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  • Major Potions 3: Babbling is in the Eye of the Beholder

    Major Potions 3: Babbling is in the Eye of the Beholder
    2026/08/15

    Take one last sip of your wit-sharpening potion and open your copy of Advanced Potion-Making : Join as Ev, Irvin, Karoline, and our guest Gilad wrap up the discussion after half a year of potions.

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    In this episode:

    • We're saving lives and teaching punctuation
    • Lucy Pevensie has a bottle of dittany
    • Madam Pomfrey is using magical essential oils
    • Snape is counting on a disastrous potion to cure boils
    • The many uses of hair-raising potions
    • Per our guest, Draco is absolutely correct
    • What is everlasting with an everlasting elixir?
    • Some deeply unimpressed muggle-borns
    • We figure out what a Scintillating Solution does
    • The Skele-Gro Scandal of 1978

    Resources:

    • Episodes 82-89 in our Potions series
    • Episode 90 Part 1 of Major Potions (The Classical Period of Magic)
    • Episode 92 Part 2 of Major Potions (Skele-Gro is the Next Fad Diet)
    • Potions by Pottermore

    Pub's Jukebox:

    • Amortentia by Split Seven Ways

    Contact:

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    2 時間 55 分
  • Major Potions 2: Skele-Gro is the Next Fad Diet

    Major Potions 2: Skele-Gro is the Next Fad Diet
    2026/08/01

    Grab your quill as it is time for remedial potions: Follow along as Ev, Irvin, Karoline, and our guest Gilad accidentally drink a pint of Babbling Beverage, condemning them to endless chatter.

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    In this episode:

    • We want Ron to suffer but be happy about it
    • Karoline goes down a rabies hole
    • Our tadpole knowledge is severely lacking
    • How was Aunt Marge deflated?
    • Swelling Solution is magical botox
    • We become a philosophy podcast and discuss immortality
    • The potion for an ethical vampire society
    • Steam the germs away
    • The potion to up one's pep

    Resources:

    • Episodes 82-89 in our Potions series
    • Episode 90 Part 1 of Major Potions (The Classical Period of Magic)
    • Potions by Pottermore

    Contact:

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    2 時間 51 分
  • Strike Crossover: Reject the Flobberworm Life!

    Strike Crossover: Reject the Flobberworm Life!
    2026/07/18
    Join hosts Ev, Irvin, and Sophia, as well as special guests Dr. Beatrice Grove, Dr. Louise Freeman, and Nick Jeffrey, as they discuss the parallels between Cuckoo's Calling from the Cormoran Strike series and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Please be warned that there will be spoilers for the Cormoran Strike books in this episode, up to and including Hallmarked Man. Join the discussion on our website In this episode: Where is the Strike rock scene? What would the bands be called?Leda's love is a more psychologically complex version of Lily'sYou can come of age at any age!Strike is our Hagrid here, not just because he's hairy.We all find where we belong on Charing Cross RoadDoes John have a Dark Lord in the back of his head?Tony was madly in love with Leda StrikeWho is notably toxic to beef?Read what the stars are telling us!We're looking forward to the Battle of Denmark Street Resources: The Psychopaths - Bristow, Riddle, and Crouch by IrvinReverse Alchemy in HP and Strike: The Connection of Ring Composition and Literary Alchemy in the Layout of the Seven Book Harry Potter Series by William SpragueThe Chiastic Structure of Harry Potter by Joe ThackerRobin Ellacott and Reverse Alchemy: Transformation Through the First Three Strike Texts by Louise Freeman Cormoran Strike and the Itch That Cannot Be Scratched by Louise FreemanStrike-Potter Parallels: Cuckoo & Stone by John GrangerLiterary Allusion in Cuckoo's Calling: Part 1: Christina Rossetti's "A Dirge" by Beatrice GrovesPart 2: Tennyson's "Ulysses" by Beatrice Groves Handfasting in "The Cuckoo's Calling" and "Harry Potter": A Discovery of a Walt Whitman Poem? by Beatrice Groves For more from our guests: Louise Freeman: @lmf3b on TwitterDoc Thelma on RedditThe Farting Sofa Faculty LoungeThe Harry Potter Academic ConferenceQueen City Magic Beatrice Groves: @beatricegroves1 on TwitterBeatrice Groves on MuggleNetBeatrice Groves on Hogwarts ProfessorPotterversity Essays Exploring the World of Harry Potter Nick Jefferey: @gbjeffen on TwitterNick Jeffrey on Hogwarts ProfessorNick Jeffrey on Substack Contact: Website: https://threebroomstickspod.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/threebroomstickspod/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/threebroomstickspodcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/threebroompodEmail: 3broomstickspod@gmail.comPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/3broomsticks
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    2 時間 47 分
  • Major Potions: The Classical Period of Magic

    Major Potions: The Classical Period of Magic
    2026/07/04

    Grab your favourite potions book and start brewing: Follow along as Ev, Irvin, Karoline, and our guest Gilad bottle fame, brew glory, and even put a stopper in death.

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    In this episode:

    • Bacon is the essence of an Irvin sandwich
    • The age-old question: how are wizards okay with love potions?
    • How do you keep your mind during werewolf transformations?
    • How do you spritz a restorative draught?
    • Aging Potions would be a doctor's best diagnostic tool
    • Voldemort side-quest as a farmer
    • Ev's grandma and Voldemort have so much in common!
    • Voldemort has to do something a little bit extra
    • It's so exciting for Voldemort to touch Harry!

    Resources:

    • Episodes 82-89 in our Potions series
    • Episode 64 on the topic of Disbelieved Deaths
    • Potions by Pottermore

    Pub's Jukebox:

    • "Potions Yesterday" by Draco and the Malfoys

    Contact:

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    2 時間 41 分
  • HBP Chapter 14: Placebo Felicis

    HBP Chapter 14: Placebo Felicis
    2026/06/20

    Chug your pumpkin juice and let's win that Quidditch match! Join as Karoline, Sophia, Taavi, and our guest Ella discuss Chapter 14 of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: Felix Felicis!

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    In this episode:

    • The romantic drama of the chapter splits our panel
    • An in-depth enumeration of all the ways Ron sucks
    • Harry is a bad friend
    • Hermione doesn't get enough credit for her Quidditch passion
    • Ginny tells the whole castle that Ron makes out with his aunt
    • Viktor Krum's Quidditch prowess lives rent-free in Ron's head
    • WON WON!!
    • Ron's Inauguration into the Society of Filthy Hippogryffs
    • Would Felix Felicis make a good anxiety medication?

    For more from our guest Ella:

    • @ellaheipt on Instagram

    Contact:

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    2 時間 19 分
  • Felix Felicis: May the Felix Be With You

    Felix Felicis: May the Felix Be With You
    2026/06/06
    Grab your drink but remember to only have a little sip: Join Ev, Irvin, Taavi and our guest Margarete as they get giddy, reckless, and dangerously overconfident while discussing the most curious little potion called Felix Felicis. Join the discussion on our website In this episode: Potions affect yourself, as opposed to all other magic that can affect othersSomehow, it's all Percy's faultCan a potion be omniscient?Do we trust men named Zugmunt?Do Slughorn's memories have an Autorecover feature?Felix Felicis makes drinkers act OOCEverybody hates moral philosophersHow did Slughorn get the Felix Felicis?Was Snape swigging some Felix?How much coffee is a reasonable amount of coffee? Resources: Felix Felicis from the HP LexiconFelix Felicis: Understanding Snape's Innocence by Brianna Leigh WoellSnape's Lucky Escape: Did the Felix Felicis Potion Really Fail? by Christy MorleyFantastic Potions and How They Helped Albus Dumbledore in HBP by Felicitys_mindFelix Felicis series at MuggleNet by Irvin Khaytman: Part 1: Felix's Helping HandPart 2: Free Will and FelixPart 3: How Felix WorksPart 4: Conversing with SlughornPart 5: Fight with the Fat LadyPart 6: The Felix-Struck Tower Pub's Jukebox: "Felix Felicis" by Hawhtorn & Holly"Felix Felicis" by Harry and the Potters Contact: Website: https://threebroomstickspod.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/threebroomstickspod/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/threebroomstickspodcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/threebroompodEmail: 3broomstickspod@gmail.comPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/3broomsticks
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    2 時間 32 分
  • GoF Chapter 35 (Part 2): Get the Dark Lord a Cough Drop!

    GoF Chapter 35 (Part 2): Get the Dark Lord a Cough Drop!
    2026/05/23

    Grab a tea and a cough drop so you can get through your villain monologue without losing your voice: Join Irvin, Karoline, Sophia and our guest Lizzie as they finish their discussion of Chapter 35 of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - "Veritaserum"!

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    In this episode:

    • How did Voldemort get through his villain monologue without a water bottle?
    • What is the Dark Order and who believes in it?
    • When do dementors dig graves for prisoners?
    • The ultimate Daddy Issues episode
    • Whose Voldy obsession is superlative?
    • Humanizing our villains through sport
    • Why is Barty Crouch Sr. turned into a bone?
    • Playing fetch with Bartz Crouch Sr.
    • Lupin's highly creative storytelling

    Resources:

    • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Sevens by Irvin Khaytman
    • The Fallen Fathers of Goblet of Fire by Irvin Khaytman
    • The Schemes Behind the Spite: Why Voldemort Really Jinxed the DADA Job by Sophia Jenkins
    • Dumbledore: The Life and Lies by Irvin Khaytman

    Contact:

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    2 時間 10 分
  • GoF Chapter 35 (Part 1): Winky's Drinking Stymies Dumbledore

    GoF Chapter 35 (Part 1): Winky's Drinking Stymies Dumbledore
    2026/05/09

    Get behind the bar and start mixing Polyjuice Potion and Veritaserum together for a new special drink: Join Irvin, Karoline, Sophia and our guest Lizzie, in discussion of Chapter 35 of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - "Veritaserum"!

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    In this episode:

    • Mad Barty Crouch Eyes
    • What does Dumbledore know during the Third Task?
    • What does Moody call Lord Voldemort? What about Fake Moody?
    • Who calls Voldemort "daddy"?
    • Is Winky a master Occlumens… or just very drunk?
    • The merits of villain monologues
    • Hermione is a walking and talking book, really
    • Cheating on behalf of Harry
    • Is Snape foe(glass) or friend?
    • Is Moody's chest a Tardis?

    Resources:

    • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Sevens by Irvin Khaytman
    • The Fallen Fathers of Goblet of Fire by Irvin Khaytman
    • The Schemes Behind the Spite: Why Voldemort Really Jinxed the DADA Job by Sophia Jenkins
    • The Role of Books in the Hogwarts Saga by David Martin
    • A Very Bad Year for Albus Dumbledore (and it's all Snape's fault) by Josie Kearns
    • Dumbledore: The Life and Lies by Irvin Khaytman

    Pub's Jukebox: The Tournament by Slytherin Soundtrack

    Contact:

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    2 時間 27 分