On Episode 398 we discuss...

→ How the Weasleys don't care about Harry yet
→ Turquoise is an odd choice for a car
→ Lockhart is a "watered down soda"
→ We need to see the tax slips
→ So many holes in the plan
→ Ginny in the wild
→ Same day, different story

On Episode 397 we discuss...

→ Hagrid's arrested development
→ Dragon eggs
→ The actor who plays the girl in Damsel
→ Held back students
→ What is stoat?
→ Ron impresses us, again
→ Subway Cloak
→ Dragons, Lions, and Bears

On Episode 396 we discuss...
→ Molly and vehicular manslaughter
→ Grunge era, 90s' cool, Bill
→ Hermione, torn between amusement and anxiety
→ No one cares about Bertha
→ The complicated relationship between Molly, George, and Fred
→ A plea for Percy
→ Ginny is just awesome

On Episode 395 we discuss...

→ How the movie did it better
→ Elves who work in houses
→ Lavender needs to read the room
→ Geoff REALLY doesn't like Cormac McLaggen
→ Snape teaches in a way that makes people remember
→ Dumbledore is the puppet master of Hagrid
→ Fred and George are smart little bullies

On Episode 394 we discuss...

→ the maturity of the Trio
→ The longing tension between Harry and Ginny
→ 90s tropes
→ Everybody Loves Molly
→ "We're coming with you"
→ The number of towers at Hogwarts
→ The slimy goo inside of all of us
→ Death, Horcruxes, and the meaning of life

On Episode 393 we discuss...

→ Voldemort's soft launch
→ Dueling clubs to get back in practice
→ Instructional DVDs
→ Hugs for Harry
→ In our feelings
→ Street cred for Filch
→ Summer break plans at Hogwarts

On Episode 392 we discuss...

→ Moaning Myrtle just a lonely child
→ Piggy Wiggly
→ Filch's redemption
→ Cats chose violence
→ Fleur might be a big softy
→ Snape's store of potion ingredients
→ Le-ion

On Episode 391 we discuss...

→ Best line: "Your hand is all sweaty"
→ Wizard plummers
→ Menacing ellipses
→ Pausing for effect
→ Voldemort is a dramatic B
→ The adventures of Tommy and Bianca
→ Grace Candido-Beecher shout out
→ Fawkes or convenient plot point
→ It's not weird, it's funny

On Episode 390 we discuss...

→ Adverbs and potentially bad writing
→ Sprouting it all up
→ Prophetic knives
→ Unbreakable Vows as kids
→ The origins of oranges in stockings and Saint Nick
→ Chris Tingle
→ In-depth look at godparents
→ Christmas time with Fleur

Read below to for information on how to contact our guest, Emily Strand.

Her website is emilystrand.com and my Academia.edu site is here: https://carmelcollege.academia.edu/EmilyStrand

Potterversity: https://www.mugglenet.com/mugglenet-family/potterversity/
New book (just out!) is Potterversity: Essays Exploring the World of Harry Potter available from publisher McFarland Books here: https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/potterversity/
Her essay "Said Hermione Earnestly: Harry Potter's Prose and Why It Doesn't Matter" in Open at the Close: Literary Essays on Harry Potter, is available here: https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/O/Open-at-the-Close

She also edited these pop culture collections:
Star Trek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier: https://vernonpress.com/book/1672
Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away: https://vernonpress.com/book/1751

On Episode 389 we discuss...

→ Let's go to the hospital
→ Hermione puts the "camp" in camping
→ McGonagall's Caturday with Mrs. Morris
→ Dumbledore's Pager
→ Festive in death
→ Accio baby
→ Portrait powers activate!

On Episode 388 we discuss...

→ Cringe moments from our past as teens
→ Professor Bitter at the holiday staff meeting
→ Go forth and find a partner, McGonagall
→ What happened to pogs?
→ Patty Parkinson
→ Drawn out drumrolls
→ Holding out for Harry
→ Dialogue Alley Podcast