Alohomora!: A Global Reread Of Harry Potter

On Episode 341 we discuss...→ Dumbledore's delicious quotes on death→ How Petunia is, again, the worst→ Snape (acceptance issues), Lupin (no self esteem), and Sirius (PTSD): trauma brothers→ No one's dead until there's a body→ The Headmaster could have been the best therapist → “What is grief, if not love persevering?”

On Episode 340 we discuss...→ Lily and Voldemort have more in common than you'd think→ Mr. and Mrs. Evans suck as parents→ Snape's emo band→ Guest appearance by Petunia and the meet cute that will never be→ The Sorting Hat as a composer

On Episode 339 we discuss...→ To find @ potterkidsreadsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/potterkidreads/YouTube: @potterkid→How exactly young wizard schools should work→ Fantastic Beasts' wonky timeline→ Dumbledore favors Gryffindor while gaslighting Harry at the same time→ Theories on all the things!

On Episode 338 we discuss...→ Dark Hermione fanfic→ Draco, the diet Tom Riddle→ Alison explains how Credence is a goat→ Audio hugs

On Episode 337 we discuss...→ How the deaths of Molly's brothers has shaped her entire life→ Molly's "empty nest" career goals→ What does feminism look like in the series→ Gasp! Kat agrees with Sirius→ How Molly and Merope are foils for each other

On Episode 336 we discuss...→ We need to find a Neville expert→ All the feels for a missing scene where Harry gets a hand on Molly's clock→ Molly & Arthur reveal too much→ The complicated relationships between the women in the books

On Episode 335 we discuss...→ Again, security at Hogwarts is awful→ Snape is a terrible teacher→ What’s up with the wizarding world’s one peer reviewed journal→ The CTRL F spell

On Episode 334 we discuss...→ Hogwarts should really send students home→ Which is worse, being a ghost or portrait?→ Harry's a better captain than Wood→ Theory: the Time-Turners messed with Hermione's memory→ Accessing a murder's vault? No questions at Gringotts

On Episode 333 we discuss...→ What if the DA and Order names were reversed?→ Order of the Phoenix, Spy Agency→ Credence Barebone, created by Aberforth and goats→ Claps for Kingsley→ No one puts Molly in a corner→ Susan Bones, who are you?

On Episode 332 we discuss...→ Katy calls out to all cosplayers with a mighty need→ The trio are royalty→ A 'Sirius' discussion... what the pandemic has taught us→ Angelina is a BOSS→ Would anything have changed if Harry had confided in Dumbledore?→ FB3: Shame On Dumbledore→ The weapon is a lie→ Voldymood recaps and which events they match up with→ Is the Room of Requirement overpowered?→ Sirius is the devil on Harry's shoulder→ What would you change about the books if you could?

On Episode 331 we discuss...→ Lucius's locks of luscious hair→ Thanksgiving of Death Eaters→ Skills for Snape, power for Bellatrix→ Soup of racists→ What happened to Stan Shunpike?

On Episode 330 we discuss…→ Half of the Swish and Flick Podcast quartet, Tiffany O’Malley and Katie Petras, join us as guests hosts!→ Hermione casting spells from the start – not a movieism!→ When do you think Harry realized each House was more than the Sorting Song?→ The Sorting Hat: biased to Gryffindor→ Hogwarts should have waited to sort until after the first year→ The Hat might be a seer

On Episode 329 we discuss...→ No wizards in the Mediterranean?→ Canon: Beauxbatons closed in 2000→ Joker, Ilvermorny student→ A plus for name creativity→ Other schools, deep in stereotype?→ Hogwarts: racist→ Hugo Award-winning co-founder of The Book Smugglers and author of "Cooking for Wizards, Warriors and Dragons" (available August 31, 2021), Thea James, joins us as guest host!

On Episode 328 we discuss...→ Has time changed our feelings on the Epilogue?→ Is all really well?→ Cursed Child - wants vs. reality→ Do some people not deserve a “Nineteen Years Later?”→ Did “Cursed Child” ruin everything? Alison says no.→ Like father, like son - tea with Hagrid→ Head canon - Weasley family back to school hangout→ Ron and Hermione/Arthur and Molly Part 2?→ Lorrie’s “Harry Potter” and “To Kill a Mockingbird” connection→ Harry’s forgiveness = ALL the names→ Katy compares lines from “Harry Potter” and “Cursed Child”→ Is the book stronger for having the Epilogue?

On Episode 327 we discuss...→ Guest introduction: Maren Altman→ Maren recommended: AstroGold→ Vedic vs Western Astrology → Occam’s Razor→ Get your own chart! AstroTheme.com→ Planetary Joys and the designation of elements→ What is a square??

On Episode 326 we discuss... → The only chapter 2 that's not from Harry's POV → What line of work was Snape's father in? → Possible early clues that Snape was the Half-Blood Prince → So much booze in this book! → Humanizing Narcissa - the Lady of the Lake → Bella's scrap of love → Who is the spinner and what is their end? → The unbreakable vow: manipulation or desperation? → Sev and Pete, the expert door listeners, spying on each other → Death Eaters love to gossip → Snape - the best lie detector faker of all time and devastating with his comebacks → Fleeting, yet unexpected sympathy for Snape

On Episode 325 we discuss... → Why are they called Death Eaters? → The lack of math strikes again → Death Eater dynasties → Irvin's Death Eater essays - 1 | 2 | 3 → Picking things up and putting them down → The Battle of the Department of Mysteries: An Analysis of the Chase and Battle, June 1996 → Oh baby, baby

On Episode 324, we discuss… → OotP has the best chapter titles → The five stages of grief in ONE chapter → Bargaining flipped: We start with a death and end with a life → Voldy was right about Dumbledore's willingness to sacrifice Harry! → Harry feels love most acutely through overwhelming grief → Movie adaptations... the good, the bad, the terrible → One character reaches acceptance - Fudge! → Bellatrix is in a league of her own → The only time all three Lestranges battle together? → Voldemort's training school → Play-by-play of THE DUEL... the sass and the purpose → Fawkes dies of food poisoning

On Episode 323 we discuss... → Fairy tales, fairytales, wonder tales, magic tales, fairy stories, and Märchen → "In the old times when wishing was still effective"... and how → The Dewey Decimal System for fairytales is... woah → How many of these classifications match up with Potter? Hint: a lot! → Motifs which are the foundation for all fantasy → Why do fairytales endure? → Could we call Harry Potter a fairytale? → Lessons from fairytales that are mirrored in Potter → Half-Blood Prince: the Documentary → Beedle the Bard's tales predate many Muggle fairytales! → Aurelia breaks down the German Max und Moritz stories by Wilhelm Busch → Yes, we are fawning over Aurelia's beautiful German readings

On Episode 322 we discuss...→ "Those who ask will always be given help... I think... maybe..."→ Why does a second year discover what the beast is when nobody else can?→ It must be nice, it must be nice... to have Ernie Mac on your side→ Does anyone actually feed Fang while Hagrid is gone?→ Aragog is sending mass emails "on the web"→ Spiders and House Elves are besties→ Sycamore and redwood tree analysis is out of this world!→ The Ford Anglia: IS IT ALIVE?? Could it have killed Voldemort?→ Harry's first trip to the place where he "dies"→ Spider mythology - which one fits Aragog best?→ Comparisons between Harry and Aragog... mind blown!→ Aragog vs. The Basilisk - who would win?