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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…
2 days, 6 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, 2 days 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…
2 weeks 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, 2 days 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, 2 days 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