After a brief (9 month) hiatus, Harry Potter and the Hot Takes is back, baby! First, we will release previously unreleased episodes, and then we will be kicking off Season 2 with brand new episodes with HOT HOT TAKES and HOT HOT GUESTS!

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Actress/Writer Jordan Pesci (@pescilovesyou) combines her knowledge and passion for Harry Potter, history, and black feminist theory for the woke-est episode of Harry Potter and the Hot Takes yet.

It's time to address the broomstick in the room... Quidditch makes absolutely no G-D sense. This week Katie chats with Author/Comedian Ian Mather (@ianxmather) about the dirty, sticky frat house that is the Gryffindor Common Room, the fact that wizards are low key old school and seem to all get married immediately out of high school (do they go to wizard college?!), and of course, SPORTS SPORTS SPORTS.

Check out Ian's satirical "children's" book, 'Mean Mr. Trump', and catch him in Sketchy History: A History Sketch Show, every month at The PIT Loft!

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In episode 7 aka The Time That Dobby Died, Katie is joined by UCB improv queen Paris Adkins (@paris.adkins) who at her peak HP crazy read the entire series 27 times. In one year. Yes, you read that correctly.

Katie and Paris discuss being a middle school Potterhead, new fanfic ideas, Katie's post-apocalyptic Harry Potter as a religion theory, and Paris finally brings up Katie's high school obsession, 'A Very Potter Musical' (we love you Lauren Lopez).

Episode 6 is here, aka Harry Potter Spring Break. This week's guest is the brilliant Kelsey Caine (@kelsey_caine), mastermind behind the Chrissy Teigen approved, controversial satirical character, Penis C.K.

Catch Kelsey coming to a city near you, check out her tour dates on Twitter!

In Episode 5 aka The One Where Harry Desperately Needs A Therapist, Katie has a blast with comedian Zach Teague (@zachteague), host of the monthly comedy shows Haus Party @ Chelsea Music Hall and Bottomless @ Westside Comedy Club.

Katie is joined by comedian Greg Hyde (@hydeyourlunch) and they quickly realize they're both originally from Philly. After unpacking the iconic Philly accent, and where Philly Hogwarts is located, Greg and Katie get down to business with a new segment, 'Make Up Your Own Hogwarts House'! Soon it's on to more serious issues like, 'Is J.K. Rowling okay?' 'Is Michael Gambon on Twitter?' and 'Are Wizards dumb Trump supporters?!'

In the third episode of Harry Potter and the Hot Takes, aka Prisoner of Azkaban, Katie chats with Philly-based actor Vanessa Ogbuehi! Vanessa wasn't allowed to read Harry Potter when she was growing up, so she just read the first book for the FIRST TIME! Her thoughts? This book is stressful! Where are the parents?! Vanessa and Katie break down what it's like to read the series as adults and Vanessa takes the Pottermore Sorting Test and a new segment called: Harry Potter Trivia for Muggles or Squibs!

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Katie chats with comedian and YouTuber Steve Clark (creator of the viral "I Try To Understand Game of Thrones" videos) about Power Rangers, Avengers, SpiderMan, Bird Box, The Happening, and eventually Harry Potter. Steve's hot take addresses something we've all been thinking... That those horny, essentially completely unsupervised Hogwarts teen were 1000% having sex all over Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. 

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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.