The Real Weird Sisters

Alice, Martha, and special guest Shut Up Tim are back to continue discussing the graveyard scene, this time featuring a full-bodied Voldemort and some very shadowy figures. Plus, Harry gets a new job as a spokeperson for a popular fast food restaurant!  Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsisters New episodes are released every Monday... Read more The post Take...

In a surprising twist, Alice, Martha, and special guest Shut Up Tim are almost as excited to discuss this week’s five minutes as Cedric was to realize the cup was a portkey! Wormtail casually slices his hand off, Daniel Radcliffe puts on the performance of a lifetime, and “Ralph Vines” transforms from the Embrymort into... Read more The post Take Five, Take 4.25: Goblet of Fire,...

In one of the most Hermione’s bag-worthy pages so far, Harry stops Ron from some important personal growth and Hermione bursts into tears at the *boys*! Find out which segment is a bit of a struggle for this page, and work through all of the WW questions with Alice and Martha on this week’s One... Read more The post One Page at a Time: Book 4, Page 358 appeared first on The Real Weird...

One of Martha’s predictions from last week comes true as Harry finds himself in detention with Lockhart, hearing voices that no one else can hear. Is lilac ink really so strange, and who/what exactly is Gladys Gudgeon? Alice and Martha don’t even need Quora to ask the most pressing questins on this week’s episode!  Please... Read more The post One Page at a Time: Book 2, Pag...

Oh, cheer up, listeners! Alice and Martha return to the One Page at a Time series, while the trio returns home for the summer holidays. All on this page: the first sighting of a very tiny owl, an absence of food (especially chocolate), and a few good games of Exploding Snap! Please consider supporting us... Read more The post One Page at a Time: Book 3, Page 431 appeared first on The Real Weird Si...

It might be the most boring five minutes yet, but that doesn’t mean it will be most boring Take Five yet! Alice and Martha are joined once again by special guest Shut Up Tim to discuss more of the maze (maize?), the incredibly underwhelming red sparks, and the thrilling discovery Cedric makes upon being transported... Read more The post Take Five, Take 4.24: Goblet of Fire, 115:01-120:00 app...

On this Take Five, Alice, Martha, and special guest Shut Up Tim talk mistakes of epic proportions, voiceover flubs, and the Hogwarts band. It might seem like we’re close to the end of the movie now that the third task is beginning, but there’s still lots to cover before we reach the goblet, which only Professor... Read more The post Take Five, Take 4.23: Goblet of Fire, 110:01-115...

Alice and Martha close the book on Fleur, discussing her arc in the seventh book. Fleur may be ‘ideous as one of the seven Potters, but don’t worry – her beauty is noted in just about every other scene! And it doesn’t seem like she minded spending Christmas with Ron and missing out on Celestina’s... Read more The post Fleur Delacour: Character Study, Part 3 appeared f...

Hello, Father! Alice, Martha, and special guest Shut Up Tim are back to discuss JUNIOR’S race around the courtroom, Karkaroff’s dramatics in the cage and the closet, and Dumbledore’s pensive monologuing about the Pensieve. You may be surprised by the appearance of Filch on this podcast!  Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsisters New episodes....

The characterfleur studies continue, as Alice and Martha discuss Phlegm in the fifth and sixth books. Ol’ Fleur Delacour eemproves ‘er Eenglish, ‘Arry becomes a Fleur apologist, and Bill starts to enjoy his steaks extra rare. We will return with Part 3 to properly eulogize our favorite French character!  Please consider supporting us on Patreon!... Read more The post Fleur D...

Alice and Martha return to character studies to discuss everyone’s favorite French champion, Fleur Delacour! Hermione might not give her a fair shake, and Ollivander might scoff at her Veela-hair wand, but Fleur has a lot of redeeming characteristics, too! At least she’s not a leetle boy! Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsisters New episodes... Read mo...

Three of Martha’s most infamous characters, plus Harry and Ron convene on this week’s page for some very goofy times in the Hospital Wing. Plus, find out what Mary GrandPre has been up to during quarantine! (Don’t worry; it doesn’t involve Twitter).  Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsisters New episodes are released every Monday... Rea...

In the most somber OPAAT yet, Alice and Martha review recent bad news in the Wizarding World, which is affecting many of Harry’s classmates, including Hannah Abbott, a round-faced Hufflepuff student, the Patil twins, and Lavender Brown. Luckily, Harry’s memory is up to the task of remembering all the important details he need to successfully... Read more The post One Page at a Time: Bo...

One Page at a Time returns to Prisoner of Azkaban, this time for a scene in which Sirius acts enormously strangely. Alice and Martha discuss cat, rat, and dog and scrounge for a bird too, of course!  Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsisters New episodes are released every Monday and special topics shows are released periodically.... Read more The po...

Alice and Martha discuss page 231 of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Alice gets to practice long-form Jim Dale impressions, Barty Crouch Jr. gets to make some weird decisions as Moody, and Harry’s at of defiance has the potential to become a pretty sick meme.  Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsisters New episodes are... Read more The post...

To discuss this amazing five minutes, Alice and Martha are joined by special guest Shut Up Tim! There’s plenty of tongue wiggling, MVB contenders, and cringy Hagrid moments to break down this week! Harry even gets to enter a world which is entirely his own. And don’t worry, the microwave minutes may be over, but there’s... Read more The post Take Five, Take 4.21: Goblet of F...

Alice and Martha continue with their new show format – One Page at a Time! In this series, the sisters will focus on one randomly selected page from the series each week. This week’s episode covers Order of the Phoenix, page 341, on which the D.A. is solidly “In the Hog’s Head.”  Please consider supporting... Read more The post One Page at a Time: Book 5, Page 34...

Alice and Martha premiere a new show format – One Page at a Time! In this series, the sisters will focus on one randomly selected page from the series each week. This week’s episode covers Prisoner of Azkaban, page 119, on which the trio nerviously, anxiously, and gloomily reflects on Bucky’s conflict with Malfoy.  Please consider... Read more The post One Page at a Tim...

It’s time to close the seventh book on Remus John Lupin, husband of “Dora,” who prefers to go by her surname only. Alice and Martha spend plenty of time making fun of dear old Lupin, but also properly eulogizing him for the wonderful teacher and person that he was.  Please consider supporting us on Patreon!... Read more The post Remus Lupin: Character Study, Part 5 appeared...

Alice and Martha go through the tiramisu-like “layers” of Remus John Lupin’s reactions and behaviors in the first half of Deathly Hallows. And even though it seemed like the Lupinversation would wrap up this week, the proper eulogy will happen next week!  Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsisters New episodes are released every Monday an...

In the third installment of the Lupinversation, Alice and Martha cover Lupin’s arc in the fifth and sixth books. Lupin goes underground, comforts dear Tonks on the loss of her cousin (who she might’ve been a little in love with) and finds out the “truth” about Severus (Snape).  Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsisters... Read more The...

Alice and Martha take some time to remember their grandmother, Doris Krebill, who passed away earlier this month at age 99. Following a brief introduction is the Real Weird Grandma’s interview from the 2019 Mother’s Day special episode.  Regular episodes will resume next week. The post Remembering the Real Weird Grandma appeared first on The Real Weird Sisters .

Alice and Martha resume the Lupinversation after just a little time off! It is he, Remus John Lupin in the fourth and fifth books, not yet husband of Nymphadora Tonks (who prefers to go by her surname only).   Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsisters New episodes are released every Monday and special topics shows... Read more The post Remus Lupin: Charac...

Alice and Martha discuss another dynamic duo this week – Hepzibah Smith and Hokey the House Elf! Though he only gets to see them for one pensieve memory, Harry doesn’t withhold his judgment of Hepzibah and Hokey tugs at his heartstrings enough to activate a newfound passion for Hermione’s society, SPEW.  Please consider supporting us... Read more The post Hepzibah Smith and...

Alice and Martha start the Bobversation at the House of Gaunt and Coleminate at Tom Riddle’s orphanage. This week’s dynamic duo of characters is thick as thieves and incredibly stannable, or as Dumbledore might say, rich in detail and satisfyingly accurate.  Please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/realweirdsisters New episodes are released eve...