Potterversity: A Potter Studies Podcast
Episodes
Episode 18: "Lethal White" Under the Magnifying Glass (with Spoilers!)
18 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We pull apart the latest Cormoran Strike novel on this episode of Reading, Writing, Rowling. Katy and John dissect J.K. Rowling’s most recent cr...
Episode 17: Harry Potter Festivals Which Must Not Be Named
17 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Reading, Writing, Rowling: Imagination and Fiction in the Age of Harry Potter Episode 17: Harry Potter Festivals Which Must Not Be Named Host: Kat...
Episode 16: Harry Potter and the Detective Ring
12 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Harry Potter Is The Perfect Mystery! Discover the detective-rings of Harry Potter on this month’s episode. Especially since J.K. Rowling has now tr...
Episode 15: Quidditch Palooza!
08 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for an all-out Quidditch-palooza! Do you skip over the Quidditch scenes in the Harry Potter novels? Katy and Guest Expert Emily Strand talk ...
Episode 14: Lighting Up "Strike" - "Harry Potter" and "Cormoran Strike"
10 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Catch up on the latest Cormoran Strike analysis before the release of the fourth novel in the series September 18! With guests Dr. Karen Kebarle and...
Episode 13: Harry Potter Fan Pilgrimages
13 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Are you a "Harry Potter" pilgrim? If you’ve journeyed to Platform 9 ¾, to a coffee shop in which J.K. Rowling wrote parts of the series, or to s...
Episode 12: Galaxies Not So Far Away: Harry Potter and Star Wars
09 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Fan Worlds Are Colliding! "Star Wars" fan and "Harry Potter" scholar Emily Strand (Instructor in Comparative Religions at Mount Carmel College of Nu...
Episode 11: Experiencing The Cursed Child: London and New York
11 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Whether or not you think it’s canon, seeing the play The Cursed Child offers a unique Harry Potter experience. Readers of the script were often disa...
Episode 10: Adeel Amini Discusses His Interview With J.K. Rowling in 2008
14 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a student-journalist meets a famous author? Ten years ago, journalism student Adeel Amini spontaneously asked J.K. Rowling for an in...
Episode 9: Professor Cecilia Konchar Farr: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of the Academy: Reading Harry Potter as Serious Literature
09 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Readers love the Harry Potter series, but is it a classic? Hosts Katy and John discuss Harry Potter’s relationship to the Academy and the importance...
Episode 8: Dirt and the Dark Arts; Tackling Taboos in Harry Potter
12 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Katy and John talk with Associate Professor of Literature Dr. Beth Sutton-Ramspeck (The Ohio State University in Lima) about Rowling'...
Episode 7: The Beast Within: Chiasmus and Ring Composition in Fantastic Beasts
12 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Come along with cohosts Katy and John, along with special guest Brett Kendall to explore the structure and meaning of the Fantastic Beasts and Where t...
Episode 6: 2017 Chestnut Hill Harry Potter Conference
08 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Where can Harry Potter scholars and fans meet and share ideas, and where can fans be scholars and scholars be fans? The Harry Potter Conference at Ch...
Episode 5: Writing Magic: New Insights from Lev Grossman’s Interview with J.K. Rowling in 2005
11 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Discover new information about J.K. Rowling’s writing process, her intentions with the Harry Potter story, and her commentary on other fantasy write...
Episode 4: Amy H. Sturgis: Fantasy, Imagination, and Indigenous Futurism
13 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Katy, John, and their guest Dr. Amy H. Sturgis discuss J.K. Rowling’s work as it relates to Native American culture and Indigenous ...
Episode 3: Tracy Bealer: Oppression and Subversion in Harry Potter
09 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wondered about the power relationships in the wizarding world? In our third episode, John Granger and Katy McDaniel talk with Dr. Tracy ...
Episode 2: Beatrice Groves And Literary Allusion In Harry Potter
11 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Beatrice Groves discusses references to other literary works in Rowling's "Harry Potter" series.
Episode 1: Reading, Writing, Rowling . . . Roanoke! Top 20 Harry Potter Moments
14 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Join Katy McDaniel and John Granger (Dean of Harry Potter Scholars) for the debut of a new MuggleNet podcast focused on the scholarship of J.K. Rowlin...