Critical Magic Theory: An Analytical Harry Potter Podcast
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.
Latest Episode
Shedding Old Skins: Rethinking Slytherin House (20.08.2025)
Previous Episodes
- Beyond the "Smart House": The Spectrum of Ravenclaw 13.08.2025
- Can curiosity k*** the Ravenclaw 06.08.2025
- Hufflepuffs & The Politics of Conditional Morality 30.07.2025
- Don't Pet the Badgers: Unpacking Hufflepuff House 23.07.2025
- Prof Responds: The Shawls, Sherry, and Shenanigans of Sybill Trelawney 16.07.2025
- Sybill Trelawney: Seeing, but Not Believed 10.07.2025
- Prof Response- Bigger than the Box: the Rubeus Hagrid Story 02.07.2025
- Caretaker, Friend, Scapegoat: The Rubeus Hagrid Story 25.06.2025
- Prof Responds- The Umbridge Trap 18.06.2025
- The Devil Wears Pink: The Violence, Villainy, and Vanity of Dolores Umbridge 11.06.2025
- Prof Responds- Gilderoy Lockhart: Ravenclaw or Ravenfraud? 04.06.2025
- Fame Is a Fickle Fraud: Here Lies Gilderoy Lockhart 28.05.2025
- Prof Responds- Mom or Mess, Petty or Possessed: McGonagall & Quirrell 21.05.2025
- Ambition and Audacity: The Two Faces of Quirinus Quirrell 14.05.2025
- The Silent Suffering of Minerva McGonagall 30.04.2025
- Prof Responds- Remus Lupin & the Struggle to Stay Human 23.04.2025
- 3.3%=100%: The Remus Lupin Story 16.04.2025
- Prof Responds: Has anyone seen Peter Pettigrew? 09.04.2025
- The "Ratdacity" of Peter Pettigrew 02.04.2025
- Prof Responds- Death Eaters, Country Clubs, and the Cosplay of Power 26.03.2025
