Best Gryffindor Podcasts (2024)

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The Potterverse: Chapter 24 – Occlumency | The Order Of The Phoenix

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Mary & Blake recap and give reaction to chapter 24 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – Occlumency. In this special episode, we’re in the car on the way home from watching the total eclipse that just happened! We discuss whether or not Dumbledore and Snape have Harry’s best interests at heart, if Sirius was doing the right thing as a guar…

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The Potterverse: Chapter 23 – Christmas At The Closed Ward | The Order Of The Phoenix

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Mary & Blake recap and give reaction to chapter 23 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – Christmas At The Closed Ward. We chat the nature of friendship and the roles the trio share with each other, how much Alice is truly aware of Neville, and why Blake breaks because of one VERY special character… SUBSCRIBE TO GET A NOTIFICATION WHEN NEW …

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The Potterverse: Chapter 22 – St. Mungo’s Hospital For Magical Maladies And Injuries

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Mary & Blake recap and give reaction to chapter 22 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – St. Mungo’s Hospital For Magical Maladies And Injuries. We chat the natural push and pull of character arcs for both Sirius and Harry, the real difference between foreshadowing and teasing, and why Harry’s ahd absolutely ENOUGH… UNLOCK BONUS EPISODES, …

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The Potterverse: Chapter 21 – The Eye Of The Snake | The Order Of The Phoenix

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Mary & Blake recap and give reaction to chapter 21 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – They Eye Of The Snake. We chat what separates the “Oneness” of Harry from Neville, the author setting up. major 3 beats to help amplify the remainder of the story, and why Blake is TOTALLY Pansy Parkinson… UNLOCK BONUS EPISODES, PREMIUM PODCASTS & MORE…

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The Potterverse: Chapter 20 – Hagrid’s Tale | The Order Of The Phoenix

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Mary & Blake recap and give reaction to chapter 20 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – Hagrid’s Tale. We chat the nature of storytelling within a story, how and why the death eaters are capable of making a more compelling case to the giants, and why Fang is feeling a little like Kevin McCallister right now… UNLOCK BONUS EPISODES, PREMIUM…

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The Potterverse: Chapter 19 – The Lion And The Serpent | The Order Of The Phoenix

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Mary & Blake recap and give reaction to chapter 19 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – The Lion And The Serpent. We chat why Dumbledore and Umbridge cannot exist in the same narrative, why the Slytherins are both good AND bad in this chapter, and Blake does his first different perspective in a LONG time…. UNLOCK BONUS EPISODES, PREMIUM P…

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The Potterverse: Chapter 18 – Dumbledore’s Army | The Order Of The Phoenix

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Mary & Blake discuss chapter 18 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – Dumbledore’s Army. We chat why Hermione’s judgement might not be the best in this chapter, Harry and Voldemort’s connection feeling like Rey and Kylo Ren, and why Dobby suffers from poor circulation. UNLOCK BONUS EPISODES, PREMIUM PODCASTS & MORE Join The #NerdClan SUBSC…

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The Potterverse: Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four | The Order Of The Phoenix

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Mary & Blake discuss chapter 17 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four. We chat if Umbridge is actually correct in enforcing the decree, why characterization needs to include traits ONLY that character should have, and why Justin Finch Fletchley continues to be the worst character in all of Potter… UNLO…

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The Potterverse: Chapter 16 – In The Hog’s Head | The Order Of The Phoenix

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Mary & Blake discuss chapter 16 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – In The Hog’s Head. We chat why this chapter is more focused on the outside world looking in on Harry as opposed the other way around, Harry starting to experience his “Luke Skywalker Moment”, and why Blake’s school wouldn’t allow the “poors” like Mary in it’s pub on camp…

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Our Lips Are Sealed (2000) 2:14:42

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G'day mate! Adri and Helene are headed to Australia as they talk about Our Lips Are Sealed (1999), starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. Join them for an episode of reminiscing about the Kneel Diamond, Emil Hatchew (bless you!), and our favorite outfits in the Dualstar universe yet! Pass us a note in class. Type up your notes in the computer lab (or…

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The Potterverse: Chapter 15 – The Hogwarts High Inquisitor | The Order Of The Phoenix

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Mary & Blake discuss chapter 15 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – The Hogwarts High Inquisitor. We chat the dangers of state run media, examples of good character dialogue vs. bad character dialogue, and why Mary had a giant Harp in her college dorm room…. UNLOCK BONUS EPISODES, PREMIUM PODCASTS & MORE Join The #NerdClan SUBSCRIBE TO G…

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Switching Goals (1999) 1:58:01

6M ago1:58:01

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Helene and Adri continue their nostalgia-filled Olsen twin journey with yet another Dualstar Entertainment production, Switching Goals (1999). Not known for our knowledge, or (frankly) passion, for sports, this episode is full of non-sporting observations with the occasional bone thrown at those of you who actually like sports. Find the show. https…

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About Your Hosts - Growing Up Millennial 1:14:43

6M ago1:14:43

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Growing Up Millennial is out now! We are available on all major podcast platforms! In this inaugural episode of the podcast, hosts Adri and Helene talk about how they grew up, how media impacted their lives, their hopes for season one of the podcast, and what the show will cover in the future. Pass us a note in class. Type up your notes in the comp…

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Growing Up Millennial: Season 1 - Passport to Paris (1999) 1:48:36

6M ago1:48:36

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Get your passports ready, we're headed to Paris! Well, more like Parisian streets with a heavy dose of California interior and exterior shots, but you get the picture. Join Helene and Adri as they dish all about the 1999 Dualstar Entertainment / Tapestry Films classic that made us want crossbody backpacks, Passport to Paris (1999). This movie was p…

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Growing Up Millennial: Season 1 - The Olsen Twins' Dualstar Entertainment Empire 1:43

6M ago1:43

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Season one of Growing Up Millennial holds a really special place in our hearts: the direct-to-video (that's VHS to you, dear listeners) movies made by the Olsen Twins in the '90s and early aughts. These films were a staple of our combined childhood (even with our seven-year age difference), and Adri and Helene are here to dissect, discuss, and remi…

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The Potterverse: Chapter 14 – Percy And Padfoot | The Order Of The Phoenix

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Mary & Blake discuss chapter 14 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – Percy And Padfoot. We chat the magic of dialogue placement and pacing, why the movie forgot to give Cho a character, and why Hermione is kinda living the life of that show “The Summer I Turned Pretty”. UNLOCK BONUS EPISODES, PREMIUM PODCASTS & MORE Join The #NerdClan SUB…

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The Potterverse: Chapter 13 – Detention With Dolores | The Order Of The Phoenix

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Mary & Blake discuss chapter 13 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – Detention With Dolores. We chat why the scary is the subtlety, why this isn’t the best chapter for Hermione fans, and Blake gives a truly AWFUL impersonation of Bane from The Dark Knight Rises…. UNLOCK BONUS EPISODES, PREMIUM PODCASTS & MORE Join The #NerdClan SUBSCRIBE …

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Introducing Growing Up Millennial 1:39

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Mark your calendars with glitter gel pens! Growing Up Millennial is launching on November 1, 2023. We're a podcast about all things nostalgia from the 90s to the early aughts. Remember that feeling you got when you’d rush home after school, wearing those butterfly clips and/or chain wallets, to watch your favorite TV shows and movies? Do you rememb…

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The Potterverse: Chapter 12 – Professor Umbridge | The Order Of The Phoenix

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Mary & Blake discuss chapter 12 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – Professor Umbridge. We chat if we think Umbridge is actually wrong with her assessment of Hogwarts, why McGonagall is sneaky great, and the unfortunate rise of “Pinkhats” in sports… UNLOCK BONUS EPISODES, PREMIUM PODCASTS & MORE Join The #NerdClan SUBSCRIBE TO GET A NOTI…

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The Potterverse: Chapter 11 – The Sorting Hat’s New Song | The Order Of The Phoenix

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Mary & Blake discuss chapter 11 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – The Sorting Hat’s New Song. We chat the authors setting up Harry’s isolation and changing the fabric of the one place place in which he finds solace, why Umbridge should have been setting of MAJOR red flags from the jump, and why if you’re going to have friends, then you…

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The Potterverse: Chapter 10 – Luna Lovegood | The Order Of The Phoenix

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Mary & Blake discuss chapter 10 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – Luna Lovegood. We discuss why setting up Draco as a prefect is a stellar writing device on multiple levels, why the movie gets so much right from this scene but mistakenly leaves out a much needed form of levity, and why we desperately need a Ravenclaw to tell us what th…

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The Potterverse: Chapter 9 – The Woes Of Mrs. Weasley | The Order Of The Phoenix

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The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 9 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – The Woes Of Mrs. Weasley. In this episode, Mary & Blake discuss how the author sets up a mental map of the Ministry for later in the book, why we should be way more terrified of Lucius Malfoy, and why Remus peaked in high school… UNLOCK BONUS EPISODE…

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738: Welcome to the End (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, entire book) 2:00:17

10M ago2:00:17

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Well, here it is... [wait for dramatic pause] We've arrived at the final episode of Accio Politics. If you've just joined us or if you've found us somewhere along the way, thanks for listening and being with us until the very end. While this is the end of this venture, keep your eyes and ears trained on this feed because we'll be posting the first …

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737: The Politics of Family and Legacy (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 37) 1:47:13

10M ago1:47:13

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Here we are, nineteen years later (or so it feels after re-reading the entire series week by week). In the series' epilogue, we see the Golden Trio with some familial additions. We talk about how families are structured in the wizarding world, as well as the power names carry in the series.

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The Potterverse: Chapter 8 – The Hearing | The Order Of The Phoenix

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The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 8 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – The Hearing. In this episode, Mary & Blake discuss the motivations behind Fudge’s actions, why this might be the scariest chapter in all of Harry Potter, and we have a VERY special guest… UNLOCK BONUS EPISODES, PREMIUM PODCASTS & MORE Join The #NerdC…

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736 - The Flaw in the Podcast (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 36) 1:17:25

10M ago1:17:25

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Hold on to your wands, this is one of the last episodes in our show's history! We talk about the penultimate chapter of DH (or if you don't count Epilogues as strictly chapters, this is the LAST chapter of the seventh book). Your hosts talk about the politics of confidence and bravery, how these intersect and how they diverge, and they also manage …

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735: The Politics of the Afterlife (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 35) 1:23:38

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This is the one where we talk about the structure of the afterlife in the series, Dumbledore wisdom, and much more. We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com OR acciopolitics@gmail.com Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: acciopolitics@gmail.com, info@acciopolitics.co…

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734: Read the TW in the episode notes (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 34) 1:37:52

10M ago1:37:52

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TW: Discussions of suicide. Please take care of yourself and skip this episode if you need to take care of yourself. We're here to talk about chapter 34 of DH, where Harry faces death head-on and sacrifices himself for what he believes to be the greater good. We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to …

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The Potterverse: Chapter 7 – The Ministry Of Magic | The Order Of The Phoenix

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The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 7 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – The Ministry Of Magic. In this episode, Mary & Blake discuss the difficulty of writing this kind of chapter due to plot, theme, and world-building, why it’s important to see the Ministry through Harry’s eyes, and why Blake is horrified at the notion …

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The Potterverse: Chapter 6 – The Noble And Most Ancient House Of Black | The Order Of The Phoenix

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The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 6 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – The Noble And Most Ancient House Of Black. In this episode, Mary & Blake discuss why the struggle and motivation revealed in this chapter make Sirius a great character, the plot being very simple for a reason, and why Mary couldn’t help but do the Di…

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The Potterverse: Chapter 5 – The Order Of The Phoenix | The Order Of The Phoenix

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The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 5 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – The Order Of The Phoenix. In this episode, Mary & Blake discuss the need for tonal balance and characters like Tonks, the implications behind the decisions made for Harry by his Godfather and his adoptive mother, and why Blake LOVES the idea of a bow…

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733: Snape is the Worst (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 33) 1:29:46

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We talk about how Snape’s redemption arc wasn’t very convincing and/or satisfying through the lens of Obsessive Love Disorder and Incel Culture. We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com OR acciopolitics@gmail.com Do you prefer the written word? Send us an owl: acciopolitics@gma…

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The Potterverse: Chapter 4 – Number Twelve Grimmauld Place | The Order Of The Phoenix

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The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 4 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – Number Twelve Grimmauld Place. In this episode, Mary & Blake discuss if Harry is justified in his anger, the emotional complexity of Percy’s choices, and why Blake totally threw Mary off her “different perspective” game! UNLOCK BONUS EPISODES, PREMIU…

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732: The One where We talk About our Current Favorite Writer at the End (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 32) 1:04:46

12M ago1:04:46

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Your hosts talk about chapter 32 through the lens of singlemindedness and collateral damage. If you stay with us until the end, you get to listen to our discussion of our current favorite writer: Emily Henry. We want to hear from you! Leave us a voicemail: 915.996.1699 or email an mp3 recording to info@acciopolitics.com OR acciopolitics@gmail.com D…

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731: The Battle of Hogwarts (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 31) 1:25:22

12M ago1:25:22

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This is the one where Voldemort gives everyone at Hogwarts the choice to deliver Harry to him before midnight otherwise the Death Eaters will attack the school. Only Pansy Parkinson seems to think this is a good idea so everyone braces to fight while Harry still struggles to determine where to find Ravenclaw’s Diadem. With Ron and Hermione nowhere …

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The Potterverse: Chapter 3 – The Advance Guard | The Order Of The Phoenix

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The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 3 of Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix – The Advance Guard. In this episode, Mary & Blake discuss the wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am nature of the chapter, why Tonks is perfectly characterized within the first few lines of meeting her, and why Vernon Dursley LOVES to rat on his neighbors. UNLOCK …

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