Potter Pundits Poll: Please Participate!

Travis Prinzi, James Thomas, and I record podCasts once or twice a month for The Leaky Cauldron’s ‘PotterCast.’ They signal these segments ‘The Potter Pundits’ considering we explore the artistry and meaning of Harry Potter from a literary angle. The segments we have done have gone by very well, whether I say so myself; we get a lot of positive feedback from TLC and from listeners. I have to confess, though, that I’d do it even whether Fandom gave the shows a …

Last Chance to Order TLC’s “Jingle Spells”!

Melissa Anelli of The Leaky Cauldron wrote me with that last minute announcement to share with both HogwartsProfessor readers that are into WRock music. Enjoy it, you two!
Before Melissa’s note, I ask that please be certain to check into the next ‘PotterCast’ show on TLC which will include a conversation amoung Travis Prinzi, James Thomas, and myself, the Potter Pundits, about Luna Lovegood.
And now back to the sponsor of that [programming; Take it away, Melissa!
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“Do I Want My College to be like Hogwarts?”

This high school student has been visiting many of the better American universities and thinks the schools are trying way too hard to form the “that School is Just Like Hogwarts!” connection with applicants. that wouldn’t be notable, I think, except she makes that complaint in her ‘Taking the Magic out of College’ essay on the Sunday New York Times editorial page.
Talk about shared text… (H/T to Richard of Augustana!)

‘Witches and the Problem of Evil’

The subject of witchcraft, real, alleged, and fictional, has been a big part of the discussion for serious readers of Harry Potter since the explosion of the magic controversy soon after the first books were in print. In America post-Salem, even with the advent of Wiccans and openly professed Witches in recent years, the concept of a real world “witch-hunt” by those concerned about occult influence, a hunt in which folks thought to be witches are shunned or killed, is hard to take se…