Harry Potter: The Boy who Survived, not Lived
Is Harry Potter a good person? A good friend? A victim? Extraordinary?We heard from over 600 listeners, and the results were more chaotic than you might expect. In this episode of Critical Magic Theor...
17 Juni 1h 20min
Prof Responds- Who is a Hero?
What does it mean to call someone a hero, and how much of what we believe about heroism in the Harry Potter series was shaped for us before we ever thought to question it?In this Prof Responds episode...
10 Juni 55min
Heroes & Halfbloods
What does it mean to be a hero in the wizarding world, and does being half-blood change the calculus? In this episode, Professor Julian Wamble examines the Battle of Hogwarts through the lens of half-...
3 Juni 1h 8min
Prof Responds: Seamus Finnigan- The Boy Who trusted his Mom
In this Prof Responds episode, Professor Julian Wamble returns to Seamus Finnigan to sit with what the Critical Magic Theory community had to say. Listeners dig into three themes: the machinery of Iri...
27 Maj 55min
Seamus Finnigan & the Making of "Irish McIreland"
What does it mean that the number one word listeners used to describe Seamus Finnigan was Irish? In Critical Magic Theory history, no character has ever been described by their nationality before. Tha...
20 Maj 1h 13min
Prof Responds: D.A.D.A, Power, and the Politics of Fear
Professor Julian Wamble returns to the Defense Against the Dark Arts bonus episode with listener responses from Patreon, Discord, and Spotify. Three threads drive the conversation: whether Dumbledore ...
13 Maj 54min
Defense Against the What???
In this episode on Hogwarts courses, Professor Julian Wamble takes on Defense Against the Dark Arts and finds more to critique than expected. The central argument: DADA was never really about defense....
6 Maj 1h 7min
Prof Responds: Dean Thomas- An Unnecessary Digression?
In this Prof Responds episode, listeners push back, go deeper, and make the case for Dean Thomas with everything they have. The conversation spans four major threads: Dean's remarkable ability to hold...
29 Apr 1h 13min
