In the eighth episode of Wine and Three Quarters Amanda, Jeannine, Jeff and Victoria discuss setting goals.

Are you setting some goals for the upcoming new year? Are you working on some goals right now? What sorts of goals work best for you? Use #Wand3Q to let us know!

Things get a little ridiculous in the bonus-length blooper section after the credits.  

Jeannine’s Etsy shop!  www.etsy.com/shop/KnitCraftShop

Next month’s homework, which we’ll probably be discussing on January 5, 2018 will be Salt by Nayyirah Waheed.

Next week we’ll be back with a Gryffindor episode about our favorite words.

In the seventh episode of Wine and Three Quarters Amanda, Jeannine, Jeff and Victoria discuss Uprooted by Naomi Novik.

**Please be aware that today’s episode will feature discussions of consent and attempted rape**

Did you do your homework? What did you think of the Dragon? The parallels to climate change? The all-important female friendship? Use #Wand3Q to let us know!

If you didn’t do the homework, but want to read it now that we’ve talked about it, check it out here.

Next month’s homework, which we’ll probably be discussing on January 5, 2018 will be Salt by Nayyirah Waheed.

Next week we’ll be back with a Slytherin episode about setting goals.

In the sixth episode of Wine and Three Quarters Amanda, Jeannine, Jeff and Victoria discuss Harry Potter fan theories.

Did we miss any of your favorite fan theories? Do you have thoughts about Ronbledore? Use #Wand3Q to let us know!

Check out:

Neville was using the wrong wand: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/he-went-0-to-100-real-quick_us_56cde225e4b0928f5a6df84c

Dumbledore is death: http://fantheories.wikia.com/wiki/Dumbledore_is_Death

Ronbledore: http://the-toast.net/2014/01/02/let-the-man-speak/, http://the-toast.net/2016/06/01/further-evidence-for-ronbledore/, https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/24/harry-potter-fan-theories_n_6186420.html

Harry is a Horcrux: https://www.buzzfeed.com/krystieyandoli/this-fan-theory-explains-why-the-dursleys-were-so-awful-to-h?utm_term=.cdKR2N6We6#.fh0MQopLJp

https://www.facebook.com/mugglenet/photos/a.10151012727100075.765287.14121585074/10156847851000075/?type=3&theater

Don’t forget - Homework for our second Ravenclaw show on December 1st will be Uprooted by Naomi Novik

In the fifth episode of Wine and Three Quarters Amanda, Jeannine, Jeff and Victoria discuss their heroes, both fictional and… non-fictional.

Who are your heroes, and how do they inspire you? Use #Wand3Q to let us know!

Check out:

Kameron Hurley - her blog; Essay: We Have Always Fought; Books: The Geek Feminist Revolution, The Stars are Legion, God’s War

Carl Sagan - Book: The Pale Blue Dot, YouTube: Pale Blue Dot

Carrie Fisher: All her books

Don’t forget - Homework for our second Ravenclaw show on December 1st will be Uprooted by Naomi Novik

In the fourth episode of Wine and Three Quarters Amanda, Jeannine, Jeff and Victoria discuss self care for the body, mind, and heart.  

What will you try for your own self care this week? Sleep, exercise, drinking enough water, journaling, meditation, gratitude journals, or being kind to yourself?

Use #Wand3Q to let us know your favorite self-care strategies!

Check out:

www.meditainment.com - get a new guided meditation every month for free

http://www.10percenthappier.com - meditation for fidgety skeptics

www.starz.com/series/blacksails - Seriously - Watch Black Sails! And visit our twitter @WineAnd3Q for our Black Sails cosplay

Don’t forget - Homework for our second Ravenclaw show on December 1st will be Uprooted by Naomi Novik

In the third episode of Wine and Three Quarters Amanda, Jeannine, Jeff and Victoria discuss Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them!

We’ve got a lot to say about the movie’s historical time period, aesthetics, themes and problems, and we saved the best for last - stick around to the end to hear about our favourite parts!

Homework for our second Ravenclaw show on December 1st will be Uprooted by Naomi Novik

In the second episode of Wine and Three Quarters Amanda, Jeannine, Jeff and Victoria visit Philadelphia’s Chestnut Hill Harry Potter Festival

This week we visited the Chestnut Hill Harry Potter Festival in Philadelphia! There were tons of costumes, wands, food, and even fancy decorated cakes. Check out our photo album of the event here!

Stay tuned after the end credits for real talk about Umbridge and, as always, some bloopers to lighten the mood.

Homework for our first Ravenclaw show (next Friday! I promise this time!) will be Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

In this inaugural full episode of Wine and Three Quarters Amanda, Jeannine, Jeff and Victoria discuss both creating and supporting content that makes the world a better place.

Featured in the discussion were Jeff’s Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jefficusrex , a proposed Stevie Wonder biopic, Victoria’s Goodreads, Worldbuilders https://worldbuilders.org , and Jeannine’s #WonderWoman365 series http://www.jeanninepowers.com/#/wonderwoman365/ .

Homework for our first Ravenclaw show (next Friday!) will be Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

Welcome to the Introductory episode of Wine and Three-Quarters: a podcast about fandom, growth, friends, stories, drinking, and (maybe) saving the world.

Every week Amanda (Slytherin), Jeannine (Hufflepuff), Jeff (Gryffindor), and Victoria (Ravenclaw) get together to drink and talk about nerdy stuff and life stuff and everything in between. Come join us for discussions of Harry Potter (duh), Black Sails, Outlander, Hamilton, Sci-fi and Fantasy novels, Buffy, Xena, Star Trek TNG, Game of Thrones, Star Wars, Wonder Woman… look, we like a lot of stuff, ok?