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Episode 44: J.K.'s Magical Meltdown

Goblet of Fire chapter 27. JK Rowling decided to just have a full on twitter meltdown right as we were about to record this week, so we spend a lot of time talking about her bizarre takes on income...

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Common Room Episode 12: Barry Stylish

With Legacies still a couple of weeks away, we wandered in the desert of Wattpad to find After, the most accursed piece of fiction ever given a movie deal. We also discuss some quality Goodreads dr...

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first goal update

Hey folks, just wanna give a heads up that the first patreon goal reward thing (the certain chapter read by a certain special guest) is coming soon... I was halfway through recording it when I got ...

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Episode 43: Well, Here We Go Again!

Goblet of Fire chapters 25-26. We're back! After a long holiday break we dust out the cobwebs and discuss classic literature, bitcoin, commemorative 9/11 coins, and mermaids! The reading this episo...

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Shrieking at the Movies: Abduction (2011)

We watched Abduction starring Taylor Lautner to ring in the new year.

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Episode 42: Welcome to the Black Parade, 'Arry

Goblet of Fire chapter 24. Rita Skeeter's Scoop is here, but before that we have some scoops of our own: chiefly, more deets from the case of JK Rowling's rogue personal assistant. Our reading this...

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Common Room 11: Toothpaste Tube Demonstration

We're both sick, but we've overcome our ailments to discuss very important things: CW's Legacies, book marketing, and toothpaste tubes. 

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Episode 41: Viktor Kum

Goblet of Fire chapters 22-23. We have seen Dobby's ass, and balls. We also want to know whether or not Dobby has a beard, but that's sort of secondary to his ass and balls. Speaking of ass, these cha...

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Hurtwood Common Room: We Love Trash

Trash, yum yum! We gush about Legacies finally giving the Woke Succubus a girlfriend, get excited for the Roswell reboot, and dish about more YA.

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Episode 40: Grimble Film

Goblet of Fire chapter 21. The House Elf Liberation Front chapter is here, but before we can unpack it we have to mourn a high-profile death and dig into some JK Rowling Twitter drama. Also, Grimble F...

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Read Another Book: A Thousand Perfect Notes

Our journey through Goodreads-approved YA novels continues.

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Episode 39: Steampunk Egg

Goblet of Fire chapters 18-19. We're back! After taking a break for the holiday, we have lots to say about box office numbers, Bustle, and Artemis Fowl. Our reading this week has dragons (good) and Ha...

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Hurtwood Common Room: All Tied Up

Just when we were wondering if Legacies was petering out, episode 4 turned out to be the most insane one yet. After that recap we dig into Harry Potter Youtube to probe their Crimes of Grindelwald rea...

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Primo Shrieks

We took a break from our main reading episode for the holiday this week, but there was just enough time after recording a bonus episode to cut together our first clip show. Hear us progress from awkwa...

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Hurtwood Common Room: The Least Wonderful Time of the Year

America's worst holiday is upon us! While we didn't have time to record a full episode, we did sit down for an extra large Common Room discussion that's equal part Crimes of Grindelwald post-mortem an...

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Episode 38: The Wheighing of the Whands

  

Goblet of Fire chapter 18. Content warning for transphobia discussion, because this chapter has a part that sucks big time!!

The  Crimes of Grindelwald (listen to the episode...

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Shrieking at the Movies: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

  

Well, we saw it. We did our waiting and saw the damn movie on opening night, and it sure was an experience. How many beasts  were there, and just how fantastic were they? What were...

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Episode 37: Buy More Candles

Goblet of Fire chapters 16-17. We recount the tale of a folk hero who bilked JK Rowling out of Starbucks money before digging into our chapters. There's a surprising amount of harpy discourse, a littl...

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Hurtwood Common Room: Dobby Darko

We briefly check in with Legacies, the best show ever made, before talking about more pressing matters: the Fantastic Beasts spoilers that are floating around.

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Episode 36: Dobby of Gor

Goblet of Fire chapters 14-15. This episode has it all: box office predictions! Williams-Sonoma catalogs! Ruminations on the politics of violence in fiction! Funny voices! Theories about cut character...

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Hurtwood Common Room: Woke Succubus

We watched the first episode of the CW's Legacies and we are now officially stans. We walk through the first episode before taking care of some other common room business before the ghosts come back t...

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Episode 35: Oui Oui

Goblet of Fire chapters 12-13. The last episode of Dark Arts Month 2018 is here, and we have Halloween costumes to discuss! But before that we have the news (cursed) and our reading (surprisingly, muc...

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Hurtwood Common Room: Jordan B. Shoppin

We have a Fault in Our Stars postmortem, some Goodreads thoughts, and some hints at an upcoming special episode investigation for you all in this cozy common room chat! A special guest also keeps drop...

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Episode 34: Get Him Off

Goblet of Fire chapters 9-11. We've got news! We discuss the frankly bonkers Johnny Depp interview from last week's EW and talk about snake percentages. After that, we discuss politics and worldbuildi...

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Read Another Book: The Fault in Our Stars (movie)

We watched the movie, and we're here to talk about green screens, casting decisions, and dubious sources of inspiration!

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Episode 33: Centrist Season

Goblet of Fire chapters 7-8. Halloween is here! JK has been on one again, so we catch up with her Twitter antics. We also check in with Hogwarts Logic(s), Professor Snape, and the rest of the Harry Po...

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Read Another Book: The Fault in Our Stars

We did it. We took our own advice and read another book. Since we've been talking about/dunking on YA novels for a few bonus episodes, it's only fair that we gave the ur-YA novel a shot to see if we h...

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Episode 32: Whizarding Whorld

Goblet of Fire chapters 5-6. For the second week in a row, we're here to pick up a Pulitzer for our investigative reporting! This time it's for our role in predicting and uncovering (well, mostly just...

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Hurtwood Common Room 3: Anders the Aardvark Loves Science

We get into the weeds on Goodreads reviews of historical documents and "adult" Harry Potter alternatives before Xeecee reads a lovely bedtime story from Reddit.

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Episode 31: Nagini

Goblet of Fire chapters 3-5. Well, here we are. We tackle the Nagini news head on in our third segment, but before that we have general Fantastic Beasts trailer impressions and three chapters to discu...

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