Episodes
Monday May 03, 2021
Monday May 03, 2021
Welcome to a new quarantine project brought to you by the RealzTenisFanz Podcast! We are excited to have the lovely Deb (@shackle52) that most of you already know from twitter to join Realz (@realztenisfanz) and Janina (@jlr78) as we break down the Harry Potter series while Andreen is locked up in Azkaban for not sharing our love of this magical world! We will be taking a literary dive into all 7 Harry Potter books in chronological order. We hope you will be an active part of this series.
In Part 10 of the 7th book, having narrowly escaped capture at the Lovegoods, the trio discuss the Deathly Hallows v the Horcruxes. Which should they seek as they imagine that Voldemort is after the former. They connect with the outside world via the wireless but their exuberance leads them to be captured finally. However, the Malfoy Manor holds both secrets and horrors for the young heroes and heroine. We get into this pivotal section of the book. Emotions run high in this episode.
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Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Welcome to a new quarantine project brought to you by the RealzTenisFanz Podcast! We are excited to have the lovely Deb (@shackle52) that most of you already know from twitter to join Realz (@realztenisfanz) and Janina (@jlr78) as we break down the Harry Potter series while Andreen is locked up in Azkaban for not sharing our love of this magical world! We will be taking a literary dive into all 7 Harry Potter books in chronological order. We hope you will be an active part of this series.
So we are finally at Book 6: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. This is by all account the best book in the series and we have this one on a slow burn for we only got through the first 2 chapters. We provided a dramatic reading of the famous confrontation scene.
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Monday May 04, 2020
Monday May 04, 2020
Welcome to a new quarantine project brought to you by the RealzTenisFanz Podcast! We are excited to have the lovely Deb (@shackle52) that most of you already know from twitter to join Realz (@realztenisfanz) and Janina (@jlr78) as we break down the Harry Potter series while Andreen is locked up in Azkaban for not sharing our love of this magical world! We will be taking a literary dive into all 7 Harry Potter books in chronological order. We hope you will be an active part of this series. We welcome as always suggestions, comments, criticism, praise, questions and nuanced insights. Be warned that there might be some cuss words but we will strive to never go beyond PG-13 rating.
In this episode we, “conclude” Book 1: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone/Philosopher's Stone. We get to the People and the Plot of the opening book. We deliberate on the “Trinity”: Harry, Hermione and Ron. We begin to ask the question as to whether Hermione is the real hero of the group. How does one function in a magical world with the power of magic at your fingertip? Why does Ron have an old wand, a hand-me-down from his brother Charlie? What of the Weasleys and their status in the magical world? Bullying in the magical world? Did we all hate Professor Snape from the start? What of the ending? What stood out for us?
The answer to last episode’s trivia is given. The trivia for this episode is: In an effort to secure the Sorcerer/Philosopher’s stone, the Hogwart’s teachers set various obstacles in connecting chambers underneath the school. Professor Snape’s effort saw him placing various portions in a row with clues to decipher their order so that one can either get through to the final chamber, leave safely, be stuck in the chamber or succumb to a poisonous death, depending on the bottle one chooses. You should find the information in the book on pages 228-229 or in Chapter 16 of Book. Read through the instructions and arrange them from Left to Right. Your responses on be on Twitter (DM, tweet) or in the comment section. Each of us host, will also have to work it out.
As promised here are a series of questions we hope to answer and consider through our journey of the Harry Potter Book Series.
No one asks Superman why the Holocaust happened on his watched? (Side note, the original inventors were Jewish men) yet Black Panther had to reconcile slavery and that was an overarching theme within it, Africa v the African Diaspora...Real world history becomes an issue when the fantasy world is rooted in the real world. Therefore,
1) Does fantasy world have to deal with real world history?
2) How do you think fantasy world can deal with real world history?
3) Is it too complex for fantasy to deal with especially if it is children lit?
4) Why do fantasies always replicate many of the isms of the real world? For example, men are often the stronger character. Women as secondary characters. White characters take the lead. Characters of colour are often cast in subordinate roles. Able-ism Queer and oddities portrayals. Capitalism wins out even in fantasies. Class issues. Ageism
5) Is this marketing, propaganda or just writing what they know?
6) Is it that fantasies are mere continuation of real world events to maintain status quo if they are saying magic has to fight epic battles for one or the few?
7) Is this escapism?
8) Magic as a solution for anything or something?
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Monday May 11, 2020
Monday May 11, 2020
Welcome to a new quarantine project brought to you by the RealzTenisFanz Podcast! We are excited to have the lovely Deb (@shackle52) that most of you already know from twitter to join Realz (@realztenisfanz) and Janina (@jlr78) as we break down the Harry Potter series while Andreen is locked up in Azkaban for not sharing our love of this magical world! We will be taking a literary dive into all 7 Harry Potter books in chronological order. We hope you will be an active part of this series.
In our 3rd Episode, we begin Book 2: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. We come to realize that this book holds all the secrets for the whole series. It foreshadows all of the major plot points of books. This 2nd novel provides us with a glimpse of so many symbols, people and places that will represent so much more to the overall magical theories of the series. We discuss them all and discover new ones that we overlooked. As always we begin with the action at Privet Drive documenting the abuse and torture of Harry leading to a spirited discussion of Prejudice and Discrimination in the Magical/Real World.
The trivia question (Arrange the potion bottles as laid out by Professor Snape in the next to last chamber where the Sorcerer/Philosopher's stone was hidden by the clues Snape gave and figured out by Hermione) was not answered and so no new trivia question in this episode. However, in Part II of the Chamber of Secrets podcast, we will provide the answer and a new trivia question.
As always, we welcome suggestions, comments, criticism, praise, questions and nuanced insights. Be warned that there might be some cuss words but we will strive to never go beyond PG-13 rating.
NB That this episode will be available on YouTube hopefully and thus easier to comment
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Monday May 18, 2020
Monday May 18, 2020
Welcome to a new quarantine project brought to you by the RealzTenisFanz Podcast! We are excited to have the lovely Deb (@shackle52) that most of you already know from twitter to join Realz (@realztenisfanz) and Janina (@jlr78) as we break down the Harry Potter series while Andreen is locked up in Azkaban for not sharing our love of this magical world! We will be taking a literary dive into all 7 Harry Potter books in chronological order. We hope you will be an active part of this series.
In our 4th Episode, we conclude Book 2: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. We know that this book holds all the secrets for the whole series. It foreshadows all of the major plot points of the series with a glimpse of so many symbols, people and places that will represent so much more to the overall magical theories of the world. We get into the plot of what is really happening at Hogwarts. Surely this is not the safest place in the magical world? The dangers of incompetence and Harry in the Chamber of Secrets. How is the magical world ignoring all the signs that Voldemort is not dead and trying to come back?
I forgot to answer the question again. But here is a reminder, Arrange the potion bottles as laid out by Professor Snape in the next to last chamber where the Sorcerer/Philosopher's stone was hidden by the clues Snape gave and figured out by Hermione. It will be answered in next podcast because Janina did her homework.
As always, we welcome suggestions, comments, criticism, praise, questions and nuanced insights. Be warned that there might be some cuss words but we will strive to never go beyond PG-13 rating.
NB That this episode is be available on YouTube hopefully and thus easier to comment
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Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
Welcome to a new quarantine project brought to you by the RealzTenisFanz Podcast! We are excited to have the lovely Deb (@shackle52) that most of you already know from twitter to join Realz (@realztenisfanz) and Janina (@jlr78) as we break down the Harry Potter series while Andreen is locked up in Azkaban for not sharing our love of this magical world! We will be taking a literary dive into all 7 Harry Potter books in chronological order. We hope you will be an active part of this series.
*****I answered the trivia question*****
In our 5th Episode, we begin Book 3: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. It is this book that it becomes apparent that this series will be dark and things might not be all happy endings. Again we deal with the issues at Privet Drive and get into how safe is Hogwarts. Are Ron and Harry not mean to Hermione? The Dementors are here and how does magic really work in the environment? As always, we welcome suggestions, comments, criticism, praise, questions and nuanced insights. Be warned that there might be some cuss words but we will strive to never go beyond PG-13 rating. NB That this episode is be available on YouTube hopefully and thus easier to comment
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Monday Jun 01, 2020
Monday Jun 01, 2020
Welcome to a new quarantine project brought to you by the RealzTenisFanz Podcast! We are excited to have the lovely Deb (@shackle52) that most of you already know from twitter to join Realz (@realztenisfanz) and Janina (@jlr78) as we break down the Harry Potter series while Andreen is locked up in Azkaban for not sharing our love of this magical world! We will be taking a literary dive into all 7 Harry Potter books in chronological order. We hope you will be an active part of this series.
****We appreciate you taking time out of this chaotic world to listen and discuss these books with you. This was a tough episode to record. We know, understand and feel the pain of systemic racism, police brutality and impunity, racial injustice, capitalism, the oppressive forces of the isms as well as their intersections of them all in and on our lives. We know, understand and feel your frustration. In these times, we can only encourage you to be kind to yourself and others, do what you can to be a positive change in the world and READ. READ and ENGAGE with the works of the great writers (Baldwin, Lorde, Davis, Morrison et al) who have come before us and with us now. The writers (Cesaire, Fanon, King, Anand Giridharadas @AnandWrites et al) who demand that power and capitalism be held accountable for the lives that they destroy. Remember, PEOPLE over PROFITS and when BLACK LIVES MATTER (in all forms, female, male, straight, able-bodied, disabled, gay, bi, trans, queer et al) then all lives matter *****
In our 6th Episode, we conclude Book 3: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. We get into Prof. Trelawney and how effective a teacher she is, if a teacher at all. We discuss the magical implications of the predicting the future when one is able define structural and elemental conventions. Past, present trust and friendships collide in the Shrieking Shack as Harry is again confront with a history that is determining his future but is hardly present for him now. And what of this traveling back to the past? We also delve into some of the plot potholes that we find in the text. As always, we welcome suggestions, comments, criticism, praise, questions and nuanced insights. Be warned that there might be some cuss words but we will strive to never go beyond PG-13 rating. NB That this episode is be available on YouTube and thus easier to comment
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#HarryPotter
Monday Jun 08, 2020
Monday Jun 08, 2020
Welcome to a new quarantine project brought to you by the RealzTenisFanz Podcast! We are excited to have the lovely Deb (@shackle52) that most of you already know from twitter to join Realz (@realztenisfanz) and Janina (@jlr78) as we break down the Harry Potter series while Andreen is locked up in Azkaban for not sharing our love of this magical world! We will be taking a literary dive into all 7 Harry Potter books in chronological order. We hope you will be an active part of this series.
In episode 7, we are onto Book 4: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, one of the larger books in the series. Like we suspected, this one is going to take more than 2 episodes and decided that our approach should be broken based on chronological chapter layout instead of purely themes. For this episode, we get into the details of Riddle House and its limited history. We are back at the Dursleys and their continued abuse of Harry as they deal with the unavoidable facts of Dudley's diet. We get into the magical elements at the Burrow as well as at the Quidditch World Cup. Is magic really functional in this world especially in light of the surrounding politics of this world? We get into the weeds.
You can find this episode on YouTube, iTunes and Spotify not to mention wherever else podcasts can be heard and downloaded.
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Sunday Jun 14, 2020
Sunday Jun 14, 2020
Welcome to a new quarantine project brought to you by the RealzTenisFanz Podcast! We are excited to have the lovely Deb (@shackle52) that most of you already know from twitter to join Realz (@realztenisfanz) and Janina (@jlr78) as we break down the Harry Potter series while Andreen is locked up in Azkaban for not sharing our love of this magical world! We will be taking a literary dive into all 7 Harry Potter books in chronological order. We hope you will be an active part of this series.
In episode 8, we continue with Harry and the Goblet of Fire (Part 2), we deal with the mayhem at the Quidditch World Cup right up to the First Task of the Triwizarding Tournament. It is clear we are moving from the personal to the politics of the magical world. We get into the activity of muggle baiting and the blood politics. We have a new Defense against the Dark Arts teacher and the question of ethics in the magical world is up for discussion. We are again given insight into the magical judicial system and the picture is not pretty at all. How does this Goblet of Fire really works and what is a magical contract? All this and more.
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Monday Jun 22, 2020
Monday Jun 22, 2020
Welcome to a new quarantine project brought to you by the RealzTenisFanz Podcast! We are excited to have the lovely Deb (@shackle52) that most of you already know from twitter to join Realz (@realztenisfanz) and Janina (@jlr78) as we break down the Harry Potter series while Andreen is locked up in Azkaban for not sharing our love of this magical world! We will be taking a literary dive into all 7 Harry Potter books in chronological order. We hope you will be an active part of this series.
In episode 9, we tackle the first 2 tasks of the triwizarding tournaments as well as the underlying issues that come up in between such as the Yule Ball, Mr. Crouch's arrival at Hogwart's and Sirius's return.
We also get into the weeds of what constitute a magical contract, binding and non-binding. All this and more at the Black Cauldron.
Don't forget that you can be a part of the conversation and send us your comments and views on Twitter or in the comment section.
You can find this episode and all others on iTunes, Spotify or anywhere else you get your other favourite podcasts. Don't forget to subscribe, like and share this episode.
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