Accio Politics

Helene and special guest Kat from the Alohomora! podcast talk about chapter 37 of Order of the Phoenix: "The Lost Prophecy." Join us as we discuss the politics of premeditation and strategy, along wi…

Helene and Adri talk about how things are not looking up for Matt Gaetz, as well as chapter 36 of OotP. In discussing this chapter, we talk about the politics of pain and retributive justice as the m…

Helene is back and talking to Adri about chapter 34 of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, "The Department of Mysteries." We talk about the politics of classified information and leadership as…

In this episode, guest host Aureo Potts (@09aureo) joins Adri to talk about chapter 33 of OotP where Hermione leads Harry and Umbridge to the Forbidden Forest in a hair-brained scheme to get Umbridge…

Special guest Rex Hadden joins Adri for a conversation on how chapter 32 is driven by the politics of sabotage and surveillance. Umbridge tries to sabotage Harry's attempts at contacting the outside …

Content Warning: Police Brutality

We're talking about police brutality in this episode, which includes a brief history of how police came to be in America, how Umbridge and the Aurors' treatment of H…

Before today's episode, we thought that chapter 30, "Grawp" was a bit of a throwaway chapter. Not anymore. As we delve into this chapter through the lens of politics, specifically the politics of the…

This week, we're tackling the legendary chapter where McGonagall faces off against Umbridge over Harry and the Weasley twins complete their Hogwarts career in the most unorthodox of manners. We talk …

In this episode, Helene and Adri tackle the differences between the politics of anarchy and the politics of norms. They also discuss the ethical dilemma of having a potion like veritaserum in the wiz…

In this episode, we talk about the iconic chapter where Dumbledore makes a break for it when Fudge thinks he’s got the upper hand on the whole Harry/Dumbledore situation because Umbridge has apprehen…

We cover chapter 26 of OotP and talk about news in the United States (Georgia Republicans restricting access to voting, the COVID Relief Package), as well as news from across the pond (Meghan and Har…

Harry goes on a very awkward date with Cho in this chapter, and Helene and Adri get into the politics of suspicion and scapegoating. We also talk about Hagrid's similarities to Harry, and wonder what…

For chapter 22 of OotP, special guest Mike from the Potterless Podcast, joins Helene and Adri in talking about the 45th President’s second impeachment trial, the world building involved in creating S…