Critical Magic Theory: An Analytical Harry Potter Podcast
A podcast by Prof. Julian Wamble - Wednesdays
48 Episodes
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Sybill Trelawney: Seeing, but Not Believed
Published: 7/10/2025 -
Prof Response- Bigger than the Box: the Rubeus Hagrid Story
Published: 7/2/2025 -
Caretaker, Friend, Scapegoat: The Rubeus Hagrid Story
Published: 6/25/2025 -
Prof Responds- The Umbridge Trap
Published: 6/18/2025 -
The Devil Wears Pink: The Violence, Villainy, and Vanity of Dolores Umbridge
Published: 6/11/2025 -
Prof Responds- Gilderoy Lockhart: Ravenclaw or Ravenfraud?
Published: 6/4/2025 -
Fame Is a Fickle Fraud: Here Lies Gilderoy Lockhart
Published: 5/28/2025 -
Prof Responds- Mom or Mess, Petty or Possessed: McGonagall & Quirrell
Published: 5/21/2025 -
Ambition and Audacity: The Two Faces of Quirinus Quirrell
Published: 5/14/2025 -
The Silent Suffering of Minerva McGonagall
Published: 4/30/2025 -
Prof Responds- Remus Lupin & the Struggle to Stay Human
Published: 4/23/2025 -
3.3%=100%: The Remus Lupin Story
Published: 4/16/2025 -
Prof Responds: Has anyone seen Peter Pettigrew?
Published: 4/9/2025 -
The "Ratdacity" of Peter Pettigrew
Published: 4/2/2025 -
Prof Responds- Death Eaters, Country Clubs, and the Cosplay of Power
Published: 3/26/2025 -
Lord Voldemort: More Diva than Dark Lord
Published: 3/19/2025 -
Prof Responds: The Power, The Pettiness, and The Pretty
Published: 3/12/2025 -
[Tom] Riddle Me this: The origin story of a pick me
Published: 3/6/2025 -
Prof Responds- The Pureblood Showdown
Published: 2/26/2025 -
It's a Pureblood Showdown: The Best, The Worst, and Everything in Between
Published: 2/19/2025
Instead of seeing criticism as an indication of not liking something, Professor Julian Wamble invites listeners of Critical Magic Theory to explore the things about the characters, plot points, and the Wizarding World of Harry Potter broadly that have always given them pause or made them smile without knowing why. It is in this navigation of the positive and the negative aspects of a world that we find true magic.