Alohomora!: A Global Reread Of Harry Potter

On Episode 288 we discuss… → How much do broomsticks cost?? → Who would have taken Harry's place as Seeker? → Oliver Wood's best chapter → How did Sirius REALLY buy the Firebolt? → How did Hermione keep Lupin's secret for so long? → Are Boggarts sentient? Remus certainly has an affinity for them! → Why "Expecto"? → Dungeons and Dragons makes its way into Harry Potter → Daniel Radcliffe's most iconic movie spell? → How a Patronus can be a form of therapy for Harry and for us! → Is Azkaban the only prison that employs Dementors? → Perhaps "happy memories" are not truly the best fuel for this spell

On Episode 287 we discuss… - Do we pronounce the T in “Voldemort”? - Why is Voldemort drawn to Horcruxes, and why 7? - We hate controversy… but was Harry a Horcrux? - What was Voldemort going to turn into a Horcrux with Harry’s murder? - Why not use the Fidelius Charm on Horcruxes? Can you be your own Secret-Keeper? - Did Voldemort choose how he looks? What inspired him? - We want to hunt diadems in Albania! - "Don’t look at me!" – What a diva! - How did Voldemort get his body back? Irvin has some really nasty theories! - Irvin staged the entire resurrection of Voldemort at MISTI-Con… because of course he did (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKpEcQwjMPQ&t=4s) - Does Voldemort have Voldybits? - Where does Voldemort fall in the pantheon of pop culture villains, and is he a successful villain?

On Episode 286 we discuss...  → Everyone is sad that Ron is dead gone → The cause for Hermione's tears → Mutiny! → Les MiserHogwarts → "This is some Gryffindor nonsense!" → Grindelwald, the Deathly Hallows, and who knows anymore? → Cursed Child parallels! → Bonding in graveyards → Fitting epitaphs → Rings and connections → We all cry for a while

On Episode 285 we discuss… - Deathly Hallows is book-ended by good food - Home is where the food is - We'll never look at movie food the same way again - One minute feasts? Yes please! - Oh, that's why Hufflepuffs sleep near the kitchens! - Hermione is not the domestic type - Growing boys need a LOT of food! - Danielle explains British food for us Americans - Crazy American foods in comparison - Why is there no tea time at Hogwarts?

On Episode 284 we discuss... → Lockhart should have been the Hogwarts Drama teacher...or a Siren → What really happened to the Wagga Wagga Werewolf? → The Not-So-Restricted Section → Hermione's one track plan → Symbolic Quidditch → Alison (and everyone) just really, really, really loves Oliver Wood → Fred and George, ultimate protective Beaters → Where are the adults with this Bludger? → "Breathing in Harry's bones" → How does Skele-Gro work? → Complications of Dobby's magic → Sock foreshadowing → British hospital grapes

On Episode 283 we discuss... → Is Lily Evans a Mary Sue? → Irvin recommends the “Lily Evans” web series by Apple Juice Productions → What was the turning point for Lily and James coming together? → Lily’s unusual inter-house friendship with Snape, and how much you can forgive your friends → Would Harry be spoiled if he had been raised by Lily and James? → Harry gets his bravery from James and his love from Lily… and so do Potter fans! → Ring theory: the Lily & James edition! → Why is it so hard for fans to forgive James Potter his transgressions against Snape? → James matured beyond his teenage years, while most of his peers didn’t → Everything about The Forest Again is beautiful and makes us cry!

On Episode 282 we discuss... → Tom Riddle the pun master → Harry doubts expelliarmus for the first and last time → Harry's journey with unforgivable curses → Voldemort's psychological torture backfires → Mechanics of fighting the imperius curse → Harry's quidditch training is very applicable → All Voldemort talks about is killing Harry → Does it hurt to die? → Lots of ring composition → More than one mistake in this chapter? → Not a single complete sentence in OotP → THE mistake → Bring my body back…if convenient

On Episode 281 we discuss... → J.K. Rowling - the master of reprise → Even Jo's tweets are written in rings! → A quick history of ring composition study in the HP fandom → Geeky glee → Literary alchemy in Potter → Too many parallels to list → Lethal White is Goblet of Fire → More internal book rings → OH MY GOD/WHAT/WOW/STOP IT! → Alison stops breathing → Would Voldemort have won if Lucius hadn't been a moron? → But wait, there's more!

On Episode 280 we discuss... → Dudley vs. Draco - who's worse? → Eleven-year-olds flying - no parental approval required → Rememberalls must have some useful purpose...that we never learn → Is Madam Hooch a metamorphmagus? → Did Neville fall off his broom on purpose? → Go Parvati! You tell him! → McGonagall, the queen of hyperbole → Filch and Petunia would get along GREAT → Gryffindor hasn't won since when now? → "Can't a person eat in peace in this place?" No. → Why doesn't anyone befriend the Fat Lady? → Madam Pomfrey, healing more than just broken bones

On Episode 279 we discuss... → Controversial ideas → Who you are vs. what you value → Self-fulfilling prophecy → McGonagall's fully developed brain → Sorting Hat Chats (Check out Sorting Hat Chats here!) → Irvin wants to talk about Dumbledore → We explore our house journeys → Why be one thing when you can be everything else? → Does a person's house define them? → Spot on house mottos → Sorting characters from the books

On Episode 278 we discuss... → Consent of Scent is important! → How do Dobby and Winky know each other? → Barty Crouch Jr. is eavesdropping on the Trio in the Top Box - what information does he glean? → How do Omnioculars work? → There's now a muggle equivalent to Omnioculars in existence! → Ron is touchy about Harry buying him the Omnioculars, and about being poor in general. → What does the Bulgarian Minister of Magic know about Harry and Voldemort's conflict in Britain? → What nefarious ends does Lucius Malfoy have in mind when making donations to St. Mungo's? → Does Draco even like Quidditch? → Is the text discriminating against Viktor Krum? → Does Krum frown the British way or the American way? → Why didn't Harry go into professional Quidditch?

On Episode 277 we discuss… → What makes a Muggle a Muggle and a Squib a Squib? → Focus on Filch → Why Magic needs Muggles → Othering and Norms → Weasleys' Non-Wizarding Worries? → Canon Squibs and Muggles → Magic accessibility aids for Squibs

On Episode 276 we discuss… → Whomping Willow Woods → A little bit of everything for the discerning Potter fan → Foreshadowing full circle → The Tonks Family → Genius takes work   → Terror and Tension → Lupin has a lot to lose → More cheerful topics? → Let’s talk about Moody → Underdeveloped frontal lobes → I don’t like you Mundungus Fletcher → The last best hope.

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On Episode 275 we discuss… → He fought the hat, and the hat won → "Young squib dies due to meringue." → Raised by tough love and post-war reality checks → The ultimate Gryffinpuff → Neville, the slow burn we all need → Young Augusta vs. young Minerva - the story we all want to read → The perfect role model for all late bloomers → What if Neville had been the Chosen One? → Brave AF → Neville, the Hagrid of Herbology → The Leaky Cauldron, that's in London → Thanks for proving that Cursed Child isn't canon, Neville!

On Episode 274 we discuss... → Starting in the middle → Is it foreshadowing or a happy coincidence? → Strap in for a lot of Lupin Love → Dumbledore's plan and wizarding community selective amnesia → The details of werewolf habits and contamination → Being an Animagi is complicated and gross → Should Lupin take some of the blame for Peter's betrayal? → Everybody in these books needs therapy, but mostly Lupin → This chapter is not visually appealing, or, lessons from the Michael Harle School of Film → Trying to answer age old questions about the Marauder's Map → Animagi gone bad! → OGM everywhere

On Episode 273 we discuss… → Draco Malfoy was almost Draco Smart → Always tickle a sleeping Draco  → Did the Malfoys think Harry was the next Dark Lord? → Blood lives matter → Nature vs nurture → Irvin’s next book may or may not be about the Malfoys → Draco’s insides are a little squishy → A person of dubious morality → Was Lucius an abusive father? → The worst thing Draco ever did → The Mortal Instruments is HP fanfic → A very special announcement!

On Episode 272 we discuss... → Dedications and Epigraphs worth reading → If you haven't read the other books, screw you! → Jo's writing at its peak → Showing the bomb under the table → Harry Potter vs. Game of Thrones → Yaxley? Who dis? → Disdain for the peacocking Malfoys → Cursed Child - "Yeah, we just did that." → Did Pettigrew lose his voice along with his hand? → Worst marriage announcement ever → Let us all toast the bravery of Charity Burbage → DH pt 1: Just as much Hermione's movie as Harry's?

On Episode 271 we discuss… → The other other other minister → What happens to Fudge? → A literal frog wearing a wig → Is the gerbil alive? → Wizarding condescension towards muggles  → Exhonorating the innocent → Fudge is an issue → Wizarding think tank → Jim the dementor returns → A Star Trek nerd-out break → Dementors could be marsupials → Telepathy isn't real  

On Episode 270 we discuss... → The Gateway to Reading → Why This Book is Emo by Kat → Physical changes → Who's the bully? → Magic Fisticuffs → A shock of magic → It's too real when you're 15 → Things we don't hashtag → Death Clues → Patronus size doesn't matter