Alohomora!: A Global Reread Of Harry Potter

On Episode 371 we discuss...→ Humans hate change→ Did Tonks or Moody actually do anything?→ Scrimgeour's parallel death→ How the tables turned against Harry perhaps too quickly→ Alison stans Ron - fight her→ Remus is the "adult, adult"→ Nothing is hard for Hermione→ Heated debate on the legacy of Remus Lupin→ Dumbledore does not owe Harry his entire story

On Episode 370 we discuss...→ Harry, the late riser→ Introverts & Ambiverts→ We still stan Lucius's luscious locks→ Harry's life if he never went to Hogwarts→ Petunia is punishing Harry for being her sister's son→ Celebrities in the wild→ Sports trump plants→ (Hedwig) wants to break free→ Aunt Marge in orbit→ We can't not talk about trauma → Harry, the bad seed

On Episode 369 we discuss…→ Getting lost on the way to class→ The nightmare of flesh eating trees→ Everything you wanted to know… and maybe not know about potatoes→ What Hermione’s and Ron’s house looks like in the future→ We want to know your most awkward encounter→ Harry’s a fabulous third wheel→ No one dates at Hogwarts→ We love you, late bloomers→ Everyone’s childhood is ruined→ Harry forgets that people have other things going on it their heads→ Gossip, ghoul→ Nixon’s Quidditch-gate→ Alison discovers something new

On Episode 368 we discuss...→ Check out Sorting Hat Chats!→ If you don't have a friend in your group who is obsessed with Harry Potter, it's probably you→ No one knows what episode they are on→ Rex's feelings on Harry & Ron have not changed→ Traumatic wizarding money→ Macy's balloons→ Ludo Bagman's moral compass→ Fleur is one scary 1/4 bird→ Arthur Weasley is the voice of reason→ If Barty Crouch, Jr. would stop turning Draco into a ferret, they would have much to talk about→ Bringing a knife to a wand fight→ Bill's spell slots are full and he can't conjure a spell

On Episode 367 we discuss...→ The scent of death, Lucius Malfoy, le parfum de la mort→ Yes, Arnold Schwarzenegger was governor→ Where we think Grimmauld Place is in London→ Ravenclaw is the odd house out→ 14 year olds be gossiping→ Yay, Luna is here!→ How legit is The Quibbler→ Trevor still exists!

On Episode 366 we discuss...→ How the characters we're most like are the characters we get frustrated with the most→ Hermione is a lot like Merope→ We don't talk about Lily→ How did they not die of hypothermia?→ Horocruxes & redemption→ Deluminator origins→ Snape is a professional liar but not dishonest→ What would happen if Hermione had been at the lake?

On Episode 365 we discuss...→ The chapter gives off <em>Lost</em> energy→ What is Death?→ The actualization of Dumbledore→ Snape's a 9/Hagrid's a 4→ What exactly happened Karkaroff→ Talk to you never - TTYN→ We start the new year off by giving Snape the benefit of the doubt→ Hermione's main character energy→ Rita Skeeter is living her best life→ Hagrid might be the only one who is mentally healthy→ Who knows that Tom Riddle is Voldemort

On this special bonus episode we discuss…→ The most heartbreaking death in the series→ Ships! Hermione/Ron or Hermione/Harry→ Is it Voldemort or Dolores Umbridge who is more evil?

On Episode 364 we discuss...→ School is boring→ Just a children's book→ Conflicts about Lupin→ Poor undeveloped, Lily→ Grace fights really hard for Chamber→ Tracy loves death→ We don't have a bad thing to say about Half-Blood→ Rex still hates Harry→ The Marauders are all in our heads→ Plot vs. character→ We can't decide about the end of Order of the Phoenix→ Podcast definitive ranking of the books

On Episode 363 we discuss...→ We're shocked that spiders can't speak→ Harry in Winter is the hosts' favorite→ Though The Wizards' Consort is a close second→ Somehow wizards know about Star Wars→ Everyone is plagiarizing Diggory→ An abundance of notes→ Musings from some sad, old, millennials→ We're dying for someone to choreograph a dance to The Weasley Stomp→ No one likes Do the Hippogriff→ John Williams awe

On Episode 362 we discuss...→ Madam Hooch uses her PTO→ Spreadsheets at Hogwarts→ What's the point of a five minute game→ No stakes in chess→ Failed Polyjuice blood transfusions→ Rex's atomic number theory→ Sam advocates murder to learn→ Chocolate frog card Patronuses → More Quidditch than Famel

On Episode 361 we discuss...→ Are Molly & Arthur good parents?→ Wise fools→ There are so many Weasleys!→ Post Gen fanfics→ Ginny might just break the seventh son of the seventh son lore of the family→ Ron and Ginny are the best and worst of the Weasleys→ George married a reminder of the twin he lost→ John over Tom→ Thoughts on Ron→ Where does Hermione fit in→ What Albus Severus should have been named

On Episode 360 we discuss...→ Snakes in bed→ School days, school breaks, & schoolmates→ How to stare fear in the eyes→ Awkward movie kisses

On Episode 359 we discuss...→ How Unforgivable Curses are the last things Harry and Voldemort say to each other→ Avery is back in the count→ The 90's were a different time→ Definitive order for "how bad" a curse is

On Episode 358 we discuss...→ You know it's bad when Hermione is scared→ The duality of youth→ Does Voldemort care just a little or completely soulless?→ The chapter's mix of creepy horror and emotional devastation→ A choking rag of a person

On Episode 357 we discuss...→ Slytherin career day→ High praise for Lavender→ Anybody seen my Goyle?→ Quidditch is love, Quidditch is life→ "I'm a Puff and I'm staying"

On Episode 356 we discuss...→ Dementor RAs→ These books aren't here for romance→ Nothing happens in the chapter... Except the most important inciting incident→ Molly & Arthur/Lucius & Narcissa: ying and yang on judgments→ Amos Diggory: the world's most annoying helicopter parent→ The Weasleys might be unknowingly rich in Muggle money

On Episode 355 we discuss...→ Check out episode 285http://alohomorapodcast.com/episode-285-food-why-would-you-eat-that/→ Why a school for children has a dungeon→ The wizard American library might be in the New York Public Library→ How many deaths are worth the answer to a question→ Downton Abbey House-elf style→ snake poop→ Gremlins & Tamagotchis: alive and creepy

On Episode 354 we discuss...→ ... Daddy Remus→ Where does canon begin and end→ Molly's clock is doing more harm than good→ Narcissa needs her space→ George & Fred just sounds weird

On Episode 353 we discuss...→ Discrepancies in "History of Magic"→ How Sprout and Flitwick might be meant to be→ Sprout and Snape fanfiction→ Neville could have saved the day with Herbology... or not→ Mandrake Liberation Front is back!