Episode 158 - Wizarding Preschool

n this episode, the Pottership Trio chat about Mel’s favorite headcannon that there are Wizarding preschools and grade schools. Which wizarding parents sent their children to these schools? Are their private pureblood schools? Do some parents send their children to muggle schools? What were the differences between these schools? Did they have Playdoh®? Listen and decide!  Don’t forget to visit our social medias to answer this episode’s Show Host Question: “If Godric Gryffindor had a child, what would he have named them? Same for Helga Hufflepuff.”  *** Spoilers, Adult Language, Adult Themes Music note: All music are excerpts of the Pottership Shanty (Copyright: Darwin Ray and the Pottership Podcast.)  Follow us on Facebook and Instagram! Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, or iHeart Radio podcasts! Or send us a message at [email protected]

In this episode, the Mel, TC, and Sam discuss the relationship between Vernon and Petunia Dursley. How did their independent feelings about magic influence each other? Did they survive the war and stay together? Why didn’t they have more children? Listen and decide!  Don’t forget to visit our social medias to answer this episode’s Show Host Question: “If you had a sibling who was magical and you were a muggle, how would you feel?”  *** Spoilers, Adult Language, Adult Themes Music note: All music are excerpts of the Pottership Shanty (Copyright: Darwin Ray and the Pottership Podcast.)  Follow us on Facebook and Instagram! Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, or iHeart Radio podcasts! Or send us a message at [email protected]

In this episode, the TC, Mel and Sam chat about the relationship between Rubeus Hagrid and Luna Lovegood! How did their friendship form? Did they ever discuss their childhood parental loss and thestrals? Did Luna enjoy his rock cakes? Did they ever look for the Crumpled-Horned Snorkack? Listen and decide!  Don’t forget to visit our social medias to answer this episode’s Show Host Question: “List a few characters and rate them on a scale of Dobby (1) to Umbridge (10).  *** Spoilers, Adult Language, Adult Themes Music note: All music are excerpts of the Pottership Shanty (Copyright: Darwin Ray and the Pottership Podcast.)  Follow us on Facebook and Instagram! Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, or iHeart Radio podcasts! Or send us a message at [email protected]  

In this episode, the Pottership Trio finally (after 154 episodes) chat about the relationship between Harry Potter and Hermione Granger! How would they characterize their relationship? What inspired their connection? Would they had been friends if they met older? Listen and decide!  Don’t forget to visit our social medias to answer this episode’s Show Host Question: “What kind of spells in the wizarding world do you think affect dreams so you can control what you dream about?  *** Spoilers, Adult Language, Adult Themes Music note: All music are excerpts of the Pottership Shanty (Copyright: Darwin Ray and the Pottership Podcast.)  Follow us on Facebook and Instagram! Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, or iHeart Radio podcasts! Or send us a message at [email protected]

In this episode, the TC, Sam and Mel discuss the potential relationship between Madam Pomphrey and the St. Mungos’ Chief of Staff. Did they ever work together? Did either of them harbor resentments or were they supportive medical colleagues? Did St. Mungos interfere with the Hogwarts hospital wing? Listen and decide!  Don’t forget to visit our social medias to answer this episode’s Show Host Question: “If you were a squib, but you were allowed one spell that would work for you, what would it be?” Also, what name would you give the St. Mungos’ Chief of Staff?  *** Spoilers, Adult Language, Adult Themes Music note: All music are excerpts of the Pottership Shanty (Copyright: Darwin Ray and the Pottership Podcast.)  Follow us on Facebook and Instagram! Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, or iHeart Radio podcasts! Or send us a message at [email protected]

In this episode, the Sam, Mel and TC discuss the imagined relationship between Lucius Malfoy and his father Abraxas. What was Hogwarts age Abraxas like? Did Abraxas and/or his wife spank Lucius? Did Abraxas give Lucius a speech or pep talk before he got on the train to Hogwarts his first year? Could either of these men had siblings? How did Abraxas’ general attitude about the world shape Lucius? Listen and decide!  Don’t forget to visit our social medias to answer this episode’s Show Host Question: “If Hermione had two siblings would they have been magical? If Harry had a sibling, would they have been as magically strong as Harry proved to be? And looking at Ron’s siblings which of his siblings could have been a squib?”  *** Spoilers, Adult Language, Adult Themes Music note: All music are excerpts of the Pottership Shanty (Copyright: Darwin Ray and the Pottership Podcast.)  Follow us on Facebook and Instagram! Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, or iHeart Radio podcasts! Or send us a message at [email protected]

In this episode, the Pottership Trio discuss the peculiar relationship between the Hogwarts Portraits. How did the portraits relate to each other and the living people around them? How did the portrait of Arianna work? How powerful was Phineas Nigellus as a portrait in two locations? Was their ever romance between subjects in a portrait? How informed were the portraits of all the goings on around the castle and the wizarding world? Listen and decide!  Don’t forget to visit our social medias to answer this episode’s Show Host Question: “Who from American history do you think was really a witch/wizard and why?”  *** Spoilers, Adult Language, Adult Themes Music note: All music are excerpts of the Pottership Shanty (Copyright: Darwin Ray and the Pottership Podcast.)  Follow us on Facebook and Instagram! Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, or iHeart Radio podcasts! Or send us a message at [email protected]

In this episode, the Mel, TC and Sam discuss the relationship between Hermione Granger and Remus Lupin. What did they have in common? How did they fit into their friend groups? What was their influence on each other? If he had lived, after the war would they ever reach out to each other? Listen and decide! Don’t forget to visit our social medias to answer this episode’s Show Host Question: “Albus Dumbledore comes to you and says you are being given free reign for 24 hours to visit Hogwarts, other than the Room of Requirement, where is the first place in the castle you would go see and why?”  *** Spoilers, Adult Language, Adult Themes Music note: All music are excerpts of the Pottership Shanty (Copyright: Darwin Ray and the Pottership Podcast.)  Follow us on Facebook and Instagram! Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, or iHeart Radio podcasts! Or send us a message at [email protected]

EPISODE 150!! How did we get here?!?! Thank you so much for listening to us, sending your comments and thoughts and just being wonderful Potterheads!   In this episode, the Pottership Trio welcome a listener who sent in a topic idea and turned out to be the daughter of our first ever guest! So, it seemed fitting that our new friend Evita join us for this milestone episode. Who did she want to discuss: Draco Malfoy and Luna Lovegood! Are they related and if so, which parents are connected? Did they know each other before Hogwarts? Did Draco have conflicted feelings about Luna being in his family dungeon? After the war, did they ever reach out to each other? Listen and decide!  Don’t forget to visit our social medias to answer this episode’s Show Host Question: “What magical element would you add to which muggle card game and introduce to the wizarding community?”  *** Spoilers, Adult Language, Adult Themes Music note: All music are excerpts of the Pottership Shanty (Copyright: Darwin Ray and the Pottership Podcast.)  Follow us on Facebook and Instagram! Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, or iHeart Radio podcasts! Or send us a message at [email protected]

In this episode, TC, Sam, and Mel discuss a key relationship in the Harry Potter books, that they can’t believe they’ve never discussed... Harry Potter and Dudley Dursley. Did they ever share a friendly Christmas when they were toddlers? When did Harry realize that Dudley was given special treatment? What did Dudley think about the weird magic that Harry displayed as a child? When did the bullying start and why? Did their relationship ever truly become good? Listen and decide!  Don’t forget to visit our social medias to answer this episode’s Show Host Question: “What animal would you like to be, if you changed like a werewolf into another creature?”  *** Spoilers, Adult Language, Adult Themes Music note: All music are excerpts of the Pottership Shanty (Copyright: Darwin Ray and the Pottership Podcast.)  Follow us on Facebook and Instagram! Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, or iHeart Radio podcasts! Or send us a message at [email protected]