Hosts Adri and Helene bring their lived experience and close-read every chapter of Harry Potter discussing the politics that shape the action of the Wizarding World.
As Julianna recovers from her surgery, Aureo Potts joins Adri to talk about the politics of cultural expectations on chapter 3 of OotP.
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In this installment of our lovely podcast, Julianna and Adri chat about the importance of kindness and gratitude, parliaments of owls, assumption and how it manifests itself in the chapter, and we dr…
On the first episode for the fifth book, Julianna and Adri talk about the politics of protection, Dudley and Harry's relationship, and Harry's anger at his current situation.
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Julianna and Adri talk about first impressions about the GoF movie after not having seen it for a couple of years. We're talking Dumbledore, Harry, artistic choices, and missing plot components. Let …
In the Summary episode for GoF, Julianna and I talk about white male privilege and what that has to with a certain spell that Harry Favors, how we stan a queen, and how Voldemort has a definite fan c…
On the last chapter of GoF, we get a new co-host, the lovely Julianna from Speak Beasty and MuggleNet! We talk about Ron's truth, Rita's truth, and everyone else's truth at the close of GoF, where al…
Seth, the most reluctant of readers, joins me in talking about chapter 36, "The Parting of the Ways," of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. We talk about wizarding justice *insert Law & Order sound…
Julianna Coughlin from the Speak Beasty podcast joins me to talk about the politics of loyalty and ambition. We talk about Barty Crouch Junior's loyalty to Voldemort, Wormtail's ambition, and how Vol…
Cassie from the Podrificus Totalus Podcast joins me to talk about the politics of loss in chapter 34 of GoF. We talk about Voldemort, Harry, Cedric, and all the things that make us think about loss.
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Megan and Katie from the Swish & Flick podcast join me to talk about the politics of Family, specifically how Voldemort views family in chapter 33 of GoF. We ask ourselves if the Death Eaters really …
We don't have enough Hufflepuff representation on this show, so Helene Karp joins me to talk about the most un-Hufflepuff thing we could gather: Violence. Well, that and Sacrifice. This small little …
My reluctant Harry Potter reader (and husband), Seth, joins me to talk about the politics of equity in chapter 31 "The Third Task" of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. We answer the following ques…
The Girl Who Lived is a Patreon exclusive podcast series that imagines how the Harry Potter series would have been different if all the genders were reversed. This week, we have a sneak peek for you …
Fellow Gryffindor, Madison Ford from MuggleNet's Beyond the Veil Podcast joins me to talk about the place memory has in our politics (and in the Wizarding World's politics, of course). We talk about …
The funniest Ravenclaw I know, Alex DeGraw, joins me to talk about the politics of reputation on chapter 29, "The Dream," of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. We talk about how reputation is subje…
Information is a form of currency. If it weren't, then there wouldn't be such concern around our social security numbers being hacked, right? On this episode, Sam Mattos (@dontpanicllama) from the Me…
This episode was recorded at my panel at the Leviosa Convention! I loved being able to present and engage in conversations with fans of all ages. I based my discussion on the book Emergent Strategy: …
This is a re-release! I just found out the other file had absolutely no sound, so I uploaded the Patron-exclusive episode. Delete the previous file from your podcast app, please and thank you! On thi…