This week, Sarah and Delaney talk about what the wizarding world (and all our fav witches and wizards) are doing during the COVID pandemic. Spoiler alert: Hogwarts isn't closed! Stay tuned until the end for a public health segment on myths and facts about the novel coronavirus, recommendations, and what we're doing to stay sane during this time. 

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It's the most wonderful time of the year! It's also one of the most significant time keepers in the HP series. This episode, Sarah and Delaney break down the origins of some of our most long-held Christmas traditions, the significance and sadness of Christmas in the Harry Potter series, and the traditions your hosts do each year with their families! 

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Nearly 50 episodes in and we are just now dropping a book versus movie episode?! Wooooooops. 

In this episode, we compare the first book in the series, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, to the 2001 film adaptation by Chris Columbus. Hear our overall comparison rating, the "big goofs" and the "why would you do that to us honestly Chris honestly why". 

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It's time for some sports talk on Lumos Maxima. Kind of? Well, a little bit. 

This week, Delaney and Sarah talk about the ins and outs of the most obscure athletic event some people have ever heard of: Quidditch! Listen in as we give some history, try to explain the rules, and reminisce on some of the best Harry Potter memories Quidditch gave us.  

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SPOOKY SEASON DON'T GO! This week the podcast celebrates one of our favourite holidays: Halloween! Get into the true ~spooky spirit with a history lesson on the origins of some of your fav traditions like pumpkin carving and trick-or-treating. After that, hear the breakdown of how Halloween plays into some of the biggest HP moments throughout the book. Also Delaney suggests you borrow child... its a whole thing. 

PSA: DO NOT DRINK AND DRIVE this Halloween. DDs rock, Uber is cool and its always way more fun to get home safe. 

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I T S   ~S P O O K Y~   S E A S O N !

Listen in as hosts Sarah and Delaney kick off their October episodes with another Nox: Lumos Maxima After Dark presentation. This week, we present to you our favourite Avada Kedavras in a nod to October (and MFM, duh)! These murder(ers) are so diverse we had to laugh. Have a fav murder or true crime story? WE'D LOVE TO HEAR IT! 

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SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS k cool thats out of the way. 

We've done our waiting... one whole year of it! After what we hope is long enough to let people see the movie (insert eye roll) your hosts finally bring you hot takes on the second Fantastic Beasts movie Crimes of Grindelwald! 

Hear some thrilling plot analysis, some blatant plot hole talk, predictions for installment 3 (and whether our predictions for movie two were right!) and all the things they better fix real quick. 

Note We have a release day! Biweekly episodes will appear on THURSDAYS! 

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CAN YOU BELIEVE IT'S THE LAST ONE?! 

This week, Sarah and Delaney wrap up their controversial characters series with the final installment about Severus Snape. This episode is jam packed... we've got Snape controversy, chats on how to be a good person, the "Lily" issue, healing dark magic injuries and more! Host Sarah even moves to camp "Not Sure About Ya, Mr. Snape". 

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IT'S HERE IT'S HERE IT'S FINALLY HERE!! The long awaits (and talked about) Severus Snape episodes start NOW! In our last installment of the controversial characters series, hosts Sarah and Delaney talk about the life and times of Severus Snape. This two (three.......) part Snape analysis will be a wild one, so tune in each episode to hear more! 

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TWO IN A ROW?? WHATS THIS?? This week, Sarah and Delaney continue their controversial characters series installment on Sirius Black. Does he use and abuse his relationship with  Lupin? Should he have been the Godfather? Does he really care about pureblood prejudice? Find out this week! We also gear up for our final installment to come.... Snape Snape Severus Snape! 

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