Despite leaving Harry and Neville shellshocked at the end of the last chapter, Mad-Eye Moody doesn't ease up with the lessons. In fact, every class seems to be pushing Harry and the rest of the fourth years harder than normal all while the whole school starts to get excited for the arrival of the delegates from the chapter titular Beauxbatons and Durmstrang! If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!  

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4.15 Beauxbatons and Durmstrang

Shit. Just. Got. Real. We finally get to learn the about the spell that killed Harry's parents, and did something to Neville's? It's another overreaching Mad-Eye lesson as the kids have their first Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson. Myke also makes poor taste jokes about what the "the unforgivable curses" really are and we get to hear an EXCLUSIVE, BRAND NEW WIZARD ROCK SONG!  If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!  

4.14 The Unforgivable Curses

We finally started classes at Hogwarts! 13 Chapters into The Goblet of Fire! We then quickly find out - it's the same stuff as last year, with some gross twists. Luisa joins us to get into the pus from the Tremor plants, scary looking lobsters, and when - if ever - it's okay to magic-attack a child.  If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!  

4.13 Mad-Eye Moody

12 episodes into our read-through of 'The Goblet of Fire' and we've finally step foot inside Hogwarts, as Harry witnesses his second sorting since he's been a student! We also get our first glimpse at Mad-Eye Moody. We rip into the sorting hats song, talk about slavery, and Marian... raps?  If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!  

4.12 The Triwizard Tournament

Chapter 11 and Chapter 10 were short enough to do a combined episode about, but because The Goblet of Fire is as relatively dense as it is, we're able to pull an episodes worth of discussions about "Aboard the Hogwarts Express"! We've seen this scene before, the kids getting on the train to go to school, but it still hits a little different. We get hints of Mad-Eyed Moody, some special events at school, and even other Wizarding schools! We also get into what we wanted to do as kids, for some reason, pocket dimensions, and more!  If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!  

4.11 Aboard the Hogwarts Express

It's fitting that this episode was recorded on April 1st because the title of this chapter being 'Mayhem at the Ministry' seems like an April Fool's Day prank since not a single bit of this chapter actually takes place at the Ministry! Regardless, the rest of the chapter seems depressingly fitting since Harry, Hermoine, and the non-Ministry Weasleys are stuck inside at home biding time! It's a bit of a slice of wizarding life.  If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!  

4.10 Mayhem at the Ministry

In an unsettling turn of events, the raucous joy of the Quidditch World Cup goes from celebratory to hysteric as Death Eaters arrive! Also, Myke finally got to finally remember exactly what Death Eaters were! We also get into Hermoine's activism, the Ministry's terrible detective skills, and Myke's guesses as to what is going on and whom is doing it! Then of course we have to talk about Animal Crossing and Doom Eternal!  If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!  

4.9 The Dark Mark

In a time when all major sports seem to be suspended indefinitely it's a pleasure to get into this eighth  chapter of The Goblet of Fire with what Myke feels like is one of the most thrilling quidditch matches written in the series so far. We get into the weird horniness of the Vela, the on the nose-ness of the leprechauns, and more! If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!  

4.8 The Quidditch World Cup

It's wizarding Coachella as Harry, Hermoine and the Weasley's get to the campsite around the Quidditch World Cup! For us that means we get a feast for our minds and the main course is international wizarding world building! We also talk about what the wizard to pound exchange rate could be, the Brexit attitude towards flying carpets, and sterotyping the Irish!  If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke! 

4.7 Bagman and Crouch

In what seems to be a book long lead up to just get to the Quidditch World Cup, we join our boy Weasleys, Hermoine, Ginny, and Harry as they hike through a town and up a hill to touch a boot. We do get some solid, creative world building along the way as we learn all about the transportation methods of the Wizarding World. We also give some health advice to our white friends and talk about Sonic a lot.  If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke! 

4.6 The Portkey

As Harry reunites with our favorite wizarding family, the Weasleys, we also are blessed with the return of one our favorite wizarding friends - Shannon! Our girlfriend of the pod joins us as we enjoy ourselves in the Burrow. We finally get to meet the whole Weasley clan together, get into Charlie and Bill and how cool they are and also get to hear more from Ginny! Also our old friend Sharon stops by and another surprise guest! If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke!   

4.5 Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes

We say goodbye to the Dursleys (finally) with charm and flair in a hilarious thanks to our favorite wizarding family - the Weasleys! We get into why it seems like JK is writing better, how the scene works as a great sketch, and who's cooler - a wizard jock or a muggle jock.  If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke! 

4.4 Back to the Burrow

Before we get to the good stuff we have to go through one more chapter with the Dursleys. Luckily this one hits a little different because now Harry has a new way of dealing with his abusers! We also get into our favorite John Williams scores, examples of other fantasy/sci-fi fake sports, and Marian comes up with a hot new hashtag for our audience.  If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke! 

4.3 The Invitation

What's up with Harry's scar and that nightmare about Voldemort? Who's Harry again? What's magic? Who's Voldemort? We find out the answers to all these burning questions in this chapter, and we get into the state of television and why we're not caught up on anything! It's very interesting stuff! If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke! 

4.2 The Scar

With the Prisoner of Azkaban behind us we move on to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire with Chapter 1: The Riddle House! Longtime HP pal of Marian, Sam joins us for the first time on the podcast! We talk about the dark cold open detailing the true crime cold open in what is definitely the darkest opening to the series yet!  If there's anything coming up in this book that you want us to talk about on air, email us your questions - either written or recorded - to magiclessmyke@gmail.com, or tweet us @magiclessmyke and follow us on Insta @magiclessmyke! 

4.1 The Riddle House

Harry Potter's biggest fan, Marian Ladiona, will take her brother Myke through the entire epic saga of The Boy Who Lived. They'll discuss a chapter per episode, and watch the corresponding movie after every book until Myke finally believes in Magic. In his wizarding heart.

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