Ep. 102—Hagrid: Into the Spiderverse
A lot of important things happen in this chapter, but also, Minerva McGonagall leads a flock of Hogwarts desk into battle. Awesome. This wee...
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A Harry Potter book club for grownups. Heather Price-Wright and Alex Dalenberg make their way through the Harry Potter books, chapter by chapter. We analyze avada kedavra. We dissect Dumbled...
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20 of 129 episodesEp. 101—No Time to Diadem
Fred Weasley was dead, to begin with. Sorry, we just had to remind you exactly what you’re getting into with this episode. But don’t worry!...
Ep. 100—Wizardry, Equality, Fraternity
Five years, 100 episodes, every single conceivable permutation of the f-word, and a 45-minute summary of a pretty throwaway chapter. Welcome...
Ep. 99—Hog's Head Revisited
Can we get away with not acknowledging that this is our first episode since February? No, huh? Don’t worry, there’s an explanation at the be...
Ep. 98—Dumbles Dore (like Attorneys General)
Pretty annoying to meet the best character in the final act of the final book, but that's the hand we're dealt with G.O.A.T. Aberforth Dumbl...
Advent Calendar Final Night—A Visit from an Obscure Greek Saint
And to all a good night! This is just us reading aloud to you and cracking wise. Plus an alarming amount of doctrinal history. Because you k...
Advent Calendar Week 3—Midnight Sleigh to Candy Town
Ever wonder what it sounds like when someone who has basically never danced "summarizes" a ballet? Wonder no more, because this week we watc...
Advent Calendar Week 2—Yosemite Clementine
This one's a bit delayed, as it was something of an emotional gauntlet to edit (you'll hear why in the latter half. Be warned.) We watched t...
Advent Calendar Week 1—How the Grinch Stole Everything
Spend this very strange holiday season with us, quibbling about the Christmas classics that make us merry and/or cause us to cringe. First u...
Ep. 97—There's Some Horcruxes in This House
This is an 80 minute episode about a 17 minute chapter. The summary is twice the length of the chapter itself. You. Are. Welcome! This week:...
Ep. 96—Pavlov's Dragon
A truly vintage episode in which we actually just quibble for an hour. For example: Do wizards think banks and mines are the same thing? Has...
The Nibbler 5—Live Free or Twi-hard
It's the spookiest Halloween in a long, long, long time, so we're rewarding (?) you all with a long, long, LONG final episode of The Nibbler...
Ep. 95—Gender Revelio!
The One Where We Alienate Most of our Remaining Listeners Who Still Like Harry Potter. Kidding-ish, but this is the first one recorded post-...
Movie Mini 7—Creature Feature Creep
We very irrationally still call these "minis," but at any rate, let's ease back into the Potterverse by discussing the surprisingly fun—cons...
Ep. 94—Large Elder Wand Collider
OK, so we're (still) doing this. We recorded before a lot of real-world shit went down, which is just the way of things these days, but we s...
Summary Supercut: Sorcerer's Stone
As promised, and because you gorgeous people raised THOUSANDS of dollars in the last 2 weeks for bail funds, criminal justice reform, afford...
Ep. 93—Fenrir Payback
In which we finally and totally dispense with the notion that these are chapter "summaries." So much Manor action, so little time! This week...
Quibbler After Hours: Mr. Lupin's Opus
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! Let's talk teachers. Why are the best lessons in the entire series taught by a supervillain? Why does Hagri...
Ep. 92—Pod Save the Wizarding World
This episode is a lot of us patting ourselves on the back about how good podcasts are. Not ours, necessarily; mostly Lee Jordan's. We would...
Ep. 91—Hallows Be Thy Name
Podcasting in the time of pestilence … hope you're all hanging in there and prepared to use some of your potentially ample alone time to TAL...