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Episode 192 – Beedle the Bard, Stories 3 & 4: Heartcrux Rabbit Wrangler

Continuing our exploration of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Alohomora! hosts Eric, Alison, Michael and guest host Colleen warm their Hairy Hearts with a healthy amount of cackling.

On Episode 192 we discuss…

→ The Warlock’s Hairy Heart. A dark fairytale.
→ The Weakness of Love, Power and Possession
→ Chaperones are important
→ Darkness and Disney
→ Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump
→ Alchemy and Magic Spells
→ The Beauty of JKR’s Artwork (And her archived sketch of HRH)
→ Trees, Death and Monty Python
→ Trickster Rabbits and Magical Reality

Please note we are giving a trigger warning for brief discussion of rape as an allegory in relation to the first tale. If you would like to avoid this discussion, please skip from 40:34-41:35.

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