Potter Nonsense
Potter Nonsense
Fi and Rae
Fi and Rae are two friends for whom Harry Potter began their love of reading. Now they're taking their questions about the Wizarding World to a more public forum.
Episode 23: Les Mis but with Magic
We talk societies bucking against the Statute of Secrecy, and sex education at Hogwarts. Mentioned: Conservatives love to advocate for mass hysteria Wizard Oneida Bettina Arndt? Weirdly? The Snape Voice South Park and its associated works A Transition Contact links: Facebook Fi's Twitter Rae's Twitter Bronze Pig Media Twitter
Mar 4, 2020
52 min
Episode 22: 14 and Edgy AF
Fi and Rae discuss the faults of the house system, and somehow talk a whole lot about Astrology? Mentioned: How radicalisation works Myers Briggs England hasn’t really changed culturally for 1000 years Downton Downunder Damsels in Disney Contact links: Facebook Fi's Twitter Rae's Twitter Bronze Pig Media Twitter
Feb 17, 2020
1 hr
Episode 21: The Snapening
Part 2 of 2.  Alice has some stuff to say about Count Olaf, Fi reveals her most hated popular canon-bending fanon, and we discuss the worst spell in the series.  We ended up with 12 distinct terrible Snape things but we may have miscounted. Mentioned: Invasive species in Australia Schoolies No ethical consumption under capitalism Contact links: Facebook Fi's Twitter Rae's Twitter Bronze Pig Media Twitter Find Alice on her Instagram
Jan 27, 2020
1 hr 6 min
Episode 20: The Snapisode
The moment everyone was waiting for, part 1 of the dedicated Severus Snape episode, with Alice returning as our guest.  We begin with Snape's decision to bully children as a man in his 30s. Spoilers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker begin at 29:20 and end at 30:05. Mentioned: Littlefinger and Sansa Listening to your own podcasts Kylo Ren is Space Snape Explanations ≠ Excuses Contact links: Facebook Fi's Twitter Rae's Twitter Bronze Pig Media Twitter Find Alice on her Instagram
Jan 20, 2020
50 min
Episode 19: Say You Wear Bonds Underwear
Fashion in the wizarding world!  What do wizards wear under their robes?  Why does Molly Weasley even make jumpers?  Tattoos??? Mentioned: We want self altering clothing The 30 year fashion cycle Emma 2020 Much Ado About Nothing 1993 Nick Kyrgios' getting fired from bonds The Usual Links: Facebook Fi's Twitter Rae's Twitter Bronze Pig Media Twitter
Jan 13, 2020
1 hr 4 min
Rejecting the Devil, but not all her works.
An apology and a reaction. The Usual Links: Facebook Fi's Twitter Rae's Twitter Bronze Pig Media Twitter
Dec 20, 2019
8 min
Episode 18: If you can catch a hippo, you deserve to eat it
We talk veganism in the wizarding world with Alice, Special Guest Vegan and Sword-Distributing Watery Bint. Mentioned: How bees work Escaped animal stories Making stuff taste like salmon Malfoy family nonsense Dumbledore, Yoda and Professor X have a tea party West Ham United vs Sumos Sneaking dogs into Hogwarts The Usual Links: Facebook Fi's Twitter Rae's Twitter Bronze Pig Media Twitter Find Alice on her Instagram
Dec 16, 2019
1 hr 25 min
Episode 17: Baby's First Feminism
The Many Missions of Hermione Granger: rights for sapient creatures, education, maybe ending the International Statute of Secrecy?  All the establishment-frustrating stuff that would prevent her from becoming Minister for Magic. Featuring: Two white Australians awkwardly discussing slavery again More Tudor Era discourse Witch and werewolf hunts, vampire panics Rae missed her calling as a contortionist A neurological explanation for why this podcast is the way that it is Fanfiction corner The Usual Links: Facebook Fi's Twitter Rae's Twitter Bronze Pig Media Twitter
Dec 9, 2019
58 min
Episode 16: Splinch the Baby
Lily Potter deserved better from the books, the movies, and honestly from this episode where Rae and Fi went on the most tangents we've ever been on. Mentioned: The Munchverse This picture of the Slug Club Henry Cavill, Keanu Reeves and Christian Bale, for some reason The Underworld series Open Plan Housing Hatpin Stabbings All the other mums failed by fiction The Usual Links: Facebook Fi's Twitter Rae's Twitter Bronze Pig Media Twitter
Nov 25, 2019
1 hr 6 min
Episode 15: Spelunking?
Fi and Rae speculate on what happens in the classes we don't get to see at Hogwarts.  Detours include: Creatures who are reproductively compatible with humans, our own fun ancestry, a brief trip to the Renaissance, and the fact that Professor Binns should be fired. Content warning for references to real world slavery. Mentioned: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor's unfortunate Habsburg Chin Podcast rec: Tudor I Hardly Know Her The Usual Links: Facebook Fi's Twitter Rae's Twitter Bronze Pig Media Twitter
Nov 18, 2019
1 hr 18 min
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