Your Wizard Rock Radio Station
Hello magical friends and welcome to the first episode of 2026! I’m your hostwitch Bess and I can’t wait to see what we do this year.
Do you have wrock goals? Resolutions? Hopes and dreams? Let’s start writing them down while the first block of music plays.
Here’s “Broken Wand” by Kirstyn Hippe.
Continue reading “Episode 133: All is Well”Hello magical friends, and welcome to episode 132: the final episode of 2025! I’m your hostwitch Bess and I hope you’re having a very cozy holiday season.
Today’s episode is dedicated to James, who put in an extra-special request for the Mudbloods Christmas trilogy. So while we’ll be starting off, as is tradition, with “A Very Severus Christmas,” we’re also going to share a full story time today.
But first, of course, we start the season with Muggle Mike’s “A Very Severus Christmas,” the only way to ring in the holidays.
Continue reading “Episode 132: Accio Christmas”Hello magical friends, especially my wonderful patrons who make these interview episodes possible. I’m your hostwitch Bess and I’m excited to share the final interview of 2025 with you! We’re getting another peek into the Australian wizard rock scene and it’s very cool.
First, of course, comes the music. Here is “Wizard Solidarity Forever” by Hope and the Howlers.
Continue reading “Episode 131: Anvil & the Hints”Hello magical friends, and welcome to episode 130 of WZRD Radio. I’m your hostwitch Bess and I’m so excited people are playing the theme guessing game again! So congratulations to James and Celia, who managed to guess episode 128’s theme of “Umbridge” at almost the same time!
Let’s get to this month’s themed music! Our first song is “The Lavatory Song” from the 8th Horcrux.
Continue reading “Episode 130: Nevertheless, I Persisted”Hello magical friends, especially my wonderful patrons who make these interview episodes possible! (Literally. You folks pay for the hosting.)
This has been a year of new beginnings and we’re not through yet! This month’s interview is with our newest wizard rocker so far! I can’t wait for you to hear her story.
First though, we can’t have WZRD without the music! Here’s Madam Pince and the Librarians with “No Squeeing in the Library.”
Continue reading “Episode 129: Lordess Voldina and the Eating Dead”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, with an extra-big hi to my wonderful patrons whose support makes these interviews possible.
Today’s interview is with the delightful Gringotts Grrls and I can’t wait to dive into our conversation, but we’ve got some awesome music to hear first, starting with The Misuse of Muggle Artifacts and their “Lovegood.”
Continue reading “Episode 127: The Gringotts Grrls”Hello magical friends, and welcome to episode 126 of WZRD Radio! I’m your hostwitch Bess and I’m so happy to be chatting with you again.
Summer! Of! Fun! might be winding down, but there’s still plenty of joy to be had in the fandom. I’m looking forward to sharing some of it with you, but first the music.
Here’s the Butterbeer Experience with “Death Eater Tango.”
Continue reading “Episode 126: Like a Death Eater”Hello magical friends, and welcome to episode 125 of WZRD Radio! I’m your hostwitch Bess, and today I have just so many special treats for you! First of all, the WZRD Radio 5th anniversary comp, “Just Joy,” is available today! I’ll include a link in the transcript for anyone who wants a copy. [link]
And don’t forget! The Summer! Of! Fun! zine is open to submissions of all sorts through the end of this month. I’ll be sending out physical copies to everyone who contributes, so get your art, writing, quizzes, and fanworks of all sorts in! That link will be in the transcript as well. [link]
And finally, this interview wasn’t done by me! As a special treat to myself I deputized Irvin Khaytman of The Three Broomsticks podcast to go into the wilds of New York to interview one of our more elusive wizard rockers, Celestial Warmbottom. Their conversation is such a treat and I can’t wait for you to hear it.
But first, of course, comes the music. Here’s Dream Quaffle’s “I’m a Puff, and I’m Staying.”
Continue reading “Episode 125: Celestial Warmbottom”Hello magical friends and welcome to episode 124 of WZRD Radio! I’m your hostwitch and I’m delighted to inform you all that it’s my birthday month, so prepare your celebrations accordingly. There should be cake.
Quick! Go get started on that!
To speed you on your way, here’s “Dumbledore’s Army” by The Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office.
Continue reading “Episode 124: Voices In My Head”
WZRD Radio Podcast 