Alohomora!: The Original Harry Potter Re-Read

On Episode 397 we discuss... → Hagrid's arrested development → Dragon eggs → The actor who plays the girl in Damsel → Held back students → What is stoat? → Ron impresses us, again → Subway Cloak → Dragons, Lions, and Bears

On Episode 396 we discuss... → Molly and vehicular manslaughter → Grunge era, 90s' cool, Bill → Hermione, torn between amusement and anxiety → No one cares about Bertha → The complicated relationship between Molly, George, and Fred → A plea for Percy → Ginny is just awesome

On Episode 395 we discuss... → How the movie did it better → Elves who work in houses → Lavender needs to read the room → Geoff REALLY doesn't like Cormac McLaggen → Snape teaches in a way that makes people remember → Dumbledore is the puppet master of Hagrid → Fred and George are smart little bullies

On Episode 394 we discuss... → the maturity of the Trio → The longing tension between Harry and Ginny → 90s tropes → Everybody Loves Molly → "We're coming with you" → The number of towers at Hogwarts → The slimy goo inside of all of us → Death, Horcruxes, and the meaning of life

On Episode 393 we discuss... → Voldemort's soft launch → Dueling clubs to get back in practice → Instructional DVDs → Hugs for Harry → In our feelings → Street cred for Filch → Summer break plans at Hogwarts

On Episode 392 we discuss... → Moaning Myrtle just a lonely child → Piggy Wiggly → Filch's redemption → Cats chose violence → Fleur might be a big softy → Snape's store of potion ingredients → Le-ion

On Episode 391 we discuss... → Best line: "Your hand is all sweaty" → Wizard plummers → Menacing ellipses → Pausing for effect → Voldemort is a dramatic B → The adventures of Tommy and Bianca → Grace Candido-Beecher shout out → Fawkes or convenient plot point → It's not weird, it's funny

On Episode 390 we discuss... → Adverbs and potentially bad writing → Sprouting it all up → Prophetic knives → Unbreakable Vows as kids → The origins of oranges in stockings and Saint Nick → Chris Tingle → In-depth look at godparents → Christmas time with Fleur Read below to for information on how to contact our guest, Emily Strand. Her website is emilystrand.com and my Academia.edu site is here: https://carmelcollege.academia.edu/EmilyStrand Potterversity: https://www.mugglenet.com/mugglenet-family/potterversity/ New book (just out!) is Potterversity: Essays Exploring the World of Harry Potter available from publisher McFarland Books here: https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/potterversity/ Her essay "Said Hermione Earnestly: Harry Potter's Prose and Why It Doesn't Matter" in Open at the Close: Literary Essays on Harry Potter, is available here: https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/O/Open-at-the-Close She also edited these pop culture collections: Star Trek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier: https://vernonpress.com/book/1672 Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away: https://vernonpress.com/book/1751

On Episode 389 we discuss... → Let's go to the hospital → Hermione puts the "camp" in camping → McGonagall's Caturday with Mrs. Morris → Dumbledore's Pager → Festive in death → Accio baby → Portrait powers activate!

On Episode 388 we discuss... → Cringe moments from our past as teens → Professor Bitter at the holiday staff meeting → Go forth and find a partner, McGonagall → What happened to pogs? → Patty Parkinson → Drawn out drumrolls → Holding out for Harry → Dialogue Alley Podcast

On Episode 387 we discuss... → We are not a fishing podcast → Also not on Shark Tank → People just don't go out and get tents → Grawp Pt. 2 → Ronald Weasley and the checked privilege → Desk Pig all over again → Why did the Trio catch a pike of all things? → If Ron and Hermione's relationship will stand the test of time

On Episode 386 we discuss... → XoXo,Gossip Girl → Who's playing the long game? → Pansy Parkinson is Draco → Nerf balls and teachers → Harry is not James → Paw print in the sky

On Episode 385 we discuss... → Americans don't know what "punting" means → It's a good episode to be Ron lover → Passive agressive professors → The twins are really smart → the nightmare of teacups with legs → Everyone is worried about Harry's restless sleep → We are not a Twilight podcast → What came first, Hogwarts or the forest? → Free Grawp

On Episode 384 we discuss... → The cheeky mirror → No working papers or labor laws → Lower level homework → Harry and his fear of the unknown → Ron & Hermione's plot point birthdays → "Bang on the counter" doesn't mean what you think it means → The trio starts to pair off → Team Molly or Team Arthur → It got better, then it didn't - series mantra → #justice for Binky

On Episode 383 we discuss... → Alfie & Alby → AOL AIM Mirror → Weird metaphors and the afterlife → Harry's hitch in that giddyup → Why didn't the goblins win → The end of childhood → Dudley and Draco are two sides of the same coin → The ghost of Voldemort

On Episode 382 we discuss... → Secret celebrity → Mrs. Norris: she is widowed → Being chill and strict at the same time → Voldemort's smelly head → Quidditch is McGonagall's love language → Yum-bledore → Africa is a continent not a country → Hagrid is the farm to table coordinator of Hogwarts

On Episode 381 we discuss... → "Weird" ways to love Horace Slughorn → Ranking Harry's school years from best to worst → Preferred method of magical travel → Doge's suspected crush on Dumbledore → Add Beginners to your must watch list → Kat Miller, confirmed bachelor → Slughorn's secondary house debate → Generational divide on stopping by unannounced → "They" say we fall in love with our parents → Ginny is the new Lily

On Episode 380 we discuss... → Porto's hats → Operation "pig for slaughter" is a go → "I regret Lily's death" - Google it → Why can't they just pick up their brooms? → Oliver Wood, razzle-dazzle → Harry has a strong core → To drink unicorn blood → Quirrell's study abroad opportunity

On Episode 379 we discuss... → Geoff is haunted by this song → Learn how the hosts like to read → "Oh Potter, you rotter:" the mixed tape → Ghosts are transparent → The never ending Thestral debate → Neville lost Trevor on purpose → Madam Hooch needs to do more → Why Cho is really a #girlboss → Percy stans → Hogwarts is a security nightmare → Hermione & Ron are hypocrites

On Episode 378 we discuss... → James stans → Doe a deer a female deer, or really a buck → Big T trauma → Not a fan of ableist passwords → Never know when Sirius Black is going to come in and chop off your arm → Hagrid's loving arbitrary boundaries → Crookshanks as a stand in for Hermione → The theme of POA is that what one person sees is not what another person sees → Where Snape is really coming from → The responsibility of taking medication as an adult