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Prof Reponds: Harry Potter & the Politics of Worthiness
Season 2 Episode 67
In this second Prof Responds episode, Professor Julian Wamble returns to listener comments from Critical Magic Theory's Patreon and Spotify communiti…
2 months, 1 week ago
Harry Potter is sick with Heroism
Season 2 Episode 66
Harry Potter's heroism is contagious — in the best way and the most literal one. This episode tackles the back half of the Harry Potter survey, worki…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Prof Responds: Harry Potter & the Unreachable Standard
Season 2 Episode 65
This episode of Critical Magic Theory picks up where the last episode left off, this time handing the floor to the CMT community. Listeners push back…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Harry Potter: The Boy who Survived, not Lived
Season 2 Episode 64
Is Harry Potter a good person? A good friend? A victim? Extraordinary?
We heard from over 600 listeners, and the results were more chaotic than you mi…
3 months ago
Prof Responds- Who is a Hero?
Season 2 Episode 63
What does it mean to call someone a hero, and how much of what we believe about heroism in the Harry Potter series was shaped for us before we ever t…
3 months, 1 week ago
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…
3 months, 2 weeks 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…
3 months, 3 weeks 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…
3 months, 4 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 …
4 months 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 months, 1 week ago