At long last, Alice and Martha have reached the real meat of the book and couldn’t be more excited. Listen to the sisters discuss Snape’s implicit bias towards werewolves, compare the miserable post-James lives of each of the marauders, and delve deep into the question we’ve all wondered: what musical instrument would Wormtail have played… Read more
The Real Weird Sisters are back with a very special announcement and a very short chapter to discuss! Listen to Alice and Martha debate Harry’s intelligence, discuss the many bachelors and bachelorettes living in Hogsmeade, and wonder just why it took Lupin so long to realize that the rat was in fact, the rat. Please… Read more
Wriggle madly in your seats as you listen to Alice and Martha question Harry’s behavior towards Crookshanks, wonder about dental options in Azkaban, and do what they do best – relate it all back to Ratatouille and Hamilton. Spoiler warning! Please be aware that our show contains spoilers for events which take place later in… Read more
IT WILL HAPPEN TONIGHT. Find yourself a nice, quiet room (or a nice quiet room) to listen to Alice and Martha nitpick Hermione’s schedule, psychoanalyze Draco’s actions, and discuss aspects of Muggle society that are perhaps more advanced than wizard society. Plus, learn way more than you wanted to know about flobberworms and hear what is… Read more
The gang is back! Alice and Martha couldn’t be happier to be back on Team Ron at long last. Listen to the Real Weird Sisters compare Divination to yoga, argue about the degree of Crookshanks’s intelligence, and, of course, talk about sports! Spoiler warning! Please be aware that our show contains spoilers for events which… Read more
It’s time for another sneaky Hogsmeade getaway! In this episode, Alice and Martha go all in on their annoyance with Ron, question the harshness of Neville’s punishments, and find themselves surprised by their reactions to Snape. Spoiler warning! Please be aware that our show contains spoilers for events which take place later in the series…. Read more
Hello, and welcome to Alice and Martha’s Sports Hour, in which two big sports fans talk about sports! Today’s topic: Gryffindor vs. Ravenclaw. Alice and Martha also discuss which minor Gryffindor quidditch players are their favorites, update the listeners on the status of Percy and Penny’s relationship, and dive pretty deep into Cho Chang’s psyche…. Read more
In this crossover episode, The Real Weird Sisters (Alice and Martha) are joined by special guest Daron Asleson (@daronasleson) and the Sorting Umbrella to sort the characters of How I Met Your Mother into Hogwarts houses. Be aware that the show contains spoilers from both How I Met Your Mother and the Harry Potter series…. Read more
Expecto Patronum! Conjure up your happiest memory and listen to Alice and Martha critique Hagrid’s unusually good lesson, analyze the magic of dementors and boggarts, and get a bit, er, shirty, with each other. Spoiler warning! Please be aware that our show contains spoilers for events which take place later in the series. Book club… Read more
It’s Christmastime at Hogwarts, and you know what that means – Harry, Ron, and Hermione get the castle to themselves and all the free time they could possibly need to conduct a bizarre research project in a poorly organized library. In this episode, Alice and Martha mourn the loss of the flobberworms, analyze Trelawney’s yuletide… Read more
