Potter Nonsense

We talk societies bucking against the Statute of Secrecy, and sex education at Hogwarts. Mentioned: Conservatives love to advocate for mass hysteria Wizard Oneida Bettina Arndt? Weirdly? The Snape Voice South Park and its associated works A Transition Contact links: Facebook Fi's Twitter Rae's Twitter Bronze Pig Media Twitter

Fi and Rae discuss the faults of the house system, and somehow talk a whole lot about Astrology? Mentioned: How radicalisation works Myers Briggs England hasn’t really changed culturally for 1000 years Downton Downunder Damsels in Disney Contact links: Facebook Fi's Twitter Rae's Twitter Bronze Pig Media Twitter

Part 2 of 2. Alice has some stuff to say about Count Olaf, Fi reveals her most hated popular canon-bending fanon, and we discuss the worst spell in the series. We ended up with 12 distinct terrible Snape things but we may have miscounted. Mentioned: Invasive species in Australia Schoolies No ethical consumption under capitalism Contact links: Facebook Fi's Twitter Rae's Twitter Bronze Pig Media Twitter Find Alice on her Instagram

The moment everyone was waiting for, part 1 of the dedicated Severus Snape episode, with Alice returning as our guest. We begin with Snape's decision to bully children as a man in his 30s. Spoilers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker begin at 29:20 and end at 30:05. Mentioned: Littlefinger and Sansa Listening to your own podcasts Kylo Ren is Space Snape Explanations ≠ Excuses Contact links: Facebook Fi's Twitter Rae's Twitter Bronze Pig Media Twitter Find Alice on her Instagram

Fashion in the wizarding world! What do wizards wear under their robes? Why does Molly Weasley even make jumpers? Tattoos??? Mentioned: We want self altering clothing The 30 year fashion cycle Emma 2020 Much Ado About Nothing 1993 Nick Kyrgios' getting fired from bonds The Usual Links: Facebook Fi's Twitter Rae's Twitter Bronze Pig Media Twitter

An apology and a reaction. The Usual Links: Facebook Fi's Twitter Rae's Twitter Bronze Pig Media Twitter

We talk veganism in the wizarding world with Alice, Special Guest Vegan and Sword-Distributing Watery Bint. Mentioned: How bees work Escaped animal stories Making stuff taste like salmon Malfoy family nonsense Dumbledore, Yoda and Professor X have a tea party West Ham United vs Sumos Sneaking dogs into Hogwarts The Usual Links: Facebook Fi's Twitter Rae's Twitter Bronze Pig Media Twitter Find Alice on her Instagram

The Many Missions of Hermione Granger: rights for sapient creatures, education, maybe ending the International Statute of Secrecy? All the establishment-frustrating stuff that would prevent her from becoming Minister for Magic. Featuring: Two white Australians awkwardly discussing slavery again More Tudor Era discourse Witch and werewolf hunts, vampire panics Rae missed her calling as a contortionist A neurological explanation for why this podcast is the way that it is Fanfiction corner The Usual Links: Facebook Fi's Twitter Rae's Twitter Bronze Pig Media Twitter

Lily Potter deserved better from the books, the movies, and honestly from this episode where Rae and Fi went on the most tangents we've ever been on. Mentioned: The Munchverse This picture of the Slug Club Henry Cavill, Keanu Reeves and Christian Bale, for some reason The Underworld series Open Plan Housing Hatpin Stabbings All the other mums failed by fiction The Usual Links: Facebook Fi's Twitter Rae's Twitter Bronze Pig Media Twitter

Fi and Rae speculate on what happens in the classes we don't get to see at Hogwarts. Detours include: Creatures who are reproductively compatible with humans, our own fun ancestry, a brief trip to the Renaissance, and the fact that Professor Binns should be fired. Content warning for references to real world slavery. Mentioned: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor's unfortunate Habsburg Chin Podcast rec: Tudor I Hardly Know Her The Usual Links: Facebook Fi's Twitter Rae's Twitter Bronze Pig Media Twitter

Fi and Rae discuss the lack of depth in the adult women of Harry Potter, maternal virtue, the finer points of Dog Ladies, and giggle about Monty Python. The Usual Links: Facebook Fi's Twitter Rae's Twitter Bronze Pig Media Twitter

Fi and Rae discuss the sad state of affairs where the girls are not friends in this series. Some detours occur for Weird Adelaide Stuff, and medical sexism. The Usual Links: Facebook Fi's Twitter Rae's Twitter Bronze Pig Media Twitter

[Oprah voice] You're going to therapy! And you're going to therapy! You're all going to therapy! Gather 'round while we talk about all the things that call for a school counsellor to be hired, and also diverge into talking Star Wars too many times. Mentioned: The "kid" from Star Trek that Rae reacted to. The Usual Links: Facebook Fi's Twitter Rae's Twitter Bronze Pig Media Twitter

In which we diverge heavily to talk about Panic! At The Disco, Fi and Rae discuss the ways we wish the Wizarding World was being explored compared with the movies and plays that have come out in recent years. Links: Facebook Fi's Twitter Rae's Twitter Bronze Pig Media Twitter

Fi and Rae discuss the careers of our heroes and whether or not they make sense to us. Featuring a noisy motorbike, Barty Crouch Jr's missed calling as a teacher, why we hate the epilogue, getting carded, and Percy Weasley is Leslie Knope. Links: Facebook Fi's Twitter Rae's Twitter Bronze Pig Media Twitter

Fi and Rae discuss the day when the Wizarding World must inevitably be exposed to the Muggle World. We also talk about songs with rules, Australian weddings, Janelle Monae in all her glory, and the Internet of Yore. Mentioned: Badger Badger Badger End of ze World Links: Facebook Fi's Twitter Rae's Twitter Bronze Pig Media Twitter

We talk technology that wizards should and shouldn't adopt, messages from Minerva McGonagall's patronus, how mobile phones ruined horror movies, and what particular subculture of performative fashion the Weasley kids would engage in. Links: Facebook Fi's Twitter Rae's Twitter Bronze Pig Media Twitter

We play around with sorting the Marvel Cinematic Universe in an attempt to understand the house system. We also debate what order the alpnabet goes in, discover the real difference between Gryffindor and Slytherin, and Fi detours into a rant about the behaviour of Noted Shitlord Benedict Cumberbatch. Referenced: Magneto disapproving of Professor X's pedagogy She-Hulk fastball special Other links: Facebook Fi's Twitter Rae's Twitter Bronze Pig Media Twitter

We talked about life before Hogwarts, but what about life after? Higher education, careers, Tom Hardy's myspace, castles in Scotland, and the incredible movie that is Doomsday. Facebook Fi's Twitter Rae's Twitter Bronze Pig Media Twitter

How are children educated before Hogwarts? Fi and Rae talk homeschool, Draco Malfoy's Governess, and Arthur Weasley's double life rears its head again.

Occupational health and safety! In which we discuss the elevator at Hogwarts, Oliver Wood’s CTE, and refuse to work under the parameters of JK Rowling’s gross wizard eugenics. We also totally forgot to talk about Peeves. There is a brief period where we discuss animal cruelty related to cane toads. There is warning beforehand which cites the timestamp where that tangent ends. Mentioned: The South Australia Border Dance Lucius Malfoy’s town car

Fi and Rae discuss law enforcement in the Wizarding World! Corruption, incompetence, and some serious bias, we hash out a lot of nonsense on this one. Referenced: The best song from the Beauty and the Beast musical, as performed by John Barrowman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnsywtM2zTQ

How many wizard are there, and where are they all going to school? Fi and Rae discuss the schools we know about, the enormous gaps in coverage, and which elements just don't make sense. Also we ended up talking twice as long as our previous two episodes, we hope that's a feature and not a bug in your books.

In which we discuss finance in the Wizarding World, speculate on the secret habits of Arthur Weasley, and try to figure out why the Weasleys are poor.

Rae and Fi convene for the first time to discuss their motives for this Harry Potter podcast.