Mangum Reads

Pottering Around – Chapter 2.9 The Writing on the Wall 03.03.2020 40:12 ↓

In our ‘Pottercast within a podcast’ we are doing a chapter by chapter read of the Harry Potter books. Every episode we’ll cover one chapter with a summary, individual segments (questioning Sarah about the Wizarding World) along with a bit of a discussion about the books from a muggle perspective.

Episode 47 – The Mystery Knight Dunk & Egg 3 by GRRM 25.02.2020 1:04:38 ↓

Goodness gracious great Ball of fire.

Pottering Around – Chapter 2.8 Deathday Party 25.02.2020 31:59 ↓

In our ‘Pottercast within a podcast’ we are doing a chapter by chapter read of the Harry Potter books. Every episode we’ll cover one chapter with a summary, individual segments (questioning Sarah about the Wizarding World) along with a bit of a discussion about the books from a muggle perspective.

Pottering Around – Chapter 2.7 Mudbloods and Murmurs 18.02.2020 36:12 ↓

So is Mudblood the M-word of the wizarding world?

Episode 46 – The Husband Stitch by Carmen Maria Machado 13.02.2020 1:34:26 ↓

She describes sex like JRR Tolkien does the English countryside.

Pottering Around – Chapter 2.6 Gilderoy Lockhart 10.02.2020 34:40 ↓

I mean maybe he got the job because he's pretty?

Episode 45 – Observations about eggs etc. – by Carmen Maria Machado 03.02.2020 52:27 ↓

OK some of this might be ok advice I guess, but I hate this person.

Pottering Around – Chapter 2.5 The Whomping Willow 03.02.2020 43:11 ↓

Whomp Whomp...

Pottering Around – Chapter 2.4 At Flourish and Blotts 28.01.2020 39:41 ↓

I want a bookstore with books and bourbon, all sorts of fun dusty things on the shelves.

Episode 44 – Cat Pictures Please by Naomi Kritzer 23.01.2020 50:52 ↓

So what gender do you think the AI is and why?

Pottering Around – Chapter 2.3 The Burrow 21.01.2020 45:29 ↓

I want owl mail.

Pottering Around – Chapter 2.2 Dobby’s Warning 13.01.2020 35:06 ↓

Is this supposed to be funny?

Episode 43 – The Quiet Boy by Nick Antosca 13.01.2020 1:19:03 ↓

I almost got scared by that part.

Pottering Around – Chapter 2.1 The Worst Birthday 07.01.2020 28:04 ↓

Jiggery Pokery, a deep dive into the Supreme Court.

Episode 42 – Dimension by Alice Munro 02.01.2020 1:41:30 ↓

Is it the same bus ride?

Episode 41 – Mono no Aware by Ken Liu 25.12.2019 1:12:14 ↓

This week we chose a story that is actually critically acclaimed as well as being yet another story on LeVar Burton Reads. Ken Liu redeems himself with a little short story spanning the time leading up to and the end of the world. It is still no Paper Menagerie, but it hits all the notes […]

Pottering Around – Chapter 17 The Man With Two Faces 16.12.2019 50:06 ↓

I have so many more questions now.

Pottering Around – Chapter 16 Through the Trapdoor 10.12.2019 43:51 ↓

It's a traaaaaaaap!

Episode 40 – You’ll Always Have the Burden With You by Ken Liu 10.12.2019 1:00:44 ↓

I don't understand why Ken Liu likes this story so much. Maybe he'll explain himself on his LeVar Burton Reads interview.

Pottering Around – Chapter 15 The Forbiddern Forest 01.12.2019 54:52 ↓

Snape being Snape.

Episode 39 – The Appropriation of Cultures by Percival Everett 28.11.2019 1:19:05 ↓

We take on another story about culture with a bit more weight, particularly given our ties to the south. This was a really good read for everyone and we had a quite good discussion about it. Next up: You’ll Always Have the Burden With You by Ken Liu On deck: Mono no Aware again by Ken […]

Pottering Around – Chapter 14 Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback 26.11.2019 39:53 ↓

But I like those names, it's a good dragon name.

Pottering Around – Chapter 13 Nicholas Flamel 19.11.2019 38:56 ↓

I knew I knew him from somewhere.

Pottering Around – Chapter 12 The Mirror of Erised 13.11.2019 34:33 ↓

oooooh I get it desire.

Episode 37 – The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 07.11.2019 1:29:04 ↓

So the wall paper is getting creepier by the minute.