POA, 2 Revisit: St. Brutus Blah, Blah, Blah

On Episode 394 we discuss...

→ the maturity of the Trio
→ The longing tension between Harry and Ginny
→ 90s tropes
→ Everybody Loves Molly
→ "We're coming with you"
→ The number of towers at Hogwarts
→ The slimy goo inside of all of us
→ Death, Horcruxes, and the meaning of life

On Episode 393 we discuss...

→ Voldemort's soft launch
→ Dueling clubs to get back in practice
→ Instructional DVDs
→ Hugs for Harry
→ In our feelings
→ Street cred for Filch
→ Summer break plans at Hogwarts

On Episode 392 we discuss...

→ Moaning Myrtle just a lonely child
→ Piggy Wiggly
→ Filch's redemption
→ Cats chose violence
→ Fleur might be a big softy
→ Snape's store of potion ingredients
→ Le-ion

On Episode 391 we discuss...

→ Best line: "Your hand is all sweaty"
→ Wizard plummers
→ Menacing ellipses
→ Pausing for effect
→ Voldemort is a dramatic B
→ The adventures of Tommy and Bianca
→ Grace Candido-Beecher shout out
→ Fawkes or convenient plot point
→ It's not weird, it's funny

On Episode 390 we discuss...

→ Adverbs and potentially bad writing
→ Sprouting it all up
→ Prophetic knives
→ Unbreakable Vows as kids
→ The origins of oranges in stockings and Saint Nick
→ Chris Tingle
→ In-depth look at godparents
→ Christmas time with Fleur

Read below to for information on how to contact our guest, Emily Strand.

Her website is emilystrand.com and my Academia.edu site is here: https://carmelcollege.academia.edu/EmilyStrand

Potterversity: https://www.mugglenet.com/mugglenet-family/potterversity/
New book (just out!) is Potterversity: Essays Exploring the World of Harry Potter available from publisher McFarland Books here: https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/potterversity/
Her essay "Said Hermione Earnestly: Harry Potter's Prose and Why It Doesn't Matter" in Open at the Close: Literary Essays on Harry Potter, is available here: https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/O/Open-at-the-Close

She also edited these pop culture collections:
Star Trek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier: https://vernonpress.com/book/1672
Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away: https://vernonpress.com/book/1751

On Episode 389 we discuss...

→ Let's go to the hospital
→ Hermione puts the "camp" in camping
→ McGonagall's Caturday with Mrs. Morris
→ Dumbledore's Pager
→ Festive in death
→ Accio baby
→ Portrait powers activate!

On Episode 388 we discuss...

→ Cringe moments from our past as teens
→ Professor Bitter at the holiday staff meeting
→ Go forth and find a partner, McGonagall
→ What happened to pogs?
→ Patty Parkinson
→ Drawn out drumrolls
→ Holding out for Harry
→ Dialogue Alley Podcast

On Episode 387 we discuss...

→ We are not a fishing podcast
→ Also not on Shark Tank
→ People just don't go out and get tents
→ Grawp Pt. 2
→ Ronald Weasley and the checked privilege
→ Desk Pig all over again
→ Why did the Trio catch a pike of all things?
→ If Ron and Hermione's relationship will stand the test of time

On Episode 386 we discuss...

→ XoXo,Gossip Girl
→ Who's playing the long game?
→ Pansy Parkinson is Draco
→ Nerf balls and teachers
→ Harry is not James
→ Paw print in the sky

On Episode 385 we discuss...

→ Americans don't know what "punting" means
→ It's a good episode to be Ron lover
→ Passive agressive professors
→ The twins are really smart
→ the nightmare of teacups with legs
→ Everyone is worried about Harry's restless sleep
→ We are not a Twilight podcast
→ What came first, Hogwarts or the forest?
→ Free Grawp