Alice and Martha discuss one of the most sympathetic, charismatic, and charming characters of the series, Wormtail. It’s honestly hard to believe he hadn’t received the Real Weirdo until now! Not to be confused with our Scabbers episode, this character study discusses Peter Pettigrew’s arc in the third and fourth books.

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Alice and Martha take a break from their usual topic of discussion to explore another influential book series from their childhood, The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner. In this new series, Alice and Martha will reminisce on shared memories, inside jokes, and experiences reading both classic and lesser-known children’s books, including favorite segments such as Quora Question of the Week and Sorting Hat! Take Fives and character studies will continue, with this new episode format being added to the rotation with the other two formats.

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Alice, Martha, and recurring guest Shut Up Tim discuss a riveting five minutes of Alfonso’s magnum opus. There are lots of questions and surprises in these five minutes. Where did Hermione get all those ferrets from? Why does that little fossil rock have to look like that? And has Martha had a change of heart about Michael Gambon????

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It’s time to talk about the Spare, whose arc is unfortunately far too short!

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Alice and Martha round out close to fifteen hours on everyone’s favorite headmaster. The proper eulogy may already be complete, but there’s still plenty to talk about Dumbledore postmortem! This week’s discussion includes dissection of the Pillsbury Doe Girl’s letter to Snuffles, and pedagogical advice that Dumbledore could have benefitted from adopting.

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Alice and Martha are joined once again by their friend and recurring guest, Shut Up Tim, to discuss the top five Michael Gambon moments in this mysterious, honest, and true five minutes. Shoutout to Googy Gress, Stan Lee, and James Cromwell!

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In this crossover episode, The Real Weird Sisters (Alice and Martha) are joined by special guests Gia Worthy (@classicallygia), Sarah Carradine (@sarahcarradine), and the Sorting Buff to sort the contestants of Survivor 42 into Hogwarts houses.

Be aware that the show contains spoilers from both Survivor 42 and the Harry Potter series.

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Alice and Martha finally get the chance to properly eulogize Dumbledore, but don’t worry — our Dumbledore character studies aren’t over yet! My, how the turntables…

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Alice and Martha pursue that flighty teptress, Dumbledore, discussing his arc in the sixth book up until Harry procures the absolutely crucial horcrux memory from Slughorn. This definitely includes a lengthy discussion of the most canonically accurate subway station hottie, too!

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Alice and Martha resume their discussion of Dumbledore in the fifth book, this time focusing on his relationship with the Ministry of Magic and his role in the Wizarding War.

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