Alice, Martha, and special guest Shut Up Tim are back to discuss Mike Newell's most unhinged five minutes yet. McGonagall proves to be the only sane adult in the room, as well as possibly the only good actor in the five minutes. Plus, Harry and Ron get into a very convincing fight and Tim picks a highly predictable Classic Owlice moment. Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsisters New episodes are released every Monday and special topics shows are released...

Alice and Martha enjoy their privilege as first and second children as they discuss Margaret Peterson Haddix's twisty thrill ride, Among the Hidden. This top secret podcast can be found on "The Net"... and the super secret password is free. In this series, Alice and Martha reminisce on shared memories, inside jokes, and experiences reading both classic and lesser-known children's books, including favorite segments such as Quora Question of the Week, and Sorting Hat! Take Fives and character...

Alice and Martha gather to properly eulogize Professor McGonagall, although luckily, her body doesn't end up lying next to the Creevey brothers in the Great Hall. What's more, she doesn't seem to be Hogwarts Headmistress 19 years later, saving us all a massive eye roll. Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsisters New episodes are released every Monday and special topics shows are released periodically. Don’t forget to subscribe to our show to make sure you...

Alice and Martha discuss McGonagall in the penultimate book, as she helps verify timetables and performs some very cool magic, reprimands Malfoy (to Snape's irritation?) and steps into the role of deputy headmistress. Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsisters New episodes are released every Monday and special topics shows are released periodically. Don’t forget to subscribe to our show to make sure you never miss an episode! This show is part of the...

Harry and Professor McGonagall bond over a shared enemy as Umbridge enters the series. Have a biscuit and settle in to listen to Alice and Martha's analysis of McGonagall's arc in the fifth book! Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsisters New episodes are released every Monday and special topics shows are released periodically. Don’t forget to subscribe to our show to make sure you never miss an episode! This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if...

Alice and Martha discuss Professor McGonagall in one of her most stressful books yet, as she tries to make sure her students don't embarrass her in front of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang. Luckily, she still has a chance to, er, let her hair down at the Yule Ball! Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsisters New episodes are released every Monday and special topics shows are released periodically. Don’t forget to subscribe to our show to make sure you never miss...

Alice and Martha are on "barrier watch" again this week as Professor McGonagall takes on the important new role of blocking Harry from going to Hogsmeade and confiscating his Firebolt. Plus, with the introduction of her rival, "Sybill Trelawney," McGonagall once again shows her quick wit and sharp tongue. Just wait til we tell Buckbeak!! Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsisters New episodes are released every Monday and special topics shows are released...

Alice and Martha resume their study on Queen McGonagall. While her main role in Chamber of Secrets may be to deliver bad news to the students and respond to basilisk attacks, no one can deny she does it in style! Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsisters New episodes are released every Monday and special topics shows are released periodically. Don’t forget to subscribe to our show to make sure you never miss an episode! This show is part of the Spreaker...

It's a good thing this isn't the 19th episode of Into the Pensieve, or it wouldn't exist! This week, Alice and Martha climb thirty flights of stairs to discuss the world's strangest class of kids. In this series, Alice and Martha reminisce on shared memories, inside jokes, and experiences reading both classic and lesser-known children's books, including favorite segments such as Quora Question of the Week, and Sorting Hat! Take Fives and character studies will continue, with this new episode...

Alice and Martha are once again joined by special guest Shut Up Tim to discuss the next five minutes of a very Newell-that-just-happened five minutes. Fred and George have one of their characteristic brawls, Krum and Hermione share in some intense eye contact, and Dumbledore begins his evolution into the DIDYOUPUTYOURNAMEINTHEGOBLETOFFIRE Dumbledore that we'll be seeing before we know it! Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsisters New episodes are released...

The time for fun and games has come to an end as Alice and Martha conclude their discussion on Queen Hedwig and she flies off into the sunset. Though Hedwig faces some horrible trials in the fifth, sixth, and seventh books, she gets a brief reprieve when she comes face to face with another powerfully magic woman, Queen GP! Ultimately, though, nothing could save Hedwig from an awful fate (there was just no other way for her to leave Privet Drive...), and it's time to finally properly eulogize...

Heh! Hooooot!! Alice and Martha are excited to continue their discussion of Real Weird Queen Hedwig. Though Harry is awfully rude to her numerous times throughout the fourth and fifth books, Hedwig doesn't stand for disrespect, even from "The Chosen One." And don't worry, it's not time to properly eulogize her yet; this week is all hoots, nibbles, and pecks! Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsisters New episodes are released every Monday and special topics...

After all this time... Alice and Martha finally get the chance to honor Queen Hedwig! Reproachful glances and helpful nibbles abound on this week's legendary character study! Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsisters New episodes are released every Monday and special topics shows are released periodically. Don’t forget to subscribe to our show to make sure you never miss an episode! This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in...

Alice and Martha wish that you would listen to this podcast about Edward Eager's Half Magic. They wish it twice! While they may not be the biggest fans of the Knights of the Round Table or "the charm," the sisters are big fans of Uncle Huge and FitzCarrie, and Martha is a big fan of Martha, even when she's only half there. In this series, Alice and Martha reminisce on shared memories, inside jokes, and experiences reading both classic and lesser-known children's books, including favorite...

Shut Up Tim makes yet another guest appearance on this week's Take Five, covering Moody's questionable teaching methods, a hilarious slapstick montage, and some hard-hitting symbolism in the Hogwarts windows. And if you think an Aging Potion is going to be enough to allow the Weasley twins to enter their names into the Goblet of Fire... well, it's not going to woooo-oooork! Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsisters New episodes are released every Monday...

Would you like us to clean out your ears for you? We weren't about to weasel out of discussing "Smith," even if he is suffering from a bad case of Loser's Lurgy. Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsisters New episodes are released every Monday and special topics shows are released periodically. Don’t forget to subscribe to our show to make sure you never miss an episode! This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising...

There's plenty of competition for the Mike Newell That Just Happened moment in this five minutes, and from Flitwick's choice of meal to Alice's classroom management style, there's plenty for the two official sisters and special guest Shut Up Tim to analyze this week! Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsisters New episodes are released every Monday and special topics shows are released periodically. Don’t forget to subscribe to our show to make sure you...

Alice and Martha - AKA Fern and Templeton - discuss one of their all-time favorite children's books, Charlotte's Web by E.B. White. In this series, Alice and Martha reminisce on shared memories, inside jokes, and experiences reading both classic and lesser-known children's books, including favorite segments such as Quora Question of the Week, and Sorting Hat! Take Fives and character studies will continue, with this new episode format being added to the rotation with the other two formats....

Rounding out the discussion on (but unfortunately, not eulogizing) Umbridge, Alice and Martha analyze Umbridge in the sixth and seventh books. The "Selwyn descendent's" audacity and cruelty peak in these books, as she leads the Muggle Born Registration Commission with disturbing vigor. Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsisters New episodes are released every Monday and special topics shows are released periodically. Don’t forget to subscribe to our show to...

It's time for Part 3 of our Umbridge series! Filch may think his dreams have come true with Umbridge as the head of the school, but Fred, George, Peeves, and the rest of the troublemakers in training give the ultimate dictator a run for her money in the form of fireworks, stinkbombs, swamps, and "Umbridge-itis." Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsisters New episodes are released every Monday and special topics shows are released periodically. Don’t forget...

In what might be the best five minutes of the movie so far (despite some stiff competition), Harry and the gang arrive at Hogwarts and are joined by the acrobats of Durmstrang and the lovely ladies of Beauxbatons! Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsisters New episodes are released every Monday and special topics shows are released periodically. Don’t forget to subscribe to our show to make sure you never miss an episode! This show is part of the Spreaker...

Our second Umbridge character study covers her reign of power as Hogwarts High Inquisitor, from blocking meetings of the DA, Gryffindor Quidditch team, and Gobstones Club to sacking Trelawney and shaking Marietta violently. Percy was right, she really is a delightful woman. Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsisters New episodes are released every Monday and special topics shows are released periodically. Don’t forget to subscribe to our show to make sure you...

Hem, hem! Thus begins our series on the most supremely obnoxious and infuriating character of the Harry Potter universe. Progress for progress's sake may be prohibited, and there's a lot of meaning hidden in the waffle... Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsisters New episodes are released every Monday and special topics shows are released periodically. Don’t forget to subscribe to our show to make sure you never miss an episode! This show is part of the...

Alice and Martha discuss the Wunderkind Matilda and her sweet (albeit nerdy) teacher / best friend Miss Honey in this week's Into the Pensieve episode. In this series, Alice and Martha reminisce on shared memories, inside jokes, and experiences reading both classic and lesser-known children's books, including favorite segments such as Quora Question of the Week, and Sorting Hat! Take Fives and character studies will continue, with this new episode format being added to the rotation with the...

Alice and Martha are once again joined by not-so-special guest Shut Up Tim to discuss a riveting five minutes of Mike Newell's almost-magnum opus. Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsisters New episodes are released every Monday and special topics shows are released periodically. Don’t forget to subscribe to our show to make sure you never miss an episode! This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast,...