Episode 212 – Ilvermorny: Choo-Choose It!

We’re setting course for a whole new world of magic. This week, join Alison, Caleb, Michael and guest host, Nicole, as they journey to the top of Mount Greylock to explore the hallowed (and oddly familiar) halls of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

On Episode 212 we discuss…

→ Ilvermorny: A (Brief Recap) History
→ No one got the Salem Witches’ Institute joke
→ Connections to the British wizarding world
→ What is Ilvermorny Castle like?
→ Controversy with using Native American culture
→ Are classes different at Ilvermorny?
→ Quidditch and Quadpot and wizard lacrosse!
→ Symbolism of the Gordian Knot
→ “We choo-choose it!”
→ Sorting, wands, and Rappaport’s Law
→ Ilvermorny vs. Hogwarts Houses
→ Welcome to Ilvermorny (art)
→ We bid Caleb a fond farewell as a host

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RECAP: EPISODE 211

On this recap we discuss…

→ Raise your wands in memory of John Hurt
→ Did Dumbledore repair Hagrid’s wand?
→ Twins and their wands
→ Harry’s Horcrux messes up everything again