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Heroes & Halfbloods
Season 2 Episode 62
What does it mean to be a hero in the wizarding world, and does being half-blood change the calculus? In this episode, Professor Julian Wamble examin…
5 hours ago
Prof Responds: Seamus Finnigan- The Boy Who trusted his Mom
Season 2 Episode 61
In this Prof Responds episode, Professor Julian Wamble returns to Seamus Finnigan to sit with what the Critical Magic Theory community had to say. Li…
1 week ago
Seamus Finnigan & the Making of "Irish McIreland"
Season 2 Episode 60
What does it mean that the number one word listeners used to describe Seamus Finnigan was Irish? In Critical Magic Theory history, no character has e…
2 weeks ago
Prof Responds: D.A.D.A, Power, and the Politics of Fear
Season 2 Episode 59
Professor Julian Wamble returns to the Defense Against the Dark Arts bonus episode with listener responses from Patreon, Discord, and Spotify. Three …
3 weeks ago
Defense Against the What???
Season 2 Episode 58
In this episode on Hogwarts courses, Professor Julian Wamble takes on Defense Against the Dark Arts and finds more to critique than expected. The cen…
4 weeks ago
Prof Responds: Dean Thomas- An Unnecessary Digression?
Season 2 Episode 57
In this Prof Responds episode, listeners push back, go deeper, and make the case for Dean Thomas with everything they have. The conversation spans fo…
1 month ago
Dean Thomas: We're Fighting Aren't We?
Season 2 Episode 56
This IS a Dean Thomas episode, and, if I do say so myself, it delivers. From his quiet refusal to jettison his Muggle identity in a world pressuring …
1 month, 1 week ago
Prof Responds: What's Missing from the Tale of Padma and Parvati Patil?
Season 2 Episode 55
In this Prof Responds episode, Professor Julian Wamble returns to Parvati and Padma Patil with the material the original episode didn't have time for…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Double Disappearing Act of Parvati and Padma Patil
Season 2 Episode 54
In this episode, Professor Julian Wamble traces the Patil twins from Philosopher's Stone through the Battle of Hogwarts, examining what the series gi…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Prof Responds- Cho Chang, the Rebel
Season 2 Episode 53
In this Prof Responds episode, Professor Julian Wamble takes on one of Harry Potter's most misunderstood characters: Cho Chang. Drawing on listener r…
2 months ago