Kevin Rizza, Mike Turley, Alie Turley, Mitchell Cassidy, Charlotte Cassidy, Elliot Kelley

Why Can't We Be Wizards

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A wizarding comedy improv storytelling podcast fated by dice. Six friends craft an original story with new characters set at a modern and inclusive Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Come be wizards with us! New episodes fortnightly on Fridays.✨Twenty-two years after the Battle of Hogwarts and Harry Potter's triumphant victory over He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, five young friends retrace the steps of thousands of students to discover magic, friendship, and perhaps a bit of mischief at Hogwarts. From sorting in the Great Hall to the awarding of the House Cup, these inquisitive new wizards...

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Kevin Rizza, Mike Turley, Alie Turley, Mitchell Cassidy, Charlotte Cassidy, Elliot Kelley

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Fiction

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whycantwebewizards.com

Latest episode

Oct 14, 2025

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Episodes

Bonus Dungbombs (Blooper Reel) 01.07.2022

We regret to inform you that we have no new episode this week. But we have... something! Enjoy this silly compilation of cut content. We'll be back in two weeks on July 15th with a new episode! ✨ You can find all our stuff at https://linktr.ee/wcwbw ! Use that link to share the show! Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/Z5bBjYHURc Chat with us about the show, share Hogwarts memes and pet photos...

Ep. 49: Book Four, Chapter Five - Atlantis 17.06.2022

After a few weeks getting acclimated to their new classes, the group goes on a tour of Atlantis' hot spots. Freya reassures a friend. Skyler rolls around. Caleb expects better amenities. Leo hesitates. Allison gets confused. ✨ You can find all our stuff at https://linktr.ee/wcwbw ! Use that link to share the show! Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/Z5bBjYHURc Chat with us about the show, shar...

Ep. 48: Book Four, Chapter Four - Fortune Cookie Polar Bear Socks 03.06.2022

The group heads to Atlantis to register and learn more about participating in the fifty wizard Triwizard Tournament. Later, they take their first class at a foreign school. Allison clears up a misunderstanding. Freya just wants to sit down and study. Skyler knows how to play a crowd. Caleb has a message for all the young wolves out there. Leo is a tree, I guess. ✨ You can find all our stuff at ht...

Ep. 47: Book Four, Chapter Three - Fifty Champions 20.05.2022

The group all heads to Beauxbatons for the champion selection for the Triwizard Tournament. Will their team really be selected? What other famous students might be in attendance? Caleb makes comparisons. Leo is in time out. Skyler makes some new friends. Freya makes some flowers. Allison does a relatively convincing Michael Jackson. ✨ You can find all our stuff at https://linktr.ee/wcwbw ! Use th...

Ep. 46: Book Four, Chapter Two - Fan Mail and Tournaments 06.05.2022

The group kicks back and relaxes at a barbecue the day before returning for their fourth year at school. Once at school, they learn about some new developments and staff changes. Leo dunks on Shaq. Caleb just wants to do magic. Allison causes a small fire. Skyler hesitates. Freya doesn't have that much in common with her definitely-not-boyfriend. ✨ You can find all our stuff at https://linktr.ee/...

Ep. 45: Book Four, Chapter One - The Tike Murley Super Fun Zone 22.04.2022

The group heads to sunny Florida to cheer on Allison and the rest of the Hogwarts Band in an international competition. There, they also get a chance to go to an amusement park! Freya is a trendsetter. Skyler explores their mind palace. Caleb divulges his eating habits. Leo shotguns a chili dog. Allison meets some very special friends. ✨ You can find all our stuff at https://linktr.ee/wcwbw ! Use...

The Doctor Professor Wizard Interactive Collaborative Mini-Game Party Pack & Book Three Wrap-Up 08.04.2022

For the book three wrap-up episode, we're bringing you something a little different! Take a break from the adventure to play a different kind of game with us. ✨ You can find all our stuff at https://linktr.ee/wcwbw ! Use that link to share the show! Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/Z5bBjYHURc Chat with us about the show, share Hogwarts memes and pet photos, earn points for your house and mo...

Ep. 44: Book Three, Chapter Sixteen - The Golden Aura 25.03.2022

Faced with an impossible task, the group does what they do best. They stand fast in the face of danger. Leo handles the pyrotechnics. Allison takes a stand. Caleb gets off balance. Freya blames herself. Skyler faces the truth. ✨ You can find all our stuff at https://linktr.ee/wcwbw ! Use that link to share the show! Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/Z5bBjYHURc Chat with us about the show, sh...

Ep. 43: Book Three, Chapter Fifteen - The Missing Aura 11.03.2022

The group storms inside Azkaban, determined to save their friends. But will they be able to stop fully grown adults? Again?! Skyler faces their fears. Caleb double jumps. Leo uses sleight of hand. Freya dodges out of the way. Allison uses the power of love magic. ✨ You can find all our stuff at https://linktr.ee/wcwbw ! Use that link to share the show! Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/Z5bBj...

Ep. 42: Book Three, Chapter Fourteen - Azkaban Prison 25.02.2022

Resolute, the group plots their rescue mission. Skyler teaches the value of friendship. Caleb attempts a diving rescue. Leo gives up his most prized possession. Freya uses her dad's money against him. Allison protects her friends. ✨ You can find all our stuff at https://linktr.ee/wcwbw ! Use that link to share the show! Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/Z5bBjYHURc Chat with us about the show...

Ep. 41: Book Three, Chapter Thirteen - Third Year Exams (Part 2) 11.02.2022

The group continues to take their final exams, doing their best to show off everything they learned over the course of the last year. But will our young Ravenclaws do enough to impress their professors? Caleb does his own form of inspiration. Skyler gets paint everywhere. Freya takes a bold stand. Allison tries to unlock her potential. Leo apologizes in the only way he knows how. ✨ You can find a...

Ep. 40: Book Three, Chapter Twelve - Third Year Exams (Part 1) 28.01.2022

The group is still reveling from Skyler's rousing speech and their success with the poster campaign. The whole school is riled up, and they decide to have a pool party to celebrate on the night before exams! Skyler is really not sure when airplanes were invented. Leo tries to make tearaway pants a thing again. Allison provides the tunes. Freya adjusts to her new normal. Caleb has a drink. ✨ Speci...

Ep. 39: Book Three, Chapter Eleven - Returning Nightmares 14.01.2022

The group all try their best to juggle school and all of their concerns about the impending election. They do their best to uncover some surprising secrets, and work together to tell their classmate's stories, but will that be enough? Skyler comforts a friend. Leo considers poison as an option. Caleb consults his map. Freya confronts her future. Allison finds a new use for Laundry Hammer™️. ✨ You...

Ep. 38: Book Three, Chapter Ten - The Doomsday Clock 31.12.2021

The group gets back into the swing of things after the holidays, and the work is piling up for the third years. Meanwhile, they've also got to do something to turn the tide of this election. But what can a bunch of 13 year old kids who are stuck at a magical boarding school do? Caleb tries to play it cool. Skyler tells their stories. Allison plays lookout. Leo wins a very important fight. Freya av...

Ep. 37: Book Three, Chapter Nine - Vandals or Visionaries 17.12.2021

The group talks with the rest of the partygoers about what to do next, and Jonas has a few ideas to make a real statement. Later, everyone heads across town to count down to the new year. Freya uses some new instruments. Leo gets the spotlight. Allison literally breakdances. Caleb meets a new friend. Skyler contemplates what's to come. ✨ You can find all our stuff at https://linktr.ee/wcwbw ! Use...

Ep. 36: Book Three, Chapter Eight - The Other Potion 03.12.2021

Everyone catches their breath after a very scary encounter at the Shrieking Shack's Horror Night of Horrors. Later, they all get an invite to hang out with the cool kids. Leo confronts his biggest fear. Skyler continues their definitely-not-Jedi training. Allison jumps in the way to protect a friend. Freya lets herself get pranked. Caleb finds a new path. ✨ You can find all our stuff at https://l...

Ep. 35: Book Three, Chapter Seven - Escape the Shack 19.11.2021

The group all find themselves in an escape room with precious galleons on the line. Will they be able to solve the puzzles and make it out in time? Skyler makes another rousing speech. Allison channels her inner Jack Sparrow. Leo tries a lot of combinations. Freya faces her fears. Caleb makes a daring sacrifice. ✨ You can find all our stuff at https://linktr.ee/wcwbw ! Use that link to share the...

Ep. 34: Book Three, Chapter Six - Haircuts at Hogsmeade 05.11.2021

The group talks with a recovering Skyler in the hospital wing. As the year goes on, they finally get a chance to head to Hogsmeade, on Halloween no less. Freya works on her gambling addiction. Skyler does their best Solid Snake impression. Allison does a sweet guitar solo. Leo wishes he read the fine print. Caleb gets a very special gift. ✨ You can find all our stuff at https://linktr.ee/wcwbw !...

Ep. 33: Book Three, Chapter Five - Maverick Maximillian and the March of the Monarchs 22.10.2021

The group starts a book club where both old and new friends meet for some fun discussion. Later, everyone can't help but unpack a few things while they're not paying attention to Professor Binns in History of Magic. Leo spoils a sequel. Allison writes her own gospel. Caleb talks to strangers. Freya is definitely not afraid of heights. Skyler gets a new power. Or is it a curse? ✨ You can find all...

Ep. 32: Book Three, Chapter Four - Electives 08.10.2021

We head back in time to see what Caleb was up to this summer. Then, the whole group finds out what their class load looks like for the year. Caleb does a Walter White. Leo makes good use of a bucket. Freya takes something useful. Allison can't wait to meet the coolest creatures. Skyler makes a special portrait. ✨ You can find all our stuff at https://linktr.ee/wcwbw ! Use that link to share the s...

Ep. 31: Book Three, Chapter Three - Arithmancy 24.09.2021

The group heads back to Hogwarts for their third year. Later, they take a new class together. Caleb tries to make friends. Skyler ponders how to handle their family. Leo thinks he knows what he's doing. Freya draws something. Allison joins a new club. ✨ You can find all our stuff at https://linktr.ee/wcwbw ! Use that link to share the show! Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/Z5bBjYHURc Chat w...

Ep. 30: Book Three, Chapter Two - The Reporter 10.09.2021

The group finally gets back together at the end of the summer, just in time for a shopping trip to Diagon Alley! Leo wants sweets. Allison gets a special gift. Caleb lives in a box. Freya learns a terrible truth. Skyler looks for some answers. ✨ You can find all our stuff at https://linktr.ee/wcwbw ! Use that link to share the show! Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/Z5bBjYHURc Chat with us a...

Ep. 29: Book Three, Chapter One - Mushrooms and Teapots 27.08.2021

The group finds themselves in a sparkly magical fairy filled forest. There, they self actualize while somebody talks to them about a quest they don't really care about. Caleb does his best Jack Nicholson impression. Allison comforts a friend. Leo waxes philosophical. Freya didn't learn much Spanish this summer. Skyler turns into the Magic School Bus? I guess?! ✨ You can find all our stuff at http...

Listener Questions & Book Two Wrap-up! 13.08.2021

Another book closed, another bonus Q&A episode! Mike tries to keep us all on topic while we ramble about ourselves, our characters and our world, and answer some questions from our wonderful listeners. Learn about our favorite creatures, our patronuses (patroni?), the candy that represents us, Leo's motivations, and the best/worst food we could enleggen. Thanks again for sending all your quest...

Ep. 28: Book Two, Chapter Fourteen - Finals and Farewells 30.07.2021

The gang regroups to discuss what to do next after a horrifying trip across time and space. Caleb confronts his future. Allison writes a response. Leo recons with his actions. Skyler discusses the pros and cons of capes. Freya fights her fears. ✨ You can find all our stuff at https://linktr.ee/wcwbw ! Use that link to share the show! Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/Z5bBjYHURc Chat with us...

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