Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t: A Pop-Culture Podcast
Deep Thoughts about Harry Potter with Dr. Julian Wamble
CW: Abstract discussion of rape.
What if being a muggle actually isn’t a bad thing? J.K. Rowling’s wizarding world of the Harry Potter franchise changed the way we think and talk. But was it for the better?
Professor Julian Wamble joins Tracie and Emily for a fascinating deep dive into the ways the Harry Potter universe and characters are reflections of our world’s problematic structural and chronic biases and oppressions.
From the fat-phobia embedded in our dislike for Dudley Dursley to the complex femininity of Delores Umbridge to the self-serving saviorism in Hermione’s attempted allyship of the house elves, the Harry Potter universe provides a mirror to contemporary society–if we’re willing to look.
The Titan submersible, on a tourist trip to view the wreck of the Titanic (at $250,000 per seat), imploded on June 18, 2023, instantly killing all 5 people aboard. Four days prior, a ship smuggling between 500 and 750 people sank in the Mediterranean Sea. Despite a search-and-rescue operation, nearly 500 people were "presumed dead."
Want EVEN more deep thughts about Harry Potter? Explore supremacy, race, politics, and other societal structures baked into the Harry Potter universe with Dr. Julian Wamble’s TikTok (@profw)
Our theme music is "Professor Umlaut" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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We are Tracie Guy-Decker and Emily Guy Birken, known to our family as the Guy Girls.
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We're hella smart and completely unashamed of our overthinking prowess. We love movies and tv, science fiction, comedy, and murder mysteries, good storytelling with lots of dramatic irony, and analyzing pop culture for gender dynamics, psychology, sociology, and whatever else we find.