Quantum Harry, the Podcast

In myths and folktales, a Crone watches over the hero in childhood, but the Crone isn't any old woman. The Crone is a conduit between worlds, and a male character who's an archetypal Crone is a key figure in Harry Potter. Harry understanding Crones makes him a whole person and, ultimately, Master of Death. Episode 6: A Murder of Crones Watch the Episode 6 video on YouTube. EPISODE GUIDE

Did JK Rowling foreshadow the first tournament task in the first book? Why do Neville, Luna and Ginny fight Death Eaters with the Trio in the fifth and sixth books? A look at how the archetypes ruling the first six Harry Potter books interact with each other. Episode 7: Fountain of Youth Watch the Episode 7 video on YouTube. EPISODE GUIDE

What links Game of Thrones to Harry Potter? What do Roald Dahl and Diana Wynne Jones have to do with it? And where does alchemy figure in all of this? Part I of an examination of the Metaphorically Queer Liminal Being, the ruling archetype of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Episode 8: Have You Tried Not Being Liminal? Watch the Episode 8 video on YouTube. EPISODE GUIDE

Part II of an examination of the Metaphorically Queer Liminal Being. Slash fanfiction; Squibs; Obscurials; chosen families; why Harry almost went to Stonewall High; the reason for all of that camping during the Horcrux hunt; and the character best embodying the archetype ruling Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Episode 9: We're Here, We're Metaphorically Queer Watch the Episode 9 video on YouTube. EPISODE GUIDE

How is reading the Harry Potter books like playing a game? Why is it appropriate for Harry to move into Dudley’s second bedroom after he leaves the cupboard under the stairs? And why is Draco Malfoy the first person to mention Quidditch to Harry? Episode 10: All's Fair in War and Quidditch Watch the Episode 10 video on YouTube. EPISODE GUIDE

Why does Quirrell attack Harry during Quidditch and ask Hagrid about Fluffy during a card game? And how do the seven obstacles to the Philosopher’s Stone link to the seven books in the series? Part II of an examination of the role of toys, games and sweets in the first Harry Potter book. Episode 11: Wargames Watch the Episode 11 video on YouTube. EPISODE GUIDE

In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, why are no adult humans petrified by the Basilisk? And why is it a good thing that Ron and Gilderoy Lockhart cannot enter the Chamber to rescue Ginny? Episode 12: Grow Up Now Watch the Episode 12 video on YouTube. EPISODE GUIDE

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is JK Rowling’s version of Little Red Riding Hood. Who is Red? Who is the wolf? And who is the Woodsman? And why does Rowling retell this fairy tale in the second book of the series? Episode 13: Deus ex Machina Watch the Episode 13 video on YouTube. EPISODE GUIDE

How is Devil's Snare linked to the Chamber of Secrets? Why does the Flying Ford Anglia rescue Harry and Ron from the spiders? And why does Harry hear the Basilisk just after the Deathday Party? Episode 14: The Devil's Game Watch the Episode 14 video on YouTube. EPISODE GUIDE

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is shaped by Quidditch, but what games propel the plot at the beginning of the book? And why do students camp in the Great Hall when Sirius Black might be in the castle? Episode 15: Prisoner of Quidditch Watch the Episode 15 video on YouTube. EPISODE GUIDE