We chat a bit about bad TV before rolling up our sleeves and creating some business plans, which mostly involve talking about Star Wars and xeecee not understanding what "trade secrets" are for 40 minutes.
note: i also mix up shadows of the empire and dark empire. do not own me please
2020-03-05 21:49:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Half-Blood Prince chapter 20. Lost at sea without much news this week, we are left to contend with The Terror: the knowledge that constant information blowouts on J.K Rowling's new book and the next Fantastic Beasts film--and perhaps something else?--are looming on the horizon. We also have an interesting chapter this week, full of Evil Gentleman content, pensieve strangeness, and (at last) the...
2020-02-28 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
With the announcement of Universal acquiring the movie rights to The Mister, we workshop our ideal adaptation.
2020-02-27 21:36:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Half-Blood Prince chapter 19. We've got a ton of news this week between the announcement of the Granger 2020 campaign (???) and a truly bonkers game of telephone about a tour guide who claims he's the subject of the next J.K Rowling novel. Or does he?? We try to wrap our heads around this strange series of articles before discussing the first good chapter in a long while. Yes, the drought is ov...
2020-02-21 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
With Liz at the helm of the Common Room, we discuss: Higurashi, evil gentlemen, product placement, and more!
2020-02-20 22:36:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Half-Blood Prince chapter 18. Wow! We've recorded 100 of these! We chat about this momentous achievement before grappling with the agony and the ecstasy of Harry Potter thanks to a chapter that both delights and frustrates us. There's plenty of interesting worldbuilding tidbits, lots of creepy dark comedy that works really well, and--unfortunately--a debilitating sense that none of it matters a...
2020-02-14 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We radically shake up our recording dynamic, check in with Gamer Chat, lament the new Green Day album, and revisit last week's Muggle Mystery.
2020-02-13 22:32:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Half-Blood Prince chapter 17. Well, here we are: another Pensieve chapter is upon us. Is it better than the last one? Worse, somehow? Tune in to find out, and learn all about zombie theories, congressmen, Rashomon parodies, and Supernatural (?) along the way!
2020-02-07 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
We chat about unruly technology, corporate success strategies, epic business wins, and joke about the possibility of cosmic forces at play in our podcast....before yet another Strange Event unfolds right before our very eyes as we record!
2020-02-06 21:31:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Half-Blood Prince chapter 16. We've got some music-quiz-related business to attend to this episode, as last week's estimation of Harry Potter's (and by extention, Dobby's) taste did NOT satisfy us. First, though, we have a dreaded recap chapter to... well, recap. Surprise! Everyone is being horrible to each other for no reason and the world they inhabit makes less sense with every new detail, b...
2020-01-31 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
It's still Witcher Season! We chat about the conclusion to the Bloody Baron questline and the razor's edge RPG writing walks dealing with heavy topics and player choice, as well as picking more flowers, cool witches, and more.
2020-01-30 23:06:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Half-Blood Prince chapter 15. After a series of truly dire chapters, we're granted a reprieve with a week's reading that features some pretty low lows, but some relieving highs. We chat about Jude Law's taste in heels, the continuing drama between Ron and Hermione, some truly vile implications for Fred and George's business acumen, some genuinely touching Luna content, and much more. We also ma...
2020-01-24 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Liz has been playing The Witcher 3 and we've been dying to talk about it! We chat about picking flowers, brewing potions, the Bloody Baron, evil trees, sorceress necklines, and more.
(Spoilers abound for Velen, the first main area of the game, which incidentally comes part and parcel with a content warning for discussions of domestic violence)
2020-01-23 23:06:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Half-Blood Prince chapter 14. We've got a real doozy of a chapter this week. Is it as bad as the last two? Maybe not. Is it weird and unpleasant in its own way? You bet! Ron and Hermione hate each other, Harry and Ron hate each other, Ron hates Dean Thomas, Ron hates Ginny, Ginny hates Ron, Hermione hates Harry, and Harry hates... Harper? Everyone is mad and full of contempt this week, and we d...
2020-01-17 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
The weather outside is frightful, but gaming? It's delightful! We chat about the weather, breakfast beverage habits, and lots of video games this week.
2020-01-16 20:54:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Half-Blood Prince chapter 13. Hoooooooooo-wee. We chat about WB's new AI greenlighting tool, the Fantastic Beasts franchise news, and a new low for pensieve chapters before checking in with Yelp and Google reviews for several Harry Potter tourist attractions!
2020-01-10 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Here we are, don't turn away now,
We are the warriors that built this town
Here we are, don't turn away now
We are the warriors that built this town
Half-blood Prince chapter 12. Happy 2020 everyone! Liz kicks the decade off with a harrowing tale of arcane coincidence, and we have one hell of a chapter to dig into. Choke-slams, cruel pranks, property crimes, curvy barmaids, and a mysterious curse awaited us this week. Finally, we check in on the Wizarding World website, just to see if everything is still Normal there.
2020-01-03 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We're back....we haven't recorded in a whole DECADE!!! and we're ready to talk about a little bit of the JKR fallout, Star Trek Into Darkness, and the whole Reylo Thing. (If you care about Rise of Skywalker spoilers, basically the entire episode after we give our spoiler warning Is About That)
2020-01-02 20:53:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Another year down! This episode contains some of the highlights of 2019's episodes. A huge thank you to everyone who has listened this year, the show wouldn't be possible without you. This episode will be going up on both Soundcloud and the Patreon feed (to maintain consistency between the two)
Here are the timestamps:
00:00 - Liz's Fawkes Prediction
02:08 - God Ha...
2019-12-27 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Half-Blood Prince chapter 11. Well, we got our wish. The monkey's paw has curled, and JK Rowling has returned to Twitter, but never in our wildest dreams could we have predicted exactly how she did it. Instead of coming back to dance around being a TERF, she just threw the mask off entirely and scorched the earth. This conversation dominates our news segment, but we do at least have an extremel...
2019-12-20 15:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Everything is normal. Everything is fine. Nothing out of the ordinary is happening, and things are good.
(we talk about Cats)
Half-Blood Prince chapter 10. We've got GAMER NEWS (match 3) and say a prayer for more GAMER NEWS (open world AAA RPG) before tackling one of the worst chapters in the entire series. Earnestly, it's a truly awful chapter, but we have a lot of fun bagging on it before turning to some Christmas cheer and a long tangent about Halo 3.
2019-12-13 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
we talk about The Discourse, Pokemon, and a touching Blackmilk lookbook story about two women and their red car.
2019-12-12 21:35:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Half-Blood Prince chapter 9. After taking a week off, we're back with tarot news and a personality analysis for Dobby! Then we have quite a chapter to get into, featuring a revamped Ernie Macmillen, Secret Agent Jack Sloper, and a hearty serving of Snape Content, as well as some weird potions and portentous smells. Finally, we listen to the newly released A Magical Time of Year, aka the Wizardi...
2019-12-06 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
We're back! With no podcast to research last week, someone fell down a Star Wars-shaped hole and has an obsession to work through this episode.
2019-12-05 20:53:50 +0000 UTC View Post
EXCLUSIVE to the Wizarding Wireless Network, the classic comedian returns to riff about life with the wife (and not much else). Presented by Wizard Columbia Records
2019-11-29 02:12:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Half-Blood Prince chapter 8. We reminisce about Fyre Festival and check in on Wizarding World Gold before banging our heads against Half-Blood Prince's confusingly selective portrayal of a world mad with paranoia but also not all that worried about Voldemort doing anything. Oh, but Snape gets some time in the spotlight this week, and it's incredible.
2019-11-22 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Someone told us about Cassandra Clare's Harry Potter fanfic past, so naturally we dug too greedily and too deep. (content warning; listen to the beginning of the ep for details) We also talk about pop music and the new Pokemon!
2019-11-22 00:22:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Half-Blood Prince chapter 7.
It's a slow news week after the rush of shocking events last episode, so we take a peek at some heartwarming (really!) Mugglenet content and chat about the newly-released Wizarding World Gold. Then we dissect Half-Blood Prince's first true stumble of a chapter, which features some absolute nonsense character depictions, a kinda uncomfortable character introduc...
2019-11-15 15:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post