The Shrieking Shack

Order of the Phoenix chapter 18. We have a HUGE news segment this week, detailing this past week's roller coaster of Pottermore changes. After that, we enter the Room of Requirement chapter with widened and deepened hearts and minds. Finally, we light a candle for the maybe-doomed Pottermore with a celebratory article reading. Like the show? You can support us on Patreon for bonus content and earl...

Order of the Phoenix chapter 17. It's a celebrity gossip blowout! We've got Met Gala looks, possible JK Rowling sightings, and some Fantastic Beasts casting news. Also... our reading this week was shockingly good? Maybe there's a plot and themes in this book after all! (Note: there might be a few construction noises here and there. I did my best to get rid of all the ones I could, but some were ha...

Order of the Phoenix chapter 16. No more Fantastic Beasts movies! Not until 2021, anyway. We discuss the big delay, and theorize what exactly they might be doing with their extra time, and a special guest calls in to help us with a long-standing tradition on the anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts. Then we chat about OOTP chapter 16, and its increasingly strained portrayal of a wizard world in s...

Order of the Phoenix chapter 15. The Shriekcast takes on Osama!!!!!!! We got him!!!!! We cover shoes, skrewts, and Rambo speeches in this inquisition of Order of the Phoenix's chapter about an inquisition. Then we leap into a time machine all the way back to 2004 to read a truly cursed article about Harry Potter's connection to Bush/Blair-era politics. Like the show? You can support us on Patreon...

Order of the Phoenix chapter 14. We have the unpleasant matter of Crimes of Grindelwald news to attend to this week before we dig into chapter 14, The One That's Pretty Good Except It's Very Weirdly Racist Suddenly. There's also quidditch, homework, and Cornelius Fudge's child army paranoia. Finally, we help plan a party and tackle a few confessions. Also... you're gonna want to stick around for t...

Order of the Phoenix chapter 13. We cover some important news about Dobby's grave, and also his dick and balls before strapping in for a long discussion on chapter 13, which is extremely long and meandering. Good thing we swapped to doing one chapter per episode! Harry's a jerk, Ron's a cop, and Umbridge shows her true colors (and then some) in this honestly fairly harrowing chapter. Luckily, we h...

Order of the Phoenix chapters 11-12. We're finally at Hogwarts, and the Sorting Hat has a very long song about how the school is completely devoid of responsibility for all of the world's ills! We also have Ron being a little cop, Harry being a rude jerk, Hermione representing at least three schools of political thought at once, and the appearance of a new professor we all HATE because she wears P...

Order of the Phoenix chapters 9-10. We uncover a shocking conspiracy before examining Sirius's dog brain. We're still not at Hogwarts but that's okay: we have more Ministry drama, sibling violence, secret missions, and character introductions to get to before we dig around for some Luna Lovegood confessions and questions. Like the show? You can support us on Patreon for bonus content and early epi...

Order of the Phoenix chapters 7-8. We touch on the recent explosion of J.K Rowling dunks hitting the mainstream before visiting the Ministry of Magic! Email, cop hierarchies, courtroom drama, Death Note, and more await us in those hallowed halls. Finally, we brush up on our WOMBAT test and try to figure out--again--what the hell Magical Mischief Month might be. Like the show? You can support us on...

Order of the Phoenix chapters 5-6. We have an extra long news segment this week because uhhhh there's a new Harry Potter video game and it's the dumbest idea anyone has ever had! We thoroughly analyze this announcement before digging into our chapter discussion for the week, which features a giant lore dump and a lot of J.K Rowling's favorite family tree bullshit. We also meet Kreacher, and answer...

Order of the Phoenix chapters 3-4. After wishing some cops well, J.K Rowling is once again missing from the internet. Luckily, we still have plenty to cover, thanks to International Women's Day and some cursed Fantastic Beasts-related news. In our reading, we're introduced to the real Moody as well as Tonks, and Harry goes sicko mode on his friends for no reason. Oh, and there's more Imagines fics...

Order of the Phoenix chapters 1-2. Season 5 is here! And J.K Rowling is back on Twitter (sort of) just in time. We cover her glorious comeback, the WB CEO's public dragging of Crimes of Grindelwald, and chat about Groverhaus before finally getting started on the fifth Harry Potter book. Which... starts off really good?? We're as shocked as you are. Finally, we take a dive into the world of celebri...

Goblet of Fire postmortem. Instead of a Common Room episode this week, we decided to do two regular episodes, because there was just too much news to ignore. Plus, we still have so many thoughts about Goblet of Fire, a book that intrigued, baffled, and frustrated us to no end. We also have the extended cut of Crimes of Grindelwald to attend to. Liz also makes a prediction about Fawkes that will sh...

Goblet of Fire movie. We've made it to the fourth film in the series. Where does it stack up against the previous films? Does it really matter if Dumbledore yells all weird? Would DJ Khaled be a good act to book for the Yule Ball? Like the show? You can support us on Patreon for bonus content and early episodes! www.patreon.com/shriekcast/ Follow us on Twitter @shriekcast Send your questions to sh...

Goblet of Fire chapters 35-37. We solved it! It's over! We've finally finished reading Goblet of Fire, and we're here to dissect and discuss the aftermath of this book's dizzying final descent. We've got reveals, monologues, confusing schemes, bizarre character behavior, and so much more to go over, and that's before we get to the official Pottermore book club prompts! It's a truly massive underta...

Goblet of Fire chapters 32-34. It's been three weeks and JK Rowling is still missing! Luckily we still have plenty of news to sift through, including more Fantastic Beasts production speculation and some good old Bustle content. Our reading this week is a triple scoop of Voldemort content. He's risen again! And has a lot to say. So much to say. He is saying a lot of stuff, constantly, for a very l...

Goblet of Fire chapter 31. JK Rowling is STILL missing, and presumed norted. We discuss some insider Fantastic Beasts scoops, before moving onto our reading: the interminable, baffling Third Task. Finally, we hash out what exactly is and isn't canon when it comes to the Legilimens thanks to a truly bonkers Pottermore article. Like the show? You can support us on Patreon for bonus content and early...

Goblet of Fire chapters 29-30. Where in the world is JK Rowling? We discuss her strange absence from the internet, and reach into the big ol' Bustle grab-bag to deal with the lack of Harry Potter news. Our reading this week is a double helping of dream sequences that do nothing but dumb exposition on us, so we spend a long time yelling about that. Finally, with JK missing from Twitter, we pick up...

Goblet of Fire chapter 28. We've got news! You folks heard about the news? We've got Blu-Ray news and Pokemon news; after that, we have perhaps the most overstuffed chapter in the series so far to discuss. After that, we take a trip to Cameo to check out what Harry Potter stars we can find! Like the show? You can support us on Patreon for bonus content and early episodes! www.patreon.com/shriekcas...

Goblet of Fire chapter 27. JK Rowling decided to just have a full on twitter meltdown right as we were about to record this week, so we spend a lot of time talking about her bizarre takes on income inequality. This casts kind of a long shadow over our reading, but we manage wring a lot of discussion out of this one very strange catch-up chapter. Finally, we celebrate Snape's birthday with a Liz-le...

Goblet of Fire chapters 25-26. We're back! After a long holiday break we dust out the cobwebs and discuss classic literature, bitcoin, commemorative 9/11 coins, and mermaids! The reading this episode was surprisingly great honestly. This book is pretty good when there's a plot. Finally, we ring in the new year by making some resolutions. Like the show? You can support us on Patreon for bonus conte...

Goblet of Fire chapter 24. Rita Skeeter's Scoop is here, but before that we have some scoops of our own: chiefly, more deets from the case of JK Rowling's rogue personal assistant. Our reading this week is pretty good, but definitely exists in the shadow of the not so great chapters that came before it. It's pretty packed for a single chapter! Like the show? You can support us on Patreon for bonus...

Goblet of Fire chapters 22-23. We have seen Dobby's ass, and balls. We also want to know whether or not Dobby has a beard, but that's sort of secondary to his ass and balls. Speaking of ass, these chapters are kind of a bummer! Ron is redpilled and Harry does nothing, but we squeeze some enjoyment out of the fringe teen drama and a few good character moments. After that, we get festive with some T...

Goblet of Fire chapter 21. The House Elf Liberation Front chapter is here, but before we can unpack it we have to mourn a high-profile death and dig into some JK Rowling Twitter drama. Also, Grimble Film? Not what you'd expect. Like the show? You can support us on Patreon for bonus content and early episodes! www.patreon.com/shriekcast/ Follow us on Twitter @shriekcast Send your questions to shrie...

Goblet of Fire chapters 19-20. We're back! After taking a break for the holiday, we have lots to say about box office numbers, Bustle, and Artemis Fowl. Our reading this week has dragons (good) and Harry being kind of a jackass (not so good) and a steampunk egg. Finally, we kick off the Christmas season with some Pottermore dinner planning.