Recent Posts Tagged With 'albus dumbledore'

• Episode #97: Dumbledore’s Self Esteem Issues

  Posted on Monday February 16th, 2009 at 15:22 in podcasts, harry potter, albus dumbledore, self loathing, azkatraz, audio of beedle the bard, smart mouths

  Welcome back. We actually recorded an HP Progs podcast!!! In this week’s episode, we talked about Dumbledore’s self loathing behaviors. Specifically those that were evidenced at the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as well as i...

• Episode #95: The Tales of Beedle the Bard

  Posted on Friday December 5th, 2008 at 00:56 in podcasts, harry potter, hermione granger, jk rowling, albus dumbledore, beedle the bard, babbity rabbity

  If you thought there were no more Harry Potter books…THINK AGAIN! We got our hands on The Tales of Beedle the Bard, and made our way through it just about as quickly as possible. The first thing we did, of course, was sit down and put a podcast...

• Episode #86: Half Blood Prince Trailer Podcast

  Posted on Tuesday July 29th, 2008 at 22:51 in podcasts, trailer, harry potter, snape, voldemort, dumbledore, half blood prince, albus dumbledore

  Hopefully by now, you’ve seen the trailer for Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. We sat down immediately after watching to record out thoughts. What do you think of the trailer? Does the voice of the woman in the orphanage belong to J.K...

• Episode #85: Free Will and Choice in Harry Potter

  Posted on Thursday July 24th, 2008 at 09:00 in philosophy, podcasts, choice, harry potter, free will, determinism, deathly hallows, jk rowling, half blood prince, albus dumbledore, book 1, chamber of secrets

  One of the over-arching meta-themes of the Harry Potter books is, without a doubt, choice. From early on the books the theme of choice is empasised, when the Sorting Hat defers to Harry’s wish to be in Gryffindor, or when Dumbledore makes it cl...

• Episode #81: Patterns in Potter, Book 6 - Definitely Evil

  Posted on Sunday June 8th, 2008 at 17:16 in podcasts, evil, harry potter, selfishness, harvard, jk rowling, severus snape, half blood prince, albus dumbledore, patterns in potter, moral ambiguity

  This week, we discuss J.K. Rowling’s commencement address to Harvard University’s graduating class of 2008 (with audio snippets!) and conclude our Patterns in Potter discussion for the theme of Book 6. JK Rowling’s Speech at the Har...

• Episode #80: Patterns in Potter, Book 6 - Black, White and Gray

  Posted on Sunday June 1st, 2008 at 14:57 in podcasts, morality, harry potter, snape, dumbledore, draco malfoy, half blood prince, albus dumbledore, patterns in potter, moral ambiguity

  This week, we begin our Patterns in Potter coverage for Book 6, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The theme of this book is quite ambiguous; in fact, it is ambiguous. Sorry if I’m not being too clear here, but you’ll have to liste...

• Episode #65: Leadership in Harry Potter

  Posted on Saturday January 12th, 2008 at 23:20 in podcasts, harry potter, fudge, machiavelli, deathly hallows, jk rowling, nietszche, the prince, albus dumbledore, dumbelfore

  What makes a leader?  For centuries, philosophers have debated the essential qualities of a leader (the differences in what a culture values in it’s leaders is often a good indication of the values of said culture).  When looking at Harry Pot...

• Episode #58: Harry Potter Potpourri

  Posted on Wednesday November 21st, 2007 at 19:53 in podcasts, afterlife, interviews, harry potter, deathly hallows, immortality, lord voldemort, souls, jkrowling, severus snape, albus dumbledore, wiliam penn

  The more interviews J.K. Rowling gives, the more show topics we get. This time, J.K. Rowling spoke with the Dutch newspaper Volksrant (not to be confused with Volkswagon or Voltron) and discussed many topics. Amongst them were the issues of life af...

• Episode #57: Fatherhood in Potter

  Posted on Thursday November 8th, 2007 at 07:22 in podcasts, fatherhood, harry potter, snape, deathly hallows, lupin, lord voldemort, dumbledore, severus snape, draco malfoy, albus dumbledore, james potter

  Last week we discussed love, and focused on the distinctly maternal focus taken by J.K. Rowling.  This week, we examine the father figures in Harry’s life.  From his actual, albeit ephermeral father James, to surrogates in Lupin, Sirius and e...

• Episode #56: Love in Harry Potter

  Posted on Thursday November 1st, 2007 at 16:12 in podcasts, harry potter, eros, snape, voldemort, deathly hallows, lord voldemort, philia, agape, dumbledore, severus snape, albus dumbledore

  Although in English we have one basic term for love, there’s really all different kinds of love: brotherly love, selfless love, erotic love, and all make some kind of appearance in the Harry Potter novels. In this week’s show, we take a l...

• Episode #55: Dumbledore is Gay! (Not that there’s anything wrong with that!)

  Posted on Sunday October 21st, 2007 at 22:35 in podcasts, harry potter, deathly hallows, jk rowling, albus dumbledore

  At the New York City stop on J.K. Rowling’s Open Book Tour, J.K. Rowling announced (in response to a question from the audience) that Dumbledore was gay.  For various reasons, this has caused quite a stir.  How does this change, if at all, ho...

• Episode #54: J.K. Rowling Speaks

  Posted on Thursday October 18th, 2007 at 22:12 in podcasts, harry potter, deathly hallows, jk rowling, severus snape, albus dumbledore

  J.K. Rowling has begin her Open Book Tour, with stops in Los Angeles, New Orleans and New York City. At the press conference at the LA appearance, J.K. Rowling spoke for the first time at length on the religious themes of the Harry Potter books, spe...

• Episode #49: Voldemort’s Downfall

  Posted on Thursday September 6th, 2007 at 20:55 in podcasts, harry potter, deathly hallows, lord voldemort, horcruxes, house elves, albus dumbledore

  Voldermort’s downfall was a long time coming. Despite his efforts to ensure his longevity, Voldemort’s overall approach to life almost guarunteed his defeat. By ignoring the signifcance of some very important “deeper magics,”...

• Episode #48: Dumbledore and the Greater Good

  Posted on Friday August 31st, 2007 at 00:26 in podcasts, harry potter, deathly hallows, albus dumbledore

  Before Deathly Hallows, our view of Dumbledore was nothing less than a saint; although Harry had his questions with his methods, certainly there was nary a doubt as to his motives.  In Book 7, quite a different picture of the wizened old wizard is p...

• Episode #43: Making Sense of Deathly Hallows

  Posted on Wednesday July 25th, 2007 at 22:56 in podcasts, harry potter, hogwarts, hermione granger, deathly hallows, jk rowling, lord voldemort, hagrid, dobby, severus snape, ron weasley, neville longbottom

  *Deathly Hallows Spoilers Included* It’s been less than a week since the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, yet most of us have now read the book more than once; inevitably, bits and pieces need to be re-read to make sense of them...