In this inaugural episode of Harry Potter and the Hot Takes, Katie Johantgen (comedian/host/Gryffin-puff) chats with Matt Carlstrom (producer + content strategy at Big Think/Gryffin-slyth) about the stigma around the different Hogwarts houses, his favorite and least favorite books and films, and the fact that Hermione is ROBBED of a fleshed-out home life outside of Hogwarts in the series!! Then, of course, we tackle Matt's HP Hot Take, which is that Eddie Redmayne is trash, and Newt Scamander is not a character we should have to care about.