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A fortnightly podcast about the Wizarding World of Harry Potter hosted by Hannah McGregor and Marcelle Kosman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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In this episode, we wrap up Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and thus Season Seven of Witch, Please. We talk about Hermione and Ron's sex life in Granger Danger and the history of white wedding dresses in Lewk Book. ...

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01.24.2023 Book 7, Ep. 9 \| The Deathly Hallows Wrap Up In this episode, we wrap up Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and thus Season Seven of Witch, Please. We talk about Hermione and Ron's sex life in Granger Danger and the history of white wedding dresses in Lewk Book. ...
01.10.2023 Bonus Ep: Women for Iran We'll be back in two weeks for our final Season 7 Wrap-Up Episode, but this week we're sharing a bonus interview from Patreon. We were so honored to have been joined by Kiana and Vicky in December for a conversation ...
12.27.2022 Book 7, Ep. 8 \| House Elves with Jessica Marie Johnson We're finally here, Witches — at our long-awaited House Elves episode. We've been talking about Dobby, Kreacher, Winky and the general house elf populalion for so many seasons and we finally have a perfect guest joining us for discussion. Jessica ...
12.13.2022 Book 7, Ep. 7 \| Sentimentality In the wise words of Lizzo, it's about damn time! Our latest episode is all about Sentimentality, an 18th century philosophical intervention that emerged in opposition to rationality. Hannah (whose recent book, A Sentimental Education, is all about this topic) ...
11.29.2022 Bonus Ep: Comfort Creatures We’re taking a little break to gear up for the holiday season. So instead of enjoying a regular episode, please enjoy this episode of Comfort Creatures, a podcast hosted by Ella McLeod and Alexis B. Preston. Comfort Creatures is a ...
11.15.2022 Book 7, Ep. 6 \| Eugenics In this episode, we do a deep dive into eugenics, a nineteenth-century pseudosciences that justified a lot of racist, ableist, and generally violent oppressive behaviours. We review our conversations about class, critical race theory, disability, neurodivergence, and trauma from our ...
11.01.2022 Book 7, Ep. 5 \| Resurrection with Matt Potts Matt Potts is back to talk about resurrection! We first revisit theory Matt introduced to us last season on our episode about "the soul" and then consider the nature of Harry's death in the Deathly Hallows. What can we make ...
10.18.2022 Book 7, Ep. 4 \| New Media We're back with a new episode on New Media! To begin, we revisit Print Culture, Critical Archival Studies and the work of Canadian theorist Marshall McLuhan before jumping into a conversation about the phonograph! Well, kind of... We take a ...
10.14.2022 Bonus Ep: A Sentimental Education Hey Witches! We'll be back on Tuesday with our regularly scheduled episodes, but we thought we'd give you the promised sneak peek at Hannah's new book A Sentimental Education. On September 22, Hannah launched her book at Iron Dog Books ...
10.04.2022 Unlocked Patreon Exclusive: Sparks Fly with Maia Kobabe Maia Kobabe (e/em/eir) has been censored enough! We're putting this exclusive bonus interview out to the public because it was just so dang fun to record and Maia is a true gem who deserves as big an audience as we ...
09.20.2022 Book 7, Ep. 3 \| Motherhood with Erin Wunker We continue our journey through Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows with another special guest, Erin Wunker! Erin is a settler scholar and an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Dalhousie University in Halifax Nova Scotia. She is ...
09.06.2022 Book 7, Ep. 2 \| Historical Memory with Shira Lurie We continue our journey through Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows with a special guest, Shira Lurie! Shira joins us to discuss historical memory in the Wizarding World. We're talking statues, stories, memorials and archives. If you enjoyed our episodes ...
08.23.2022 Book 7, Ep. 1 \| Chosen One Narratives Revisited In this episode, we begin Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows! We cannot believe we're already at the start of Book 7, but honestly, we're so excited to finally get into it! We decided to go back to the start ...
08.09.2022 Unlocked Patreon Exclusive: Witch, Please Tell Me We're still on a break and gearing up for our seventh season all about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Of course, we didn't want to leave you with nothing to listen to so please enjoy this unlocked Patreon perk: ...
07.26.2022 Bonus Ep: Fandom Forward with Lark and Jessie We're in between seasons and thrilled to bring you a one-off bonus conversation with beloved podcasters Lark Malakai Gray and Jessie Blount. You may know them from Hashtag Ruthless, a podcast network that "creates hilarious chapter-by-chapter media analysis podcasts with ...
07.12.2022 Book 6, Ep. 9 \| The Half-Blood Prince Wrap Up In this episode, we wrap up Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and thus Season Six of Witch, Please. We talk Hermione in Granger Danger and fashion in Lewk Book, and of course we round out the episode with Marcelle's ...
06.28.2022 Book 6, Ep. 8 \| Life Writing In this episode we discuss Life Writing. We begin with a review of the monomyth and Structuralism, followed by a deep dive into the work of Sidonie Smith and Julia Watson. Using their book Reading Autobiography: A Guide for Interpreting ...
06.14.2022 Book 6, Ep. 7 \| Marginalia In this episode we dig into Marginalia! After a brief revision of our episodes on Print Culture and Fan Studies, we take a look at the it's long histoy using Heather Jackson’s book, Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books (2001). Marcelle ...
05.31.2022 Book 6, Ep. 6 \| The Soul with Matt Potts In this episode we are joined by Matt Potts, co-host of Harry Potter and the Sacred Text. Matt is a reverend and a professor at Harvard specializing in literature, literary theory and Christian theology. He joins us for an episode ...
05.17.2022 Book 6, Ep. 5 \| Security Theatre This week we get into Security Theatre — and what a timely topic it is! We go over what we learned from Book 3, Episode 6 with Mercedes Eng who walked us through the carceral logics of the Wizarding World. ...
05.03.2022 Book 6, Ep. 4 \| Masculinity Studies with Aspen In this episode, we're talking about Masculinity Studies with our special guest, Aspen! We begin with a brief review of our episodes on Feminist Theory, Celebrity Studies, Trans Studies and Chosen One Narratives (just to name a few) before getting ...
04.19.2022 Book 6, Ep. 3 \| Rape Culture Hey friends! Please skip this episode if that feels right for you. We'll be back in two weeks and we want you to take care of yourselves first! In this episode, we discuss Rape Culture. We begin with a brief ...
04.05.2022 Book 6, Ep. 2 \| Hauntology In this episode, we are talking ghosts! Tune in for a conversation with our guest, Lydia, as we consider Hauntology as an analytical tool for better understanding the Harry Potter series — specifically the Half-Blood Prince. Lydia guides us through ...
03.22.2022 Book 6, Ep. 1 \| Slytherin Pedagogy In this episode, we begin Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by revisiting pedagogy! If you've enjoyed our past episodes about the professors at Hogwarts then you will love this episode digging into Horace Slughorn, Severus Snape, and (if you ...
03.08.2022 Inside Our Patreon: #WitchPleaseTellMe Q&A This week we’re releasing some insider Patreon bonus content instead of a regular episode! Please enjoy this #WitchPleaseTellMe Q&A; from May 2021. It’s a goofy little episode where we talk about our favorite lipsticks, where to store “eating chocolate,” and ...
02.22.2022 Book 5, Ep. 9 \| The Order of the Phoenix Wrap-Up In this episode, we wrap up The Order of the Phoenix, and thus Season Five of Witch, Please. We talk Hermione in Granger Danger and fashion in Lewk Book. We make a list of what we want to keep our ...
02.08.2022 Book 5, Ep. 8 \| Mad Studies with Aisha Wilks In this episode we're joined by Aisha Wilks (she/her) for a dive into Mad Studies. Pulling on past episodes about Disability Studies, Critical Race Theory, Lycanthropy as Metaphor, PTSD and The Prison Industrial Complex, we take a look at St. ...
01.25.2022 Book 5, Ep. 7 \| Media Studies: The Wand is the Message In this episode Marcelle leads us through an overview of famous Edmontonian and Media Studies scholar, Marshall McLuhan! We tackle McLuhan's “Tetrad of Media Effects” (a chart!) and use it to think through the DA's gold coins, Umbridge's Educational Decrees, ...
01.11.2022 Book 5, Ep. 6 \| Centaurs with jaye simpson In this episode, we are joined by jaye simpson to talk about centaurs! jaye is an Oji-Cree Saulteaux Indigiqueer from the Sapotaweyak Cree Nation. They are a writer, advocate and activist published in several magazines including Poetry Is Dead, This ...
12.28.2021 Bonus Ep: Witch, Please After 8: A Holidate Hey Witches! We’re dropping this Bonus Episode into your feed as a little end-of-year thank you for everything you’ve done to make the Witch, Please reboot such a success. You’ve listened to the show, shared it with family and friends, ...
12.21.2021 Book 5, Ep. 5 \| Shapeshifting In this episode, we take a closer look at the range of shapeshifters we meet in the Harry Potter series. Between Animagi, Werewolves, Metamorphmagi, Veelas, and Boggarts there is a lot to cover— and we need the Greeks, scholar Llewelyn ...
12.07.2021 Book 5, Ep. 4 \| Fan Studies with Amanda Allen Well Witches, we finally did it — we recorded an episode about fan studies and fan-fiction. And our wonderful guest, Amanda K. Allen (she/her), made it possible! Amanda is a professor of Children’s Literature at Eastern Michigan University who she ...
11.23.2021 Book 5, Ep. 3 \| Publics This week we dig into publics! The Order of the Phoenix is absolutely brimming with secret, self-organized clubs and we're taking some time to consider how they're formed, what makes them powerful and why we see similarities between the Order, ...
11.08.2021 Book 5, Ep. 2 \| PTSD with Addie Merians In this episode we are joined by the wonderful Dr. Addie Merians. Addie (she/her) is a postdoc in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. She has her PhD in counseling psychology from the University of Minnesota and her research focuses on trauma and ...
10.26.2021 Book 5, Ep. 1 \| Critical Archival Studies It's time for Season 5! You know what that means, Witches? It means we have a whole season coming your way about Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. This week, we kick it off with Critical Archival Studies: ...
10.20.2021 Inside Our Patreon: Bonus Episode with Ella McLeod Hey Witches! We're dropping into your feed today with a special bonus episode featuring guest Ella McLeod. Ella joined Hannah and Marcelle in June for a Patreon-only episode to discuss policing of magic in the Wizarding World. It's a great ...
10.12.2021 Book 4, Ep. 9 \| The Goblet of Fire Wrap-Up It's hard to believe, but we are at the end of season four and thus at the end of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire! In this wrap-up episode, we discuss the transformation of Hermione into an object of ...
09.28.2021 Book 4, Ep. 8 \| Magical Capital In this episode, we return to a question that has challenged us since the beginning of this podcast: what’s the deal with the Weasleys’ class status? Are they working class, impoverished gentry, or something else altogether? To answer that question, ...
09.14.2021 Book 4, Ep. 7 \| Monstrous Women with Jess Zimmerman In this episode we are joined by author Jess Zimmerman (she/they) to discuss the history of monstrous representation in cultural texts across history. Jess, who recently published a wonderful book, Women and Other Monsters, offers her vast knowledge about Greek ...
08.31.2021 Book 4, Ep. 6 \| The Return of Pedagogy We're revisiting pedagogy, Witches! We first tackled this topic to kick off Season Three by defining the term and considering the teaching methods of various Hogwarts professors (using a D&D; Alignment Chart, of course). In this episode, however, we get ...
08.17.2021 Book 4, Ep. 5 \| Trans Studies with Taylor Allgeier-Follett This is a must-listen, Witches! Guest Taylor Allgeier-Follet joins Hannah and Marcelle for a conversation on Trans Studies and The Goblet of Fire. Taylor (they/them) is a PhD candidate at University College Dublin who brings their expertise as both an ...
08.03.2021 Book 4, Ep. 4 \| Post-Critique What happens when Marcelle asks Hannah to do an episode on gay whimsy? We get an episode on post-critique! Dive into this theory with Hannah and Marcelle as they discuss what post-critique offers readers and its downfalls in a world ...
07.20.2021 Book 4, Ep. 3 \| Critical Race Theory with K. Alex You don't want to miss this episode, Witches! Guest K. Alexandra joins Hannah and Marcelle for a conversation about Critical Race Theory and The Goblet of Fire. Noted by some as a Harry Potter trivia queen, K. Alex is also ...
07.06.2021 Book 4, Ep. 2 \| The Nation State Imagine this... imagined communities! In this episode, Hannah and Marcelle talk all about the Triwizard Tournament and the Goblet of Fire's relationship to nation states and nationalism. If you've read this book and thought, "Huh... why are they all rooting ...
06.22.2021 Book 4, Ep. 1 \| Structuralism Guess what Witches, it's time to jump on the Hogwarts Express because we're back with our fourth season — all about Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire! In this episode we get down and dirty with the structuralists. You ...
06.08.2021 Book 3, Ep. 7 \| Prisoner of Azkaban Wrap-Up Well Witches, it’s time to hop on the back of the nearest hippogriff and fly into the sunset, because we’re officially wrapping up Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Oh how time flies when you’re examining disability, metaphor, and ...
05.25.2021 Book 3, Ep. 6 \| The Prison Industrial Complex with Mercedes Eng Special guest, poet and educator Mercedes Eng, joins us to take a closer look at Azkaban, the carceral logic of the wizard world, and how it reflects our own ideas about monstrosity, punishment, and innocence. We take a look at ...
05.11.2021 Book 3, Ep. 5 \| Werewolves: A Metaphor? Greetings, Witches! Our last two episode on Animal Studies and Disability Studies laid the groundwork for this week's episode all about how to read Remus Lupin and his Lycanthropy. In an ebook released on Pottermore, J.K. Rowling stated that she ...
04.27.2021 Book 3, Ep.4 \| Disability and Resistant Readings with with Tea Gerbeza Greetings, Witches! In this episode, we're once again applying a disability studies lens to the wizarding world. This time, we're looking at questions of access, accommodation, and community support for characters we might read as disabled in Harry Potter and ...
04.13.2021 Book 3, Ep. 3 \| Animal Studies Revisited Witches, meet us at the edge of the Forbidden Forest. We're returning to the rich territory of animal studies to understand the limitations of human vs. animal hierarchies. We'll spend some time with marginal figures in the wizarding world who ...

Older episodes

01.24.2023 Book 7, Ep. 9 \| The Deathly Hallows Wrap Up In this episode, we wrap up Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and thus Season Seven of Witch, Please. We talk about Hermione and Ron's sex life in Granger Danger and the history of white wedding dresses in Lewk Book. ...
01.10.2023 Bonus Ep: Women for Iran We'll be back in two weeks for our final Season 7 Wrap-Up Episode, but this week we're sharing a bonus interview from Patreon. We were so honored to have been joined by Kiana and Vicky in December for a conversation ...
12.27.2022 Book 7, Ep. 8 \| House Elves with Jessica Marie Johnson We're finally here, Witches — at our long-awaited House Elves episode. We've been talking about Dobby, Kreacher, Winky and the general house elf populalion for so many seasons and we finally have a perfect guest joining us for discussion. Jessica ...
12.13.2022 Book 7, Ep. 7 \| Sentimentality In the wise words of Lizzo, it's about damn time! Our latest episode is all about Sentimentality, an 18th century philosophical intervention that emerged in opposition to rationality. Hannah (whose recent book, A Sentimental Education, is all about this topic) ...
11.29.2022 Bonus Ep: Comfort Creatures We’re taking a little break to gear up for the holiday season. So instead of enjoying a regular episode, please enjoy this episode of Comfort Creatures, a podcast hosted by Ella McLeod and Alexis B. Preston. Comfort Creatures is a ...
11.15.2022 Book 7, Ep. 6 \| Eugenics In this episode, we do a deep dive into eugenics, a nineteenth-century pseudosciences that justified a lot of racist, ableist, and generally violent oppressive behaviours. We review our conversations about class, critical race theory, disability, neurodivergence, and trauma from our ...
11.01.2022 Book 7, Ep. 5 \| Resurrection with Matt Potts Matt Potts is back to talk about resurrection! We first revisit theory Matt introduced to us last season on our episode about "the soul" and then consider the nature of Harry's death in the Deathly Hallows. What can we make ...
10.18.2022 Book 7, Ep. 4 \| New Media We're back with a new episode on New Media! To begin, we revisit Print Culture, Critical Archival Studies and the work of Canadian theorist Marshall McLuhan before jumping into a conversation about the phonograph! Well, kind of... We take a ...
10.14.2022 Bonus Ep: A Sentimental Education Hey Witches! We'll be back on Tuesday with our regularly scheduled episodes, but we thought we'd give you the promised sneak peek at Hannah's new book A Sentimental Education. On September 22, Hannah launched her book at Iron Dog Books ...
10.04.2022 Unlocked Patreon Exclusive: Sparks Fly with Maia Kobabe Maia Kobabe (e/em/eir) has been censored enough! We're putting this exclusive bonus interview out to the public because it was just so dang fun to record and Maia is a true gem who deserves as big an audience as we ...
09.20.2022 Book 7, Ep. 3 \| Motherhood with Erin Wunker We continue our journey through Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows with another special guest, Erin Wunker! Erin is a settler scholar and an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Dalhousie University in Halifax Nova Scotia. She is ...
09.06.2022 Book 7, Ep. 2 \| Historical Memory with Shira Lurie We continue our journey through Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows with a special guest, Shira Lurie! Shira joins us to discuss historical memory in the Wizarding World. We're talking statues, stories, memorials and archives. If you enjoyed our episodes ...
08.23.2022 Book 7, Ep. 1 \| Chosen One Narratives Revisited In this episode, we begin Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows! We cannot believe we're already at the start of Book 7, but honestly, we're so excited to finally get into it! We decided to go back to the start ...
08.09.2022 Unlocked Patreon Exclusive: Witch, Please Tell Me We're still on a break and gearing up for our seventh season all about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Of course, we didn't want to leave you with nothing to listen to so please enjoy this unlocked Patreon perk: ...
07.26.2022 Bonus Ep: Fandom Forward with Lark and Jessie We're in between seasons and thrilled to bring you a one-off bonus conversation with beloved podcasters Lark Malakai Gray and Jessie Blount. You may know them from Hashtag Ruthless, a podcast network that "creates hilarious chapter-by-chapter media analysis podcasts with ...
07.12.2022 Book 6, Ep. 9 \| The Half-Blood Prince Wrap Up In this episode, we wrap up Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and thus Season Six of Witch, Please. We talk Hermione in Granger Danger and fashion in Lewk Book, and of course we round out the episode with Marcelle's ...
06.28.2022 Book 6, Ep. 8 \| Life Writing In this episode we discuss Life Writing. We begin with a review of the monomyth and Structuralism, followed by a deep dive into the work of Sidonie Smith and Julia Watson. Using their book Reading Autobiography: A Guide for Interpreting ...
06.14.2022 Book 6, Ep. 7 \| Marginalia In this episode we dig into Marginalia! After a brief revision of our episodes on Print Culture and Fan Studies, we take a look at the it's long histoy using Heather Jackson’s book, Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books (2001). Marcelle ...
05.31.2022 Book 6, Ep. 6 \| The Soul with Matt Potts In this episode we are joined by Matt Potts, co-host of Harry Potter and the Sacred Text. Matt is a reverend and a professor at Harvard specializing in literature, literary theory and Christian theology. He joins us for an episode ...
05.17.2022 Book 6, Ep. 5 \| Security Theatre This week we get into Security Theatre — and what a timely topic it is! We go over what we learned from Book 3, Episode 6 with Mercedes Eng who walked us through the carceral logics of the Wizarding World. ...
05.03.2022 Book 6, Ep. 4 \| Masculinity Studies with Aspen In this episode, we're talking about Masculinity Studies with our special guest, Aspen! We begin with a brief review of our episodes on Feminist Theory, Celebrity Studies, Trans Studies and Chosen One Narratives (just to name a few) before getting ...
04.19.2022 Book 6, Ep. 3 \| Rape Culture Hey friends! Please skip this episode if that feels right for you. We'll be back in two weeks and we want you to take care of yourselves first! In this episode, we discuss Rape Culture. We begin with a brief ...
04.05.2022 Book 6, Ep. 2 \| Hauntology In this episode, we are talking ghosts! Tune in for a conversation with our guest, Lydia, as we consider Hauntology as an analytical tool for better understanding the Harry Potter series — specifically the Half-Blood Prince. Lydia guides us through ...
03.22.2022 Book 6, Ep. 1 \| Slytherin Pedagogy In this episode, we begin Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by revisiting pedagogy! If you've enjoyed our past episodes about the professors at Hogwarts then you will love this episode digging into Horace Slughorn, Severus Snape, and (if you ...
03.08.2022 Inside Our Patreon: #WitchPleaseTellMe Q&A This week we’re releasing some insider Patreon bonus content instead of a regular episode! Please enjoy this #WitchPleaseTellMe Q&A; from May 2021. It’s a goofy little episode where we talk about our favorite lipsticks, where to store “eating chocolate,” and ...
02.22.2022 Book 5, Ep. 9 \| The Order of the Phoenix Wrap-Up In this episode, we wrap up The Order of the Phoenix, and thus Season Five of Witch, Please. We talk Hermione in Granger Danger and fashion in Lewk Book. We make a list of what we want to keep our ...
02.08.2022 Book 5, Ep. 8 \| Mad Studies with Aisha Wilks In this episode we're joined by Aisha Wilks (she/her) for a dive into Mad Studies. Pulling on past episodes about Disability Studies, Critical Race Theory, Lycanthropy as Metaphor, PTSD and The Prison Industrial Complex, we take a look at St. ...
01.25.2022 Book 5, Ep. 7 \| Media Studies: The Wand is the Message In this episode Marcelle leads us through an overview of famous Edmontonian and Media Studies scholar, Marshall McLuhan! We tackle McLuhan's “Tetrad of Media Effects” (a chart!) and use it to think through the DA's gold coins, Umbridge's Educational Decrees, ...
01.11.2022 Book 5, Ep. 6 \| Centaurs with jaye simpson In this episode, we are joined by jaye simpson to talk about centaurs! jaye is an Oji-Cree Saulteaux Indigiqueer from the Sapotaweyak Cree Nation. They are a writer, advocate and activist published in several magazines including Poetry Is Dead, This ...
12.28.2021 Bonus Ep: Witch, Please After 8: A Holidate Hey Witches! We’re dropping this Bonus Episode into your feed as a little end-of-year thank you for everything you’ve done to make the Witch, Please reboot such a success. You’ve listened to the show, shared it with family and friends, ...
12.21.2021 Book 5, Ep. 5 \| Shapeshifting In this episode, we take a closer look at the range of shapeshifters we meet in the Harry Potter series. Between Animagi, Werewolves, Metamorphmagi, Veelas, and Boggarts there is a lot to cover— and we need the Greeks, scholar Llewelyn ...
12.07.2021 Book 5, Ep. 4 \| Fan Studies with Amanda Allen Well Witches, we finally did it — we recorded an episode about fan studies and fan-fiction. And our wonderful guest, Amanda K. Allen (she/her), made it possible! Amanda is a professor of Children’s Literature at Eastern Michigan University who she ...
11.23.2021 Book 5, Ep. 3 \| Publics This week we dig into publics! The Order of the Phoenix is absolutely brimming with secret, self-organized clubs and we're taking some time to consider how they're formed, what makes them powerful and why we see similarities between the Order, ...
11.08.2021 Book 5, Ep. 2 \| PTSD with Addie Merians In this episode we are joined by the wonderful Dr. Addie Merians. Addie (she/her) is a postdoc in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. She has her PhD in counseling psychology from the University of Minnesota and her research focuses on trauma and ...
10.26.2021 Book 5, Ep. 1 \| Critical Archival Studies It's time for Season 5! You know what that means, Witches? It means we have a whole season coming your way about Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. This week, we kick it off with Critical Archival Studies: ...
10.20.2021 Inside Our Patreon: Bonus Episode with Ella McLeod Hey Witches! We're dropping into your feed today with a special bonus episode featuring guest Ella McLeod. Ella joined Hannah and Marcelle in June for a Patreon-only episode to discuss policing of magic in the Wizarding World. It's a great ...
10.12.2021 Book 4, Ep. 9 \| The Goblet of Fire Wrap-Up It's hard to believe, but we are at the end of season four and thus at the end of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire! In this wrap-up episode, we discuss the transformation of Hermione into an object of ...
09.28.2021 Book 4, Ep. 8 \| Magical Capital In this episode, we return to a question that has challenged us since the beginning of this podcast: what’s the deal with the Weasleys’ class status? Are they working class, impoverished gentry, or something else altogether? To answer that question, ...
09.14.2021 Book 4, Ep. 7 \| Monstrous Women with Jess Zimmerman In this episode we are joined by author Jess Zimmerman (she/they) to discuss the history of monstrous representation in cultural texts across history. Jess, who recently published a wonderful book, Women and Other Monsters, offers her vast knowledge about Greek ...
08.31.2021 Book 4, Ep. 6 \| The Return of Pedagogy We're revisiting pedagogy, Witches! We first tackled this topic to kick off Season Three by defining the term and considering the teaching methods of various Hogwarts professors (using a D&D; Alignment Chart, of course). In this episode, however, we get ...
08.17.2021 Book 4, Ep. 5 \| Trans Studies with Taylor Allgeier-Follett This is a must-listen, Witches! Guest Taylor Allgeier-Follet joins Hannah and Marcelle for a conversation on Trans Studies and The Goblet of Fire. Taylor (they/them) is a PhD candidate at University College Dublin who brings their expertise as both an ...
08.03.2021 Book 4, Ep. 4 \| Post-Critique What happens when Marcelle asks Hannah to do an episode on gay whimsy? We get an episode on post-critique! Dive into this theory with Hannah and Marcelle as they discuss what post-critique offers readers and its downfalls in a world ...
07.20.2021 Book 4, Ep. 3 \| Critical Race Theory with K. Alex You don't want to miss this episode, Witches! Guest K. Alexandra joins Hannah and Marcelle for a conversation about Critical Race Theory and The Goblet of Fire. Noted by some as a Harry Potter trivia queen, K. Alex is also ...
07.06.2021 Book 4, Ep. 2 \| The Nation State Imagine this... imagined communities! In this episode, Hannah and Marcelle talk all about the Triwizard Tournament and the Goblet of Fire's relationship to nation states and nationalism. If you've read this book and thought, "Huh... why are they all rooting ...
06.22.2021 Book 4, Ep. 1 \| Structuralism Guess what Witches, it's time to jump on the Hogwarts Express because we're back with our fourth season — all about Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire! In this episode we get down and dirty with the structuralists. You ...
06.08.2021 Book 3, Ep. 7 \| Prisoner of Azkaban Wrap-Up Well Witches, it’s time to hop on the back of the nearest hippogriff and fly into the sunset, because we’re officially wrapping up Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Oh how time flies when you’re examining disability, metaphor, and ...
05.25.2021 Book 3, Ep. 6 \| The Prison Industrial Complex with Mercedes Eng Special guest, poet and educator Mercedes Eng, joins us to take a closer look at Azkaban, the carceral logic of the wizard world, and how it reflects our own ideas about monstrosity, punishment, and innocence. We take a look at ...
05.11.2021 Book 3, Ep. 5 \| Werewolves: A Metaphor? Greetings, Witches! Our last two episode on Animal Studies and Disability Studies laid the groundwork for this week's episode all about how to read Remus Lupin and his Lycanthropy. In an ebook released on Pottermore, J.K. Rowling stated that she ...
04.27.2021 Book 3, Ep.4 \| Disability and Resistant Readings with with Tea Gerbeza Greetings, Witches! In this episode, we're once again applying a disability studies lens to the wizarding world. This time, we're looking at questions of access, accommodation, and community support for characters we might read as disabled in Harry Potter and ...
04.13.2021 Book 3, Ep. 3 \| Animal Studies Revisited Witches, meet us at the edge of the Forbidden Forest. We're returning to the rich territory of animal studies to understand the limitations of human vs. animal hierarchies. We'll spend some time with marginal figures in the wizarding world who ...

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Book 7, Ep. 9 | The Deathly Hallows Wrap Up

Bonus Ep: Women for Iran

Book 7, Ep. 8 | House Elves with Jessica Marie Johnson

Book 7, Ep. 7 | Sentimentality

Bonus Ep: Comfort Creatures

Book 7, Ep. 6 | Eugenics

Book 7, Ep. 5 | Resurrection with Matt Potts

Book 7, Ep. 4 | New Media

Bonus Ep: A Sentimental Education

Unlocked Patreon Exclusive: Sparks Fly with Maia Kobabe

Book 7, Ep. 3 | Motherhood with Erin Wunker

Book 7, Ep. 2 | Historical Memory with Shira Lurie

Book 7, Ep. 1 | Chosen One Narratives Revisited

Unlocked Patreon Exclusive: Witch, Please Tell Me

Bonus Ep: Fandom Forward with Lark and Jessie

Book 6, Ep. 9 | The Half-Blood Prince Wrap Up

Book 6, Ep. 8 | Life Writing

Book 6, Ep. 7 | Marginalia

Book 6, Ep. 6 | The Soul with Matt Potts

Book 6, Ep. 5 | Security Theatre

Book 6, Ep. 4 | Masculinity Studies with Aspen

Book 6, Ep. 3 | Rape Culture

Book 6, Ep. 2 | Hauntology

Book 6, Ep. 1 | Slytherin Pedagogy

Inside Our Patreon: #WitchPleaseTellMe Q&A

Book 5, Ep. 9 | The Order of the Phoenix Wrap-Up

Book 5, Ep. 8 | Mad Studies with Aisha Wilks

Book 5, Ep. 7 | Media Studies: The Wand is the Message

Book 5, Ep. 6 | Centaurs with jaye simpson

Bonus Ep: Witch, Please After 8: A Holidate

Book 5, Ep. 5 | Shapeshifting

Book 5, Ep. 4 | Fan Studies with Amanda Allen

Book 5, Ep. 3 | Publics

Book 5, Ep. 2 | PTSD with Addie Merians

Book 5, Ep. 1 | Critical Archival Studies

Inside Our Patreon: Bonus Episode with Ella McLeod

Book 4, Ep. 9 | The Goblet of Fire Wrap-Up

Book 4, Ep. 8 | Magical Capital

Book 4, Ep. 7 | Monstrous Women with Jess Zimmerman

Book 4, Ep. 6 | The Return of Pedagogy

Book 4, Ep. 5 | Trans Studies with Taylor Allgeier-Follett

Book 4, Ep. 4 | Post-Critique

Book 4, Ep. 3 | Critical Race Theory with K. Alex

Book 4, Ep. 2 | The Nation State

Book 4, Ep. 1 | Structuralism

Book 3, Ep. 7 | Prisoner of Azkaban Wrap-Up

Book 3, Ep. 6 | The Prison Industrial Complex with Mercedes Eng

Book 3, Ep. 5 | Werewolves: A Metaphor?

Book 3, Ep.4 | Disability and Resistant Readings with with Tea Gerbeza

Book 3, Ep. 3 | Animal Studies Revisited