Episodes

We’ve talked a LOT on this show about the terrible dads of Harry Potter- but what about the good, decent, and divisive dads? Does the author treat fathers and mothers differently? We’re diving all up into fatherhood in HP thi...

We’re back and re-joining the Marauders for more ‘All the Young Dudes’, covering chapters 35-37. We’re talking Gilgamesh, Moony, mooning (as in, the baring your butt version), and lots and lots in between. Support the show Su...

It’s time for another of Kev’s favorite chapters and this time we’re showing our favorite Nearly Headless Ghost some love and revisiting “The Deathday Party” from Book 2. Amanda has a stroke trying to remember Nick’s full nam...

Ya’ll ready for maybe the biggest Daddy Issues of the series? We hope so, because this week we’re taking on our next Dark Dive in the form of Bartemius Crouches Jr. AND Sr. Do idealogies actually take the form of a circle rat...

Ilness has passed, tropical storm has blown on through, and it’s time for more ATYD! This week we’re covering chapters 32-34 and celebrating our favorite little werewolf’s 13th birthday. We’re basking in a surprisingly light-...

This week Kev has chosen another of his all-time favorite chapters to cover, and we’re headed to Book 3’s “The Patronus”. What do Lupin’s lessons with Harry teach us about grief? Who is Team Hermione with the whole “rat-out-t...

It’s time for another Dark Dive and this time we’re taking on The Blondest of the Sacred 28- The Malfoys. Is Draco a cycle-breaker? Does Lucius have a redeemable bone in his fabulous-haired body? Is Narcissa a villain? There’...

This week, we’re exploring more of our favorite (and admittedly only so far) fanfiction- ‘All the Young Dudes’! In discussing chapters 29-31, we’re getting in the Christmas spirit despite all the fist fights, angst, and actua...

We unintentionally lied to you last week and we’re pulling a switcharoo on the chapter we’re revisiting! We’ve kicked ChatGPT to the curb and from now on when we feel like revisiting a chapter, Kev’s going to choose one of hi...

Grab your unyielding dragon heartstring wand and make your hair as nuts as possible- it’s time to talk everything Bellatrix Lestrange. We’re dissecting her motivations, family tree, and the overlap between the Death Eaters an...

Amanda is back to full health, but Kev is not- it’s time for a sniffly, sneezy journey through chapters 25-28 of ‘All The Young Dudes’. We’re talking Remus’s complicated feelings about Sirius and David Bowie, some youthful st...

We’re back, and this week we’re bringing you a little bit of everything- an extra jumbo-sized Golden Egg full of hits, some new character creation, and news about Cursed Child and the new Universal Park! Plus: Amanda may have...

This week, we’re continuing our journey through the excellent “All the Young Dudes” and covering chapters 20-24. We’ve had our first good cry over this brilliant fanfic, we’re talking David Bowie and other musicians who are ...

In a continuing effort to welcome hospitably the impending takeover of our AI overlords, we are once again letting ChatGPT selecty a random chapter for us to revisit and this time it’s Book 7’s titular “The Half-Blood Prince”...

It’s Dreamcasting Week! This week we’re running down our favorite (and in many cases, thoroughly random) casting choices for various parts in the HP series’s next on-screen adaptation. When you hear our ideas you’ll cheer, yo...

This week we’re continuing our fanfiction journey with Chapters 16-19 of ‘All The Young Dudes’, and it seems like some emotions are really starting to simmer among our beloved Marauders. Plus, we interview our 8 year-old niec...

Our AI overlords (ChatGPT) bequeathed us another random chapter to revisit and this time it’s Book 1’s ‘The Forbidden Forest’. It’s all of the whimsey of the first book with a nice jolt of terrifying shit deep in the heart of...

Buckle up kids, it’s time for another Dark Dive and this one’s a doozy- we’re wading through our deep and very thick hatred and dissecting the character of Dolores Umbridge. Is there room for compassion for her (don’t hold yo...

We’re making our way further into the seminal fanfiction ‘All The Young Dudes’ and things are getting HEAVY (and we don’t just mean the rain cloud) with young Remus. Stories from our youth, a shocking amount of bad singing, a...

This week, we let ChatGPT suggest a random chapter to revisit and ended up with ‘The Unbreakable Vow’ from Book 6- a chapter that both of the Wilsons thought was an entirely different chapter! Kev misremembers the names of ma...

The Wilsons are exploring a new frontier- fanfiction! And we’re starting this journey with the first 10 chapters of the beloved ‘All The Young Dudes’ by MsKingBean89, a Marauders-Era Opus that focuses on a young Remus Lupin. ...

Welcome back Foxies!! It’s Season 10 and we’re coming out the gate evilly with our very first Dark Dive- an examination of Tommy “Daddy Issues” Riddle. We’re talking about Voldy’s integrity as a villain, our own complicated p...

It’s our Season 9 finale and we’re topping this baby off with the #1 entry on Barnes and Noble’s list of the 15 Best Harry Potter Chapters- Book 7’s eternally devastating and tragically beautiful “The Forest Again”, which cou...

Season 9’s penultimate episode has arrived and appropriately we’re tackling the penultimate chapter on Barnes and Noble’s list of the 15 Best Chapters of Harry Potter- Book 7’s ‘The Prince’s Tale’. We’re talking about the Hal...