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Hello magical friends, and welcome to episode 112 of WZRD Radio! I’m your hostwitch Bess and the weather is starting to get nice again here so I’m spending a surprising amount of time outside. I hope you’re getting your regular sunlight too.
We’re introducing a new segment from your favorite Special Correspondent in the Field today, but first, some music.
Here’s How Airplanes Fly and “Astoria.”
Continue reading “Episode 112: All the Magic I Got”Hello magical friends, and welcome to episode 99 of WZRD Radio. I’m your hostwitch Bess and it’s so hot here that Slytherspouse, Ravencat, and Hufflekitten are all lying on the hardwood and panting. I hope you’re keeping cool where you are.
Thank you again to everyone who’s been rating and reviewing WZRD in your podcast apps. It’s a huge help to the show, and episode 100 is coming before you know it.
July is a big month in the fandom so let’s dive right in.
Here’s Miranda Puffskein and “The Chosen One.”
Continue reading “Episode 99: I Don’t Want to be the Chosen One”Hello magical friends, and welcome to episode 76 of WZRD Radio. I’m your hostwitch Bess, and I am stuck on this intro, so let’s go with a Puffs welcome: hi!
There’s a lot of fun stuff going on this month, so let’s not waste another minute!
Here’s Dots & Lines and “Pretty Good At Quidditch.”
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Continue reading “Episode 76: Firewhiskey Red”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 episode 74 of WZRD Radio! I’m your hostwitch Bess and before we get to the music, I want to point you to a petition.
Other folks, including the Goblet of Wine podcast, have said it better, but Harry Potter, and the Harry Potter fandom, are rapidly becoming synonymous with transphobia, anti-Semitism, and bigotry thanks to Rowling and the creators of Hogwarts Legacy. The fact that HBO think that that is a good platform for a new TV show is alarming.
It’s up to us to let people know this is not what the fandom is about, which is why I’m a proud signatory of the HP Fans Against Transphobia petition, asking HBO to reconsider. I’ve put the link in the show notes, and I hope you’ll join me. Until the Harry Potter franchise is no longer used to fund hatred, supporting new projects just isn’t worth the cost. [link]
I’m sorry I’m starting us off on such a grim note, but fandom joy comes with responsibilities and I’m not willing to look away.
At last, here’s the music. First up is “Patronus for the Day” by Penelope Clearwater Revival.
Continue reading “Episode 74: Worth Fighting For”Transcript:
Hello magical friends and welcome to another episode of WZRD Radio. I’m your hostwitch Bess and I hope you’re all staying safe, getting creative with ways to see friends, and mastering your cleaning charms. Here at WZRD Radio, we’re keeping our post owls very busy.
This month, we’re starting with Roonil Wazlib’s “Ariana.”
Continue reading “Episode 5: House of my Fathers”
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