The Sorting Chat — A Harry Potter Podcast

Hello again, and welcome to another episode of the Harry Potter show that just won't quit — except when it does, eventually. In this episode, Dayle was out sick (#rememberDayle #RIPDayle) but will return resplendent for our next foray. In her place is The Sorting Chat superfan, Lauren's brother-in-law Ian! And also Lauren's sister Hayley, who tolerates us all. We're discussing The Sorting at Hogwarts, The Houses, and The Lighting of Juvenile Fires In Yards. This episode also includes the finest fan fiction work our Cherie has ever produced; she is truly the brightest fan fiction composer of her age. Come on in and do the dang thing with us. 

[CW: light mention of physical abuse]

Web: thesortingchat.comEmail: [email protected]: facebook.com/thesortingchatTwitter: @thesortingchat

Thanks as always to Zach Stidham, who composed "The Sorting Chat Theme." Find him at zachstidham.bandcamp.com or on Instagram @zach.stidham.music.

Bonjour dudes, and welcome back to this podcast where adults talk about Harry Potter and other things with a startling lack of clarity! We are back from our holiday hiatus, and — look, we've done our best here. We took suggestions from a few listeners and from our own brains for discussion topics, threw them into a hat and pulled some out at random. What follows is just shy of 45 minutes of listing things and trying to sing in sync over webchat. Two thirds of us were under the weather and the other one had just gotten off an airplane, so it's just as good as you might expect in those circumstances. So have a listen, and let us Slytherin (ugh) to your ears and your hearts.

Web: thesortingchat.comEmail: [email protected]: facebook.com/thesortingchatTwitter: @thesortingchatThanks as always to Zach Stidham, who composed "The Sorting Chat Theme." Find him at zachstidham.bandcamp.com or on Instagram @zach.stidham.music.

Happy Holiday times and welcome to another episode of our occasional sub-podcast, The Third Floor Corridor, where we veer wildly off course to talk about something that is not Harry Potter. In this very merry 'sode, we talk about everybody's favorite film franchise about an aspiring young sociopath, "Home Alone." We will cover some of the bases, leave others entirely unexplored and maybe even slip in a little Potter talk with us. Merry Christmas, you filthy animals!

Visit us at www.thesortingchat.com and send us all your steamiest Kevin/Malfoy fanfic at [email protected] or facebook.com/thesortingchat.

Thanks as always to Zach Stidham, who composed this holiday rendition of "The Sorting Chat Theme." Find him at zachstidham.bandcamp.com or on Instagram @zach.stidham.music.

Hello everyone, and welcome back to the only Harry Potter Podcast produced by people who would definitely get on your nerves in a bar. This week — despite the misleading title — we'll be talking about everybody's (least?) favorite bad boy, Draco Carl Malfoy. And, of course, we'll also spend a prodigious amount of time talking about other things: horse girls, Amy Grant, HP/OW fan fiction. And So. Much. LESS. So strap in and do the dang thing with us!

Visit us at www.thesortingchat.com and send us all your favorite fan art of shirtless Slytherins at [email protected] or facebook.com/thesortingchat.

Thanks as always to Zach Stidham, who composed "The Sorting Chat Theme." Find him at zachstidham.bandcamp.com or on Instagram @zach.stidham.music.

Hey guys! A brand new episode has come down the pike for you — and what a doozy. This time, we spend a while trying to talk about privilege in the Wizarding World and Hogwarts pedagogy, before eventually spending the rest of our time making up Harry Potter fan fiction based on pop songs. It's a pre-Thanksgiving miracle!

Visit us at www.thesortingchat.com and send us all your favorite Evanescence lyrics at [email protected] or facebook.com/thesortingchat.

Thanks as always to Zach Stidham, who composed "The Sorting Chat Theme." Find him at zachstidham.bandcamp.com or on Instagram @zach.stidham.music.

Hello, and welcome to the inaugural episode of The Sorting Chat's sub-podcast, The Third Floor Corridor, where we very occasionally will veer dangerously off-track and talk about things that are not Harry Potter. In this episode, we're talking about Stranger Things, mainly season 2, in the way that only we can: in long strings of uninterrupted stream-of-consciousness. Listen as we spend at least 20 minutes gushing and complaining, and then spend basically the rest of our time playing a protracted game of "Who'd You Rather?" (Spoiler alert: we're randy for just about everybody on this show.) So grab your Eggos and have a li'l listen. 

Let us know if you liked this off-topic adventure, and let us know what other things you might like to hear about in the future at [email protected] or www.facebook.com/thesortingchat. If you didn't like it, keep it to yourself, we don't need that drama.

Thanks as always to Zach Stidham, who did a heck of a job translating our regular theme into something spookier and, dare we say it, stranger? He's at zachstidham.bandcamp.com or on Instagram @zach.stidham.music

Happy Harry-ween, everyfolk! Here's our sixth mini-sode, wherein we talk about wizard fine dining, wizard Halloween costumes and that age-old question: is Harry Potter a subject of The Queen? Inquiring minds want to know! And we give them very, very unsatisfactory answers. That's just what we're into here at The Sorting Chat!

This episode's title came from listener Stephanie, who had the most votes in our "generate a HP title with your dang auto-fill" contest.

Please share your thoughts and favorite laundromats with us at [email protected] or at www.facebook.com/thesortingchat.

Thanks as always to Zach Stidham, who composed "The Sorting Chat Theme." Find him at zachstidham.bandcamp.com or on Instagram @zach.stidham.music.

Welcome back to your only source for online Harry Potter tomfoolery commentary that I know of at this time! We're talking about the wizarding legal and criminal justice system, as only three people who are relatively uninformed on such a topic can! We also talk about a few other things here and there, just to pull the ol' switcheroo on ya. So come, enjoy yourselves on this especially heinous ride!

Please share your thoughts and Harry Potter/Law and Order crossover fan fiction with us at [email protected] or at www.facebook.com/thesortingchat.

Thanks as always to Zach Stidham, who composed "The Sorting Chat Theme." Find him at zachstidham.bandcamp.com or on Instagram @zach.stidham.music.

Hello people friends — and other friends? — and welcome to a new minisode. We're talking about squibs, the Harry Potter Universe's most unfortunate souls, and what kind of jobs they might do. (Thanks, superfan Jordan Haggerty, for reminding us that squibs exist and getting this talk-ball rolling.) We then catch that slammin' tangent wave into discussing theme park rides and our ideal Wizarding World attractions. Ride this wave with us, friends. Ride it all the way home.

Welcome, friends, to another of these things we keep doing. In this episode, Cherie, Dayle and Lauren make the case that Mary Poppins is a witch, continue stalking another similarly-named Harry Potter podcast, and come to a startling revelation about Lauren's true feelings about Molly Weasley. How can we serve you? It's our pleasure!

Please share your thoughts with us about turn of the century chimney sweeps at [email protected] or at www.facebook.com/thesortingchat.

Thanks as always to Zach Stidham, who composed "The Sorting Chat Theme." Find him at zachstidham.bandcamp.com or on Instagram @zach.stidham.music.