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Hello magical friends, and welcome back to WZRD Radio! This is episode 87, and I’m your hostwitch Bess. I hope you had a warm winter and celebrated as many holidays as possible.
I’m thrilled to be back for another year of wizard rock, so let’s kick it off with “Marietta’s a Sneak” by Hawthorn and Holly.
Continue reading “Episode 87: Resistance”Hello magical friends, and welcome to episode 82 of WZRD Radio. I’m your hostwitch Bess, and I am getting excited for costume season, part 2! (Part 1, of course, being conventions.)
While you’re planning your next soiree, here’s some music to listen to.
First up is“Whatever Happens” by Split Seven Ways.
Continue reading “Episode 82: We Belong Together”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.”
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Continue reading “Episode 75: The Swedish Shortsnouts”
Hello magical friends, and welcome to this year’s birthday bonus of WZRD Radio! I’m your hostwitch Bess and I hope you’re all ready for this epic episode! TC from Pottership and I talk about our unpopular Harry Potter opinions. Personally, I had a blast and I hope you do too.
We’re going to dive right into it, after the music.
This is Totally Knuts and “In This Fairy Tale.”
Continue reading “WZRDship Bonus Episode”Hello magical friends, especially Lan and John, WZRD’s newest patrons, whose support lets me do these interview episodes!
I’m your hostwitch Bess and today I got to have a lovely chat with someone who’s seen the whole spectrum of wizard rock—and apparently made a fair bit of it!
Today’s guest is Patrick of The Hinky Punks.
Before we dig into the history of the Hinky Punks, I’ve curated a lovely collection of music for you, beginning with “Harry Potter’s Got A Firebolt” By Emeric Switch.
Continue reading “Episode 67: The Hinky Punks”Hello magical friends, and welcome to episode 65 of WZRD Radio. I’m your hostwitch Bess and we’re kicking off this year with an extra special guest: Lauren Fairweather! They are such a joy; I’m so glad they agreed to talk with me.
I can’t wait to share our conversation with you. First, however, it’s music time.
This is The Weirdos Are Out with “I Said No.”
Continue reading “Episode 65: Lauren Fairweather”Hello magical friends, and welcome to the first WZRD Radio episode of 2023! I’m your hostwitch Bess and I’m hoping you all have an exciting, but fully manageable, year ahead of you.
I’d like to say a special shout-out to my magical friend Geoff for this episode’s playlist! It does mean they can’t guess today’s theme with everyone else, but I appreciate that sacrifice.
Now, to fortify us for this new year, here’s some music!
We’re kicking off with The Butterbeer Experience and “The Prince’s Tale.”
Continue reading “Episode 64: It’s Real For Us”Hello magical friends, and welcome to the last episode of 2022! I’m your hostwitch Bess, and I’m getting excited for all the bright celebrations that come at the end of the year. Here’s hoping my city hires the Weasley Twins for the end-of-year fireworks, yeah?
It’s our third December together, magical friends, and you know what that means!
Here’s “A Very Severus Christmas” by Muggle Mike.
Continue reading “Episode 63: Flaming Christmas Puddings”Hello magical friends, and welcome to Episode 49 of WZRD Radio! I’m your hostwitch Bess, and this is your semi-regular reminder that if you’re not comfortable being part of the Harry Potter fandom, that’s fine. You can step away. JKR is making any association with her incredibly toxic. Even your hostwitch is moving her Harry Potter décor out of the more public parts of her home.
If you’re part of this community for life, let me point you to the Gayly Prophet’s “Guide to Firing JKR while keeping Harry Potter,” WZRD’s own Pinkie Promise to boycott the franchise and support trans rights, and the Trans Wrock Comp that features some of our queer and trans wrockers and allies.
I know it’s uncomfortable to talk about this subject and examine our feelings on it, but I think that’s part of what keeps us different from JKR; that we keep doing the hard work and examining our impact on other people.
To help as we process how we’re feeling, here’s some music! First up is “Knight Bus” by Knight Bus.
Continue reading “Episode 49: Expecto Patronum”Hello magical friends, and don’t touch that dial! I’m your hostwitch Bess, and this is still WZRD Radio, just with a new theme song courtesy of How Airplanes Fly. What do you think?
Welcome to WZRD’s second birthday! We’ve got lots of celebrating to do, so grab your favorite magical beverage and let’s get started!
First up is “Out in the Cold” by the Leaky Sisters.
Continue reading “Episode 45: Walking the World”
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