap: Hagrid is extremely valuable to Lord Voldemort; Does Harry regret dropping the Resurrection Stone?; Remembering our first read through of Hallows
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Religious allegories and influence
→ Decency and Lord Voldemort
→ Master has given Harry his soul back - Harry is free!
→ What did the wands take from Harry and Voldemort?
→ Should Harry despise Dumbledore?
→ Hermione's best intentions
→ Breaking down the Deathly Hallows
→ Question of the Week
→ Check out the Alohomora! store

→ Episode 184 Recap: The impact of Snape's abusive childhood;Outward vs inward change; What would Lily say?
→ PQOTW Responses
→ The vulnerability of self-sacrifice
→ We're all crying over the beautiful language
→ Can we forgive Dumbledore as easily as Harry?
→ Neville's such a top bloke
→ Long term planning for the Resurrection Stone
→ What exactly comes from the Stone?
→ Harry becomes Master of Death
→ Question of the Week
→ Check out the Alohomora! store

→ Episode 183 Recap: The Shrieking Shack; to love is to be human; who was Hermione feuding with?
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Does Lily live up to her saint-like legacy?
→ Is Snape to blame for Petunia's intolerance of magic?
→ DOES Hogwarts Sort too soon?
→ Examining the Dumbledore/Snape relationship
→ Does Snape truly never really KNOW Lily?
→ Jo's thoughts on Snape
→ Question of the Week
→ Check out the Alohomora! store

→ Episode 182 Recap: In defense of Nymphadora Tonks; Examining Ernie McaMillan; Beautiful, just beautiful
→ PQOTW Responses
→ What is happening in the Black Lake?
→ Is Hogwarts visible to Muggles during the Battle of Hogwarts?
→ A herd of DeskPigs!
→ Did Voldemort want Slughorn to lead the Slytherins to battle?
→ Is Voldemort feeling for the loss of Snape?
→ Does Snape know his end is near?
→ Question of the Week
→ Check out the Alohomora! store

→ Episode 181 Recap: Do the ends justify the means?; Marginalization of women in Harry Potter
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Would Lord Voldemort keep his word?
→ Flashback to the Middle Ages
→ Grandmotherly Pride!
→ Sorry, Harmony shippers...
→ Did Draco know the Diadem was in the Room of Requirement?
→ Do Horcruxes need "feeding"?
→ Question of the Week
→ Check out the Alohomora! store

→ A brief discussion of Pottermore
→ Episode 180 Recap: WTF Room of Requirement?; Hogwarts Civil War (not that Civil War); Headmaster Snape
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Questions on magic finally answered!
→ Snape's plans and wings
→ Minerva is our Homegirl
→ Knock, knock! Who's there? A door knocker
→ Is Rowling "going Patterson?"
→ Did Slytherin save the Wizarding world?
→ The importance of Percy's redemption
→ Birthday Lupin Love
→ Question of the Week
→ Check out the Alohomora! store

→ Episode 179 Recap: Dumbledore's Tough Skin; Inappropriate charms with Aberforth; Is Aberforth testing Harry?; What was Aberforth's role for the Order of the Phoenix?
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Why doesn't the passage from Ariana's portrait go to the Hogwarts kitchens?
→ Is Neville the new Harry, or the new Dumbledore?
→ The prejudice against Slytherin house continues
→ Dumbledore's secrets and lies
→ Check out the Ravenclaw Common Room!
→Wit beyond measure... gives Harry away
→ Question of the Week
→ Check out the Alohomora! store

→ Episode 178 Recap: Circle theory; Gob-Magic; Loyalty to Voldemort's rage?
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Ariana’s mysterious portrait
→ Wait, Dumbledore has a brother
→ The greater good?
→ Society's stigma
→ Dumbledore's sacrifice
→ GOATS!
→ Question of the Week
→ Check out the Alohomora! store

→ Episode 177 Recap: Does the Department of Mysteries study Horcruxes?; the trio need to watch more heist movies; Hermione's acting skills need work; the last 24 hours of the war
→ PQOTW Responses
→ "Well done, Dragon!"
→ Harry has magic cred
→ Voldemort's rule of three
→ Is Bellatrix feeling guilty?
→ Voldemort's hubris and logic
→ What if the last Horcrux had been moved?
→ Question of the Week
→ Check out the Alohomora! store

→ Episode 176 Recap: Why Do They Snap Wands Upon Death?; What else can destroy a Horcrux?; Is Harry truly the best choice for Godfather?; Was Teddy destined to be an orphan?
→ PQOTW Responses
→ The MacGyver of Wands
→ Why did Draco's wand work so well for Harry?
→ Wandless = Factionless
→ Would the plan have worked if they didn't wait so long to act?
→ How does the beaded bag still exist after the Thief's Downfall?
→ Griphook is a tiny, short jerk
→ Question of the Week
→ Check out the Alohomora! store

→ Episode 175 Recap: Harry tunes out Voldy with love; the Elder Wand's soul mate; Voldemort's hypocrisy
→ PQOTW Responses
→ JKR's writing takes our breath away
→ The trio are all suddenly grown up
→ Moral grayness between wizards and goblins
→ Keeping up with the Weasleys
→ Dean Thomas, the real MVP
→ Teddy brings joy and Sirius questions
→ Question of the Week
→ Check out the Alohomora! store

→ Episode 173 Recap: Wand allegiance, Grindelwald vs. Voldemort, Peter and the Thestrals
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Dobby the Baptist
→ Is Dumbledore dead?
→ Hermione, Ron and Goblin rights
→ Voldemort’s Gringotts key
→ Revealing wands
→ The Hallow Eccentrics
→ Question of the Week
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→ Facts, Figures, & Awards
→ The best adaptation so far?
→ Staying true to the book lovers
→ Assessing the new cast members and stellar performances
→ The subtle emotion of the score
→ Changes, eliminations, and omissions
→ Why is the focus on Hermione so often?
→ Was Godric’s Hollow all we wanted it to be?
→ Dobby’s death, divided
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→ Episode 172 Recap: Hermione's limits and fear; Clues to the Harrycrux?
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Harry is a dum-dum, but he's worth a lot
→ Grindelwald is a liar - but why?
→ The Malfoy house divided
→ The Silver Hand and life debts
→ How are wand masters determined?
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 171 Recap: The Pardoner's Tale and the Brothers; how does the Resurrection Stone work?; Dumbledore's gifts and the Deathly Hallows; an unlikely trio
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Xeno's: a waste of time or valuable?
→ Hermione's limits
→ Harry leaps to all sorts of (correct) conclusions
→ Potterwatch!
→ "Harry, nooooo!"
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 170 Recap: Luna's sad reality; Rooks, Knights, and Lovegoods
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Did Jo borrow from the Three Little Pigs?
→ Dumbledore as Death
→ What does the theme of "belief" mean to Harry Potter?
→ What type of stone is the Resurrection Stone?
→ Why are we shown Luna's friendship mural?
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 169 Recap: The Sword and the Weasley; Need and Valor; Snape's only choice; True Gryffindors
→ PQOTW Responses
→ The bromance of Harry & Ron
→ Blackthorn, the Trickster wand, analysis
→ Is Hermione working hard to keep Ron around?
→ JO POINTS US RIGHT TO THE DIADEM!
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 168 Recap: Aberforth's abilities; Harry is not Dumbledore's tea buddy; the twin cores are at it again
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Throwback Thursday to Philosopher's Stone
→ Snape's most honest moment
→ Powersword of Lightness
→ The importance of the details
→ What is the original purpose of the Deluminator?
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 167 Recap: Did Voldemort consider Snape's request?; Effective house memorial; What caused the Horcrux to burn on Harry?; Incompetent Death Eaters
→ PQOTW Responses
→ The unknown dangers of Godric's Hollow
→ Harry's lost a big part of himself
→ #HermioneLove
→ What is Aberforth's deal?
→ Grindlewald and Albus
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 166 Recap: Who lives in Godric's Hollow now?; Magical boundaries; Inked Deathly Hallows symbols
→ PQOTW Responses
→ The Potters' Memorial
→ Animated corpses
→ Lighting the way
→ Wait...it's a snake!
→ Voldemort’s memory
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 165 Recap: Gamp's Law are like Computer Software; Magic as Binary; The Five Senses & The Horcruxes
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Phineas' True Allegiance
→ The truth behind Grindelwald's "mark"
→ The REAL Godric's Hollow
→ Debunking the Fidelius Charm
→ Dumbledore's religious side
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 164 Recap: Eric is sticking around; Splinching subtleties; Ron and the Taboo; camping!
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Is wearing the Horcrux a bad idea?
→ Phineus Nigellus isn't super helpful
→ How does Gamp's Law work?
→ Characters included for an info dump

→ Ron and privilege
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 163 Recap: Blurred Lines; Patronuses Inner Light; Undesirable & Indifference
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Ancient Greek Goats & Dittany
→ JKR ruins all the fun
→ The chapter to reference all chapters
→ Ron Weasley: MVP!
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 162 Recap: Snape as Headmaster; The trios not so thought-out plan; Finding Umbridge
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Umbridge's Power
→ Echoes of Real-World History
→ Arthur's Bravery
→ Cat People
→ Cinematic Writing Styles
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 161 Recap: Is Hermione keeping a secret?; Lupin isn't a coward; Lupin has a history of cowardice
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Not going back to Hogwarts
→ Would Dumbledore approve the use of Harry's visions?
→ Did the Trio do enough prep?
→ Wizards are just gross!
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 160 Recap: The bond between Harry and Sirius; Regulus and Percy similarities; a Dumbledore and Dudley comparison
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Death Eater interrogations
→ Abounding WWII parallels
→ Will three become four?
→Fathers and sons
→ Dung is still dung
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 159 Recap: Dustledore; Tracing Tom Riddle; #YesAllWitches
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Sirius secrets
→ Magic from beyond the grave
→ Lily’s eyes and ‘g’s
→ Relative truths
→ R.A.B. revealed
→ House-elf brainwashing
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 158 Recap: Bonded for LIFE?; Loony Lovegood; How did the Ministry fall?
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Taboo taboos
→ Hermione's forgotten memory charm
→ What the heck was Mad-Eye's curse meant to do?
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 157 Recap: Ron and the Deluminator; Finding love from books; Turing-Dumbledore parallel?
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Harry’s a Weasley!
→ First glimpse o the Deathly Hallows
→ Doge & Dumbledore
→ Dumbledore’s dark past
→ Kingsley’s message
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 156 Recap: Dumbledore's office protections; Horcrux background information; help from the Order; destroying the last Horcrux
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Sweet, sweet seventeen
→ Comedic charm vs. genuine relationships
→ How much did Dumbledore predict about Ron?
→ Harry and Scrimgeour face off
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 155 Recap: An unexpected leak; lend me your ear; Lupin’s dark place
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Magical security
→ Molly's interrogation tactics
→ "Mad-Eye's dead." Still.
→ Does Harry "get it?"
→ The Freedom to Read (about Horcruxes)
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 154 Recap: Blood Magic & Love Magic; Hedwig Lives?; Was Hagrid the best choice?; Harry's desperation
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Teeny, Tiny Tonks appearance
→ The truth behind Lupin's silence
→ A very Moody death
→ Whyyyyyy are we STILL not believing Harry?
→ Biblical Implications
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 153 Recap: If Petunia had magic; Where is Mrs. Figg?; what Dumbledore owes Harry; Some Dursleys do change
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Harry and Rowling's evolution
→ Dreams become reality
→ Hedwig's death sobs
→ Motorcycle science
→ Accio Hagrid!
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 152 Recap: Voldemort doesn't get Dumbledore; the Dumbledore/Doge relationship; what Dumbledore owes Harry; seeing Dumbledore's death
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Vernon, the constant caricature
→ Harry, Dudley, and wastes of space
→ Petunia's frustrating silence
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 151 Recap: Snape's source; Why did Charity Burbage die?; peacock symbolism; Epigraphs for the fans
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Harry is packing and we have feels
→ Doge: is he really Dumbledore's BFF?
→ Wizarding history lesson

→ Dumbledore's mysterious family

→ Harry's growing up

→ Question of the Week
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→ First chapter of Deathly Hallows, how bittersweet
→ Synopsis, Dedication, & Epigraphs
→ Why does it always start with Snape?
→ The grandiose Malfoy Manor
→ How do the Death Eaters feel about Lord Voldemort's mission?
→ Is Peter Pettigrew a sympathetic character?
→ Why Charity Burbage?
→ Question of the Week
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→ Filming facts and figures
→ Assessing the New Cast Members
→ All Important Background Moments
→ Relationships vs Horcruxes
→ Would TechniColor have been better?
→ Alternative Titles
→ Siriusly Lacking
→ WHY did they burn The Burrow?
→ Dumbledore, Harry, and the Ladies
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→ Episode 148 Recap: telling Harry everything; the Hinny ship; is Dumbledore still alive??
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Are the UK summaries major spoilers?
→ We want Jo's old website back
→ Everyone hates the spoiler guy
→ Book Covers discussion
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→ Episode 147 Recap: Spell trends, Lupin's reaction, Friends with Fawkes
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Life after Dumbledore
→ Half-Blood Pride?
→ Wizarding Funeral Rites
→ Setting up for Seven
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 146 Recap: Friendly Snape; Childish obsessions vs Important tasks; Love and loathing in Severus; Those green eyes...
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Draco "Antman" Malfoy
→ Did Lupin ever really trust Snape?
→ Redefining Fleur
→ Minerva Business Institute
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 145 Recap: A Chance to Save Draco; Justifying Snape's actions; Dumbledore's Grand Exit
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Poetic justice with the Dark Mark
→ The R.A.B. mystery: worst in the series?
→ Harry's complex stages of grief
→ The Half-Blood Prince, revealed
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 144 Recap: Protections & Regards; Accio! What?; Which Potion Master...?
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Draco takes a turn
→ Are we supposed to believe Albus or Draco?
→ Dramoine!
→ Remembering the theories
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 143 Recap: Saving Snape; Everything is right!; The Trelawney cause; Snape & Lily are NOT BFFs; In defense of Ms Prince
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Wizarding Higher Education
→ An homage to Tolkien
→ What exactly makes up The Drink of Despair?
→ Does Dumbledore promise to never love again?
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 142 Recap: Memory loss and the Imperius curse; Snape's inner rage; The darker side of the Weasleys
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Irma Pince = Im a Prince = Snape = What?
→ Was Voldemort ever going to spare Lily?
→ How did Snape prove his reform to Dumbledore?
→ Socks Equal Love
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 141 Recap: Dark Wizards using Felix Felicis; Is Lily better at Potions?; Nagini love
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Oh look, Katie's back
→ Torn between two gingers
→ We finally get a KISS
→ Did Harry go too far?
→ Harry's punishment
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 140 Recap: What does Felix taste like?; Snape and Lily's mutual Potions brilliance; Harry's protective nature
→ PQOTW Responses
→ The little things: Hogwarts security; does Dumbledore know what Harry was doing?
→ Slughorn's real memory reveals a lot
→ Significance in the creation of Voldemort's Horcruxes
→ The biggest OGM
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 139 Recap: Harry's laziness; Hufflepuff's dark side; Tonk's mystery visits
→ PQOTW Responses
→ The little things
→ Hagrid's officially a badass
→ Harry goes on his Felix Felicies trip
→ Slughorn sobers up
→ Question of the Week→ Check out the Alohomora! store

→ Episode 138 Recap: Zeus and Eos; thin, red eyes; trinket power; Voldy's domination; Lav-Lav Love
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Fred & George bring Ron and Hermione together
→ How does a room come unplottable?
→ Jo's not-so-secret dirty mind
→ Snape deserves a win...and then he doesn't
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 137 Recap: Three parts to a whole; title choice brilliance; did the movie do a chapter better?; Harry's perception of Dobby; house-elf healthcare
→ PQOTW Responses
→ The little things
→ Dumbledore is not happy
→ Horcruxes are adding up
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 136 Recap: Apparition PTSD; Aristotle a Wizard?; Harry’s got love
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Hagrid reads to giant spiders
→ Harry is borderline stalker
→ Brawling house-elves
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 135 Recap: Memories in Court; Consuming memories; Tom's infamy; What If Tom was arrested?
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Is Hermione acting a little to juvenile towards Ron?
→ Apparition is FUN?
→ Snape saves the day...again
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 134 Recap: Celestina's subtext; Is Wolfsbane an excuse to be more vicious?; The anti-Weasley
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Does Hermione ever apologize to Harry?
→Where did the wine go?
→Did Tom intend to kill?
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 133 Recap: Is Luna a stand in for Ginny?; Draco's Slytherin is showing; butterflies and monsters; Harry's lack of support
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Celestina Warbeck, international singing sensation!
→ Lupin love and sadness
→ In defense of Percy
→ Harry the Mockingjay
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 132 Recap: The dangers of liquid luck; realistic Ron; Ron and Harry's friendship
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Ron is a free agent...but not a good one
→ Shipping pairs everywhere
→ Antics at Hogwarts' party of the year
→ A different side of Snape
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 131 Recap: Tom Riddle's victims and Ariana; the value of yo-yos; magic and immortality
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Everybody's gettin' lucky
→ Messy Quidditch tactics
→ Complicated relationships abound
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 130 Recap: Does Harry not trust McGonagall?; What if Katie Bell bit the dust?; Draco's trail of destruction; How much could Harry have learned if Dumbledore died earlier?
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Death, Birth, and the Phoenix
→ Is it Dumbledore's fault that Lord Voldemort came to be?
→ Strength, or Admiration?
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 129 Recap: Blasting owls; Young love; Buckbeak’s thoughts
→ PQOTW Responses
→ A big bag of James Potter
→ Spell creation
→ Harry’s feelings are a-stirrin’
→ Jewelry gone wrong
→ Chamber of Secrets & Half-Blood Prince links
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 128 Recap: For the love of Merope; 10 ways to kill a Potter; Draco's duality; Albus falls on his own sword
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Harry's so popular
→ Staun Shunpike, Death Eater Extraordinaire
→ The best Quidditch tryout ever
→ Hagrid in mourning
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 127 Recap: Why The Prince is so important; Solid Snape hate; The new trio and the Peverell brothers
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Spades of personalities
→ Does Dumbledore know what's being said?
→ Gaunts = Dursleys?
→ Morfin's weird brotherly love
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 126 Recap: Patronus security; Lupin hate; Malfoy’s revenge; Hogwarts commute
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Career Advice – Part II
→ Snape vs. The Half-Blood Prince
→ Illegal magic
→ Amortentia shipping
→ Who is the Half-Blood Prince?
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 125 Recap: Stan Shunpike – A Master of Mystery?; Draco’s Dark Mark; Blood on Dumbledore’s hands
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Bummer Tonks
→ Wandering Patronuses
→ Snape’s thorough Potter knowledge
→ Dumbledore’s hand
→ WHO’S the new Dark Arts teacher?!
→ Harry’s right!
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 124 Recap: Harry's super-secure banking; Worries in the Wizarding World; Draco, Snape and Narcissa's redeemable features.
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Harry's actually right for a change
→ The real Mystery of the novel
→ Harry and Ginny
→ Neville the Unicorn
→ Draco's cunning but brutal tactics
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 123 Recap: Snape still sucks and Harry doesn't; Hogwarts curriculum; Weasley clock mechanics
→ PQOTW Responses
→ The sad death of the ice cream man
→ Diagon Alley black market and wizard convenience
→ Malfoys: Redeemable or not?
→ The genius of Fred and George
→ Draco is pretty obvious
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 122 Recap: Slughorn = Lockhart?; The Lost Army; Protective death charms; Slughorns allegiance
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Mollywobbles
→ As seen on TV spells
→ A Sirius issue
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 121 Recap: The Dursleys' side; Harry the house-elf; Dumbledore & Snape
→ PQOTW Responses
→ The Not-Zombies
→ Profiling Slughorn
→ Who's the spider?
→ Dumbledore's safety nets
→ Grief recovery
→ A little of this, a little of that...
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 120 Recap: Forcing memories of Lily; Does Snape just see Lily everywhere?; What Narcissa sent to Snape?
→ PQOTW Responses
→ The "slaughtered pig's" messy sty
→ Harry Potter: Minster of Magic?
→ Is Dumbledore a bully - or "For The Greater Good"?
→ Holding the Dursley's accountable
→ Harry isn't expelled!
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 119 Recap: Stalling the War; Puir Wee Braines; Muggle Relationships
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Bellatrix a jealous gal?
→ Snape’s honesty
→ Was Lucius to blame?
→ Harry as a Dark Lord, ha!
→ The Unbreakable Vow jury
→ Draco’s attempts
→ Question of the Week
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→ We start Half-Blood Prince!
→ Synopsis, dedication, & first impressions
→ Who is the Half-Blood Prince?
→ Wizards at War
→ Kingsley undercover
→ Fudge gets fired
→ Question of the Week
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→ Filming facts and figures
→ Always a nominee, never a winner
→ The Great Yates Hate Debate
→ An abundance of script shoehorning
→ Even the soundtrack runs
→ So much love for new cast editions
→ Plot holes, underused characters, confusion, oh my!
→ #Danael, #Meowissacs, and more ship names
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→ Episode 116 Recap: Making Harry whole; Umbridge, centaurs, and mythology; Voldemort and the whole prophecy; Umbridge’s hand slap
→ PQOTW Responses
→Book Wrap!
→Puzzle-less dedication
→Thrilling summaries …or not so much
→Remembering the long wait
→International covers discussion
→Global Movie Watch!
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 115 recap: An underwhelming Prophecy; Voldemort vs. Macbeth; Snape's motivations; Dumbledore and his redemption; Planned all along?
→ PQOTW Responses
→ The Centaurs & Umbridge
→ Hating Malfoy & Snape
→ Sirius's two-way mirror
→ Luna's foresight
→ Missing pieces at the end
→ Global Movie Watch!
→ MuggleNet's AudioFictions prepares to say goodbye
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 114 recap: Pivotal Fawkes; Lupin's wolfy side; A Sirius replacement; The physical Horcrux; In essence divided?
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Ask, and you shall maybe receive
→ The humanization of Albus Dumbledore
→ Great Snape Debate: Part four million and two
→ Breaking down the Prophecy
→ If Neville...
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 113 Recap: Purely Lord Voldemort; Prophectic Pettigrew; Dancing Death Eaters
→ PQOTW Responses
→ The one that never loses
→ Bellatrix's schooling
→ Where in the world is Lord Voldemort?
→ It takes a magical village
→ A proper possession
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 112 Recap: Magic study rooms; Seer name marbles; Candle colors; The calling veil
→ PQOTW Responses
→ At The Solstice will come a new… book?
→ Battles in Time and Space (Rooms)
→ When Brains Attack!
→ Shattered Prophecies and Hearts
→ Sirius is here now...and then not
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 111 Recap: Blood protection; Hermione's planning skills; Harry & Sirius; Broken promises; Dirty centaurs; Snake boogies
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Siriusly affected by death
→ Round and round the time issue
→ Pulling back the veil
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 110 Recap: Understanding Harry; Acting versus Being the Hero; Hermione worship.
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Should Hermione know better?
→ Quasi-necessary Grawp
→ No Girl Centaurs
→ Rude Harry
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 109 Recap: Astronomy Predictions; Right in the feels!; Anti-cheating charms; Exam resits
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Harry, Alone?
→ The Saving People Thing
→ Kreacher’s Clues and What would happen if?
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 108 Recap: Signs of Harry/Hermione; The Art of Charms; Grawp's purpose; Hagrid's development
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Test anxiety at Hogwarts
→ O.W.L.s!
→ McGonagall and Hagrid ousted
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 107 Recap: Harry's lack of skills; Different sympathies; Mirror reminders; The Ginny Effect
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Suicidal Teacups
→ The unnecessary babysitters
→ Weasley is our KING!
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 106 Recap: Sirius reflection, high school heirarchies and what if James had lived...?
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Troublesome troublemakers
→ Best friend's sister
→ Harry's Auror qualifications
→ Approval for whipping
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 105 Recap: "Sneak"-y magic; McGonagall roars; Dumbledore escaping Azkaban; Memory Charm vs. Imperius Curse
→ PQOTW Responses
→ The ridiculous Inquisitorial Squad
→ A drink with Umbridge
→ Fireworks!
→ Harry, James, and Snape's memory
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 104 Recap: Social vs. Academic Intelligence; Banned Books & Potter; The piercing stare; A horrible bias; Waste of the Emma Thompson
→ PQOTW Responses
→ FREE AUDIOBOOK DOWNLOAD THANKS TO AUDIBLEPODCAST.COM/OPEN
→ Malleable Destiny
→ Mars is bright tonight - again!
→ Patronus personalities
→ A brand new theory?
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 103 Recap: Demented bribery; Freelance insane journalism; Harry & Cho
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Quick and dirty Quidditch (#PleaseTakeABath)
→ Hermione is...wrong?
→ The Great Snape Debate continues
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 102 Recap: Where's Lupin?!; Missed opportunities; For the Greater Good; Would Occlumency even work?
→ PQOTW Responses
→ How did the Death Eaters break out of Azkaban?
→ The boy who Could've Been
→ The consummate newshound
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 101 Recap: Parental neglect; House tropes; Christmas burns and scents
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Is Snape mad at Sirius, or somebody else?
→ The gift that shall not be opened
→ Why is the book so named for the Order?
→ Memories and their extraction into the Pensieve
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 100 Recap: Dumbledore's dark materials; Siriusly Kreacher; Giving up and checking out
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Is Dumbledore justified in ignoring Harry?
→ Ginny's (should've been) shining moment
→ Sob worthy moments & unexplored theories
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 99 Recap: Processing thestrals; shades of green; awkward kisses
→ PQOTW Responses
→ The Weasleys in crisis
→ The curiosities of St. Mungo's
→ A special 100th episode message
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 98 Recap: Why is Hagrid still not doing magic?; Can adults learn magic?; Umbridge warnings; Alternate timelines
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Why is Harry so quiet?
→ Was this the kiss our hero deserved?
→ A totally different Chamber
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 97 Recap: Is it bullying?; Harry's happiness; Power vs Right; Foreshadowing or coincidence?
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Does Hagrid trust the trio? Or did he just give in?
→ Did humans & giants ever live peacefully?
→ Who actually sent McNair?
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 96 Recap: Gamp's Law & the ROR; House Elves necessity; Where does the knowledge go?; Mind reading wonders
→ PQOTW Responses
→ OTP...Luna & Ron?
→ Did Umbridge set up the Slytherin/Gryffindor fight?
→ Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming...
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 94 Recap: Snape, trust, & temptation; Slightly sexist staircase; Sanity saving Luna
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Exactly how reckless is Sirius?
→ Does the Room of Requirement have unlimited resources?
→ Misunderstood Expelliarmus
→ Question of the Week
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→ We are LIVE at LeakyCon Orlando!
→ Professor McGonagall quiets the crowd down
→ Rowling's Pottermore essay from the World Cup
→ What exactly counts as canon?
→ Accessibility of new Potter content
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→ Episode 93 Recap: Harry and Dumbledore similarities, Aberforth's opinions and Various Vanishings.
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→ Episode 92 Recap: Spell science; Hogwarts detentions; Muggle vs. Wizarding schools; Hermione is the best person ever
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→ Episode 91 Recap: Fudge manipulating; Percy’s still a prat; Racism and other prejudices; JKR’s intentions; Molly’s validation
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→ More Ministry schemes
→ Who thought up these O.W.L. grades?
→ Who knows what about Trelawney?
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→ Episode 90 Recap: Out of Order Hogwarts staff; Harry's new shoes; A worrying happy belly feeling
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→ The 3rd Dimension of Cho
→ Why is Ron so bad at Quidditch?
→ Perfect Percy is Particularly Peeving
→ Sirius says the worst thing ever!
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→ Episode 89 Recap: Wizards in Muggle schools; Tactful Granger; Trio or Solo?
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→ When did students start to believe Harry?
→ How much do the Hogwarts staff know about the Order?
→ WHAT KIND OF MAGIC IS THIS?!
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→ Episode 88 Recap: Sorting in the Muggle World; Switching Houses; Human Experience and Unusual People; Return of Ugly Evil
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→ How important is House Unity in Order of the Phoenix?
→ Can you really be bored at Hogwarts?
→ Dangerous Devious Dolores
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→ Micah Returns, and an emotional letter from a listener
→ Episode 87 Recap: Molly's fear; Slytherins we like; House outcasts
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→ Grubbly-Plank's greatness and Seamus's mum
→ The infamous Umbridge cough
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→ Episode 86 Recap: DADA Deduction; Math & JKR; Other Prefect choices; Gryffindor academics
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→ Does Harry NEED to be alone?
→ Is Ginny sabotaging Harry/Cho?
→ A touch of the Thestrals
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→ Episode 85 Recap: Owl tracking; Figg's sight; Albus' passive aggressive plight
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→ The voices in Harry's head
→ Broom > Prefect
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→ Episode 84 Recap: Wand security & identity; Foreboding Bode; Emotional photographs are emotional
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→ The purpose of the change
→ Is Fudge covering up or in denial?
→ Umbridge = Bellatrix?
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→ Episode 83 Recap: House of Horcrux, ALL the Black puns, and Daggers, Snakes and Symbolism, Oh My!
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→ The Fountain of Elitism
→ Eric does NOT want to grow up to be Eric
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→ Episode 82 Recap: Who has it worse? Molly's smothering mothering.
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→ What is the Weapon?
→ Dangerous Drawing Room
→ Kreacher's tragic history.
→ The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black
→ The Dog Star and the Lion King
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→ Episode 81 Recap: Letters from best friends, Hermione's safety, Who trusts Snape more?
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→ Who's been victimized by Regina George Albus Dumbledore?
→ Does Harry or Sirius have it worse?
→ Molly and Sirius face off
→ Dumbledore's public fall
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→ Episode 80 Recap: Lupin Appreciation Time; Racial Stereotypes; The Ladies of Potter
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→ Grimmauld Place in the Wizard Space
→ Is CAPSLOCK HARRY really that bad?
→ Family betrayal
→ How Ginny got her groove back
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→ Episode 79 Recap: Befuddled Figgs; Howler GPS; Political encouragement
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→ What's up with Vernon?
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→ Episode 78 Recap: Severe spells; Growing-up with Harry; Dementor danger
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→ Meeting Mrs. Figg and Mundungus
→ The letters from someone
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→ We start Order of the Phoenix!
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→ Electro-shock Harry and the implications for physical abuse
→ Britishisms and Harry's wit
→ Wandless magic and the Patronus suppression
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→ Box office success
→ But it's pretty!
→ Underused new cast
→ Most painful book-to-movie cuts
→ Teenage drama
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→ Episode 75 Recap: Exam Time; The Diggorys; Dumbledore the Wandmaker
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→ Book Stats, History, Trivia & Awards
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→ Episode 74 Recap: Prior Priori? Phoenix Technicalities; Amazing Conversations.
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→ Traumatised Harry and Disappearing Diggorys
→ Setting Clues
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→ Illegal Bugging
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→ Episode 73 Recap: Foe-glass ownership; Layered Portkeys; Postmortem Polyjuice Potion
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→ Different Dumbledores
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→ Eyes glimmering with ghosts and triumph
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→ Episode 72 Recap: Priori Incantatem; Ghosts & Angels
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→ Portkey problems
→ Is the Foe-Glass a possessive object?
→ The manipulation of Winky
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→ Episode 71 Recap: What If?; Difference in the sacrifice; What Jo won't tell us
→ PQOTW Responses
→ What Voldemort feels
→ Evil Extracurriculars
→ Pettigrew's Hand
→ How does the James/Lily switch effect the plot?
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→ Episode 70 Recap: Pettigrew's thoughts; Voldemort's appearance; Cedric's nobility
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→ The Dark (Too Obvious) Mark
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→ Pettigrew's Hand
→ Death Eaters Outed
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→ Episode 69 Recap: Productive Pensieve; Percy's pride; Dealing with the spare; Cleanest murder plan
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→ Examination of "Yew"
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→ Christ & the Anti-Christ
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→ Episode 68 Recap: Mistake of the Week; The circle proves on; Past, Present, & Future; Ghosts of memories past
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→ The worst thing we can fathom
→ Why the rush?
→ What if Cedric alone had taken the cup?
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→ Episode 67 Recap: Disembodied Horcruxes; Dumbledore's favorite?; Dumbledore's strange choices
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→ Little Crouch's story
→ Who hexed Bertha?
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→ Episode 66 Recap: Whoops, Dumbledore’s Bad; A Tattoo-less Greyback; Husband Shopping in England
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→ Weasley Twins getting deep and dark
→ Sirius lays down the law
→ Mars is out...you know what that means
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→ Episode 65 Recap: Hidden marks; Ministry miscues; Fading scars; A Sirius mistake; Rat diet
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→ Winky's drinking problem
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→ Does Moody use a bad excuse?
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→ Episode 64 Recap: Underwater languages; Mermaid portrayals; Second Task participation; The Goblet's contract; Gillyweed evolution
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→ Who misses Hermione the most?
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→ How much does Sirius know about the Dark Mark?
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→ Episode 63 Recap: Medieval unicorns; Mrs. Norris's abilities; Prefect's bathroom access; Golden egg poetry; Obvious summoning
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→ We all live in a Harry submarine
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→ Mermaids, maidens and marine mayhem
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→ Episode 62 Recap: Unicorn mythology; Pavarti; Bechdel test; Hagrid's professional growth; Cedric's sexy suggestion
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→ The unreasonable reasonable concern
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→ Episode 61 Recap: Ginny vs. Cho; Beetle bug; Sorting stereotypes; Jo & Jane; Poll results
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→ Is Hagrid being protected by the Ministry? Or Dumbledore?
→ The scoop Rita missed
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→ Episode 60 Recap: Religion & Witchcraft; In defense of Ron; Cho vs Ginny; The teenage years
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→ Beauty & Brains?
→ Where do the Christmas presents come from?
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→ Episode 59 Recap: Is Moody seeing dead people?; Equality FTW; The clothes make the elf; Magic or Morals?; Laundry & freedom; Is the golden egg your worst fear?
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→ Why is Hogwarts so unsocial?
→ Calm before the storm
→ Do Wizards practice religion?
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→ Episode 58 Recap: Broomstick calls; White eyes; Snape's thoughts; Eric's joke corner; Labrador slaughter!
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→ Is the First Task the most difficult?
→ Mechanics of ghostliness
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→ Episode 57 Recap: Discount friends; Sexy eyeballs; Holographic living; Sirius liaison; A lack of Lupin
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→ The library gag
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→ Episode 56 Recap: In defense of Snape; When the trio fights; Rita's rights
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→ What Would Rita Skeeter Do?
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→ Is Ron worried for Harry?
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→ Welcome to our new host!
→ Episode 53 Recap: Broken kneecaps; ESL; Elfish houses; 'Puffs Plus
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→ Can Veelas influence the Goblet of Fire?
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→ Episode 52 Recap: Snape's bad mood; Crouch's cruelty; Planned motivations; Lack of free will
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→ Did Dumbledore approve?
→ Is S.P.E.W. really necessary?
→ Gap year!
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→ Episode 51 Recap: Horcrux Connections; Voldemort's biggest fear; Trelawney's sire bond; Spring vs Winter; Atypical Slytherins
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→ Is 14 too young to learn the Unforgivable Curses?
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→ Episode 50 Recap: Environmental Attributes; Saints & Houses; Poor Slytherins
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→ The many sides of Eloise Midgen
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→ Episode 49 Recap: Mugglestrangs, Baddie Battle; Draco & Durmstrang; Percival vs Ronald; Dichotomy of gingers
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→ Episode 48 Recap: In defense of Rita; Captain Eric of Team Unpopular Characters; Is Ginny spoiled?
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→ Episode 47 Recap: Oversights; Willing Veela; Real evil; Foreign language policies
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→ OMG! NEW MOVIE! SERIES! JO ROWLING!
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→ What beasts do we want to see come to life?

→ Episode 46 Recap: Elves, Slavery, & POV's; Winky's function; Veela's preference
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→ Episode 45 Recap: Little French teachers; Barty's worry; Durmstrang's TARDIS; QWC prep; Peacock sightings; Ethics & Muggles
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→ Episode 44 Recap: Apparition age; Uh oh! Splinching wonders; Lord Percival; Literacy in the Wizarding World
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→ Episode 42, Lupin and Leaky Recap: Percy; Who needs OWLs?; Quidditch vs Cricket or Football
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→ Our immediate tears over Remus's wand
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→ Greyback, forever the creeper
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→ Episode 41 Recap: How things may have gone so much better if Molly, not Arthur, picked Harry up from Privet Drive.
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→ Episode 40 Recap: Delusional Dursleys; Muggleborns and Magical Holidays; Attitudes to and from teachers; Sucky Seventh Grade;
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→ Talented Twins
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→ Episode 39 Recap: Whose eyes?; Bertha Jorkins; Showing and Telling; Voldemort's monologuing;
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→ Episode 38 Recap: Keeping "face"; Horcrux Timing; Voldemort's patience and care; The rich benefactor; The disgusting truth
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→ Horcruxes and Harry's POV
→ A lack of quality pen pals
→ Where in the world is Sirius Black?
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→ We start Goblet of Fire!
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→ Episode 35 Recap: Silverpaw adventures continue; Voldemort corrupting students; Crookshanks the Iranian tiger
→ Prisoner of Azkaban: worst or best movie in the franchise?
→ Book Stats & Cuaron or Cuaronnn?
→ Take it taway Ern!
→ Inconsitencies book to film
→ Team Harris Vs Team Gambon
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→ Episode 34 Recap: Sad Lupin; Owl Post, yet again; Albus the Omniscient; Trelawney's use; Guilty until proven innocent; Breaking it to Molly
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→ Episode 33 Recap: Out of sight, out of mind?; Snape's indignance; Priori Incantatem; Easy on Fudge; Is expelling a form of protection?
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→ Episode 32 Recap: Harry's home, Dementor meals, Hermione's fault
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→ Episode 31 Recap: Eyewitness accounts, Lupin's (other) animagus, WTH is Crookshanks?
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→ Episode 29 Recap: James from 'beyond,' Peter crying by the windowsill, the Maruaders save their skins, Crookshanks the protector
→ Special Feature Recap: The Beast Inquisition. Animagi
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→ Battle Snape commences
→ Lily? Eh, 5 or 6.
→ The chords are not alive.
→ What if the rat was just a rat? Awkward...
→ Flaws in the 'Secret Keeper' plans
→ Sirius goes ALL CAPS on us.
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→ We are LIVE at MISTI-Con!
→ Animagi or Animagi?
→ Parallel circular time travel
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→ Episode 28 Recap: Prejudice & the media; Sirius' nosebleed; violence in literature; does age matter?
→ Special Feature Recap: Pottermore, In Depth
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→ Is Harry or Ron more like Sirius?
→ Ghost Snape
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→ Weekly shows commence!
→ Episode 27 Recap: Pettigrew's fear, misinterpreted predictions, writers trance, time turners, and cat flaps
→ Special Feature Recap: Pottermore, In Depth
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→ The beginning of the loop
→ Hulk of the tree world
→ Is this the biggest twist in the series?
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→ HUGE exciting announcement!
→ Episode 26 Recap: Dolores' heart; life debts; horcruxes, vessels & souls; Hogwarts spunky decor
→ Special Feature Recap: What If?
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→ The slap heard round the world
→ Trelawney's plight
→ Scream, cry, & shout!
→ Exam torture
→ Was Trelawney's prediction triggered by Harry?
→ Why did Pettigrew stick around?
→ Special Feature: Pottermore, In Depth
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→ Episode 25 Recap: Who/What shows up on the Marauder's Map, Sports & Manliness, Harry's manly search
→ Special Feature Recap: The Unspeakables, Patronus Charm
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→ Wood the Bounty Hunter
→ Telepathic brooms
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→ Can Hogwarts be taught?
→ Dumbledore's NEW middle name
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→ We celebrate our one year anniversary!
→ Episode 24 Recap: Fearing boggarts, Scientific memories, Soulful portraits, Portraits scales, Olimione
→ Special Feature Recap: Artifact Inspector, the Marauder's Map
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→ Hagbeak
→ Love is good!
→ McG & Trelaw face-off
→ Owls above the law
→ Did Harry purposely NOT learn Expecto Patronum?
→ Classic JKR
→ Special Feature: The Unspeakables, Patronus charm
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→ Episode 23 Recap: Memory charms, Snape & Neville, Anne Frank in Potter
→ Special Feature Recap: The Beast Inquistion, Boggarts
→ PQOTW Responses
→ How are portraits fixed?
→ Substitute power
→ Loss of connection
→ Lupin's restraint
→ Butterbeer for some!
→ Classic Sirius
→ Special Feature: Artifact Inspector, The Marauder's Map
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→ Episode 22 Recap: Dementors & Memories, James' Head Boy Status, Dumbledore's Match Making Skills, Hermione's distaste, Hogwarts teacher analysis
→ Special Feature Recap: The Unspeakables
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Lupin's torment & nostalgia
→ What actually defeats death?
→ Seamus' proud defeat
→ Are Lupin & Snape being childish?
→ Crookshank's good deed
→ Let the shipping begin!
→ Special Feature: The Beast Inquisition
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→ Episode 21 Recap: Harry's "home", Voldemort's nature, a round of applause!, Hogwarts pets, Prefects & Head boys
→ Special Feature Recap: What If?
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→ Molly's wild past
→ The missing queue
→ Why doesn't Hagrid learn magic?
→ The little knight that could
→ Trelawny's predictions
→ Does McGonagall influence Hermione?
→ Special Feature: Pottermore, The Unspeakables
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→ Episode 20 Recap: Was Harry abused?, Sneakoscopes, Ugly = Evil, "normality", Errol's character, Hedwig's preference
→ Special Feature Recap: Pottermore, In Depth
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Alternate dimensions & wormholes
→ The Fudge conundrum
→ Would Harry really have been expelled?
→ Ron's new wand
→ Why exactly does Hermione purchase Crookshanks?
→ What Sirius truly lost
→ Special Feature: What If?
→ Question of the Week
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→ We start Prisoner of Azkaban!
→ 2013 MuggleNet Fandom Calendar
→ First look impressions: Synopsis & dedication
→ Noah's new segment
→ The Frying Pan Debate continues
→ Recap of the recaps!
→ Bowties are cool
→ Vernon's brother Marge
→ Is Petunia misunderstood or evil?
→ Special Feature: Pottermore, In Depth
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 18 Recap: Solid 'Cruxes, Signature spells, Black market tears, Parseltongue & Albus' oversight
→ Special Feature Recap: International Book Covers
→ PQOTW responses
→ Stats, stats, & more stats!
→ What if Book 2 was Book 1?
→ Should Potter have been a TV series instead?
→ Percy? Rockstar? NO!
→ Pettigrew the Rat!Goblet
→ Would Warwick Davis eat the Desk!Pig?
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→ Episode 17 Recap: Plant or Animal?, Soul bits, Snape's Secret Chamber, Lev's 'Puff, Filchemort?
→ Special Feature Recap: The Beast Inquisition
→ PQOTW Responses
→ King Elvis Riddle
→ Could the Sorting Hat have helped find Horcruxes?
→ Feather sense
→ Brains, Souls, & Molly Weasley
→ Hint of a Horcrux
→ Rubber Ducks & Cupcakes
→ Special Feature: Books Stats & International Covers
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 16 Recap: Basilisk Travels, Summoning Sortias, MLF, Houses & Humors
→ Special Feature Recap: Pottermore, In Depth
→ PQOTW Responses
→ A seriously evil individual
→ The lonely Anglia
→ Chapter full of pay dirt!
→ Is Ginny just like Dobby?
→ Basilisk: new MENSA member
→ Lockhart = McGonagall?
→ Special Feature: The Beast Inquisition
→ Question of the Week

→ Episode 15 Recap: AirSnake, Dueling Sempras, Metaphors, Draco's melon, Myrtle's indifference, Psychology
→ Special Feature Recap: What If?
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Is Ron jealous of Lockhart?
→ The traditional Horcrux
→ Circular theory strikes again
→ Mandrake commitment ceremonies
→ Noah wants to ban HP?!
→ Would Hagrid have shot the Minister?
→ Special Feature: Pottermore, In Depth
→ Question of the Week

→ Episode 14 Recap: Writing on the Wall, Parselmouth, Mrs. Norris, Lockhart's Vanity, Fear or Bravery & Hat Stalls
→ Special Feature Recap: Trelawny's Seeing Glass - Hidden Chambers
→ Alohomora! Homework: Wagga Wagga poems
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Harry Freakin' Potter!
→ The fire inside
→ Why Snape?!?
→ The most underrated moment in the series
→ A phoenix's life for me!
→ Hermione's alter ego
→ Special Feature: What If?
→ Question of the Week

→ Episode 13 Recap: Vanishing Cabinet, Eat Slugs, Parselmouth, Religious Satire, & Voldy Ghost
→ Special Feature Recap: Pottermore, In Depth
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Snarky Snape
→ Is Lockhart feminized?
→ Hufflepuff ~~Pride~~ Hate
→ Harry's acting skills
→ Is it fear or concern?
→ Did Dumbledore setup Hagrid?
→ Special Feature: Trelawney's Seeing Glass
→ Question of the Week
→ Download our app!
→ Alohomora! Promotional Video
→ Low bandwidth now available!

→ Episode 12 Recap: Lockhart, Earmuffs, Photography, Platform 9 3/4
→ Special Feature Recap: Artifact Inspector - Ford Anglia
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Snape's Pitch
→ Ron's flair for silence
→ Under the hair gel spell!
→ Filch's soul
→ Hermione's shame
→ Riddle the poet
→ Special Feature: Pottermore, In Depth
→ Question of the Week
→ Download our app!
→ Alohomora! Promotional Video
→ Low bandwidth now available!

→ Episode 11 Recap: Percy's tank top, Elf apprition, Weasley driving school, Magic suppression, Lazy Ron & Harry
→ Special Feature Recap: Pottermore, In Depth
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Solitary 9 3/4
→ The Friendly Willow
→ Hallmark Howlers
→ Lovely, lying, luscious Lockhart
→ Bury the babies!
→ Dumbledore's lack of judgement
→ Special Feature: Artifact Inspector
→ Question of the Week
→ Download our app!
→ Alohomora! Promotional Video

→ Episode 10 Recap: Harry/Big D BFF's, Synopsis, The Walrus, Horse, & Pig, Animals in Literature
→ Special Feature Recap: Noah's Close Read
→ PQOTW Responses
→ Lightweight Elf Champion
→ Flying with Ease
→ The House Elf Contract
→ Arthur & The Loophole
→ Pinch or a Handfull
→ Plotter's Reunite!
→ Special Feature: Pottermore, In Depth
→ Question of the Week
→ Download our app!
→ Alohomora! Promotional Video

→ Chamber of Secrets! OMG! YAY!
→ Is the synopsis enticing?
→ Those crazy Dursleys
→ Potter's Lament
→ Voldemort's easy way out
→ Draco's creative side
→ Brothers Riddle
→ The Fallible Trace
→ Special Feature: Noah's Close Read
→ Question of the Week
→ Download our app!
→ Alohomora! Promotional Video

→ Episode 8 recap: Mirror of Erised/Horcruxes, Quirrell, The Color Green, Dumbledore the Snitch?
→ Special Feature Recap: International Book Covers
→ PQOTW responses
→ Avada Kedavra = dead? Yes? No?
→ Overall book theories
→ Title Mechanics
→ If J.K.R. were a man...
→ Movie discussion: Neville, Peeves, Binns, Bane, & more
→ James Potter: Chaser or Seeker?
→ Which Dumbledore is the best Dumbledore?
→ Harry, Ron, & Hermione spread some Alohomora! love!
→ We start Chamber of Secrets on our next episode!

→ Episode 7 recap: Unicorns, Werewolves & Wizards, Alcoholic Content/Age, Filch, McGonagall & the Potions Riddle
→ Special Feature Recap: The Unspeakables - Destiny/Fate & the Centaurs
→ PQOTW responses
→ The final chapter is upon us!
→ The Manifestation of Dumbledore
→ Voldemort & the Horse Cheek
→ Quirrell's DEAD? Eh...
→ Personality & Power
→ Overall book theories
→ Chamber of Secrets: What can we expect?
→ Book covers from around the World
→ Calling all artists!
→ Question of the Week

→ Episode 6 recap: Motherly Hagrid, Hermione & the Mirror of Erised, Gamp's Gold, Flying Snape & the dog bite, The Cloak, & Hogwarts Security
→ Special Feature Recap: The Beast Inquisition - Dragons
→ PQOTW responses
→ Is being caught out of bed really a big deal?
→ Books to Brooms!
→ Smack the Centaur
→ Difference between already dead & slain
→ The Mysterious Headmaster
→ Harry the Seer?
→ The true, pure Gryffindor
→ The Seven Tasks
→ Special Feature: The Unspeakables - Destiny & the Centaurs
→ Question of the Week
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→ Episode 5 recap: Snape/Filch, Christmas, Owl Cruelty & The Floo Network, Wrong Sortings...and yes, Desk!Pig...again
→ Special Feature Recap: Mirror of Erised
→ PQOTW responses
→ Early examples of Jo's brilliance
→ Neville's got grit!
→ The origin & uses of the Philosopher's Stone
→ Jo truly is tricky, tricky!
→ Hermione's feminine wiles
→ 99 bottles of brandy on the wall...
→ Hagrid the motherly 'Puff!
→ The amazing flying Hedwig
→ Special Feature: The Beast Inquisition - Dragons
→ Question of the Week

→ Episode 4 recap: Gamp's Laws, Wrong Sortings, Halloween, Quidditch Gender Politics, Piñata Harry, & Desk!Pig is finally laid to rest
→ Special Feature Recap: What If?
→ PQOTW responses
→ The befriending troll
→ A Quidditch History Lesson
→ Delay in the Curse
→ Snowballsy Fred & George
→ Honesty is Hagrid's best policy!
→ 50p & The Queen's Nose
→ Inherently human Harry Potter
→ Hagerva?
→ Special Feature: Artifact Inspection - Mirror of Erised
→ Question of the Week

→ Episode 3 recap: Grey Lady, Filch, Evil characters & Desk!Pig
→ Is Transfiguration essentially science?
→ Special Feature Recap & PQOTW: The Sorting Hat
→ The forgetful Rememberall
→ Hermione shows her inner Eagle, time & time again!
→ Harry Potter: Piñata?
→ Snape & McGonagall...BFF's?
→ The Alohomora! charm appears for the first time!
→ Cerberus & Fluffy...Dante's pets?
→ Male/Female equality & the Pure Blood point of view
→ Is Quirrell simply a really good actor?
→ The Trio is formed!
→ Special Feature: What If?
→ Question of the Week

→ Introducing MuggleNet Academia: Visit | Listen
→ Muggle vs. Wizard punishments
→ Recap: Wands
→ PQOTW responses
→ Wizard Morpheus
→ Hilarious Hogwarts!
→ Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak?
→ Peculiar, Pasty, Prickly Peeves!
→ Quirrell is foiled!
→ Transfiguration Woes
→ NEVER TRUST JO!
→ Details, details, details!
→ Rubeus "Loose Lips" Hagrid
→ Special Feature: Noah's Close Read: the Sorting Hat song
→ Question of the Week

→ We discuss the first theories coming out of the forums
→ Is Vernon protecting Harry?
→ Prometheus & The Wee Folk
→ Expelled students. What gives?
→ Noah tries to spread the Dursley love
→ We examine the "Muggle Scale"
→ What if the Malfoys had introduced Harry to the Wizarding World?
→ Is Ollivander...Tiresias?
→ We all "AWWWW" for the unintentional victim
→ The Giant Order of the Secret Keepers
→ Is there a magical Chalk Zone?
→ Special Feature: Artifact Inspection, Wands
→ Question of the Week

→ Welcome to Alohomora! Noah tells us what it's all about
→ The discussion begins: Ordinary Dursleys vs. Strange Happenings
→ Is Dumbledore ALWAYS right?
→ Is the way that Petunia & Vernon are raising Dudley the norm?
→ Harry is...weird.
→ Can snakes read body language?
→ The first brutal murder of the series is finally laid to rest
→ We all cringe to Tiptoe Through the Tulips
→ Special Feature: Pottermore, In Depth
→ Fans! We want you on the show! Listen to learn how