Alohomora!: A Global Reread Of Harry Potter

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!

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!