Wordstruck

Topic: They had a bigger budget this time around.

Alyssa and Clark discuss Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - The Motion Picture. They may not have loved the movie, but they sure loved making Season 2 of Wordstruck. 

Thank you to all the great listeners that made this season possible. Stay tuned for bonus episodes about books and another (top secret) movie review. 

Oh, and while we take a little break, check out some of the other podcasts on our network like Into the Echo, where Clark and Reiley talk candidly about music, philosophy, and politics. This one's definitely NSFW, but it's great if you're looking to expand your musical horizons and listen to two friends shoot the breeze. 

Topic: Suddenly, Voldemort!

Alyssa and Clark discuss the final two chapters of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Clark discovers his wild swing was a huge miss, every house has a house weapon, and Voldemort's entire plan was hinged on a lack of communication. Alyssa pitches a brighter future, and Clark makes more big guesses about the Harry Potter series.

Topic: Spiders are the weakest exposition bots. 

Alyssa and Clark discuss Chapters 15 and 16 of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. They discuss the letdown of Lockheart, the discovery of a giant spider colony, and the potential of Percy being the heir of Slytherin. 

Topic: Magic is not a series of algorithms.

Alyssa and Clark discuss Chapters 13 and 14 of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Join them as they discuss Young Dumbledore, the inconsistency of magic (a.k.a. algorithms), and maybe even a giant spider. 

Topic: Dumbledore has a terrible security system.

Alyssa and Clark discuss Chapters 11 and 12 of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. They discuss the Huffle Exposition bots, a very scared Peeves, and a very silly Polyjuice Potion.

Topic: What's the point of having a house elf if it can't fold your laundry?  

Alyssa and Clark discuss Chapters 9 and 10 of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Join them as they discuss Wizard racial slurs, the possibility of a giant spider, and the general problems with having a house elf. 

Topics: Ghosts, ghosts, ghosts! 

Alyssa and Clark discuss Chapters 7 and 8 of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Join them as they discuss racial slurs, slugs, and the rise of the Heir.

Editor's note: Mudkip is a Mud Fish Pokémon from Generation 3 (#258). It probably has mixed-magic parents as well. 

Topic: We might be living in the darkest timeline

Alyssa and Clark discuss Chapters 5 and 6 of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Clark poses a basilisk theory, Alyssa poses a darker side of Hogwarts that kidnaps untrained wizards, and we discuss how babbydrakes are formed. 

Topic: When you give a Gnome a nummy... 

Alyssa and Clark discuss Chapters 3 and 4 of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Find out what happens when you give a Gnome a nummy, how to create the perfect travel mug, and how to properly use Floo powder.