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The Second Hand Account of Lily Potter
Season 4 Episode 1
Critical Magic Theory takes on Lily Potter, the first Muggleborn episode of the season. Working through 202 listener survey responses, Professor Juli…
19 hours ago
The Best Muggleborn Is the One You'll Never Know
Season 3 Episode 7
Before the Muggleborn surveys begins in earnest, Critical Magic Theory looks at the world Muggleborns are actually stepping into in the Harry Potter …
1 week ago
Prof Responds: Is the Wand Worth the Magic?
Season 3 Episode 6
They're status symbols. They're propaganda. They might just be really good marketing. In this Prof Responds episode, Professor Julian Wamble digs bac…
1 week, 5 days ago
The [Not So] Magic[al] Wand
Season 3 Episode 5
Part 2 of Critical Magic Theory's wand series asks what wands actually offer if they don't grant magical ability. Professor Julian Wamble traces the …
3 weeks ago
What does the wand choose?
Season 3 Episode 4
Critical Magic Theory returns with Part 1 of a two-part series on wands, tracing what Ollivander's promise that "the wand chooses the wizard" actuall…
4 weeks ago
Prof Responds: The Currency of Magic — Squibs & the Cost of Difference
Season 3 Episode 3
In this Prof Responds episode of Critical Magic Theory, Professor Julian Wamble digs into listener reactions from Patreon and Spotify to unpack what …
1 month ago
Squibs & the Myth of Who is Magical
Season 3 Episode 2
What does it actually mean to be magical in the Wizarding World, and who gets to decide? On this episode of Critical Magic Theory, Professor Julian W…
1 month, 1 week ago
The Mess, Mayhem, and Madness of the Ministry of Magic
Season 3 Episode 1
Professor Julian Wamble kicks off Critical Magic Theory's summer series by unpacking the Ministry of Magic through Half-Blood Prince's opening chapte…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Prof Responds: The Great Half-Blood Reckoning
Season 2 Episode 69
Professor Julian Wamble returns to the Half-Blood Showdown listener mailbag to dig into three of the community's sharpest debates: whether Dolores Um…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
THE HALFBLOOD SHOWDOWN
Season 2 Episode 68
Critical Magic Theory closes the book on Half-Bloods with one final superlatives showdown, capping off more than a year spent inside the wizarding wo…
2 months ago