Harry Potter's biggest fan, Marian Ladiona, will take her brother Myke through the entire epic saga of The Boy Who Lived. They'll discuss a chapter per episode, and watch the corresponding movie after every book until Myke finally believes in Magic. In his wizarding heart.
Myke Ladiona and Marian Ladiona
Despite leaving Harry and Neville shellshocked at the end of the last chapter, Mad-Eye Moody doesn't ease up with the lessons. In fact, every class seems to be pushing Harry and the rest of the fourth years harder than normal all while the whole school starts to get excited for the arrival of the delegates from the chapter titular Beauxbatons and Durmstrang! If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
Shit. Just. Got. Real. We finally get to learn the about the spell that killed Harry's parents, and did something to Neville's? It's another overreaching Mad-Eye lesson as the kids have their first Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson. Myke also makes poor taste jokes about what the "the unforgivable curses" really are and we get to hear an EXCLUSIVE, BRAND NEW WIZARD ROCK SONG! If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
We finally started classes at Hogwarts! 13 Chapters into The Goblet of Fire! We then quickly find out - it's the same stuff as last year, with some gross twists. Luisa joins us to get into the pus from the Tremor plants, scary looking lobsters, and when - if ever - it's okay to magic-attack a child. If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
12 episodes into our read-through of 'The Goblet of Fire' and we've finally step foot inside Hogwarts, as Harry witnesses his second sorting since he's been a student! We also get our first glimpse at Mad-Eye Moody. We rip into the sorting hats song, talk about slavery, and Marian... raps? If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
Chapter 11 and Chapter 10 were short enough to do a combined episode about, but because The Goblet of Fire is as relatively dense as it is, we're able to pull an episodes worth of discussions about "Aboard the Hogwarts Express"! We've seen this scene before, the kids getting on the train to go to school, but it still hits a little different. We get hints of Mad-Eyed Moody, some special events at school, and even other Wizarding schools! We also get into what we wanted to do as kids, for some reason, pocket dimensions, and more! If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
It's fitting that this episode was recorded on April 1st because the title of this chapter being 'Mayhem at the Ministry' seems like an April Fool's Day prank since not a single bit of this chapter actually takes place at the Ministry! Regardless, the rest of the chapter seems depressingly fitting since Harry, Hermoine, and the non-Ministry Weasleys are stuck inside at home biding time! It's a bit of a slice of wizarding life. If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
In an unsettling turn of events, the raucous joy of the Quidditch World Cup goes from celebratory to hysteric as Death Eaters arrive! Also, Myke finally got to finally remember exactly what Death Eaters were! We also get into Hermoine's activism, the Ministry's terrible detective skills, and Myke's guesses as to what is going on and whom is doing it! Then of course we have to talk about Animal Crossing and Doom Eternal! If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
In a time when all major sports seem to be suspended indefinitely it's a pleasure to get into this eighth chapter of The Goblet of Fire with what Myke feels like is one of the most thrilling quidditch matches written in the series so far. We get into the weird horniness of the Vela, the on the nose-ness of the leprechauns, and more! If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
It's wizarding Coachella as Harry, Hermoine and the Weasley's get to the campsite around the Quidditch World Cup! For us that means we get a feast for our minds and the main course is international wizarding world building! We also talk about what the wizard to pound exchange rate could be, the Brexit attitude towards flying carpets, and sterotyping the Irish! If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
In what seems to be a book long lead up to just get to the Quidditch World Cup, we join our boy Weasleys, Hermoine, Ginny, and Harry as they hike through a town and up a hill to touch a boot. We do get some solid, creative world building along the way as we learn all about the transportation methods of the Wizarding World. We also give some health advice to our white friends and talk about Sonic a lot. If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
As Harry reunites with our favorite wizarding family, the Weasleys, we also are blessed with the return of one our favorite wizarding friends - Shannon! Our girlfriend of the pod joins us as we enjoy ourselves in the Burrow. We finally get to meet the whole Weasley clan together, get into Charlie and Bill and how cool they are and also get to hear more from Ginny! Also our old friend Sharon stops by and another surprise guest! If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
We say goodbye to the Dursleys (finally) with charm and flair in a hilarious thanks to our favorite wizarding family - the Weasleys! We get into why it seems like JK is writing better, how the scene works as a great sketch, and who's cooler - a wizard jock or a muggle jock. If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
Before we get to the good stuff we have to go through one more chapter with the Dursleys. Luckily this one hits a little different because now Harry has a new way of dealing with his abusers! We also get into our favorite John Williams scores, examples of other fantasy/sci-fi fake sports, and Marian comes up with a hot new hashtag for our audience. If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
What's up with Harry's scar and that nightmare about Voldemort? Who's Harry again? What's magic? Who's Voldemort? We find out the answers to all these burning questions in this chapter, and we get into the state of television and why we're not caught up on anything! It's very interesting stuff! If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
With the Prisoner of Azkaban behind us we move on to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire with Chapter 1: The Riddle House! Longtime HP pal of Marian, Sam joins us for the first time on the podcast! We talk about the dark cold open detailing the true crime cold open in what is definitely the darkest opening to the series yet! If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
This is it, the moment Myke has been waiting for. The movie that really got him into Harry Potter for the first time and yet it's the movie that a lot of book readers get the most mad at. Now that Myke has read the books does he still like the movie? Luisa and Patrick join us to find out just how much the movie holds up in general, and how it fares after just having read the book! If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
We're finally here: the thrilling conclusion to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban! First, all of Myke's anticipation of time travel finally pays off in 'Hermoine's Secret'. We get into time travel rules, favorite time machines in fiction, and if Harry's final Patronus was done by cheating. Then we wrap it all up with one of the more melancholy endings for a Harry Potter book so far in 'Owl Post Again'. If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
All hell breaks loose under the full moon in this chapter of The Prisoner of Azkaban. Someone forgot their potion so one of the most high stakes fights in the series so far goes down! Friend of the pod Luisa joins us to get into how bad Ron must have felt having had a broken leg this whole time, why Lupin didn't calm down when he saw Sirius as a dog, and why Harry's expecto patronum didn't seem as badass as it was in the movie. If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
Everything comes to the light in this chapter of The Prisoner of Azkaban as the "trial" of Peter Pettigrew is underway! Sirius tells all to Remus and the kids as so many things are revealed to us, including JK Rowlings next gear as her writing gets 'great', according to Myke. If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
After taking off a week for Thanksgiving, we're back for another two-fer, but this time we did two chapters mostly because Myke wanted to keep reading! We're getting towards the end of Prisoner of Azkaban and all is being revealed! In what seems to be a 4 chapter exposition dump we finally meet Sirius Black, discover he was (and kinda is) friends with Remus Lupin, and learn the true identity of Scabbers! All surprises to Myke (/s)! If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
Because we missed a week we decided to bring back one of our favorite guests and also summarize two chapters for you! Luisa joins us to talk about the intense and high stakes Quidditch Final between Slytherin and Gryffindor, how JK Rowling's Quidditch writing is getting more interesting, and how much we wanted to kill Draco. Then we get into the foreboding Professor Trewlany's Prediction as we go through the students finals, Hermoine's badass breakdown, and the horrible death of our lovely friend. If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
It's a bummer of a chapter on a bummer of a day for Myke as we deal with the ramifications of a close call with The Prisoner of Azkaban himself, Siruis Black. Everyone gets scolded, disciplined, and generally taken down a peg this chapter. Hagrid tries to get the boys to make up with Hermoine, and Harry gets caught sneaking out of the school! We also learn about a key incident in Snape's past! Then we get into the last of our #LadiOHNOIMSCARED marathon and talk about 'His Dark Materials'. If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
It's the last episode before Halloween and we're on the thirteenth chapter, and yet it's the most jock chapter in the book so far! That's right, it's the big game! Or it's a big game, as Harry tries to keep Gryffindor in the Quidditch season with a must win game against Ravenclaw! Will he be able to fight off any Dementors? Is The Firebolt going to be everything everyone hoped it would? Pretty much yeah, all around, but it's an exciting chapter none-the-less. We also talk about what could be Harry's first inkling of being a sexual being, what other sports people could buy gear that would give them an insane advantage, and then the seven new movies we watched for #LadiOHNOIMSCARED in the last segment of "Slash or Pass" before Halloween! If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
Our boy Harry finally gets a chance to step up to those pesky Dementors in the 12th chapter of The Prisoner of Azkaban with some help from 'The Patronus' - all for the good of... the Quidditch team? That's right, the Gryffindors are all at it again. Hermoine deals with how she took things into her own hands in the last chapter, ratting out Harry for getting the mysterious Firebolt, Ron's own suspicions are validated when something happens to Scabbers, and we get a glimpse into what makes Harry happy. We also talk about the new Star Wars trailer, and give an update on #LadiOHNOIMSCARED and play Slash or Pass with a whole slew of new horror movies! If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
In the last chapter, and episode, we finally learned the truth about the titular 'Prisoner of Azkaban' - he was their friend! Now we see Harry still reeling from learning about his parent's best friend Sirius Black as Christmas hits Hogwarts. He also receives a special present and, sadly, Hagrid gets some bad news. We then get into our October horror movie marathon #LadiOHNOIMSCARED with our new segment: slash or pass. If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
Harry's in the hospital, Gryffindor lost the match, Dementors have gotten the best of Harry again - will things ever look up again for our hero? Hell yeah they will, thanks to Fred and George Weasley and the chapter's titular Marauder's Map. It's a fun chapter full of Managed Mischief as we get into winter at Hogwarts. Snape isn't teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts anymore and Harry gets one of the coolest magical items in the Wizarding World - a fantasy version of find my friends! We also talk about our October horror movie marathon #LadiOHNOIMSCARED and get into our thoughts having finally watched Carrie, Scream, and Marian's first viewings of The Shining and The Sixth Sense! If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
The Fat Lady has sung, disappeared, and is missing as we begin the ninth chapter of 'The Prisoner of Azkaban': Grim Defeat and joining us on this Forbidden Journey is friend of the show, and fellow Hufflepuff, Luisa! We get into our most recent visit to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Universal Studios Hollywood (yes, again - we know), the most perilous game of quidditch in the books so far, badass Dumbledore and MORE! This week we're also shouting out (as you will hear on the podcast) Office Moms & Dads - a non-profit that helps children as they enter into foster care by providing volunteers that read to them. If you'd like to donate money for books that the volunteers will read to the children (and books for the children to take home) you can do so here! If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
JK Rowling's fat shaming train finally comes to its final destination: the eighth chapter of The Prisoner of Azkaban being called 'Flight of the Fat Lady'. Fortunately, the chapter is about so much more! Myke falls more in love with Remus Lupin, we talk about what we'd do with a time turner, we also look up all the Harry Potter character actors that you can hire to do shoutouts on Cameo and for some reason reminisce about EDM that we used to love. If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
Slytherins be slithering on this, the seventh chapter of Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban. Draco is up to his old tricks again and Snape is enabling him. Or is Snape the bigger bully here. Marian once again tries to move Myke's affection against Snape as they talk about the first potions class of the year. Then they get into the titular 'Boggart in the Wardrobe' and see Remus Lupin teaching in action. Have we found a part of PoA that was actually improved on in the movie? We also get an *interesting* voicemail from best-friend-of-the-show Luisa, get into our weirdest childhood fears, and preview our upcoming horror movie challenge! If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke! *PLEASE LEAVE MESSAGES RESPONSIBLY ;)*
Classes have begun at Hogwarts for their third year, and it seems like time is not on Harry's side. The Prisoner of Azkaban might be pushed further into the background of his titular book in chapter 6 'Talons and Tea Leaves', but the foreboding mood around the school remains. We get into Divinations class, magical prejudice, teachers throwing shade at other teachers, and yes - since there's a class where the lesson is about how wizards can turn into animals - there is talk about Animorphs. If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
We finally get to Hogwarts in The Prisoner of Azkaban, and also finally get to the point in the book where characters inexplicably finally say the term Dementor, the chapter's titular magical being. We also finally meet Remus Lupin, wonder why hE WoUlD bE So SlEePy, talk about times we passed out, time travel, more magical vehicles, and other tangents! If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
Harry finally catches a break in this fourth chapter of The Prisoner of Azkaban. After running away successfully and getting to stay on his own at the chapter's titular 'Leaky Cauldron', we get to see him just hang out and have fun - there's magical creatures that are actually just real earth animals doing cute things, super inconvenient monster books, and a threat on the life of Harry Potter?! We get into it all, and also somehow find time to talk about the 90's animated movie 'The Pagemaster' because that's the kind of podcast this is. If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
Harry finds himself on the streets after storming out of the Dursley's house, trying to figure out what to do next and how to get there in this chapter of The Prisoner of Azkaban 'The Knight Bus' (spoilers - he gets on the Knight Bus). On this episode we talk about the missing racism of the movie in this chapter of the book, what it was like to be a scared kid, the dream-like nature of the chapter, how cool magic vehicles are, and plenty of tangents in between. If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
Only one more chapter into the book and we get our first glance of the titular Prisoner of Azkaban! Do we get more? If you're talking about fat shaming - then yes! This time, with more aggression! We also talk about Harry's back talk, his blackmailing, drunken aggression, and our usual tangents! It's a short chapter so it's a short episode, but its still full of that classic Magicless Myke content you know and love. If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
After narrowly escaping The Chamber of Secrets, we are now prepared to meet the Prisoner of Azkaban - and just in time for Harry and Neville's birthday, friend of the show Shannon and new guest-old friend Cleo join Myke to celebrate his birthday and talk about the first chapter of his favorite HP story! We get into wizarding colonialism, speculate on wizard economy, and generally talk about the classism of Hogwarts. But before all that we all get into how we got to see Harry and the Potters perform for kids at a library! If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
Another book down, another movie for us to watch! So for this episode we are discussing Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the very bizarre, awkwardly shot and tensionless movie. Why did Alan Rickman do that thing during the dueling club? Why did Richard Harris make that face? Was Lucius trying to kill Harry at the end? Listen to our answers to all of these questions and more!
Just like our heroes after a long battle in the Chamber of Secrets, we fight our way through another late night record of the podcast and its just as condensed as the concluding chapter 'Dobby's Reward'. We talk about the John Hughes-esque ending to the book, Dumbledore (once again) being so coy about such a high stakes situation, and horcruxes of various historical figures. Hear how much Myke enjoyed reading his second book of the year! If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
As July winds down so does our journey into The Chamber of Secrets with this week's climactic chapter 'The Heir of Slytherin'. Harry Potter is all alone now and entering the titular Chamber to save Ginny Weasley! We get into how crazy it is for a twelve year old boy to be in this situation, how dumb Tom Riddle seems to be about magic despite having conjured up a sick ploy, and our dog Crystal finally gets on the mic! I promise its a relatively tangent free, Potter centric episode! If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
After our unannounced break, we're back with the titular chapter of The Chamber of Secrets, and boy are we far from home! Get it? Because we're also talking about the most recent installment of the MCU for our crossover O.G. podcast Marvel-less Marian. Joining as always is our cousin Patrick, who hosts for the first time. We're all tired and emotional, just like Harry and Peter. We listen to TWO VERY FAMOUS AND IMPORTANT WIZARD ROCK SONGS!!!, make fun of Myke for being very wrong about Lockhart, and discuss the importance of Jake Gyllenhaal. Spider-Man: Far From Home Review starts at approximately 1:03:00WARNING: SPOILERS FOR SPIDER-MAN FROM THE GET-GO. If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
Wizards Unite! Like - come together everyone that loves Harry Potter and like loves magic, but also we talk about the new Harry Potter-Go Niantic mobile game Wizards Unite! Then we get into one of the scarier chapters (so far) of the series in this, the 15th chapter of 'Chamber of Secrets' Aragog. Listen as we talk about how cool unicorns really are, how Marian's going to get cancelled because of her jokes, and why Myke isn't really scared of spiders anymore! If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
Episode 2.14? February 14th? Valentine's Day? A holiday about love? Well, it may be June but we certainly DO love this chapter. That's right, we're 14 chapters into 'Chamber of Secrets' - Cornelius Fudge. Fudge? Like Valentine's Day chocolate? If you like this description - then you'll love the episode. Or maybe not. You should listen anyway. We get into the thick of Hagrid's predicament, who Myke thinks stole Tom Riddle's diary, and which NBA teams are what houses - and which Gryffindors are which Warriors players. Yeah, it was just the NBA finals and yeah we go on some tangents. If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
Hermoine is a furry now and the kids are no closer to finding out who opened the 'Chamber of Secrets'! That is, until this week's chapter: 'The Very Secret Diary'. You know it's a good chapter because we barely go on tangents. We say barely because we do talk about Jude Law, Myke's personal experience serenading kids in high school when he was in choir, and video games! But barely. We go over the chapter in depth, including how cool notebooks that write back to you are, if Ginny did send Harry the telegram, and who really did open the Chamber. If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
After the thrilling cliffhanger of Chapter 11 of 'The Chamber of Secrets' we jump into this chapter wondering how Harry is going to get out of THIS predicament -- only to be let down. But we get up again as the kids go on more fun, children's adventure hijinks like: drugging other kids, stealing identities, consorting with the wizard alt-right - and more! Of course Myke has to bring up how this chapter reminds him of Animorphs, for very obvious reasons and we listen to TWO whole Wizard Rock songs! If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
We shouldn't really be talking about the 11th chapter of 'Chamber of Secrets' if we were going by the rules clubs where you're supposed to fight, but we do it anyway because you asked for it we have to! But it what seems to be a bad situation for Harry feels like a fun situation for Myke as he really starts to sink his teeth into the overall story of 'Chamber' (aka - he starts to remember what he saw in the movies). We also talk about how extra Harry gets when he has to do something bad, why Snape is trying to ship Harry and Draco, and why snakes get a bad rap! It's just another tangentless dive into the Wizarding World! If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
In the tenth chapter of the Chamber of Secrets the trio tricks Lockhart into letting them check out a book on magic drugs from the library, Harry pulls a Leo and breaks his arm, and we meet back up with an old friend! Of course we don't just talk about that as Game of Thrones just ended forever, we just saw an advanced screening of Booksmart, and Myke needs to bring up his own tales of breaking his arm again. It's a classic Magicless Myke. Night time addition. Because we tired. If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
We've reached halfway into the Chamber of Secrets, the book, just as the Chamber of Secrets in the story is just opening. As we review chapter nine, 'The Writing on the Wall' we talk about wizarding world purification, why Myke really hates Gilderoy Lockhart, and the last episode of Game of Thrones. What? You thought we'd go tangent free in these times?! If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com Twitter & Instagram @magiclessmyke
We're in the Endgame now: of The Chamber of Secrets that is as hint of the bigger narrative of our second Harry Potter book. Joining us on this special double-feature episode is Marvel-less Marian co-host, and cousin-of-the-pod, Patrick and we talk about Nearly Headless Nick's special party and learning about what's going with Argus Filch. We also weirdly get into some really legit drama that happened when Marian was in high school. As a bonus for you we decided to lump all our Avengers: Endgame hype into a special new addition to the podcast! Since this all started as payback for Myke making Marian watch all of the MCU for Marvel-less Marian, and since we talked so much about how hyped we were for Endgame last episode, we wanted to talk about it here for you! WARNING: Full spoilers from the get go. Avengers: Endgame Review starts at 54:10 If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
We're already on the 7th chapter of our second Harry Potter book and we can't wait to talk about.... The Avengers? We may have made it through "Mudbloods and Murmurs" from the Chamber of Secrets but at this point we hadn't yet made it through 'Avengers: Endgame' so while we do go in depth about the chapter, Myke also can't help but be distracted. Don't worry, we still talk about why Lockheart, who is an imposter, doesn't have imposter syndrome, how Hagrid is like Shrek, and fake racism in a world full of real racism! If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!
Just as you thought Myke was getting into the magic of reading and Harry Potter, his attitude changes this episode with a BANG! Or a Bang withdrawal? Join us in this discussion of chapter 6 of The Chamber of Secrets, Gilderoy Lockhart, as we try to discover what JK Rowling was trying to accomplish with the character, whether or not guilt and shame are "English things" and why this chapter was making Myke fall asleep. You can send us a voice message question as well, at magiclessmyke@gmail.com or find us on Instagram and Twitter@magiclessmyke. Make sure you include your Hogwarts House in your messages for Listener House Cup points!
Five chapters in to 'The Chamber of Secrets' and things really start to soar for our Harry and his friends! Go on this ride with us as we read 'The Whomping Willow' and talk about how kids are dumb, how a flying road trip could seem to suck, who we'd F, Marry, and Kill out of all the famous trees in fantasy and more! We also talk about the newest member of our family, why you should watch the West Wing, and also about more Wizard Rock! You can send us a voice message question as well, at magiclessmyke@gmail.com or find us on Instagram and Twitter@magiclessmyke. Make sure you include your Hogwarts House in your messages for Listener House Cup points!
Once again Magicless Myke is brought to you by one of the hosts being in another state of mind because of their health - this time it's Marian who was fighting off the cold of her life but still persisted to bring you our fourth Chamber of Secrets episode - At Flourish and Blotts! Luckily we had help from good friend of the pod, and former awesome guest Shannon Daly! Myke's fellow Ravenclaw helps Marian guide him through this jam packed chapter where we meet our new DADA professor, see Knocturn Alley for the first time, and get our first glimpse at Drary! Oh, and there's more Wizard Rock to be listened to!
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