Looking for love, Taavi, Sophie, and Sierra debate with our guest Lillian over the ancient magic of love in the Harry Potter series. We talk about the what the books believe about all the different types of love between the characters and how we interpret the subtext of the messages the book is sending.

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In this episode:

• Love in wartime: always worth it? Or never?
• Always marry your high school sweetheart
• Crushes last forever, hear that *NSYNC?!
• The secret to friendships is to never have the same interests
• A mother's love is everything
• A father's love… eh
• Romantic relationships cause siblings to fall out
• Does Dumbledore actually love?
• Valentine's dwarves are vitally important

For more from our guest Lillian:

• Luxalucifer on Instagram
• Potions, Power and Prejudice

Resources:

• Celestial Warmbottom: A Tribute to the Empress of Wizard Blues

Pub's Jukebox: Love Cannot Be Sorted by Ashley Hamel

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The golden trio is finally reunited by the silver doe: Join Ev, Sophia, Taavi and our guest Stephanie Bailey as we discuss chapter 19 in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: The Silver Doe.

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In this episode:

• Not your average stick!
• Assassin's Creed crossover
• Harry failing upwards
• Hermione needs a book club badly
• Voldemort is lazy and evil
• Unicorn's revenge arc
• The Mirror of Erised and spiritual alchemy
• Between bravery and fear
• Ron apologists unite!
• Freudian angle

For more from our guest Stephanie:

• @bystephaniejoyce on Instagram
• Expecto Podronum – A podcast for all things Patronuses!
• @expectopod on Twitter
• @expectopodtronum on Instagram
• Expecto Podronum on Facebook
• expectopodronum on TikTok
• Expecto Podronum: Season 1, Episode 15 - Deer

Resources:

• Christmas in the Forest of Dean (Part 1) by Beatrice Groves
• Christmas in the Forest of Dean (Part 2) by Beatrice Groves

Pub's Jukebox: The Locket by Split Seven Ways

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Matthew (AbsentMindedRaven) joins Irvin, Karoline, and Taavi to talk about entertainment in the Wizarding World. We get into newspapers, books, music, sport and games and realize the options for entertainment are rather limited as a wizard.

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In this episode:

• Should Lockhart be proud of winning the Most Charming Smile Award?
• 17th-century copyright law explains everything!
• Main celebrities: ghost writers of the wizarding world
• "The Weird Sisters" is a very edgy band name
• See a show at Godric's Hollow Community Theater
• Do wizards have recorded music?
• Who needs dancers when you can charm objects to dance?
• Hogwarts really needs dance classes
• How to make Gobstones a decent spectator sport?
• "I don't want to die for this nincompoop"

Pub's Jukebox: A Cauldron Full of Hot Strong Love by The Silver Doe

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We are joined by our editor, Patrick Musilek, to discuss the signature moments of the main seven characters in the Harry Potter series, as defined by J. K. Rowling:

1. Harry Potter
2. Hermione Granger
3. Ron Weasley
4. Ginny Weasley
5. Neville Longbottom
6. Luna Lovegood
7. Draco Malfoy

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In this episode:

• Harry's defining moment might be when he falls apart
• Ron shines when he overcomes his insecurities
• Draco goes where a Horcrux won't!
• Hermione is Harry's ally through and through
• "Ginny is obviously bae"
• Plot twist: Ginny is possessed the whole time
• ChatGPT is just like Riddle's diary
• We offer you dramatic readings here at the pub
• We're in our feelings about Luna
• Draco is defined as a ferret

Podcasts:

• Fandom Shmandom by Aureo, Sam & Sierra
• Hurry Potter by Patrick Musilek

Pub's Jukebox:

• On the Other Hand by Witherwings
• Hurry Potter original music by Patrick Musilek

Contact:

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We discuss chapter 23 in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The Yule Ball. We dive deep into the ball and its dance partners, the Christmas presents, and all the intrigues in this chapter.

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In this episode:

• Harry canonically does homework
• Hermione invented Invisalign!
• Dobby loves a dramatic entrance
• The Dursleys put in effort to be nasty
• A good use of pink?!
• Draco and Ron have a lot in common
• Wizarding Heartstopper about Crabbe and Goyle
• The magical eye is overpowered
• Would Lucius Malfoy wear a tank top?
• Snaps for a sassy Ron Weasley

Resources: Malfoy by Irvin

Pub's Jukebox: On Behalf of Neville by The Whomping Willows

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Christian Richardson joins Aureo, Sam, and Sierra to discuss food in the Harry Potter series. We talk about the importance of shared meals and how different characters are portrayed through food.

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In this episode:

• Gamp's law around food
• Feasts served with a pinch of slavery
• British food culture doesn't seem to reflect the importance of food in the Wizarding World
• Absences from meals at Hogwarts are noted
• The trio handles the absence of food differently
• Dumbledore occasionally eats something that isn't candy
• Bacon sandwiches trump everything
• Food is a love language in Harry Potter
• Mars bars are not bright tonight
• Death Day catering is where the money is at

Pub's Jukebox: Honeydukes by Justin Finch-Fletchley and the Sugar Quills

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DJ and Mayuri (Not The Droids and Spiced Volumes podcast) join Aureo and Sophia to discuss the hirings and firings of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professors in the Harry Potter series. We discuss the impact of Voldemort's curse on the subject and the results as seen through Harry's eyes.

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In this episode:

• Harry should have been a DADA teacher
• It's a swing to go from Muggle Studies to DADA
• Everyone just learns about trolls
• How does Voldemort's jinx of the DADA position work?
• Did the Marauders have better DADA professors?
• Auror training could have included a year as a DADA professor
• Quirell would have lost his job either way
• Dumbledore should not be the headmaster

Resources: The Schemes Behind the Spite: Why Voldemort Really Jinxed the DADA Job by Sophia

Pub's Jukebox: Mad-Eye Moody by Percy and the Prefects

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