The Three Broomsticks

Join hosts Irvin, Sam, Sierra, and guest Line Egelund as they discuss the importance of the journeys to Hogwarts in the Harry Potter series.

Join the discussion: https://threebroomstickspod.com/episode-16-journeys-to-hogwarts-ride-of-passage/

In this episode:

• Sam gets dark when birds come up
• Jungle Cruise, Hogwarts-style!
• Who's responsible for the passage from the Hog's Head to Hogwarts?
• The weather sets the mood!
• Luna saw the basilisk through her Spectrespecs!
• What should Lupin's middle name be?
• Harry and the I'm-Different-Somehow Journey
• Dumbledore is a Ron/Hermione shipper!
• Draco looking everywhere for Harry on the train

Resources: The Official Reader's Guide to "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by Brandon Ford

The Pub's Jukebox: Hogwarts Train by Let's Lumos

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Join hosts Aureo, Sam, and Sierra as they compare the Harry Potter book series with the Percy Jackson and the Olympians books. Strap in for a lengthy discussion about Demigods and Wizards.

Join the discussion: https://threebroomstickspod.com/episode-15-crossover-percy-potter-harry-jackson/

In this episode:

• Who wore it better?
• We get sidetracked by all the other comparisons to other series we could make
• British vs American spelling
• Percy isn't good with describing sizes
• We love to see some author growth
• Are all blonds evil?
• Chiron and Dumbledore just race from answering questions for the plot
• Greek mythology is sprinkled in the Harry Potter series
• Nostalgia is strong within these hosts

Contact:

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Join hosts Aureo, Irvin, Sophia, and guest Margarete as they discuss chapter 3 of Half-Blood Prince: Will and Won't.

Join the discussion: https://threebroomstickspod.com/episode-14-dumbledore-is-being-preposterous/

In this episode:

• Multiple choice question: why is Harry snoring?
• Sponsoring chapters! This chapter brought to you by oak-matured mead
• Augusta Longbottom is the nuisance caller to the Daily Prophet
• The many many things Vernon and Albus have in common
• All about the color puce
• Dudley learned his lessons with food and magic
• Rosmerta has a mead subscription club
• Teddy Lupin's going to inherit a sweet bachelor pad
• Fudge's years-long pursuit of Buckbeak, the wizarding world's greatest fugitive

Contact:

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Join hosts Sam, and Sierra and guest Christian Richardson as they discuss chapter 3 of Order of the Phoenix: The Advanced Guard.

Join the discussion: https://threebroomstickspod.com/episode-13-the-one-with-the-drills-in-it/

Please give a warm welcome to our new host Sierra Obermark! We're super happy Sierra has agreed to join us as a permanent member of The Three Broomsticks. You can listen to Sierra's first appearance on the podcast as a guest on episode 9 here.

In this episode:

• Magic birds and where to find them
• Dumbledore being howler-buddies with Petunia
• We explore the Potterverse with all the Harry Potter versions in the Multiverse
• Aunt Marge and Umbridge as floating balloons
• Is Harry too trustworthy with the Order?
• Which skills make Tonks a good Auror?
• Felons are Gringotts-approved
• Is Petunia the Monica of the Wizarding World?
• Mad-Eye takes his tactics from American Football
• Understanding secret keepers

Contact:

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Join hosts Aureo, Irvin, and Sophia, and guest Zoe Panagakos as they discuss the Black Family and the family tree as shown in the Harry Potter series.

Join the discussion: https://threebroomstickspod.com/episode-12-black-family-death-by-grim/

In this episode:

• Muggle studies are relevant - always
• None of us can pronounce French
• "Don't drink and blast tapestries"
• Prepare your star constellation knowledge
• Teenage fathers or math mistakes? You decide!
• Were Walburga and Tom besties at Hogwarts?
• Count all the mentions of Herpo the Foul
• Sirius may have killed his father!
• Nymphadora Bellatrix Potter, you were named for the two baddest witches…

Resources:

• Does 'Harry Potter's' Black Family Tree connect Mrs. Black, Tom Riddle, and McGonagall? by Irvin
• Black Family Tree by The HP Lexicon

The Pub's Jukebox:

• Black Family Anthem by Parselmouths
• Starcross'd Brothers by Malfoy Manor featuring Nagini
• Black Family Tree by Hawthorn & Holly

Contact:

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Join hosts Irvin, Sam, and Sophia and guest Ev McLoughlin as they discuss chapter 3 of Goblet of Fire: The Invitation.

Join the discussion: https://threebroomstickspod.com/episode-11-gof-chapter-3-when-pigs-fly/

In this episode:

• The Sorting Hat is a matchmaker!
• What's the worst chapter title in the HP series?
• What garment does Harry hide his illicit cakes in?
• Vernon Dursley, inventor extraordinaire
• Hermione's floppy disk of cakes
• Why did Henry VIII invent the Royal Mail?
• Arthur Weasley might be a kleptomaniac
• Does Lucius Malfoy eat Muggles?
• Self-interest versus spite
• Why is Harry so averse to shopping?

Contact:

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Join hosts Aureo, Irvin, and guests Josh Cook and Sam Ommen as they discuss the fathers and father figures of the Harry Potter series.

Join the discussion: https://threebroomstickspod.com/episode-10-fathers-woe-is-me/

In this episode:

• All fathers are problematic, but who is the worst?
• Are Tom Riddle Sr and Remus Lupin similar?
• What could Barty Crouch have done?
• Marvolo is the bad dad other bad dads aspire to
• Triwizard Tournament needed an event planner
• Monsieur Delacour is the stealth winner for Best Dad thanks to chocolate
• Arthur Weasley is the BEST DAD™
• Being a bad person doesn't make you a bad dad

Resources:

• Arthur Weasley: Harry's Most Underappreciated Father Figure? by Sophia
• Fallen Fathers of Goblet of Fire by Irvin

The Pub's Jukebox:

• "My Dad Is Rich" by Draco and the Malfoys
• "My Dad Is Rich On A Boat" Swish and Flick (Cover)

Contact:

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Join hosts Aureo, Irvin, Sam, and guest Sierra as they discuss the third chapter in the third Harry Potter book: The Knight Bus, Prisoner of Azkaban, chapter 3

Join the discussion: https://threebroomstickspod.com/episode-9-poa-chapter-3-runaway-teenage-wizard-messiah/

In this episode:

• Run away, do something stupid - check!
• I wanna be where the Muggles are
• Let my people fly!
• The amenities of the Knight Bus
• Madam Marsh needs to party
• Foreshadowing Cedric's vampiric turn
• What If: Would Harry trust Sirius?
• Uncles and favorite nephews have fraught relationships
• No place safer than Hogwarts… except Diagon Alley?

Resources:

• Sierra's cats on Instagram by Sierra
• Irvin's Cornelius Fudge cosplay by Irvin

The Pub's Jukebox: Get on the Bus by Oliver Boyd and the Remembralls

Contact:

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Join hosts Aureo, Sam, Sophia, and guest Lorrie Kim as they discuss the mothers and mother figures of the Harry Potter series.

Trigger warning: This episode contains conversations about abuse, self-harm, and rape.

Join the discussion: https://threebroomstickspod.com/episode-8-mothers-if-youre-the-food-you-dont-like-being-eaten/

In this episode:

• Lily aka the reason we have these books
• Is Molly a good surrogate mum?
• Voldemort's sex life - yes, we went there
• Petunia confuses us
• Motherhood is hard
• Eileen moved to a tropical island and lives her best life
• Wizards are all Indiana Jones
• Nagini - a good mother?
• The Longbottoms are a 1-2 punch
• We're on eye level with Hagrid today

Resources: Snape: The Definitive Analysis by Lorrie Kim

The Pub's Jukebox: "Pandora" by Hawthorn & Holly

Contact:

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Join hosts Aureo, Irvin, Sam, and guest Geoff (dreamquaffle) as they discuss the most magical number for episode 7. Strap in for all the mentions of the number 7 and its importance to the overall series.

Join the discussion: https://threebroomstickspod.com/episode-7-seven-bring-blatching-back/

In this episode:

• The Weasleys' vacation budget comes under scrutiny
• Did Snape try to poison the trio?
• Lockhart's quest for maximum royalties
• Qualifiers are the real hero of this episode
• Super Effective Magical Purple Flames™
• Everything happens on the seventh floor
• How the Weasley kids play Quidditch
• Let's not count the minister!
• We can do basic math - maybe

Resources:

• Seven Battles by Irvin
• Potions Riddle by Irvin
• Goblet of Sevens by Irvin
• Seven Obstacles for Seven Books by Irvin
• Death Eaters – Part 3: The Battle of the Tower by Irvin
• The Scoop on Rita Skeeter by Irvin
• 7 Days to go - the Lexicon countdown by HP Lexicon
• Potions Riddle solution by HP Lexicon

The Pub's Jukebox:

• "Forget the Girl" by How Airplanes Fly
• "Death Eaters Rejoice" by The Butterbeer Experience
• "Weasleys" by Totally Knuts
• "Horcrux" by Kalysta Flame
• "Right Hand Man" by Split Seven Ways
• "Why Fight?" by Seven Potters
• "Beneath Our Floors" by Dream Quaffle

Contact:

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