Alohomora!: The Original Harry Potter Book Club

On Episode 255 we discuss... → Hermione gets no birthday love → Does Jo hate cats? → The unforgivable vanishing spell → Sirius is an angel from on high → How close are the Dumbledore brothers? → Luna has a temper! → Harry, the next Lupin → Was the Hog’s Head the best meeting place? → Are we any better than Zacharias Smith? → Read the fine (invisible) print! → Hermione - brilliant but manipulative → Political or escapist fantasy?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support.

On Episode 254 we discuss... → Ring Theory vs. Ring Composition: Wizards don't do math → Shoutout Maxima: Percivals; supporting a large family; what's going on in Percy's head?; Does Percy have anxiety? → What is Ring Composition? (Hint: Turtles!) → Immediate chapter parallels: Peeves's water balloons and the lake task?! → A handy visual from John's book → Kat has a new podcast idea → Latches and turns → Privet Drive by motorcycle → The obviousness of "Owl Post" and "Owl Post Again" → Speculation about the rings in the Fantastic Beasts series → Alison has a major new academic project → The literary value of Rowling's work → Internal book ringsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support.

On Episode 253 we discuss... → Lupin, chocolate, and rain...all Michael needs to be happy → Love potions and pimps named Posie → Are we getting our first glance at the Order of the Phoenix? → Double hugs all the way! → Carriage vs. Compartment - a lesson on British trains → How good of an actor is Lupin? Asleep or faking? → Sneakoscope are useless → LUPIN LOVE → Watch out Willy Wonka...here come Lupin Bars! → Flitwick sortings → Hagrid’s a teacher! Hallelujah! → One of the best movie adaptations of a chapterBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support.

On Episode 252 we discuss... → Shoutout Maxima: Ireland; Potter as a Netflix series; poems! → Percy's namesake, meaning, and tangled wizard family lines → Percy and Ron: astrology match - or maybe not? → Secret Hufflepuff inter-house make-out rooms → Percy is the Weasley that tries the hardest → What might Percy's wand be? → Sibling relationships → Is Percy a coward? → Coping through family → Redemption arc parallels → Should Percy have died? → Slytherin or Gryffindor?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support.

On Episode 251 we discuss... → Happy birthday, Harry! → Too bad wizard google doesn’t exist → Harry doesn’t know he’s in a 7 book series → Twelve Fail-Safe Ways to Charm Witches → Scrimgeour’s relationship with Dumbledore → Elections for the Minister of Magic → Could the deluminator be a tracking device? → The sign of the deathly hallows as Grindelwald’s sign → Horcrux lessons carefully curated to buildBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support.

On Episode 250 we discuss... → What is popular culture anyway? → J.K. Rowling made bank! → Harry Potter’s YA ancestors → From Baby-Sitters Club to Shakespeare → What’s Potter got that the others don’t? → The fan fiction springboard → “Snape… Snape… Severus Snape…” → The diminishing return → Can Potter really be everything?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support.

On Episode 249 we discuss... → Foreshadow maxima! → Ghouls: pests of the after-life → Arthur Weasley’s Muggle World Podcast → Honest portrayals of poverty → Is fire travel unique to Potter? → Ring theory epicness! → Draco unmasked → Burke, the body snatcher → What was Hagrid really doing in Knockturn Alley? → So much Harry love → Did Lucius target the Weasleys or was Ginny a convenience? → Mr. and Mrs. Granger - blissfully ignorantBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support.

On Episode 248 we discuss... → Guessing about Gamp's Law → Can you conjure air?! → Turns out you can study Alchemy at Hogwarts → Could the plague actually be dragon pox? → Mandrakes are real and science = magic → Flying brooms are less conspicuous than flying bathtubs → Revisiting the desk pig! → No such thing as too many Star Trek references → There actually is a math class at Hogwarts → We pull out our punnett squares to talk genetics in HP → Wizards can use electronics...just not at school → Are wizards really space aliens?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support.

On Episode 247 we discuss...  → JKR told us Harry would live, it’s okay → Wizard cards answer exam questions! → The things the trees have seen → “...after they kill Neville...” → Can ghosts become invisible? → Fluffy went to the Forest... or back to Greece? → Muggle medicinal uses for Devil’s Snare vs. wizard death plant → Where is the Stone from July to December?? → Absurdly easy keys → Chess symbolism on point → Troll wrangling suspicions → One potions riddle, many versionsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support.

On Episode 246 we discuss... → We’ve got all four Houses here for a discussion on the four Houses! → The Four Temperaments or “Humors” that make up all of humanity → Katy’s Shoutout Maxima tackles nightmare fuel, Luna love and YouTube → What do the Sorting Hat songs say are each house’s key attributes? → Which students embody the stated attributes of each House / which do not? → Who does Pottermore say were Hatstalls, and what does that mean? → Would Cedric Diggory, Hogwarts Champion, ever be a Death Eater? → The benefits and pitfalls of Sorting too soon → Do Hogwarts Houses overlap with Ilvermorny ones, a la this chart?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/alohomora-the-original-harry-potter-book-club--5016402/support.