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Prof Responds: If Not Him, Then Who? Dumbledore & the Pitfalls of Wartime Necessity
Season 2 Episode 39
In this Prof Responds episode of Critical Magic Theory, Professor Julian Wamble takes a critical look at Albus Dumbledore’s most morally complicated …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Dumbledore, the Great & (Reluctantly and Ignorantly) Powerful
Season 2 Episode 38
In this episode of Critical Magic Theory, Professor Julian Wamble revisits Albus Dumbledore through a very different lens: not as the wise, whimsical…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Prof Responds: Dumbledore’s Schemes & Scams, Plots & Plans
Season 2 Episode 37
In this Prof Responds episode of Critical Magic Theory, Professor Julian Wamble dives into your discussion about Albus Dumbledore and asks some of th…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
THIS is a Dumbledore Episode
Season 2 Episode 36
In the first installment of our Albus Dumbledore series, Critical Magic Theory host Professor Julian Wamble unpacks the contradictions that define Al…
10 months ago
Prof Responds: Hogwarts & the Fallacy of Equity
Season 2 Episode 35
In this Prof Responds episode, Professor Wamble tackles the fallacy of equity at Hogwarts: the idea that sharing wands and classrooms means sharing o…
10 months, 1 week ago
WTF is Hogwarts doing???
Season 2 Episode 34
What is Hogwarts actually for? Beyond floating candles and talking portraits lies a school with deeply entrenched ideologies—one that prepares studen…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
The Horizontal Arc of Severus Snape: Unpacking His Final Lessons
Season 2 Episode 33
After six deep-dive episodes, Professor Julian Wamble closes our exploration of Severus Snape—one of the most complex figures in the Harry Potter ser…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
The Ends, the Means, and the Man: The Ethics of Severus Snape
Season 2 Episode 32
In this final chapter of The Severus Snape Trilogy, Professor Julian Wamble takes listeners back into the moral heart of the Harry Potter universe to…
11 months ago
Prof Responds- The Tragedy of Severus Snape
Season 2 Episode 31
In this Prof Response episode, Professor Wamble revisits Severus Snape to explore the heartbreak and moral ambiguity that define him. Building on lis…
11 months, 1 week ago
Half-Blood, Whole Paradox: Severus Snape’s Identity Crisis
Season 2 Episode 30
In part two of our Severus Snape journey, we dive into the contradictions that define him. Is he truly a good member of the Order of the Phoenix, or …
11 months, 2 weeks ago