Episodes

June 18, 2024

A Curious Menagerie: Grab-Bag Episode!

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...

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June 4, 2024

Once Bitten Twice Shy: ATYD Chapters 20-24

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 ...

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May 28, 2024

Like A Purple Crayon: Revisiting "The Half-Blood Prince"

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”...

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May 21, 2024

Smell The Dance Floor: DreamCasting Harry Potter on Screen

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...

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May 14, 2024

Peter Piper's Pickled Past: All The Young Dudes Ch. 16-19

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...

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May 7, 2024

Quirrells Just Wanna Have Fun: Revisiting “The Forbidden Forest”

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...

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April 30, 2024

Fundy Baby Voice: The Dark Dive on Dolores Umbridge

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...

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April 23, 2024

Westworld: All The Young Dudes Chapters 11-15

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...

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April 16, 2024

This Isn't Twilight: Revisiting 'The Unbreakable Vow'

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...

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April 9, 2024

FFH Does Fanfiction: All The Young Dudes, Chapters 1-10

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. ...

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April 2, 2024

Event Horizon: The Dark Dive on Tom Riddle

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...

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March 5, 2024

Season 9 Finale: Revisiting "The Forest Again"

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...

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Feb. 27, 2024

Revisiting the 15 Best Harry Potter Chapters: #2- The Prince's Tale

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...

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Feb. 20, 2024

Revisiting the 15 Best Harry Potter Chapters: #3- The Lost Prophecy

Our trek through Barnes and Noble’s 15 Best Harry Potter Chapters is on the emotionally devastating home stretch as we crack the top three, and this week we’re swimming through a very strong current of our own tears and revis...

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Feb. 13, 2024

PorkChickenSeafood: The Deep-Dive of Defense Against the Dark Arts

This week, we’re being brave little toasters and talking all things Dahk Ahts (and defense against them). What’s the difference between a jinx, a hex, and a curse? Is James Potter a de facto Dark Wizard? What even defines dar...

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Feb. 6, 2024

Revisiting the 15 Best Harry Potter Chapters: #4- "The Boy Who Lived"

We’ve reached #4 on Barnes and Noble’s ’15 Best Chapters of Harry Potter’ and this one is the one that started it all- Book 1’s “The Boy Who Lived”. What makes it a great chapter and is it in fact one of the best opening chap...

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Jan. 30, 2024

Taking the Helm: The Deep-Dive of The Silver Trio

You can’t have gold without silver (or maybe you can- we’re not metal experts) and this week we’re deep-diving The Silver Trio of Neville, Luna, and Ginny. Is this trio actually better than their Golden counterparts? What are...

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Jan. 23, 2024

Revisiting the 15 Best Harry Potter Chapters: #5- The Battle of Hogwa…

We’ve cracked the top five in Barnes and Noble’s best Harry Potter chapters, and this one will hit you right in the emotional balls- Book 7’s epic and brutal ‘The Battle of Hogwarts’. We’re covering everything from McGonogall...

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Jan. 16, 2024

Softcore Beasts: The Magical Creatures of the Wizarding World

Mooncalves and dragons and nifflers- oh my! This week, we're talking about the non-human side of the Wizarding World. What are the ethics of eating magical animals among witches and wizards? What exactly makes a magical creat...

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Jan. 9, 2024

Take it Sleazy: A Casual and Tangent-Filled Episode

After a longer-than-expected break, we are back-ish! While our promised 'Beasts of the Magical World’ episode is pushed to next week and The Wilson household is still somewhat cattywampus (look it up), we simply love you all ...

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Dec. 19, 2023

Revisiting the 15 Best Harry Potter Chapters: #6- Diagon Alley

We're up to number 6 on the Barnes and Noble list of the 15 best chapters of Harry Potter, and this week we're going aaaaaall the way back to Chapter 5 of Book 1: Diagon Alley. What makes this a great chapter? Masterful world...

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Dec. 12, 2023

Daddies and Baddies: The Deep-Dive of Draco Malfoy

This week, we're looking deeply into the soul of everyone's favorite angsty blonde- Draco Malfoy. We're talking about the ‘importance of being ordinary’, all the ways in which Draco’s personality was doomed from the start, an...

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Nov. 28, 2023

Revisiting the 15 Best Harry Potter Chapters: #7- Career(s) Advice

We've reached #7 on the Barnes and Noble list of the 15 best Harry Potter chapters- Order of the Phoenix's ‘Career Advice’. Some McGonagall GOLD, a classic Maurauder heart-to-heart, and a couple of Weasleys giving the proverb...

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Nov. 21, 2023

BeTwixed: The Conclusion of Cursed Child!

Well, we've finally crossed the finish line of the little play that tried real hard- Cursed Child. For a play that has overall recieved a lukewarm-at-best reaction from The Wilsons, the final scenes had us feeling all warm an...

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