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Harry Potter After 2020

Harry Potter After 2020

By: Lorrie Kim and JC
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How does it feel to read Harry Potter after 2020? The words on the page don't change. But times change. We, the readers, change. And that changes the story. Join podcast hosts Lorrie Kim and JC on a re-read of the series, chapter by chapter. As we delve into the story, we'll remember what the books meant to us when they were first published and analyze what we see differently now. Find more episodes, transcripts, and more at hpafter2020.com.2023-2024 Art Literary History & Criticism Social Sciences
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  • 5.14: Percy and Padfoot
    Nov 5 2025

    Harry's thinking he had known Percy for four years, had stayed in his house during the summers, yet now, Percy thought him 'unbalanced and possibly violent'? That was a feeling that was really powerful in the fandom during the first disbelief of TERFpocalypse. That vertigo when you realize that somebody has made you into a monster in their head, even though they had human connection with you that went back quite a way.

    For full show notes, transcripts, ways to contact the hosts or support the show, and more, visit hpafter2020.com.

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    59 mins
  • 5.13: Detention with Dolores
    Oct 29 2025

    LK: Your friends and allies are the ones who will hear you, so you have to be mindful of how you direct the anger that you're constantly being provoked to feel. I remember, in 2016, I had to be schooled. I had to be taught, "Do not make small hands jokes. The only people who are going to hear you are your trans-masc friends." That's true. Shoot, sorry.

    JC: Similarly, when people mock his weight or other things about his appearance, it's the same thing. Who hears those jokes?

    For full show notes, transcripts, ways to contact the hosts or support the show, and more, visit hpafter2020.com.

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • 5.12: Professor Umbridge
    Oct 22 2025

    They're all sitting there and it's just like *groans* and everyone's falling asleep… It's intended to be that the room is quiet. The appearance of learning is there, but no learning is actually happening. This is exactly what Umbridge wants. Then Hermione's hand goes up and stays up, and then slowly, everyone starts to notice, and it's this building and building and building. It's so good.

    For full show notes, transcripts, ways to contact the hosts or support the show, and more, visit hpafter2020.com.

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    1 hr and 12 mins
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