Lauren Shippen, creator of the Bright Sessions podcast, joins to discuss chapters 9 and 10 of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix! Topics include a need for wizard statistics, Book Ginny outshining Movie Ginny, Sirius “Whiny Bitch” Black, Harry “Anti-Prefect” Potter, the rise of Mrs. Weasley, lime green bowlers, tonal shifts, AND MIKE PREDICTING THINGS ... Show More
Jun 2025
Ep. 213 - Durmstrang & the Other Wizarding Schools w/ Stanislav Yanevski AKA Viktor Krum!
Scubes was joined by literally Viktor Krum live on stage at LeakyCon Denver in October 2022 to deep dive on Durmstrang, Beauxbatons, and all the other magical schools in the Wizarding World! Stanislav Yanevski makes his Potterless debut and, to no surprise, is an absolute delight ... Show More
1h 6m
Feb 2025
Ep. 212 - The Top 10 LEGO Harry Potter Characters w/ Meghan & Aurora Fruehauf (LIVE in Dallas!)
From our 10/9/22 live show in Dallas, it's a new episode of Potterless starring Mike, his sister, and his niece as they rank their favorite characters from the LEGO Harry Potter video game series! Topics include: gaming for work, 212, Guitarist, BTS’ form, Retro Radio, Dragomir D ... Show More
47m 6s
Oct 2024
Ep. 211 - Wizard On! Bachelor Winter Games w/ Kelly Schubert (LIVE in PDX!)
Live from Portland, OR in September of 2022, it's Potterless! Schubes was joined live on stage by Bachelor franchise expert, Kelly Schubert, to run some Slytherins through the ultimate Winter dating game extravaganza! Topics include: Slytherin House, Millicent Bulstrode, skeleton ... Show More
34m 1s
Oct 2019
730 - Turning a Podcast into a Novel: 'The Bright Sessions' to 'The Infinite Noise'
Lauren Shippen, the creator of one of my new favorite audio dramas, "The Bright Sessions," talks about turning a podcast into a novel and about going from working alone to working on multiple projects and managing whole teams.LINKS AND SPONSORS |Learn how you can get my LinkedIn ... Show More
30m 39s
Aug 2024
Chapter 9: Grim Defeat | Prisoner of Azkaban (feat. Mike Schubert)
Join J, Ben and Mike as they dive into Chapter 9 of the Prisoner of Azkaban and discuss the slumber party, Sirius’ disguise, Snape and Dumby’s “sneaky” convo, who the Fat Lady was, the Quidditch strategies, Snape teaching DADA, magical food, Lucius being a golf guy, and Dementors ... Show More
1h 32m
Nov 2020
Lauren Shippen: The Bright Sessions
In 2014, Lauren Shippen was an aspiring actor in Los Angeles: taking classes, booking intermittent gigs, waiting tables, the like. Four years later, she ended up becoming one of the busiest people in podcasting, all on the strength of an independent fiction podcast she had made o ... Show More
27m 25s
Apr 2020
SMNTY Podcast and Chill Playlist, Episode 10: Comedy and Activism with Chanel Ali
<p>If you're looking for a feminist discussion on women in entertainment, this is the playlist for you! We dig into topics around women in revenge, movies, tabletop gaming, and Harry Potter. Come take a listen, will you?</p><p> </p> Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="ht ... Show More
42m 35s
Apr 2020
SMNTY Podcast and Chill Playlist, Episode 7: Women of Harry Potter
<p>If you're looking for a feminist discussion on women in entertainment, this is the playlist for you! We dig into topics around women in revenge, movies, tabletop gaming, and Harry Potter. Come take a listen, will you?</p><p> </p> Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="ht ... Show More
55m 22s
Jan 2019
Episode 157: HARRY POTTER (w/ Maggie Marion)
Billy and Adam are joined by wizard-in-training, Maggie Marion, to discuss the world of Harry Potter. In this episode, they learn about Harry, Hats, Muggles and more. Also, Maggie explains which Hogwarts house Billy and Adam belong in, how the story parallels today's political pr ... Show More
48m 42s
Nov 2023
634: Analyzing the Representation of Women in Harry Potter
This week's episode is a very special one, and long overdue: For the first time in our podcast's history, we have a women-only panel assembled, and they're discussing the representation of women in Harry Potter! Laura helms this episode with our social media manager Chloé, and th ... Show More
1h 40m
<p><br></p><br><p>Image credit: Ashley Hostetter “The Charming Classroom”</p><p>Welcome back, witches! We are gearing up to tackle <em>Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them</em>! In this <em>fantastic</em> minisode, Marcelle sits down with Harry Potter marketing wiz&n ... Show More
