The Three Broomsticks

Grab a butterbeer and fantasize about the only cup you're not supposed to drink out of: Join Ev, Irvin, Taavi, and our special guest Natalie Candido as they discuss Chapter 12 of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - "The Triwizard Tournament"!
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In this episode:
Why do we have a Sorting in Goblet of Fire?
McGonagall hazes first years worse than Peeves
Violence against geese!
All aboard the vomit comet!
Dennis's dreams are coming true!
What's the point of Dennis Creevey?
The woes of losing your favorite ruff
We figure out what Dean Thomas's career will be
You can't cancel Quidditch!

Voldemort: The Definitive Study of Tom Riddle-the Man Who Would Become "He Who Must Not Be Named" by Grace Candido-Beecher (available in all* bookstores)
Pub's Jukebox:
The Sorting Hat by RiddleTM
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Grab your favourite summer-drink to face the unusal convergence of stuffy weather and dementors at Privet Drive: Join DJ, Karoline, Taavi, and our guest Lane as they discuss Chapter 1 of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - "Dudley Demented"!
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In this episode:
Everyone is bored…
The privilege of living like the Dursleys
Dumbledore is the real villain, or is it Umbridge, or Skeeter?
Whispers in Fudge's ear
Dudley's greatest piglike fear
Voldemort's most boring Privet Drive Dreams
Petunia and Vernon - the perfect couple The little horcrux-truffle dementor-pig
Umbridge is so relatable!
The duality of cat ladies
Resources:
Umbridge had one power that no other Harry Potter villians could use by Tom Beasley
Manipulative/Morally Grey Dumbledore by Wisteria Lodge
Bloomsbury Web Chat Transcript by The-Leaky-Cauldron.org

For more from our guest Lane:
lanearoo on Instagram
shunstanpike on Tumblr
lanearoo on AO3
Starside Comic Book Series
Starside on Instagram
Pub's Jukebox:
I Hate Harry Potter by The Dudley Dursleys (aka The Hinky Punks)
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Take one last sip of your wit-sharpening potion and open your copy of Advanced Potion-Making : Join as Ev, Irvin, Karoline, and our guest Gilad wrap up the discussion after half a year of potions.
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In this episode:
We're saving lives and teaching punctuation
Lucy Pevensie has a bottle of dittany
Madam Pomfrey is using magical essential oils
Snape is counting on a disastrous potion to cure boils
The many uses of hair-raising potions
Per our guest, Draco is absolutely correct
What is everlasting with an everlasting elixir?
Some deeply unimpressed muggle-borns
We figure out what a Scintillating Solution does
The Skele-Gro Scandal of 1978
Resources:
Episodes 82-89 in our Potions series
Episode 90 Part 1 of Major Potions (The Classical Period of Magic)
Episode 92 Part 2 of Major Potions (Skele-Gro is the Next Fad Diet)
Potions by Pottermore
Pub's Jukebox:
Amortentia by Split Seven Ways

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Grab your quill as it is time for remedial potions: Follow along as Ev, Irvin, Karoline, and our guest Gilad accidentally drink a pint of Babbling Beverage, condemning them to endless chatter.
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In this episode:
We want Ron to suffer but be happy about it
Karoline goes down a rabies hole
Our tadpole knowledge is severely lacking
How was Aunt Marge deflated?
Swelling Solution is magical botox
We become a philosophy podcast and discuss immortality
The potion for an ethical vampire society
Steam the germs away
The potion to up one's pep
Resources:
Episodes 82-89 in our Potions series
Episode 90 Part 1 of Major Potions (The Classical Period of Magic)
Potions by Pottermore

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Join hosts Ev, Irvin, and Sophia, as well as special guests Dr. Beatrice Grove, Dr. Louise Freeman, and Nick Jeffrey, as they discuss the parallels between Cuckoo's Calling from the Cormoran Strike series and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
Please be warned that there will be spoilers for the Cormoran Strike books in this episode, up to and including Hallmarked Man.
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In this episode:
Where is the Strike rock scene?  What would the bands be called?
Leda's love is a more psychologically complex version of Lily's
You can come of age at any age!
Strike is our Hagrid here, not just because he's hairy.
We all find where we belong on Charing Cross Road
Does John have a Dark Lord in the back of his head?
Tony was madly in love with Leda Strike
Who is notably toxic to beef?
Read what the stars are telling us!
We're looking forward to the Battle of Denmark Street
Resources:
The Psychopaths - Bristow, Riddle, and Crouch by Irvin
Reverse Alchemy in HP and Strike: The Connection of Ring Composition and Literary Alchemy in the Layout of the Seven Book Harry Potter Series by William Sprague
The Chiastic Structure of Harry Potter by Joe Thacker
Robin Ellacott and Reverse Alchemy: Transformation Through the First Three Strike Texts by Louise Freeman

Cormoran Strike and the Itch That Cannot Be Scratched by Louise Freeman
Strike-Potter Parallels: Cuckoo & Stone by John Granger
Literary Allusion in Cuckoo's Calling: Part 1: Christina Rossetti's "A Dirge" by Beatrice Groves
Part 2: Tennyson's "Ulysses" by Beatrice Groves

Handfasting in "The Cuckoo's Calling" and "Harry Potter": A Discovery of a Walt Whitman Poem? by Beatrice Groves
For more from our guests:
Louise Freeman: @lmf3b on Twitter
Doc Thelma on Reddit
The Farting Sofa Faculty Lounge
The Harry Potter Academic Conference
Queen City Magic

Beatrice Groves: @beatricegroves1 on Twitter
Beatrice Groves on MuggleNet
Beatrice Groves on Hogwarts Professor
Potterversity Essays Exploring the World of Harry Potter

Nick Jefferey: @gbjeffen on Twitter
Nick Jeffrey on Hogwarts Professor
Nick Jeffrey on Substack


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