All Episodes
Critical Magic Theory: An Analytical Harry Potter Podcast — 108 episodes
The Best Muggleborn Is the One You'll Never Know
Prof Responds: Is the Wand Worth the Magic?
The [Not So] Magic[al] Wand
What does the wand choose?
Prof Responds: The Currency of Magic — Squibs & the Cost of Difference
Squibs & the Myth of Who is Magical
The Mess, Mayhem, and Madness of the Ministry of Magic
Prof Responds: The Great Half-Blood Reckoning
THE HALFBLOOD SHOWDOWN
Prof Reponds: Harry Potter & the Politics of Worthiness
Harry Potter is sick with Heroism
Prof Responds: Harry Potter & the Unreachable Standard
Harry Potter: The Boy who Survived, not Lived
Prof Responds- Who is a Hero?
Heroes & Halfbloods
Prof Responds: Seamus Finnigan- The Boy Who trusted his Mom
Seamus Finnigan & the Making of "Irish McIreland"
Prof Responds: D.A.D.A, Power, and the Politics of Fear
Defense Against the What???
Prof Responds: Dean Thomas- An Unnecessary Digression?
Dean Thomas: We're Fighting Aren't We?
Prof Responds: What's Missing from the Tale of Padma and Parvati Patil?
The Double Disappearing Act of Parvati and Padma Patil
Prof Responds- Cho Chang, the Rebel
The Tale of the Three Hierarchies
Cho Chang & the Cost of Emotional Intelligence
Prof Responds: Present Characters, but Not Known Ones
The Color of Magic: Race & the Wizarding World
Prof Responds: The Erasure of Nymphadora Tonks
The One Who Got Away: The Search for Nymphadora Tonks
Prof Responds: Fleur Delacour & the Patriarchy’s Sleight of Hand
Fleur Delacour & The Price of Pretty Privilege
Prof Responds: Hogwarts & the Pedagogy of Wartime Education
Two Years of Critical Magic: Best & Worst Teachers at Hogwarts
Prof Responds: Secrecy, Sacrifice, and the Dumbledores We Never Questioned
Ariana & Aberforth Dumbledore & the Price of Secrecy
IT IS CHRISTMAS... AT HOGWARTS
Prof Responds: Dumbledore, Necessity, and the Myth of “No Other Choice”
The Fears, Fallacies, and Folly of A.W.P.B. Dumbledore
Prof Responds: If Not Him, Then Who? Dumbledore & the Pitfalls of Wartime Necessity
Dumbledore, the Great & (Reluctantly and Ignorantly) Powerful
Prof Responds: Dumbledore’s Schemes & Scams, Plots & Plans
THIS is a Dumbledore Episode
Prof Responds: Hogwarts & the Fallacy of Equity
WTF is Hogwarts doing???
The Horizontal Arc of Severus Snape: Unpacking His Final Lessons
The Ends, the Means, and the Man: The Ethics of Severus Snape
Prof Responds- The Tragedy of Severus Snape
Half-Blood, Whole Paradox: Severus Snape’s Identity Crisis
Prof Responds: The Repentance, Regrets, and Reality of Severus Snape
"He's Just Complicated": The Gray Space of Severus Snape
Prof Responds: Lions, Magic, and Gryffindors’ Gamble for the Greater Good
Rewarded Recklessness: The Making of a Gryffindor
Prof Responds: Snakes, Supremacy, and the Slytherin Stigma
Shedding Old Skins: Rethinking Slytherin House
Beyond the "Smart House": The Spectrum of Ravenclaw
Can curiosity k*** the Ravenclaw
Hufflepuffs & The Politics of Conditional Morality
Don't Pet the Badgers: Unpacking Hufflepuff House
Prof Responds: The Shawls, Sherry, and Shenanigans of Sybill Trelawney
Sybill Trelawney: Seeing, but Not Believed
Prof Response- Bigger than the Box: the Rubeus Hagrid Story
Caretaker, Friend, Scapegoat: The Rubeus Hagrid Story
Prof Responds- The Umbridge Trap
The Devil Wears Pink: The Violence, Villainy, and Vanity of Dolores Umbridge
Prof Responds- Gilderoy Lockhart: Ravenclaw or Ravenfraud?
Fame Is a Fickle Fraud: Here Lies Gilderoy Lockhart
Prof Responds- Mom or Mess, Petty or Possessed: McGonagall & Quirrell
Ambition and Audacity: The Two Faces of Quirinus Quirrell
The Silent Suffering of Minerva McGonagall
Prof Responds- Remus Lupin & the Struggle to Stay Human
3.3%=100%: The Remus Lupin Story
Prof Responds: Has anyone seen Peter Pettigrew?
The "Ratdacity" of Peter Pettigrew
Prof Responds- Death Eaters, Country Clubs, and the Cosplay of Power
Lord Voldemort: More Diva than Dark Lord
Prof Responds: The Power, The Pettiness, and The Pretty
[Tom] Riddle Me this: The origin story of a pick me
Prof Responds- The Pureblood Showdown
It's a Pureblood Showdown: The Best, The Worst, and Everything in Between
Prof Responds: LAVENDER BROWN
Lavender Brown: Messy? Maligned? or Misunderstood?
Merope Gaunt and the space between victimhood & villainy
Poverty, Power, and the Paradox of the Gaunts
Luna Lovegood's Path to Authenticity, Courage, and Friendship
Cedric Diggory: Not a Hero, but a Champion
The Ministers’ Manipulative Ministrations
The Quiet Complexity and Courage of Neville Longbottom
The Duplicity of Barty Crouch Jr: Radicalized Victim or Perpetual Villain?
The Mind Games and Mayhem of Barty Crouch, Sr.
The Chaotic Neutrality of Horace Slughorn
James Potter: Heroic Gryffindor? Privileged Bully?
The Seriously Tragic Tale of Sirius Black
Andromeda and Regulus: Pureblood Rebels with a Cause?
The Bellatrix Paradox: "Love?" Loyalty, and Lunacy
Draco Malfoy: Spoiled Rich Boy or Reluctant Anti-Hero?
Draco Malfoy: Misunderstood, Maligned, or Merely A Malfoy?
Lucius Malfoy's Path to Power (& Flawless Hair)
Narcissa Malfoy: The Villain, The Mom, & the Hero?
The Best and the Worst of the Weasleys
Maybe she's born with "it." Maybe she's Ginny Weasley
Ronald Weasley is NOT Your Coworker
Ron Weasley- Almost Too Normal to Appreciate?
Fred & George's Fits & Giggles
The Perils of Prefect Percy
Arthur's Peer-ent Trap
Mommy Issues? or Molly Issues?
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