Accio Politics! A Harry Potter Podcast

G'day mate! Adri and Helene are headed to Australia as they talk about Our Lips Are Sealed (1999), starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. Join them for an episode of reminiscing about the Kneel Diamond, Emil Hatchew (bless you!), and our favorite outfits in the Dualstar universe yet! Pass us a note in class. Type up your notes in the computer lab (or record a voice memo) and send them to us at gummypod@gmail.com We're also a newsletter. Subscribe to get a weekly dose of nostalgia right in your inbox: https://gummypod.substack.com  Be in our top 8 by following us on Insta. We are @gummypod

Helene and Adri continue their nostalgia-filled Olsen twin journey with yet another Dualstar Entertainment production, Switching Goals (1999). Not known for our knowledge, or (frankly) passion, for sports, this episode is full of non-sporting observations with the occasional bone thrown at those of you who actually like sports.  Find the show. https://linktr.ee/gummypod Pass us a note in class. Type up your notes in the computer lab (or record a voice memo) and send them to us at gummypod@gmail.com We're also a newsletter. Subscribe to get a weekly dose of nostalgia right in your inbox: https://gummypod.substack.com  Be in our top 8 by following us on Insta. We are @gummypod

Growing Up Millennial is out now! We are available on all major podcast platforms! In this inaugural episode of the podcast, hosts Adri and Helene talk about how they grew up, how media impacted their lives, their hopes for season one of the podcast, and what the show will cover in the future. Pass us a note in class. Type up your notes in the computer lab (or record a voice memo) and send them to us at gummypod@gmail.com We're also a newsletter. Subscribe to get a weekly dose of nostalgia right in your inbox: https://gummypod.substack.com  Be in our top 8 by following us on Insta. We are @gummypod

Get your passports ready, we're headed to Paris! Well, more like Parisian streets with a heavy dose of California interior and exterior shots, but you get the picture. Join Helene and Adri as they dish all about the 1999 Dualstar Entertainment / Tapestry Films classic that made us want crossbody backpacks, Passport to Paris (1999). This movie was produced by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen (executive producers, natch) and the fashions are all over the place (possibly also available at your nearest Target rn).    Pass us a note in class. Type up your notes in the computer lab (or record a voice memo) and send them to us at gummypod@gmail.com We're also a newsletter. Subscribe to get a weekly dose of nostalgia right in your inbox: https://gummypod.substack.com  Be in our top 8 by following us on Insta. We are @gummypod

Season one of Growing Up Millennial holds a really special place in our hearts: the direct-to-video (that's VHS to you, dear listeners) movies made by the Olsen Twins in the '90s and early aughts. These films were a staple of our combined childhood (even with our seven-year age difference), and Adri and Helene are here to dissect, discuss, and reminisce about all of them. We go through the plot, the fashion, the feminism, and we even give a voice to the voiceless in podcasting, the straight white cis dude. Even though we want to say that Our Lips Are Sealed to surprise our audience with which movies we're going to cover throughout these eight episodes, we can safely say that you'll get a full list pretty soon. Some may even say that you'll see it in a New York Minute. What to expect from our first episode: We hope you have your virtual passports, pretend airline tickets, and spiritual cross-body backpacks at the ready, because we're headed to Paris! What could be more iconic (or should we say iconique?) than to begin our Dualstar journey with the 1999 classic, Passport to Paris? Nothing, that's what. I mean, this movie had FASHION (yes, the usage of all caps was a necessary choice) and a romance for the ages (I'm looking at you J-Man & Brigitte). Pass us a note in class. Type up your notes in the computer lab (or record a voice memo) and send them to us at gummypod@gmail.com We're also a newsletter. Subscribe to get a weekly dose of nostalgia right in your inbox: https://gummypod.substack.com  Be in our top 8 by following us on Insta. We are @gummypod

Mark your calendars with glitter gel pens! Growing Up Millennial is launching on November 1, 2023. We're a podcast about all things nostalgia from the 90s to the early aughts. Remember that feeling you got when you'd rush home after school, wearing those butterfly clips and/or chain wallets, to watch your favorite TV shows and movies? Do you remember that thrill you'd feel at talking all about your favorite shows on your transparent corded phone or Nokia phone (if you had a Razr flip phone, wow so you were rich RICH?! God Bless)? Well, we're all about reliving those moments, the good, the not-so-good, and everything in between on our new podcast, Growing Up Millennial. That's right, we're in full nostalgia mode. Go grab your scrunchies, put on your platform sneakers, and apply a healthy amount of that Dr. Pepper-flavored lip smacker. Our goal with this new show? To get you to feel that same level of triumph you'd feel when you didn't kill your Tamagotchi (or GigaPet) on the first day of its life. That and for you to feel like you're right there with us on a virtual blanket fort. Truly, what a time to be alive. If you listened to Accio Politics, the Harry Potter re-read podcast about politics in the wizarding world, you already know your hosts in this nostalgia-filled journey (and also, thanks for listening to our first show)! With Growing Up Millennial, Adri Wilson and Helene Karp are back to talk about our favorite millennial pieces of media and memories that make our millennial hearts full. We're also a newsletter. Subscribe to get a weekly dose of nostalgia right in your inbox: https://gummypod.substack.com  Be in our top 8 by following us on Insta. We are @gummypod.

Well, here it is... [wait for dramatic pause] We've arrived at the final episode of Accio Politics. If you've just joined us or if you've found us somewhere along the way, thanks for listening and being with us until the very end.  While this is the end of this venture, keep your eyes and ears trained on this feed because we'll be posting the first few episodes of our newest project in this feed. If you want to get a sneak peek into it, go ahead and follow this link to our new show's Instagram: Growing Up Millennial. 

Here we are, nineteen years later (or so it feels after re-reading the entire series week by week). In the series' epilogue, we see the Golden Trio with some familial additions. We talk about how families are structured in the wizarding world, as well as the power names carry in the series. 

Hold on to your wands, this is one of the last episodes in our show's history! We talk about the penultimate chapter of DH (or if you don't count Epilogues as strictly chapters, this is the LAST chapter of the seventh book). Your hosts talk about the politics of confidence and bravery, how these intersect and how they diverge, and they also manage to speak on Emily Henry once again.

This is the one where we talk about the structure of the afterlife in the series, Dumbledore wisdom, and much more.    We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com OR acciopolitics@gmail.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: acciopolitics@gmail.com, info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com

TW: Discussions of suicide. Please take care of yourself and skip this episode if you need to take care of yourself. We're here to talk about chapter 34 of DH, where Harry faces death head-on and sacrifices himself for what he believes to be the greater good. We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com OR acciopolitics@gmail.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: acciopolitics@gmail.com, info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com

We talk about how Snape's redemption arc wasn't very convincing and/or satisfying through the lens of Obsessive Love Disorder and Incel Culture.    We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com OR acciopolitics@gmail.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: acciopolitics@gmail.com, info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com

 Your hosts talk about chapter 32 through the lens of singlemindedness and collateral damage. If you stay with us until the end, you get to listen to our discussion of our current favorite writer: Emily Henry. We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com OR acciopolitics@gmail.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: acciopolitics@gmail.com, info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com

This is the one where Voldemort gives everyone at Hogwarts the choice to deliver Harry to him before midnight otherwise the Death Eaters will attack the school. Only Pansy Parkinson seems to think this is a good idea so everyone braces to fight while Harry still struggles to determine where to find Ravenclaw's Diadem. With Ron and Hermione nowhere to be found, he tracks down the hiding place but runs into a number of old friends on the way who have joined to help fight. Harry reunites with Ron and Hermione and they head toward the Room of Requirement where they are confronted by Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle. Crabbe casts a Fiendfyre curse and the room goes up in flames but Harry decides to save Draco and Goyle before they escape with the Diadem. The sixth Horcrux is destroyed and they start planning their next steps when they run into Fred and Percy. The group is attacked by Death Eaters, and they find Fred's body in the wreckage. We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com OR acciopolitics@gmail.com  Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: acciopolitics@gmail.com, info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site. Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com

This is the one where, after alerting Voldemort to Harry's presence, Luna stuns Alecto Carrow only for her brother Amycus to show up along with McGonagall. Harry ends up casting the Cruciatus curse on Amycus after he spits in McGonagall's face, and after subduing them both Harry gets the chance to tell McGonagall what's going on. She has a run-in with Snape which ends with him jumping out of the window to escape, and then she rounds up the rest of the heads of Houses to protect the school and get everyone to safety. Harry returns to the Room of Requirement to see that the Order has shown up to help fight. Everyone starts heading to the Great Hall to prepare for battle but Harry and the Weasley family stay behind. While Ginny is fighting with her family to stay and fight, Percy shows up and apologizes for everything he's done. They reconcile and just as they're about to join the rest of the school, Harry sees that Voldemort has finally arrived at Hogwarts.   We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com OR acciopolitics@gmail.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: acciopolitics@gmail.com, info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com  

This is the one where the trio follow Neville through the passageway back to Hogwarts and they are regaled with harrowing stories about what has become of the school since their absence. They are told of students being tortured as the fascist regime of Death Eaters gain power over Hogwarts. Once they arrive in the Room of Requirement, they are met with a large group of former Dumbledore's Army members who are excited to see them and fight back against the evil forces at play. Much to Harry's dismay, even more of his friends show up expecting to be let in on their plans to defeat Voldemort. After some convincing from Ron and Hermione, Harry finally allows them to try and help and they lead him to the Lost Diadem of Ravenclaw which he thinks might be another Horcrux. Harry and Luna sneak into the Ravenclaw common room to see what it looks like and are ultimately caught by the Carrows (who are definitely not in the movie adaptation).   We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com OR acciopolitics@gmail.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: acciopolitics@gmail.com, info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com  

In this chapter, the trio land in Hogsmeade and Adri and Helene discuss the politics of perspectives and curfews.    We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com OR acciopolitics@gmail.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: acciopolitics@gmail.com, info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com

On this chapter, the trio are now out of Gringotts and Harry has a glimpse into Voldemort's thoughts. We talk about how this chapter compares to the iconic film scene, and also about how this chapter falls in the politics of communication and espionage. At the end of the episode, Adri briefly covers the Scandoval of it all.    We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com OR acciopolitics@gmail.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: acciopolitics@gmail.com, info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com

This week, we go to Gringotts with the trio and talk about the politics of trauma and desperation. Can the multiplying and scorching treasure be a metaphor for trauma? Adri does her best to find a link. Is the dragon caged in the basement the personification of desperation? Find out as we discuss.    For some reason, we thought this chapter was going to be more action-packed than it actually ended up being. We blame the movie adaptation, which does a fantastic job of not making this an exciting action sequence.   We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com OR acciopolitics@gmail.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: acciopolitics@gmail.com, info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com  

In this episode, we talk about the intricacies of Goblin Culture: where do Goblins actually learn their version of history? Do they have a school to learn trade? Are Goblins as portrayed in the wizarding world anti-semitic tropes?    We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com OR acciopolitics@gmail.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: acciopolitics@gmail.com, info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com  

Listeners, thank you for your patience as Adri recovered from COVID. On this episode, we talk about the politics of oppression as we learn more about the Wizarding World from the perspective of the goblins.   We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com OR acciopolitics@gmail.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: acciopolitics@gmail.com, info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com  

This is one of those chapters that's very important to the series, but it's SUCH A BUMMER. Helene and Adri discuss the politics of Interrogation and of Civil War. We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com OR acciopolitics@gmail.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: acciopolitics@gmail.com, info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com

This episode, we talk about the chapter with the same name as the title of the book, the original podcaster (Lee Jordan), and how we see this chapter impact the rest of the book.   We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com OR acciopolitics@gmail.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: acciopolitics@gmail.com, info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com

This is it! The chapter with the same name as the book is here: The Deathly Hallows. Helene and Adri talk about how vivid this chapter is in their minds thanks to the Deathly Hallows film adaptation, chat about what they were doing over the Holiday break, and consider how blind faith intersects with imagery/iconography to make up the politics in this chapter. Also, did you know that Cadbury Creme egg season has officially begun? Yep, that's right, if you go to your local Target and check out the Valentine's Day aisle, you are likely to find a selection of Easter Candy (the best seasonal candy, in our humble opinion).  We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com OR acciopolitics@gmail.com Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: acciopolitics@gmail.com, info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site. Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com  

As the trio gear up to pay an unexpected visit to Xeno Lovegood, we talk about how it is that Ron is doing the most to get back into Hermione's good graces and how Luna's dad has an ulterior motive for keeping the trio at his house.   We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com OR acciopolitics@gmail.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: acciopolitics@gmail.com, info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com  

This episode, we talk about Ron coming back to the trio and what that means for their mission in hunting horcruxes.   We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com OR acciopolitics@gmail.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: acciopolitics@gmail.com, info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com

We're back from thanksgiving break! This week, we tackle Harry's broken wand, Rita Skeeter's unauthorized biography of Dumbledore, and what/how these two things move the plot to its inevitable conclusion.   We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com OR acciopolitics@gmail.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: acciopolitics@gmail.com, info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com

QUICK ASK FROM YOUR HOSTS: If you have a hot tip on how we can get our hands on some Crème Cadbury Eggs or a good dupe recipe for them please hit us up at acciopolitics@gmail.com  Want some extra ad free content? Support our show over at www.patreon.com/acciopolitics and get access to never before heard episodes and AD Free Content! Now that we have that out of the way, this week we are still in Godric's Hollow but this time around we've got a snake to contend with (and, yes, we're not talking about Taylor Swift's Reputation Era --incidentally one of Adri's favorite Eras, since it's heavy on the revenge aspect). We're talking about how Nagini was encased within Bathilda Bagshot's body like some sick sausage of a joke. We talk midterm elections in the United States, Aaron Carter's unfortunate passing, the politics of memorialization, the politics of home (and its ties to nationalist movements in the United States and in Europe), your responses to how you handle grief (you made us choke up!), and the media we've been consuming to get us through these busy days. We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com OR acciopolitics@gmail.com Do you prefer the written word? You can send us a virtual owl at acciopolitics@gmail.com, info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site. Socialize with us! We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Find us online: www.acciopolitics.com 

Join Adri and Helene as they discuss the politics of Mourning and Vulnerability in Chapter 16 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. We talk about how the Memorial in the cemetery works for both muggles and wizards alike, and we ask ourselves why Harry didn't make the trip before this book (other than for obvious plot reasons).   We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com

Well, we're here: the chapter where Ronald Weasley just abandons Harry and Hermione because he had a tantrum and his pride got in the way of their friendship. While Adri talks about the politics of privilege (how you can be privileged in certain ways even as a minority group), Helene talks about the politics of trust (and how Ron betrayed that trust).   We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com  

Was this chapter shoehorned in after the editing process began? That is one of the questions that Adri and Helene explore after talking about what this chapter does politically and the narrative arc of DH. Helene and Adri also talk Romance novels and Marvel IP.   We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com

Join us as we talk about how femininity (toxic femininity, that is) and propaganda work together in this chapter of DH.  We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com

Helene and Adri talk about the politics of Planning and Infiltration in chapter 12, Magic is Might, of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.     We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com

Things are starting to get heated politically at the Ministry of Magic on chapter 11 of DH. Muggle-born wizards are being questioned and asked where they stole their wizarding powers from, Mundungus isn't wild about being dragged back to the scene of his multiple crimes, and we get a mention of one Dolores Umbridge. In this episode, Helene and Adri talk about the politics of persecution and the Holocaust as it pertains to these events.   We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com  

On this episode, your hosts talk about the politics of loyalty and exploitation, Kreacher and house elves' status in wizarding society, Regulus' betrayal of Voldemort, and much more.   We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com

This week, we talk about the politics of refuge and invisible work in Chapter 9 of DH as Harry and the gang flee Death Eaters in the Muggle and Wizarding world. We also talk about Leo DiCaprio, how books can provide refuge, and much more!   We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com  

This week, we talk about the politics of customs and superficiality in Chapter 8 of DH, which is all about Bill and Fleur's wedding. We talk about the difference between the muggle and wizarding weddings, how some characters are obsessed with how things look (rather than how they are), and theorize what could have slipped through the security measures for the wedding (could Lucius Malfoy have impersonated Muriel? Quite possibly!).   We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com

Adri is joined by guest (and captive) host Seth to talk about one of the most hopeful chapters in the entirety of DH! And by that we mean that there are presents, kissing, and a lack of bad things happening to our boy for a change. Adri and Seth talk about the politics of secrets, dating books, and much more.  We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com

Let's talk about how basically Hermione's efforts to keep her family safe get glazed over in Chapter 6 of DH.   We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online:   Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.   Our site: www.acciopolitics.com

Helene is back and we're talking about chapter 4 of DH, where there are multiple Harrys involved (as well as one death we really don't like talking about). We talk COVID, Martha Stewart's peacocks, roadrunners, Hedwig, the saddest of tours, allyship, and strategic defense.   We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com  

Helene is out sick (get well soon, Helene!), but we've got a returning guest to try to fill her shoes: Seth Wilson, your favorite host who has only read a few chapters of the series lends us his outside view into the series. Seth and Adri talk about the idea of “developing” vs “developed” countries and how it has roots in white supremacy, which can be translated into wizard supremacy. We talk about how these different spheres in British society, with their own governments and cultures, can give us a glimpse into how the complex of superiority can lead us astray. We also talk about how Arthur Weasley can be an example we hold dear when it comes to interacting with cultures different than our own.   We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com  

This week, we talk about the politics of legacy and remembrance on chapter 2 of DH. We talk about how legacy has more to do with what impact your actions had on people's lives (rather than the work product that you ostensibly produced) and about how remembrance has a time period associated with it involving reflection and (hopefully) growth.   We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com  

What do Lucius Malfoy and Martha Stewart have in common? Jump in and find out as we return with our final and seventh season of this fine podcast.  In this episode, we're talking about that one meeting at Malfoy manor that really could have been an email, but much like Elon Musk, Voldemort does not believe in that WFH life. We talk about the politics of conspiracy and seditious intent, how to really make an impact on the boss so he doesn't overlook your contributions, our dementors and chocolate, and much more.  We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site. Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com

Join hosts Adri and Helene as they take a look back at the last 30 episodes and pick their favorite moments, listener answers, and politics from "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince."   Patrons get a bonus segment for this episode! This week, we're talking about Romantic Love in HBP. Want access to this bonus content and more? Become a Patron for as little as $2/month by heading over to www.patreon.com/acciopolitics   We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com

Helene and Adri discuss the final chapter in HBP, which features our first look at a Wizarding World funeral, through the lens of Duty and Ceremony, respectively. We talk about how some actors are there to strengthen their brand now that Dumbledore's gone, while others truly care for the fallen headmaster.   Patrons get a bonus segment for this episode! This week, we're talking about Romantic Love in HBP. Want access to this bonus content and more? Become a Patron for as little as $2/month by heading over to www.patreon.com/acciopolitics   We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com

Don't know how to say this any other way, but strap in for another chapter of HBP that is filled with sadness. Your hosts, Helene and Adri, talk about the politics of assassination and grief respectively. We talk about the aftermath of Dumbledore's assassination and the different ways in which Snape, Harry, and Hagrid deal with the initial stages of grief, especially when that grief has a political symbolism attached to it.     Patrons get a bonus segment for this episode! This week, we're diving deep into our feelings about Professor Snape. Want access to this bonus content and more? Become a Patron for as little as $2/month by heading over to www.patreon.com/acciopolitics   We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com

Helene and Adri delve into the depths of despair in chapter 27 of HBP to talk about the Politics of Child Soldiers and Rhetoric when it comes to Draco and Dumbledore. We talk about how Draco is being forced to take on a task that is too unimaginable for a 16 year-old on behalf of someone who basically has his family hostage, and how Dumbledore tries to use his rhetorical charm to convince Draco to join the “right” side.   Patrons get a bonus segment for this episode! This week, we're diving deep into the Malfoy Family Tree. Want access to this bonus content and more? Become a Patron for as little as $2/month by heading over to www.patreon.com/acciopolitics   We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com

Adri is joined by guest co-host (and husband/hostage) Seth to talk about Chapter 26 of HBP through the lens of teamwork. We talk about how Voldemort sees his collaborators as expendable, while Dumbledore sees himself as expendable, how this scene has been burned in Seth's mind forever with the Gatorade of Sadness, and much more.   Patrons get a bonus segment for this episode! This week, we're diving deep into Horcruxes. Want access to this bonus content and more? Become a Patron for as little as $2/month by heading over to www.patreon.com/acciopolitics   We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com

Well, we've held off as much as we could this season, but here it is (cue spooky music): The Patriarchy. In chapter 25 of HBP, we see how Harry basically ignores every woman (except for Ginny, for romantic reasons) and how there's a clear double standard when it comes to men vs. women.   Patrons get a bonus segment for this episode! This week, we're diving deep into Divination. Want access to this bonus content and more? Become a Patron for as little as $2/month by heading over to www.patreon.com/acciopolitics   We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com

Stop the presses! Ginny and Harry finally have their first kiss, and the goss is juicy this chapter (just ask Moaning Myrtle). For this chapter, your hosts talk about the politics of consequences and gossip, which gives us a look to the internality (consequences) and the externality of characters (gossip). Patrons get a bonus segment for this episode! This week, we're diving deep into the parallels between Snape and Dumbledore. Want access to this bonus content and more? Become a Patron for as little as $2/month by heading over to www.patreon.com/acciopolitics   We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com

In this chapter, we get to see Professor Slughorn's real memory. Helene and Adri talk about the politics of Morality and Intent vs. Outcome as it relates to Slughorn's memory and Voldemort's actions.    Patrons get a bonus segment for this episode! This week, we're talking about what it would look like if we gender-flipped Peter Pettigrew in our ongoing Girl Who Lived series. Want access to this bonus content and more? Become a Patron for as little as $2/month by heading over to www.patreon.com/acciopolitics   We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com   Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: info@acciopolitics.com or leave us a message through our site.   Find us online: Social Media: We are @acciopolitics on twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our site: www.acciopolitics.com