Your Wizard Rock Radio Station
Hello magical friends, and welcome to episode 128 of WZRD Radio! I’m your hostwitch Bess and I’m getting excited for what I consider the festive season, fall through winter. Harvest festivals, Halloween, and all the darkest-night parties are coming!
To get us started, here’s The Butterbeer Experience with “The Weasley Way.”
Continue reading “Episode 128: Remember the Good Times”Hello magical friends, and welcome to episode 108 of WZRD Radio! I’m your hostwitch Bess, and today’s interview has been actual years in the making.
Before we get to the interview, however, I wanted to do a quick recap of WZRDFest and WZRD Presents. Between the rain and the power outage you might think it was a disaster, but only if you don’t know wizard rock. We had a rave in the dark, an unplugged rap battle, a pizza party, and the most fun I can remember having, with so many of my favorite people.
It was a reminder that we never cede ground to transphobes, and that includes fandoms. We plant out feet, lock our elbows, and ensure those ideals can’t flourish in our space. It’s why we boycott, and why we write, draw, collage, and make music so joyfully.
I don’t have the words to say everything that WZRD Presents was. Luckily, the Galleon Guy did it for me in our first song, “WZRDFest for good.”
Continue reading “Episode 108: Ludo Bagman and the Trash”Hello magical friends, and welcome to episode 98 of WZRD Radio! I’m your hostwitch Bess, and we are getting so close to the 100th episode! Thank you to everyone who’s been reviewing and starring and spreading the good word of wrock as part of the 100 for 100. You all write such nice things, and it’s surprisingly heartening to see all the stars on places like Spotify.
Today’s episode is with a wizard rocker who came to the community, as many do, with the thought “this is silly,” and found out what a wonderful place this really is. I can’t wait to share that story with you, but first we’ve got some music.
Here’s “Felix Felicis” by Swish and Flick.
Continue reading “Episode 98: Rubeus and the Hagrids”Hello magical friends, and welcome to episode 75 of WZRD Radio! I’m your hostwitch Bess and this month I’m talking to some of wizard rock’s most enthusiastic innovators—The Swedish Shortsnouts! We had such a wonderful conversation and I can’t wait to share it with you.
Of course, first we’ve got some music to listen to, so without further ado, here’s Alex Boyd and “I Could Use A House Elf.”
~*~
Continue reading “Episode 75: The Swedish Shortsnouts”Hello magical friends, and welcome to episode 53 of WZRD Radio. I’m your hostwitch Bess and this month—July—is one of the busiest in the Harry Potter fandom. So don’t forget to stay hydrated, stay vaxxed, and stay masked as you meet up with all your magical friends.
We’ll get into some of the wonderful fandom events soon, but here at WZRD, the music comes first.
Here’s “In Which Moaning Myrtle Moans” by The Moaning Myrtles.
Continue reading “Episode 53: In Which I Kick Harry Potter in the Face”Transcript:
Happy anniversary, magical friends! I’m your hostwitch Bess and this is the first anniversary of WZRD Radio! Can you believe it’s been a whole year of wizard rock?
Let’s get this anniversary party started! Nothing kicks off a celebration like Tonks and the Aurors, so here’s “1984 – Welcome.”
Continue reading “Episode 22: Invincble”In which Grace Kendall talks about what keeps wizard rock going–behind the music–and all the ways they’re encouraging new people to join.
Continue reading “Episode 12: Grace Kendall”This month I got to talk with Li of Pussycat Dolores and it was awesome! I’ve never really considered Umbridge before (besides how much I hated her) but Li definitely changed that!
Continue reading “Episode 8: Pussycat Dolores”I laughed through this interview; I hope you do to!
Continue reading “Episode 6: The Blibbering Humdingers”
WZRD Radio Podcast 